cajun culture

In 1983, CBS News traveled to South Louisiana to shine a spotlight on the Cajuns of Acadiana. Look back at what Acadiana was like 43 years ago is amazing.

If you want to add a Louisiana flair to your romantic plans, this Cajun love spell ritual might be just the thing to give your Valentine’s Day.

What if Louisiana came up with our very own Cajun Girl Scout Cookie flavors? If we did, they might look a little like these...

These dishes are rich in culture, history, and the bold flavors that make Louisiana cuisine legendary.

From Zwole to Mowata, Shongaloo to Dry Prong, there's a story behind these interesting Louisiana town names, so let's take a look at how these names came to be.

From the way we talk to the way we eat, here are some everyday Cajun habits that leave outsiders scratching their heads.

Before Santa Claus made his way down to South Louisiana, Acadiana was visited by a different guy, Le Petit Bonhomme Janvier.

Better Homes & Gardens published what they call a “Cajun Thanksgiving” menu, and some of their picks have us raising a few eyebrows.

I invite you to experience just how wrong things can go when people who believe they know what they're doing try and cook what they think is gumbo.

There's a global Landry Family Reunion coming up at Vermilionville hoping to connect as many Landrys as possible from Acadiana and across the globe.

Lafayette has just been named "America's Happiest City" by The Times and The National Bureau of Economic Research.

With some help of AI, we decided to take a few of these Louisiana legends and see what they would look like as real-life action figures.

It's not just the fact that the internet has been coming to Louisiana, they've been falling in love with The Pelican State, specifically the Acadiana area.

Lafayette, Louisiana Fire Captain Coby Bailey recently showed PBS and the rest of the country what cooking in Acadiana is all about.

How well would the State of Louisiana fare in a zombie apocalypse? We'd probably do pretty well..hopefully.

All these years later, the joke is on them because one Acadiana woman has taken to TikTok to actually translate the Cajun gibberish, and does so accurately and hilariously.

Lafayette, Louisiana native shocked as she stumbles across a Creole Cafe in Tokyo, Japan, complete with her father's book and grandfather's albums.

When you take a look at all of the great things a Cajun man can bring to a relationship, it quickly becomes clear there's more than meets the eye.

While still somewhat frequently spoken across Acadiana, there are some Cajun French words and phrases that were common just a few generations ago that have begun to disappear.

Louisiana is known for passing a good time. Not only are we kind and friendly to each other, but we extend this kindness to out of towners as well.