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Festivals Acadiens et Créoles, held each October in Lafayette, covers the sweep of culture in the region, including its European, African and Indian roots. The towns of Cajun Country hold a festival for nearly everything. You can attend the Giant…
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Dine at the destinations that made this celebrity chef famous. Emeril Lagasse is a New Orleans original, a chef who has introduced Creole cuisine to millions worldwide. You have seen him on television. You have seen his name-brand products in…
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Try this recipe for a hearty bowl of gumbo featuring andouille sausage. Lafayette, Louisiana has been voted a Tastiest Town by Southern Living readers. Chef Patrick Mould, who grew up in the area, is an expert on Louisiana's Cajun and Creole…
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Spice up your surf and turf with a little bit of Louisiana style. Crawfish étouffée began in the “Crawfish Capital of the World,” Breaux Bridge, Louisiana. In France, whose culinary culture is inextricably linked to Louisiana’s, the word “étouffée…
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Louisiana crawfish is the star of this creamy soup. During spring in Louisiana, cooks around the state are focused on one ingredient: crawfish. From crawfish boils to étouffée, crawfish are served up all kinds of ways. After all, it’s as important…
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When most people think of Cajuns, they think of pirogues on the bayou. But Eunice – named for the town founder’s beloved wife – is the “prairie” Cajun capital of Louisiana. The week here starts on Saturday mornings, with hot boudin sausage, coffee…
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The thunder of hooves heard in Ville Platte each October would presumably warm the heart of Marcellin Garand, a former cavalry officer in Napoleon's army who is credited with founding this city in the northern reaches of modern day Cajun country.…
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Rice is the bedrock of the region's celebrated Cajun cuisine and no other Louisiana community is as intimately tied to the crop as Crowley. The swallow ponds and level prairies surrounding the city produce lots of crawfish too, but it was the turn…