NEW ORLEANS — (AP ... who runs a baking shop and pioneered the crawfish strudel, a festival mainstay that wins over skeptics with its contrasting, flavorful textures. The strudel joins ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival kicks off on Thursday, bringing together a smorgasbord of the city's most iconic homegrown artists for the next two weeks.

FILE - Audience members dance during the "Bounce Shakedown" at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Sunday, May 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) ...

Dozens of concrete and plastic barriers now line the streets outside the Fair Grounds racetrack as officials for the city and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival respond to the Jan. 1 vehicle ...