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Mardi Gras Day 2026 in Louisiana is Tuesday, February 17, 2026,  but the party has already begun! Mardi Gras season is one of the best times of year to experience the state’s food, culture, and traditions. While New Orleans may get most of the attention, Mardi Gras is celebrated across Louisiana, especially in Cajun Country,…

Cajun Mardi Gras is a traditional rural Louisiana celebration rooted in food, community, and centuries-old customs. Unlike the large parades and crowds of New Orleans Mardi Gras, Cajun Mardi Gras is participatory, local, and deeply tied to shared meals and cultural tradition. Instead of floats and beads, Cajun Mardi Gras features masked riders, live Cajun…

If you’ve ever planned a Louisiana trip around crawfish season and missed it by a few weeks, you know the pain. No crawfish. No boils. No tables covered in newspaper. Just regret and frozen tails on a menu. Crawfish season isn’t a single date on the calendar. It shifts every year based on weather, water…

There’s a moment on a Cajun swamp tour when the engine goes quiet, the boat drifts, and the only sounds left are cicadas, rustling reeds, and the splash of something moving just beneath the surface. That moment tells you everything you need to know about South Louisiana. Life here slows down, opens up, and invites…

If you love big flavors, warm hospitality, and food that tells a story, you’ll enjoy planning your year around Cajun festivals. Louisiana fills every season with gumbo cook-offs, crawfish feasts, live music, and traditions that go back generations. This 2026 Cajun festival calendar highlights the events worth traveling for, whether you’re here for the food,…

Cajun Country sits in the heart of south-central Louisiana, and it’s one of those places where the food, the people, and the scenery all feel connected. If you’re planning a visit or building an itinerary for your next adventure, here’s a simple guide to the main attractions that keep travelers coming back. Lafayette: The Hub…

If you want to taste the heart of Cajun culture, you go to Lafayette. Travelers hear this often, but once you land here and take your first bite of a real gumbo or a plate of boudin right out of the steamer, you understand why. Lafayette is more than a food town. It is the…

If you travel to Louisiana for food, you want the real thing. You want gumbo stirred low and slow. You want boudin that snaps with flavor. You want crawfish boiled the way locals expect. And while Cajun food appears across the state, only a few places serve the true experience. This guide breaks down the…

Cajun and Creole cooking shape the soul of Louisiana, but people often mix them up. Both traditions share ingredients, techniques, and deep roots in community cooking. They also overlap in many dishes. Still, they developed in different places, drew from different cultural influences, and grew into their own styles over time. If you want a…

Cajun food is known for big flavor, but that flavor does not come from heat alone. It comes from a thoughtful mix of spices that create warmth, depth, and richness in every bite. These spices are the backbone of many Louisiana dishes, from gumbo to blackened fish. They shape the meals across south Louisiana and…

If there’s one dish that defines Louisiana, it’s gumbo – a soulful stew that brings people together, one spoonful at a time. But travel across the state, and you’ll quickly discover there isn’t just one kind of gumbo. The version simmering in the bayous of Lafayette tastes worlds apart from what you’ll find in a…

When the air turns crisp and the Gulf breeze carries that hint of fall, Louisianans know it’s gumbo season. The cooler months aren’t just about comfort food – they’re about the freshest, sweetest seafood the coast has to offer. For a true Cajun feast, nothing compares to a seasonal seafood gumbo brimming with shrimp, crab,…