| Growing up Creole: Growing up in a happy but poor down home environment, teaches you an awful lot of ways to make due with what you have. Southern easy recipes is the result of living in Louisiana and learning from my Grand Ma and lucky enough to be living in the Creole Sauce and Spice Capitol of the world. Opelousas, Lousiana http://www.cityofopelousas.com/ Also the heart of Cajun Country Eunice, Louisiana http://www.eunice-la.com/ In the south the place that created soul food. It's easy learning to become creative with what you have on hand. I am forever thankful for having this be a major part of my introduction to food. Read More |
What is Creole cookery? The ingenuity of the Acadians (Cajuns) with the exotic taste and magic seasoning power of the African cook using nature’s own foods wherever they were to be found. Classical French cuisine combined with equal parts of Spanish and Anglo-Saxon classical cuisine. Herbs and spices from France and Spain coupled with seasoning learned from the Choctaws and Chickasaws Read More |