Louisiana Culinary Trails - (Page 3b) e right place. venture? Photo Credit: www.neworleansonline.com, David Richmond such as Creole cream cheese, pecan pralines, Italian baked goods, fresh Gulf shrimp, filé powder, and sweet potatoes. Heading west on I-10 across the mighty river, you enter the fringes of Cajun Country. Keep going across the huge cypress swamp called the Atchafalaya Basin and you reach the heart of the region and its unofficial capital, Lafayette. Cajun Country covers 22 of the state’s 64 parishes (counties), stretching north to its apex near Alexandria, west to Lake Charles and the Texas border, and south to the Gulf of Mexico. Now you’ll find out why Cajun food is so often imitated but never duplicated. Here, the art of seasoning has been perfected and flavor permeates every bite. Dark roux thickens stews and gumbos, and rice appears in almost everything — étouffée, fricassée, jambalaya, rice dressing, boudin, bisque, and courtbouillon. Fried shrimp and catfish don’t get any better, and spicy boiled crawfish are so loved that life rotates around that season. www.louisiafoodatravel. accent for the tea gets sweeter, and the n exchanges its French a Southern drawl. The twin cities of Shreveport and Bossier have an com/culinary impressive assortment of contemporary and ethnic restaurants, but theFor whole region spreads its tables with barbecue, fried catfish, and Maps, Tours country cooking featuring beans and vegetables with cornbread, biscuits, pies, and cobblers. and Events Are you hungry yet? Well, loosen your belt, grab a fork, and pull up a chair to our table of plenty. We promise you an experience so rich it’ll satisfy your soul. In the central and northern parts of the state, the land gets hillier, Visit For tips on planning your culinary tour, go to LouisianaTravel.com/Culinary. http://LouisianaTravel.com/Culinary
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