Artist Profile: Dirk Guidry
The Acadiana area is seeing a surge of artists and specialists take to the private and public venues…
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Dancehalls of Cajun Country
Throughout South Louisiana on Friday and Saturday night, dormant buildings all week come roaring to life. Flashing arrow signs advertise the evening’s entertainment, and empty gravel or grass parking lots fill up with cars and trucks just after sundown. Couples and singles arrive, milling about…
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Three Unique Food Experiences in Lafayette, Louisiana
Louisiana is one of the most unique states in the country. With such a strong multicultural and…
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Green Gumbo
On a culinary spectrum that is typically understood to vary between brown and darker brown, gumbo z’herbes stands out as the lone shade of green. Generally associated with Lent in heavily Catholic southern Louisiana, the so-called “green gumbo” breaks most of the rules generally associated with…
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Okra Gumbo
Whether or not you agree that okra should go in gumbo, the vegetable is inextricably linked to gumbo’s birth in the cultural stews of New Orleans. Slaves arriving at port in the 18th century brought with them the slimy, seedy, furry, rich and hardy vegetable from West Africa, which they called…
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Gluten Free Shrimp & Egg Gumbo
Three weeks into starting a gluten free diet, Mandy Migues knew she had to get creative to keep eating what she loved. The limitations imposed by a strict gluten-free diet denied her the joys of her grandma’s Cajun cooking, an oral history of recipes she used to make a home menu of Louisiana…
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WIld Wood Duck Gumbo
During Acadiana’s winter gumbo season, it’s not uncommon to get party invitations that sound something like: “Come on over Saturday. I’m making a gumbo.” Making a gumbo, in this sense, is less about simmering seafood, chicken, or sausage in a roux-thickened stock, as it is spending an evening with…
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Gulf Seafood
Jeremy Conner has a passion for the waters of the Gulf of Mexico that is evident in everything he does. His tale is one that never strays too far from the Gulf. Kicking off his culinary career in Pensacola, Florida before moving to Lafayette near the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, Conner’s unique…
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Dip Into The Secrets of Sauce
There’s a ritualistic and sacred alchemy to the entire process of boiling crawfish. The table is the altar, the newspaper the vestments, and the crawfish the succulent sacrifice. Boil seasoning spices the air like incense, and the acolytes gather around the ruby red pile, imbibing their heady drinks…
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Crawfish 2.0
Counting the ways crawfish can be prepared can read like Bubba Blue’s monologue from Forrest Gump. Personally, I prefer to think of Harlan Pepper naming nuts in Best In Show, but the effect is more or less the same: There are a lot of ways to make crawfish. It’s a crustacean, after all, so most of…
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