Cajun Creole restaurant Roux Dat, at 3555 Clares St. Suite G, is closing its doors in mid-August after 11 years in business.

Both cuisines use a roux, or combination of fat and flour, in dishes like gumbo. However, Creole roux is made with butter and flour, as it is in France, while a Cajun roux is typically made with oil ...

Cajun food incorporates bold, spicy flavors. Imagine garlic, paprika, cayenne pepper and black pepper. A Cajun seasoning blend may also contain thyme, white pepper, and oregano. Cajun food tends to be ...

Cajun-born New Orleans food authority Tom Fitzmorris contends, “Creole food is genteel city food, and Cajun food is rustic country food. But both have French dish names and similar ingredients.” ...

Classic Creole dishes rarely seen in Cajun eateries would include oysters Rockefeller, chicken Clemenceau, crawfish Sardou, frogs’ legs Provençal and pommmes soufflé.

Cajun comes from les Acadians, who were the French colonists that settled in what is present-day New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. When they were pushed out of their homes in the 1700s, many of them ...

In their documentary, the brothers discuss the label "Creole," and its parallel history to "Cajun." Although the Canadian French migration to Louisiana is a pivotal part of the Cajun identity, the ...

There exists an age-old debate in Southeast Louisiana. That being, which gumbo is better: Creole or Cajun? While locals continue to disagree on that question, some have taken to answer one that's ...

One of the joys of visiting New Orleans is the food. No matter where you venture in the city, chances are you'll encounter eateries serving up Cajun and Creole cuisine. Not sure how to tell the ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana's Cajun and Creole heritage takes center stage this weekend when the Festivals Acadiens et Creoles marks a half-century of honoring and celebrating the culture ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — There’s a problem at the Krewe of Happy Hour tailgate. A gust of wind came in on this Sept. 14 afternoon, and the fire under David Cavell’s cast-iron jambalaya pot went ...