How Food Adapts Without Losing Its Soul

When Creole Recipes Travel: How Food Adapts Without Losing Its Soul

Food travels more easily than people think. It crosses oceans in memory, in habit, and in instinct. Long before recipes were written down, they moved with migrants, sailors, workers, and families who carried flavors with them as they left everything else behind. In Creole cultures around the world, food has always been one of the most powerful ways identity survives displacement.
Cauliflower Rice

Recipe – Cauliflower Rice

Cauliflower is a cruciferous vegetable that is naturally high in fiber and B-vitamins. It provides antioxidants and phytonutrients that can protect against cancer. It also contains fiber to enhance weight loss...
Mashed Cauliflower

Recipe – Mashed Cauliflower

This cauliflower mash recipe is the perfect low-carb substitute to mashed potatoes. The secret to making steamed cauliflower smooth and creamy? CREAM CHEESE! Ingredients 2 medium heads cauliflower, flor...
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

Review of New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2019

If there’s anything that encapsulates the joy, strength and buoyancy of New Orleans, it’s the fact that its annual Jazz & Heritage Festival has now notched up an “unbroken” half a century. The 50th New Orl...
French Quarter Festival

2018 French Quarter Festival As it Happened

The annual French Quarter Festival is a free springtime music and food celebration in New Orleans. The festival spans four days and invites more than 300 musical acts to perform in the historic heart of the cit...
Boudin

Cajun Eats the Focus on Scott Boudin Festival

The first weekend of April each year is reserved for one thing in Scott, Louisiana: Cajun food. The annual Scott Boudin Festival took place from 6 April to 8 April 2018 at Scott Park and showcased the rich Caju...
Louisiane

Reviewing Festival International de Louisiane 2018

Festival International de Louisiane is in its 32nd year in 2018. The festival, which began in 1987, is a celebration of Acadiana and its connection to the wider Francophone vvorld. Each year, visitors come from...

1st Camellia City Smooth Jazz Festival 2017 – Review

For lovers of smooth jazz, there’s one event that was firmly penned in many people’s calendars from the moment it was announced, and that’s the Camellia City Smooth Jazz Festival. Scheduled for 6th-8th October ...
Bobby recipe

Recipes – Crawfish Étouffée

For as long as I remember, I would always hear my family say, “if you want the best taste, you must invest in the best products.”  so, when I prepare my Crawfish Étouffée, I insist on only fresh, never fro...
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Festival Kreol (Seychelles) – 2016

Festival Kreol is the beating heart of Seychelles culture. The most significant event of the packed Seychelles cultural calendar, and the 2016 event, which took place from the 21st to the 31st October, was the ...