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QUALITY FOOD BEGINS WITH FAMILY
Family-owned restaurants like Mike Anderson’s Seafood and Sno’s Seafood and Steakhouse have been here for more than forty years,
providing the area with new twists on authentic cuisine for generation after generation. In the Historic District of Downtown Donaldsonville,
set in the casual atmosphere of a beautifully restored 1920’s building that hosts rotating collections of colorful works of area artists and
the sounds of local musicians, lies the Grapevine Café and Gallery. Earning rave reviews from visitors, food writers and the ever-important,
locals for its authentic South Louisiana cuisine.

JAMBALAYA CAPITAL OF THE WORLD
It’s pronounced “jahm-buh-LIE-uh” or “jum-buh-LIE-uh”. Jambalaya found its way into Creole cookery in the late 1700’s where it soon took
on the flavor of added local ingredients. Today it is a Cajun/Creole dish made from a mixture of meats, rice and seasonings blended to
produce a delicious dish. It can be made (separately or all together) with ham, chicken, sausage, fresh pork, shrimp and oysters, which is
added to shortening, rice, onion, garlic, pepper and other seasonings. For the last 55 years The Jambalaya Festival and World Champion
Jambalaya Cooking contest has been held annually in Gonzales, Louisiana. Jambalaya cooking is an art that must be perfected to acquire
a superb blend of flavor with proper consistency. Each year the competition is greater than ever, with over 60 cooks showing up annually to
put their name on the line to out cook the others for the world title.

There’s just so much to see, taste, experience and savor in your next getaway – Louisiana’s Sweet Spot.

Tracy Browning | Ascension Parish Tourism Commission | tracy@aptcla.com | 225-675-6550 | VisitLaSweetSpot.com

LOUISIANA’S RIVER PARISHES

CAJUN AND CREOLE FLAVORS IN LOUISIANA’S RIVER PARISHES
For a taste of the region’s famous Cajun and Creole cuisine, check out Nobile’s Restaurant and Bar in Lutcher. Their butter beans and
shrimp with fried, thin-cut fish can only be found here, and their seafood gumbo will have you coming back for more. The Seafood Pot in
New Sarpy is a great place to grab boiled crawfish or a fried oyster or shrimp po’boy, while Wayne Jacob’s Smokehouse offers up delicious
and snappy andouille and smoked sausages of the month. Don’t leave before checking out Spuddy’s Cajun Foods, where Spuddy himself
leads Cajun cooking classes and serves up a mean chicken and sausage gumbo. If you’re visiting plantations, be sure to stop at Oak
Alley Plantation’s restaurant for a crawfish omelet at breakfast and Ormond Plantation’s restaurant for Creole crab cakes and numerous
seafood specialties.

THE GERMAN SAUSAGE WITH A FRENCH NAME – ANDOUILLE
Historically, andouille began with the boucherie, or killing of the hogs. After the hogs were butchered, the pork was cut into chunks and
stuffed by hand into casings, then smoked in a tunnel in the ground. Because the meat was preserved, people were able to leave it outside
hung from porches, and cut off as much meat as they needed at the time for cooking. Today, andouille is still admired for its slow-smoked
cooking style, and differs from sausage in that it uses coarse, larger chunks of ground pork. Try it cut straight from the link, or in gumbo,
jambalaya, po’boys, soups, casseroles, and even on pizza and in spaghetti — there’s no end to andouille’s uses. Find more information at
AndouilleTrail.com

LOUISIANA’S RIVER PARISHES
Louisiana’s River Parishes is a strip of land about 30 miles along the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. While
visiting the River Parishes, check out the Andouille Trail, which celebrates the Andouille Capital of the World in LaPlace, LA. Also, the
River Parishes’ abundance of tasty catfish in Lac des Allemands prompted it to be known as The Catfish Capital of the Universe by the
Louisiana legislature. Come find out why Louisiana’s River Parishes are where history, adventure, and flavor collide.

Andre Watkins | River Parishes Tourist Commission | Andre@lariverparishes.com | 866-204-7782 | lariverparishes.com

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