Culture and Cuisine in Louisiana

Eating in Louisiana is a delicious culinary adventure. Spanning centuries, our food is our culture. Whether you're having pork boudin in Lafayette, savoury meat pies in Natchitoches, Oysters Rockefeller in the French Quarter— or a modern twist on the old world style from Chef John Besh—you are sampling the rich mix of Louisiana’s heritage.

Place the visits to the New Orleans Museum of Art, the Shaw Centre for Performing Arts and the Sci-Port Museum in between hardy servings of gumbo, jambalaya and boiled crawfish and your day is as delightfully full as your stomach. In Louisiana our mélange of cultural influences surface with as much flavour in our art as in our food.

Prospect.2 New Orleans

Prospect.2, the largest biennial of international contemporary art in the US, will open in November 2010 and extend through to February 2011. Discover works by local and international artists throughout the city. The New York Times called it "a merging of art and city into a shifting kaleidoscope." Click here for the latest updated information.