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Micro Symposium with Simone Delerme on Insta Live
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Lunch Houses of Acadiana

The lunch houses of Acadiana revere okra, take rice and gravy as a given, and smother almost every dish they serve.…

Interview

Creole Lunch House

Food is rice, and rice is food, or according to Merline, “you can’t eat without no rice.” Since 1983, Merline has been…

Interview

T-Coon’s

David serves what he’s deemed Zydeco cooking. For breakfast there’s brisket, pork roast, and crawfish omelets; all of…

Interview

Laura’s II

Madonna Broussard knows her rice and gravy. A third-generation restaurant owner, Madonna is the granddaughter of Laura…

Interview

Brenda’s Place

On the advice of her mother, who taught her to cook, Brenda Placide opened Brenda’s Dine-In & Take-Out for the love of…

Interview

Ruby’s CafĂ©

Dorothy “Dot” Vidrine learned about food—production and preparation—from both of her parents. Her mother, Ada…

Interview

Josephine’s Creole Restaurant

While Josephine didn’t even start cooking until after she was married, she appreciated her father’s cookery, and the…

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