Reggie Matte
70 years old from Church Point, Louisiana preparing cornbread dressing and rice dressing Reggie Matte is the award winning accordionist of Jambalaya Cajun Band. He is a descendant of Irish immigrants and Acadian deportees and grew up on the outskirts of Church Point, on a road named after one of his ancestors. Inspired by his…
Faye Richard Venable
72 years old from Richard, Louisiana preparing a calf steak in a gravy & corn maque-choux Faye Richard Venable is a descendant of the Richard and Guidry families of St. Landry and Acadia Parish. She grew up in the farming and sharecropping community of Richard surrounded by her siblings, cousins, and a few neighbors. As…
Albert Venable Sr.
76 years old from Bristol, Louisiana preparing a crawfish étouffée Albert Venable Sr. is a descendant of Acadian deportees, Creole Frenchmen, Irish immigrants, and English Quakers who first settled in New Jersey . He grew up sharing the labor with his parents, who were cotton, Irish potato, and corn sharecroppers for a wealthy Church Point…
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