A few days ago a friend of mine, Rocky McKeon, posted on Facebook: “I love the way foreigners look at me funny when I say ‘breakfast, dinner and supper’ instead of the Anglo ‘breakfast, lunch, and dinner.’ You’re on my turf now. I know which words push your buttons and make you think twice. I alsoRead more
Saturday evening while unwinding with my family, my cell phone began playing some Zydeco from John Delafose (my ring tone). I answered, and was welcomed with a butt dial from Louis – live on stage in Dayton Ohio. I listened to he and his band perform Louisiana French music live, thru my iPhone for 10Read more
Slightly across from our home’s side door is a small grove of bald cypress trees that we planted about thirteen years ago. Along with the live oak trees, crepe myrtles, and Southern Magnolias we transplanted, and a few very old native pecans, our yard is taking on the appearance of a Louisiana themed arboretum. InRead more
You know I’d have to say that the biggest blessing for my family since we started Bayou Teche Brewing is all of the cool new friends we have made in the last two years. Though many of these new friends are in the beer industry, most are involved in wonderful things that have very littleRead more
Stephanie and I had been working all morning in separate rooms in our house. She was cloistered upstairs in our office toiling on some year-end reports going to the numerous officials in the states we are distributed in. I was downstairs answering the one hundred and seven emails I had let pile up during theRead more
We don’t drink wine with Gumbo, we drink beer!