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Southwest Louisiana’s Creole Trail Riding Clubs 

Alexandra Giancarlo April 1, 2018 Southwest Louisiana’s Creole Trail Riding Clubs 2018-04-02T08:59:22-04:00 Annual Meeting
Jeanerette Trail Ride, Jeanerette, LA, 2015, Photo by Jeremiah Ariaz By Alexandra Giancarlo  Photos by Jeremiah Ariaz    You could say trail riding and horse culture is in Acynthia Villery’s blood. “I was going to rodeos in my mother’s womb,” she explained to me. A Texas transplant, Acynthia hails from a long line of Creoles in…
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Continuing Creolization in New Orleans Foodways

Catarina Passidomo March 1, 2018 Continuing Creolization in New Orleans Foodways2019-04-23T09:46:28-04:00 Annual Meeting
Among other points of distinction, New Orleans is often and enthusiastically celebrated as a great place to eat. Boosters of the city’s cuisine point to the same cultural hybridity and cosmopolitanism that enabled the flourishing of jazz music and distinctive architectural styles as explanation for the development of Creole cuisine. Tom Fitzmorris, a prominent restaurant…
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Dining with Cajuns and Creoles

Clifton ‘Skeeter’ Dixon November 1, 2017 Dining with Cajuns and Creoles2017-12-04T15:09:50-05:00 Focus on New Orleans
The foods of New Orleans are an expression of south Louisiana's history, culture, and wetlands. Influences upon the area's traditional cuisine are much like using recipes gathered at a crossroads of European, Caribbean, and Acadian culinary customs at interplay with local ideas and available ingredients. Understanding menus means knowing terms like — roux, remoulade, and…
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The Evolution of Creole Architecture

Richard Campanella October 2, 2017 The Evolution of Creole Architecture2017-10-20T14:33:25-04:00 Focus on New Orleans
New Orleans’ earliest structures, and some of its most distinctive extant buildings, are described as being “Creole.” What does Creole architecture mean, where did this design thinking come from, and how did it evolve? Tulane geographer Richard Campanella reviews the evidence, courtesy The Times-Picayune (PDF). New Orleans: Place Portraits — Over the next nine months, AAG’s…
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