Editor's Note
My Cajun heritage goes back several generations, but I didn’t learn as much about my culture as I would’ve liked to, especially when it comes to cooking. However, there is one dish (literally only one) that I’ve mastered, and that’s…
Acadiana Profile - October-November 2024
Best of Dining
Best Restaurant | Park Bistro Park Bistro has been open a little more than two years and it already has become the Hub City’s go-to culinary venue for New American cuisine. Chef Peter Cooke — a French Culinary Institute graduate…
A Look at Art, Music and Performance Spaces Around Acadiana
Acadians are bursting with creativity, whether it’s coming from our indigenous culture or from visiting visual and performing artists. Literally every corner of our region offers special cultural experiences. Whatever your passion desires when it comes to the arts, Acadiana…
Fall Recipes: Roasted Beets, Chicken Pontalba and more
It’s that time of year when we want to cozy up to a fire and invite friends over for a visit and an informal gathering. Here is a menu that can easily be put together. Let whatever is in season…
Dawn Koetting’s Art Captures Light and Shadows
The curvature of a horse’s neck, warm light raking across rusted tire rims, a surgically pruned bonsai tree and the evening glow in a South Louisiana landscape. To most people, these…
Filé’d, Slimy or French Gumbo?
In the sometimes petty, but often heated, squabbles that plague Louisiana’s cultural landscape, the culinary domain is often hotly contested territory. Most of these disagreements arise ultimately from the very thing that makes French Louisiana unique: the diversity of the…
Super Taters and More Puts a Spotlight on Potatoes
When you walk into Super Taters and More, the pictures of dishes prepared in the eatery are displayed on the right side wall. The custom-stuffed potato selection is on the far-left side, and hot sandwiches are featured in the middle.…
Cooler Weather Brings Peak Festival Season
Lafayette | Célébration de 50 Ans On a stormy spring night in 1974, Inez Catalon made her first public appearance singing old-time a capella “home music” in French as 12,000 people squeezed into the 8,400-seat Blackham Coliseum for the inaugural…
Newly Redesigned Southern Cottage Lafayette Home
When it came time to remodel their home to accommodate a growing family,…
Fremin’s Apple Cinnamon Old Fashioned Cocktail Recipe
Bourbon’s robust, warming flavors of oak and caramel heighten the pies and cocktails of Thanksgiving. A holiday favorite for generations, the potent old fashioned celebrates bourbon in its purest form. Drinks International rated the versatile, timeless tipple as the second…
Fisher Vision Source - Dr. David Fisher & Dr. Rebecca Broussard
A generational practice moving into a new era, Fisher Vision Source has been led by Dr. David Fisher for over thirty years. Built around the mantra that patients should be treated as you would like to be treated, Dr. Fisher…
Right At Home in Home Care and Assistance
The finest accredited in-home care provider in Acadiana, Right At Home In Home Care and Assistance offers a more comfortable option when your family members need a little extra help at home, in assisted living, or in a hospital setting.…
Professional Pools
For over sixty years, Ken Corner and Professional Pools & Spas, Inc. have served Acadiana as the leading provider of custom pools, pioneering industry-wide procedures, and setting the standard for safety and quality-built swimming pools. In 1962, while studying accounting…
Victory Addiction Recovery Center
Victory Addiction Recovery Center offers a safe, compassionate space for individuals struggling with addiction. Founded in 2012 and led by CEO Kerri Cunningham, Victory supports Acadiana residents in their daily battle against substance use disorders. As a 32-bed inpatient facility,…
