Jazz Fest food vendors missing in past years return for 2024, 'a really good feeling'

The years since the pandemic have been confounding for anyone in the hospitality business, and that includes the restaurants, caterers, bakeries and small producers who compose the ranks of New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival vendors. That means in the past few years, some dishes that have long been part of the Jazz Fest experience were missing. But that’s not all that was missing. Jazz Fest aficionados build rituals around their favorite dishes, and along the way, some even form relationships with the personalities and families who produce them. This...