“Our oven is hot enough that it allows us to cook raw sausage on the pizza instead of using pre-cooked sausage toppings, which is incredible,” Lattuca, who travels around the United States for Grimaldi’s, said. “When I say you get grease on a pizza, it’s not grease; it’s just a little bit of that extra flavor, and it spreads through the pizza.

As the executive chef at the Petroleum Club, Marusarz has a unique talent aside from his cuisine. For more than 10 years, Marusarz has been the notable ice sculptor behind all events held at the Petroleum Club of Shreveport and other events held at East Ridge Country Club, Southern Trace and Harrah’s Louisiana Downs.

Though G’Marie’s, located at 2130 Greenwood Road, has only been open since November, the restaurant, open for breakfast and lunch, has plenty of regulars that pop in almost daily to enjoy the specials or their own favorites on the menu. Breakfast is served 6 to 11 a.

“He said he would do better than [just back me] and put Hummer and Son behind it,” Prator said. “One of the reasons he jumped on board was because he was tossing around the idea of adding a lip balm and hand cream himself. So when I presented this to him, he was really on board.

Fertitta Private Reserve sells two types of cigars online at fertittacigars. com. The first is a Maduro, which Fertitta describes as a bold expression of dark chocolate, leather and cracked peppercorn. Also offered is the Natural, which is milder than the Maduro and has notes of fresh island grass.

“Cantonese is mostly sautéed with all fresh ingredients,” Wong said. “My special dish is ginger and garlic lobster or steamed fish with soy sauce. Peking duck, we sell a lot of because it is so good. We season it overnight so that the duck is nice and tender and juicy.

“Upon further research, there were a number of other plates over the years featuring a similar aesthetic, and those have become part of my initial ‘line.’” Johnson said he linked up with Definition Industries in Shreveport to assist him with the apparel.

“I grew up with my dad taking me to [the Shreveport] Captains games, and it was everything to me as a kid,” Cory said. “We love the Mavericks. My boys look up to these players. After the games, players always stay out and meet the fans and give us that personal attention that I haven’t seen with any other basketball team.