
Searching for a way to honor some of the culinary heritage of Louisiana in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, my eye was immediately drawn to one of my large collection of Saveur magazines. It was issue #49 (March 2001), cover story: "Louisiana's Secret Cuisine." The colorfully-illustrated article told the tale of the Isleños people, "Louisiana's largest Spanish-based culture," two-centuries-old immigrants from the Canary Islands.











