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From gumbo to jambalaya and bananas foster to beignets, Louisiana is home to several signature foods. In fact, if you mention ...

People who live on the Houston-Louisiana border know a thing or two about boudin. But even as it's a Cajun favorite, there are lots of questions from newcomers surrounding the mystery sausage and ...

The natural habitat for boudin is Cajun country, and across its range, you find the delicious pork and rice sausage everywhere from butcher shops to bait shops. But for a long time, where you didn't ...

SCOTT, La. -- Want a true taste of the real Louisiana? You'll want to get behind the wheel and head out of New Orleans and off into the cypress swamps and rice paddies of Cajun country. That's where ...

It has been said that a seven-course Cajun meal includes a pound of boudin and a six-pack of beer. The people who know and love this Southern staple recognize that the food isn’t high-end dining—but ...

Lane Sonnier, who owns Sonnier's Sausage & Boudin in Lake Charles, laughs when I share that story relayed to me two days earlier in Lafayette. "It's true," Sonnier says, "except on Saturdays, when ...

When visiting the backwoods of Louisiana’s Cajun country, either hiking through a state park or just visiting a friend or family’s old homestead, you may find yourself in front of a grizzled oak tree ...