Real Time Cajun — Lagniappe Dispatches
Season of the Harvest: Fields Full, Woods Full,...
Some call it Fall. To Cazan, it was the season when food fell to the ground. An opening tale of Louisiana harvest fields, woodland tracks, and La Vuhv Putnam’s persimmon...
Season of the Harvest: Fields Full, Woods Full,...
Some call it Fall. To Cazan, it was the season when food fell to the ground. An opening tale of Louisiana harvest fields, woodland tracks, and La Vuhv Putnam’s persimmon...
Before the Boil: The Forgotten History of Crawf...
For centuries before the modern crawfish boil, Louisiana families cooked crawfish in sauces, stews, ragouts, and bisques. Indigenous cooks, French settlers, and Creole kitchens all left a deep crawfish heritage...
Before the Boil: The Forgotten History of Crawf...
For centuries before the modern crawfish boil, Louisiana families cooked crawfish in sauces, stews, ragouts, and bisques. Indigenous cooks, French settlers, and Creole kitchens all left a deep crawfish heritage...
The Raised Bed Lie Nobody in South Louisiana Sh...
South Louisiana has some of the most fertile agricultural soil in the world — yet raised bed gardens are being sold hard to gardeners who don't need them. Big Mamou...
The Raised Bed Lie Nobody in South Louisiana Sh...
South Louisiana has some of the most fertile agricultural soil in the world — yet raised bed gardens are being sold hard to gardeners who don't need them. Big Mamou...
What Plants Did Cajun Traiteurs Actually Use?
Before hospitals reached Southwest Louisiana, the traiteur was the healer — and their medicine grew in the dooryard. Here are the plants Cajun traiteurs actually used, rooted in three centuries...
What Plants Did Cajun Traiteurs Actually Use?
Before hospitals reached Southwest Louisiana, the traiteur was the healer — and their medicine grew in the dooryard. Here are the plants Cajun traiteurs actually used, rooted in three centuries...
The Healing Garden — Traiteur
What is a Traiteur? A Traiteur (pronounced tray-TEUR) is a traditional Cajun folk healer from Southwest Louisiana — part herbalist, part spiritual guide, part community caretaker. For generations, Traiteurs used...
The Healing Garden — Traiteur
What is a Traiteur? A Traiteur (pronounced tray-TEUR) is a traditional Cajun folk healer from Southwest Louisiana — part herbalist, part spiritual guide, part community caretaker. For generations, Traiteurs used...
Welcome to the Heritage Garden Journal
What is a Louisiana native plant heritage garden? A Louisiana native plant heritage garden replaces traditional modern landscaping — grass lawns, imported shrubs, costly irrigation — with plants native to...
Welcome to the Heritage Garden Journal
What is a Louisiana native plant heritage garden? A Louisiana native plant heritage garden replaces traditional modern landscaping — grass lawns, imported shrubs, costly irrigation — with plants native to...