Annual Jazz Fest trip is coming up next week. Do any of you know of a must-stop-at home cookin' type of place we could visit on the Dallas-Shreveport-Baton Rouge-New Orleans route? We found a funky pink diner last year and would...

by Pelican Publishing Co 1101 Monroe St Gretna LA 70053: The Justin Wilson Cookbook The justin Wilson #2 Cookbook: Cookin Cajun The Justin Wilson Gpurmet and Gourmand Cookbook —Let me tole you how come the reason for the title...

Creole and cajun are terms with complicated meanings; ethnicity in Louisiana is never a simple subject. I’ll start with cajun, which is a little easier to explain: —The word Cajun is a corruption of Acadian and in...

an appetite or take home leftovers! Boutin’s 8322 Bluebonnet Blvd Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70810 Phone: 225-819-9862 Prejean’s 3480 I-49 North Lafayette, Louisiana 70507 Phone:(337) 896-3247 Link: http://www.prejeans.com/

..heading toward Broussard. It used to be a small grocery market but closed and reopened as a “mom and pop” cafe that serves lunch only but its REAL CAJUN home cookin!

heat to low, cover and simmer for 3 hours, stirring occassionally. Serve with white rice and file powder. This is a version of an original recipe by Justin Wilson – in his Homegrown Louisiana Cookin Book.

and creative, as long as it reflected local produce. On our way to Austin we will also spend some time in Baton Rouge and Lafayette, LA.I know a bit about Louisiana. However, I welcome any and all recommendations. A couple of...

jerriblank, many fine recs here, but i wanted to add this: “The Cotton Country Collection” from the Junior Charity League of Monroe, Louisiana. First printing 1972. chock-a-block full of tasty home cookin' recipes...

Also go to Louisianacookin.com and emerils.com for good recipes. You might want to subscribe to Louisiana Cookin' - love that mag.

There was a very solid place in Whitestone Queens called Cookin with Jazz which has been gone for a couple of years. I miss that place a lot. Other than that...nothing. I am surprised that there isn’t an uproar. What...

thanks guys! i am feeling better now lol. and the beans are a cookin' i am excited. this calmed my doubts a bit also http://redbeansandricerecipe.blogspot.com/2007/08/are-red-beans-and-red-kidney-beans-same.html

restaurant somewhere. As soon as I cross the border into Louisiana on the 10, I start seeing those billboards coaxing me to stop on in for some original Louisiana “homestyle” cookin' and my mouth starts to water . Now...

Well there are a couple the that I love, but don’t subscribe to. Donna Hay- I am a sucker for her magazine, I just love looking at her food shots but I’ve tried one recipe. Lots of great ideas though. Louisiana Cookin-...

of corn is sweet. Louisiana Fried Chicken (LFC) should hang their heads in shame with their hocky-puck version of hot water cornbread. Even cold, the corn bread at Trinity was a little more solid but didn’t turn to stone like the...

It was always my view, espoused years ago, that “soul food” was previously known as "country cookin'" or, more often, "good country cookin'" A friend said that there was a similar term of art at use in things like...