These iconic New Orleans cuisines, born of immigrants, are sometimes confused for one another. Here’s the history of Creole ...

The Cajun people, originally from Eastern Canada and known as Acadians, immigrated to the Southeastern United States in the 1700s. Modern-day Creole people are descendants of colonial French ...

Martin is an award-winning and bestselling cookbook author, chef, and restaurant owner whose mission is to document and share the recipes, and ingredients, and customs of the Cajun people before ...

Explore America and discover Louisiana in the Smithsonian's digitized collections. The state is a gumbo of varied cultures, predominantly Cajun—people whose ancestors were French-speaking Acadians ...

Cajun music lights up the faces of diners at Gina’s at the Legion. On the first and third Wednesday of each month, excluding ...

The film gives viewers the full experience, emerging them into the experience, as Cajun Mardi Gras has participants, not spectators. “That’s what people live for,” Garrett said.

Explore America and discover Louisiana in the Smithsonian's digitized collections. The state is a gumbo of varied cultures, predominantly Cajun—people whose ancestors were French-speaking Acadians ...