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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.

Denise Burrell | River Parishes Tourist Commission | Denise@lariverparishes.com | 866-204-7782 | lariverparishes.com