cajun culture

For out-of-town grocers, here's your "Translation Guide To Cajun Grocery Shopping" so you can understand what the heck we're asking for.

As Cajuns, there are things we do and say that we don't think twice about. But, to people outside of Acadiana, these things can be really confusing.

A recent survey of American accents has Cajun and New Orleans accents listed in the top 10 favorites in the world.

Growing up around Acadiana, there are certain smells that wind up being woven into our DNA.

How many of these Cajun Wheel of Fortune puzzles can you figure out?

We've decided to come up with our own list of "Cajun Slang Terms" that you'll definitely want to start using immediately.

In Acadiana, we march to the beat of our own drum. Our food, our music, and the way we talk are all things only experienced here.

There are many Cajun last names that even folks born and raised in Acadiana get wrong from time to time.

There are surefire tells when it comes to Cajun and Creole culture. Maybe it's the pots in the kitchen or jars of various pickled foods. Or, maybe it's a certain type of rice cooker.

Is your name or the name of someone you know on this list? We may have broken spell check with this one...

During WWII, young Cajun and Creole soldiers suddenly found themselves in crucial, invaluable roles that quite literally helped obtain victory in Europe.

Do you have family and friends who moved here having trouble adjusting to the Cajun English that we speak?

To be honest, we weren't sure if he would actually go through with it and eat the nutria, but after seeing the amazing they did cooking it down into a delicious looking stew, there was no way the guy couldn't at least try it.

How Cajun are you, Louisiana? Check out our list of Cajun phrases and let us know how many you correctly identified!

We took a deep dive into the most popular Google searches related to Cajuns, and the results are both surprising and funny.

Original Magnalite cookware is hard to come to by, but is there anything out there that can be considered "The Next Best Thing"?

The late, great "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek once tried to read an answer in a Cajun accent on the beloved game show, and the results were as hilarious.

Our food, our music, and the way we talk are all things only experienced here. If someone isn't from here they're probably going to have a tough time figuring out what's going on.

A recent survey of American accents has Cajun and New Orleans accents listed in the top 10 favorites in the world.

There are many Cajun last names that even folks born and raised in Acadiana get wrong from time to time.