Music
Featured Cajun Artist – Red Stick RamblersA unique blend of Rock-a-billy, country, and Cajun, Red Stick Ramblers are creating a new blend of music… and it’s very cool. Recognized by the likes of Billboard Magazine, CMT, and other respected album review sources, it looks like The Red Stick Ramblers are well on their way. Their new album, My [...]
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Destinations
Are All Cajuns From Nova Scotia?When I was younger, my PaPaw used to tell me that I was French Indian. He used to say the Cajun culture in general was a mixture of the two. I was little… that was good enough for me. It made sense, but now I question the simplicity of the statement. [...]
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Food
Easy Strawberry Cake Recipe.Last Saturday my husband and I went to a crawfish boil with many friends. After we ate 5 sacks of boiled crawfish, the hostess’ sister-in-law brought this divine Strawberry Cake. All 40 of the folks at the party thought this was made from a bakery.
I’m going to share this recipe with you. Thanks to Karen.
Strawberry [...]
Music
Swamp Pop – Cajun Rock and RollWhen talking about Cajun French music, images of accordions, washboards, and spoons generally come to mind. Very seldom do people associate the music with high production, grandiose stage settings, or major t.v. network broadcast segments. And to this sentiment, I digress. In the 1950’s, in the beginnings of Rock and Roll, [...]
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Art
Simone Little – Cajun French GlassblowerSimone Little is a magnificent glassblower. I have a very dear friend from Rhode Island who is also a glassblower and we Googled Glassblowers here in Louisiana and there she was. In the city my relatives live and I lived many years ago. I hopped in my car to go and meet her [...]
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Events
Got A Cajun Story to Tell?Everyone’s got a good story… Whether it be about Boudreax and Thibedeaux, or PaMaw’s secret to perfectly seasoned and smoked Andouille, we encourage you to share your Cajun French experiences. Email your story to josh@cajunfrench.us. We’ll have a quick look, and post it as soon as possible. Each story you submit [...]
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Cajun French Language
Speaking Cajun French – Family Name References
In our Cajun French Facebook group, and through requests made on this blog, I'm seeing a strong desire for people ...
Learning Cajun French – A few great resources
I can vividly remember the sounds of my Grandparents speaking Cajun French to each other. Like many people of their ...
If you are a Cajun French baby boomer, or younger generation, it's likely that you grew up with parents or ...
Destinations
Louisiana Cajun French Heartland Contrary to popular belief, Louisiana, as a whole, is not Cajun. I know it’s hard to believe, but many people in the northern part of the state don’t eat Gumbo, boiled crawfish, and many of them use Lowry’s or McCormick’s season-salt as opposed to Tony Chachere’s and “Slap Ya Mama.” And hey, we’re [...]
Food
How to Make Delicious Pecan Pie One of my favorite memories of Thanksgiving and Christmas is my Grand mother’s Pecan Pies. She’d always pull me off to the side, in private, and tell me she made them just for me. They were my pecan pies. I’m not sure if she told my cousins the same story, but nonetheless, [...]
Music
2009 Cajun Music Grammy Nominees All you music fans, get ready for the biggest music awards event of the year. That’s right the Grammy’s will air Sunday, February 8, 2009 at 8PM Eastern on CBS. Were you aware there was a Best Cajun Artist award? Pretty cool, right? We would like to recognize and congratulate the [...]
Art
Longfellow’s Contribution to the Louisiana Cajun French In 1604, the French began settling in an an area we now call Nova Scotia. Over the next 150 years they developed a large community of between 12,000 and 18,000 people that became known as Acadians. During this time, there was a conflict between the French and the British and the [...]
