It all started with my Mama's gumbo recipe!
On one of my last visits to Kaplan I picked up some catfish from my friends, James and Patricia LeDoux, who have a crab and fishing business. They started fishing at White Lake 3 years ago to supplement their income then went full-time […]
My Pa Pa Trahan was part of a big family that lived on a rice farm just south of Louisiana’s Highway 335, south of Kaplan. He and four of his brothers married and homesteaded in the same area. They continued to grow rice, accumulating more […]
I think I was in my late teens when I first put a bite of this rich, cheesy pasta blessed with crawfish in my mouth. I could not get enough of it! There ought to be a Hallelujah chorus sung every time a dish of Crawfish […]
Every October we looked forward to the annual St. Peter’s School Bazaar. Mama would fill our pockets with quarters and we would spend that Saturday running around with our friends playing games, eating and drinking lots of sugary, caffeinated drinks to try […]
Daddy was a cattle farmer. Horses and cows were his passion and he loved sharing it with others. My two sister’s and I were put on the back of a horse at a very young age. We spent time together driving cattle, helping […]
The season of lent begins the day after Mardi Gras which is called Ash Wednesday. It continues for about 7 weeks leading up to the celebration of Jesus’ resurrection from the grave on Easter Sunday. The best reason to ever celebrate! Since Cajuns are predominately […]