Citrus and seafood
 

??If you find yourself at a festival this weekend that features an orange-peeling contest one day and a shrimp-peeling contest the next, you know you must be in Plaquemines Parish ? specifically the Plaquemines Parish Fair and Orange Festival (www.orangefestival.com), which celebrates the harvests of the parish. ??The Orange Festival is held Dec. 2-4 at historic Fort Jackson (Hwy. 23 at Fort Jackson Park) in the river town of Buras, about 60 miles from New Orleans.? [ Read more ]

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