These iconic New Orleans cuisines, born of immigrants, are sometimes confused for one another. Here’s the history of Creole ...

The Cajun people, originally from Eastern Canada and known as Acadians, immigrated to the Southeastern United States in the 1700s. Modern-day Creole people are descendants of colonial French ...

Mardi Gras was first celebrated in New Orleans by the flamboyant Grand Marquis de Vaudreuil, who created the first “bal masque” or costumed Mardi Gras in the 1740s. That tradition is going on today ...

and advocate the value and significance of the Louisiana Creole people and their culture. We spoke with Michael Fontenot this morning to get the details. Their published works and sources on Louisiana ...