Cajun Country Blog

Thanksgiving in Cajun Country

I just returned from a 9-day vacation in Kaplan/Lafayette and I miss it already. There's no Thanksgiving like a Thanksgiving…

November 30, 2004

Poodoos are people, too!

As kids in Kaplan, one of the worst things you could have been was "a big poodoo." I thought that…

November 5, 2004

Quack Quack

If I learned anything while on my trip back to Louisiana, it's that Cajuns are passionate about duck hunting. Why…

October 25, 2004

Good Morning Acadiana!

It's official -- Maw-Maw and I are going to be on Good Morning Acadiana on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving! We are…

October 20, 2004

Learn Cajun French

I'm extremely excited! I've been a bit down lately about not knowing how to speak my mother's first language, Cajun…

October 20, 2004

RealCajunRecipes.com in the Kaplan Herald

RealCajunRecipes.com is featured in an article in this week's edition of the Kaplan Herald. From what I can tell, we are even on the…

October 6, 2004

Cajun Music

A post below spoke about how we grew up with Cajun music being a part of our musical repertoire as…

October 5, 2004

Froggin’ and Huntin’

Although Northern Louisiana is called "Sportsman's Paradise" we've got quite a paradise down in Cajun Country as well. One of…

October 3, 2004

Taste-temptin, two-steppin, toe-tappin good time

I just returned from an amazing weekend in Cajun Country. You really gain an appreciation for the unique culture found…

September 27, 2004

A Displaced Cajun finds authentic Cajun Food in Southern California

I moved to Southern California in 1997 and over the years I've searched high and low for food that tasted…

September 25, 2004