News roundup: LSU ranked second in preseason baseball poll … New York Times profiles Cajun chef

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Another poll, another high ranking: LSU is ranked No. 2 in the 2009 Baseball America preseason poll released today. LSU was ranked No. 1 in the Collegiate Baseball magazine preseason poll released last month, and the Tigers were No. 2 in the NCBWA poll released last week. Texas A&M is No. 1 in the Baseball America poll.

Good eats: The New York Times has a profile of Donald Link, the chef who runs Herbsaint and Cochon in New Orleans. Link, who grew up near Lake Charles, has gained fame for bringing Cajun cuisine to the city. His newest restaurant is Cochon Butcher, a combination meat market and café. Link told the newspaper he wants Cochon Butcher to be “like all the little specialized markets in Cajun country, where everybody goes to get their Cajun meats and sausages — things you can’t get at the regular grocery store.” Read the story here.

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