“I want to do it,” Andrade said. “I want to put my hands on it. I want people to enjoy it. When people call you to the table, and they say, “Thank you, that was amazing,” or they say, “Thank you, that reminded me of my Grandma in Italy,” I love that.

Shreveport periodically finds itself on the bottom of dubious lists, where sensationalism seems to supersede actual science and facts. Wallethub recently released a list of “2018’s Best Places to Find a Job,” which was picked up as news stories in the Shreveport Times.