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Louisiana Creole cuisine (French: cuisine créole, Louisiana Creole: manjé kréyòl, Spanish: cocina criolla) is a style of cooking originating in Louisiana, United States, which blends West African, French, Spanish, and Native American influences, [1] [2] as well as influences from the general cuisine of the Southern United States.
Pistolette—either of two bread-based dishes in Louisiana cuisine: one is a stuffed and fried bread roll (sometimes called stuffed pistolettes) in the Cajun areas around Lafayette, the other is a type of submarine shaped bread about half the size of a baguette that is popular in New Orleans for Vietnamese bánh mì and other sandwiches [37]
Location of Lafayette Parish in Louisiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States. The locations of National Register ...
Armand Duplantis (born 1999), pole vaulter, born in Lafayette, Louisiana, is of Cajun descent by his father Greg; Ernie Duplechin (1932-2020), former head football coach and athletic director at McNeese State University; Mike Fontenot (born 1980), Philadelphia Phillies baseball player; Hoyle Granger (born 1944), former NFL and AFL running back
Canray Fontenot (October 16, 1922 [1] – July 29, 1995) [2] was an American Creole fiddle player, who has been described as "the greatest Creole Louisiana French fiddler of our time." [ 3 ] Early life
In 1804, Alexandre Mouton, the son of founder Jean, was born in Lafayette and would later become a U.S. Senator and, from 1843 to 1846, Governor of Louisiana. [ 4 ] On April 17, 1863, the Battle of Vermilion Bayou was fought, the third battle in a series of running battles between Union Major General Nathaniel Prentice Banks and Confederate ...
La Chapelle des Attakapas - a reproduction of the style based on the Catholic churches at Pointe Coupée (1760) and St. Martinville (1773) Beau Bassin - Circa 1840, Creole and American Greek Revival style; Maison Boucvalt - Circa 1860, a classic 19th century Acadian/Creole house
The Evangeline Hotel is a historic hotel and restaurant building located at 302 and 302A Jefferson Street in Lafayette, Louisiana, United States. Built in 1928, the hotel is a large six story brick building with a one-story restaurant wing in Italianate style. [2] [3] The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March ...