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Right and below: An order of smoked turkey

wings, rice and gravy, okra, red beans and
corn bread is a classic Tuesday offering at the
Foundation House. The turkey wings are
slow-cooked and flavorful, with the meat falling
easily from the bone.
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Above: The Foundation House restaurant serves

lunch 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday-Sunday. The
Foundation House serves multiple purposes in
the community including as a sports bar on most
nights and an event venue on many others.

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By Justin B. Phillips

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The Foundation House is not a place

for conversations during lunch.
Instead, its a place where you should
just sit back and eat quietly in a flavorbased state of bliss while the world spins
silently around you. Thats the best way
to enjoy the Foundation House. When the
food hits your table, stop talking and eat.
Located at 720 Enterprise Boulevard,
the Foundation House, for the most part,
serves multiple purposes for the Lake
Area community. It is an event venue on
some nights, a lively sports bar on many
others, and just about anything else you
can ask for.
Tuesday, I needed it to be a great lunch
destination and it was.
The Foundation House serves lunch
11 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday-Sunday. The menu
is catered specifically to each day of the
week.
On Mondays, the main items are
smothered beef tips or fried pork chops.
On Fridays, the dishes range from fried
catfish or garfish to grilled chicken
breast or pork ribs. Oxtails in the middle
of the week are another popular lunch
order. Each day in between sees the same
amount of variety and the plates are
always $9. If you need a soda, the ones in
the fridge behind the counter are only $1.
Tuesday, I ordered smothered turkey
wings, rice and gravy, a side of smothered
okra with chicken and smoked sausage,
red beans and large piece of corn bread.
Let me start this by saying that the
Foundation House embodies everything
positive about Louisianas hybrid soul
and southern food scene. The dishes
have a homemade taste to them, almost
as if each is rooted in a recipe that you
will never get to borrow. And technically,

thats all soul and

southern cooking
is about delicious secrets.
The smothered
turkey wings were
slow cooked and flavorful. The meat was
tender and fell easily from the bone. The
rice and gravy had the same seasoning
as the wings so the dish blended together
well. The rice was light and the gravy was
similarly prepared, keeping the items
from being overly heavy in taste.
The red beans were rich with a hint of
spice. The okra and chicken was a nice
blend of classic southern flavors and Cajun heat. The corn bread was thick, soft
and crumbled easily into the meal.
My bill came to $10, with the drink

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This
photo
by Irvin
Yerby
will
be on
display
in the
Black
Heritage
Gallery
as part
of its
Sickle
Cell
exhibit.

Continued from B2
I was on my way to the Dominican Republic, she said.
I stopped in Houston, and in
Houston in the airport, they
had pictures of all these kids
that had cancer. And I thought,
we could do something like
that. I came back and talked
about it All the people here
are so excited.
Miller and her coworkers
reached out to local photographers, asking them to donate
their skills and materials
to the exhibition. Daniel
Bennett, Richard Buckley,
Raphaela Clark, Walter Jean,
LaDonna Jefferson, Troy
Ledet, Jasmine Patterson,
Tyler Simien, Ebrahim Song,
Verneille Tassin, Derrick
Trail, Shaun Walker and Irvin
Yerby responded. The 13 photographers took pictures of 23
people suffering from sickle
cell disease.
Miller said the photographers are a mixed group of
experienced and emerging,
young and old, long-time
acquaintances and fresh faces.
Their one common factor is

included.
So, remember, leave your conversations at the door when you come to the
Foundation House. The only speaking
youll need to do is when you order.
Outside of that, there should be no sound
coming from your face, except for the
occasional expression of shock or pure
joy in how good the food is. Thats totally
understandable.
Other than that, enjoy the Foundation House in silence, because like I said
before, it is not a place for conversations
during lunch. And rightfully so.

their willingness to volunteer their time and skills.

She isnt kidding about the
youngpart, either.
Our youngest photographer (Tyler Simien) will be
in the 10th grade in the fall,
she said. Hes someone whos
young that has a passion for
something. He had come to an
exhibit last year and said hed
like to do something like that.
Miller said involvement
with the gallery, either as a

volunteer or simply as a visitor, shows support for those

affected by sickle cell disease.
She also hopes the gallery will
encourage awareness of the
disease and encourage people
who need help managing illness to come forward.
We want people to know
about sickle cell, she said.
There are people who have
it who arent registered with
the Sickle Cell Anemia group.
Theyre sick and theyre hid-

ing. We want them to know

about us and we want to
give people hope.
Lewis, whose three children are in the exhibit, said
she hopes the community will
come together to support the
gallery.
There are many faces
behind sickle cell, she said.
You see kids throughout the
town, and you never know just
by looking at them. They (the
community) have a lot that
they can learn from just being out there, supporting the
gallery. We would love to have
them come out and learn.
The Shoots for a Cure
exhibit opens with a reception
6-8 p.m. Friday at the Black
Heritage Gallery, 809 Kirby St.
Admission is free and refreshments will be served. Local
author Lela Tizano will be
signing books at the exhibit.
The gallery runs through
September, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Monday-Friday and Saturday
by appointment.
For more information
on sickle cell disease or the
exhibit, call Southwest Louisiana Sickle Cell Anemia Inc.
at 433-2602 or contact Stella
Miller at 488-0567.