Saturday mornings are the best time for food lovers to visit Lafayette. That’s when dozens of local producers get together at ...

Sure, you can get the Cajun and Creole soup pretty much anywhere in the country. But the Gumbo Belt has the best.

Louisiana is home to Cajun and Creole cultures, which share many similarities ... 17 New Orleans-Inspired Recipes for Your Mardi Gras Party Cajun Country, also known as Acadiana, is a 22-parish ...

Creole cuisine originated in colonial Louisiana, and especially in the port ... Cajun cuisine has more country roots: It was shaped by the Acadians, a French group (by way of Canada) that settled ...

Explore America and discover Louisiana in the Smithsonian's digitized collections. The state is a gumbo of varied cultures, predominantly Cajun—people whose ancestors were French-speaking Acadians ...