
March 10th, 2025 Everybody knows jambalaya. It’s famous throughout Louisiana and can now be found in restaurants around the country. I’ve even seen the name jambalaya pop up around the world (usually in a context that has nothing to the rice dish, but still interesting seeing that word in far-away places). Everybody loves jambalaya. It’s…

February 3, 2025 Remember when Tante would bring that side dish of okra smothered with tomatoes and andouille to family gatherings in the summer? When she told you you had to try a little bite, and you said you didn’t like okra because it was too slimly? And then you looked over at ole Nonc…

23 September 2024 In south Louisiana, over the generations we’ve grown accustomed to and well versed in pronouncing hard-to-spell and even harder-to-say words and last names. We’ve seen all them French, Spanish, German, Italian, and Native American words for so long that they’re all part of the everyday patois down there. As for Greek? We’ll,…