The Southern Foodways Alliance documents, studies, and explores the diverse food cultures of the changing American South.
Interview
Red boudin, also known as boudin rouge or blood boudin, is a fading tradition in Acadiana. Only specially-licensed…
G&M Meat Market is a small portable building tucked away on Domingue, a residential street one block off Jeanerette’s…
Webster’s Meat Market is not far from Interstate 10, just a few miles north on Grandpoint Highway in Cecilia,…
Billy and Patsy Frey didn’t start out in the boudin business. They had careers in the oil industry, and even maintained…
Larry and Emma Janise started the store in 1974, and today son, Dwayne, and daughter, Lori, run the family business.…
A small sign out by the road next to a crawfish flag indicates that boiled crawfish are available today. Large pickup…
Gautreaux’s Cajun Meats is a food counter inside a Chevron truck stop off I-10 in Duson, Louisiana. No interstate signs…
The Eunice Superette is a family-owned and -operated slaughterhouse and grocery. A full-size cow statue atop the…
Coleman’s Sausage and Specialty Meats is tucked away in the Iota countryside, a few miles outside of downtown, on Des…