Sharing the food, music, culture, and history at the heart of Cajun & Creole Country.

Hot Spots for Foodie Families

Lafayette is a foodie town, dishing out authentic cuisine with plenty of flavor and without pretension. Cajun cuisine was created by French Acadian immigrants in the 1700s who relied on shrimp, crawfish, sausage, rice and a “holy trinity” of green bell pepper, onion and celery. Today locals honor…

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Sno-balls: Perfect Summer Treat

Try Googling "snow cones" and see what comes up. It pretty much lands you in Baltimore. The Maryland city claims to be one of the originators of the desert, dating back to the Industrial Revolution when ice was shipped by the truckloads to southern states. Louisiana claims home to the "sno-ball"…

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