Author: Todd A. Price, The American South

Parades, balls and parties have been called off this year due to COVID-19. But in New Orleans, people are still indulging with king cake.

The New Orleans parades in February this year were blamed for an early outbreak of COVID-19. Now 2021’s parades are canceled.

Even with Southern palates acclimated to the fried and smothered, skeptics are embracing meatless, mouthwatering dishes at black-owned restaurants.

Tank Ball, the leader of Tank and the Bangas, tells us where she goes in her hometown of New Orleans.