BATON ROUGE — The 9th annual Baton Rouge Soul Food Festival took place on Saturday at the East Baton Rouge Parish Library on Goodwood Boulevard.
The free family-friendly event featured live music along with a Vendor’s Village, a soul food cooking contest and a mustard greens and cornbread eating competition.
“People from all over usually come out, they sell food, [they]usually have live music and bands playing,” owner of Sunshine’s Place, Shametria Lavergne, said. “Everybody mingles, dances, and gets to taste a little bit of everything.”…