BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Beans with ham and sausage have been cooking in the pots in South Louisiana for 300 years. People of all walks of life and in every area, from the bayous to New Orleans, ...

The festival that celebrates the south Louisiana tradition of a boucherie is returning to the site where it all began 40 years ago. After moving away from its original site at 9690 Airline Highway ...

My first experience with cracklins came when I moved to Houma, Louisiana, after college. I’d make the hour drive to New Orleans on weekend nights, and along the way, there were two important stops: ...

PORT BARRE — Get ready to taste some finger-licking cracklin, as the Port Barre Lions Club kicks off the 38th annual Port Barre Cracklin Festival. The smell of crackling is moving through the air as ...

Early on a crisp Saturday morning many years ago, this city boy was awakened at my grandparents’ country home in central Louisiana to go witness a winter ritual — a boucherie. As has been customary at ...

What I ate: Photographer Leslie Westbrook and I were there on a Tuesday. The plate lunch options included a grilled pork steak that was so big it required its own ZIP code. It came with two sides and ...

ST. LANDRY PARISH (PORT BARRE) — The second official day of the 39th Annual Port Barre Cracklin Festival brought clear skies, big crowds and plenty of the fried, savory bites that have become a ...

PORT BARRE, La, (KLFY)– News 10’s Gerald Gruenig made his way to Port Barre this morning to talk all things cracklin. After taking some time off for COVID, like everyone else, the Port Barre Cracklin ...

If you're looking to share a taste of Louisiana, Billy's Boudin and Cracklin now offers online ordering and shipping across the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii, at its new website. Items ...

It’s hard to resist cornbread fresh from the oven, especially when it’s slathered in butter or drizzled with honey. This ...

Where I was: Iowa, the Calcasieu Parish town surrounded by rice fields, not the Midwestern state dominated by corn (pronounced differently, for the record). A couple of quick inquiries of locals ...