We left Lafayette looking for one more Cajun meal. On recommendation from a good friend, a newspaperman who knows, we stopped at Boutin’s in Carencro. Zydeco salad, crabmeat eggplant and bayou rouge, catfish Acadian and fried green tomatoes. Stuffed to … Read More
Acadian recipes
Dad traveled everywhere. So when he told us one of the most fun events he ever attended was a fais do-do, a Cajun dance party on a Saturday night deep in the bayous outside Lafayette, Louisiana, it stuck in my … Read More
Ca c’est bon.
Sometimes we find pockets of peace in this troubled world. Driving west to Lafayette it was mid afternoon when we reached Baton Rouge. Along the Scenic Highway we found Bellue’s, a nondescript storefront we would have passed had Cheryl not … Read More