For Douglas Olander, owner of Big D’s Seafood in St. Mary Parish, fishing the waters of coastal Louisiana is a way of life. Working alongside his wife Chrystel and their sons, life on the water is a passion and a career path. For almost twenty years, Douglas has built his business into a successful venture….
Meet The Fisherman: Josh Boudreaux
The seafood supply chain from boat-to-table starts with the fisherman. Sometimes the catch is sold directly from the docks, and other times, it winds up in the refrigerated case of your neighborhood seafood retailer. Josh Boudreaux is out to add another option. Josh is a seafood entrepreneur. With his 20-foot “rolling freezer” on wheels, Josh…
Meet The Fisherman: Timmy Luke
Timmy Luke and his wife Trudy are at home on Shrimpers Row. The aptly named road along Bayou Grand Caillou in the coastal Louisiana town of Dulac is home to numerous fishing operations focused on bringing Gulf shrimp to market. But this family is fishing for another seafood favorite; crabs are the specialty of the…
Meet The Fisherman: Al and Cheryl Granger
Cheryl Granger is a ball of energy and an outspoken cheerleader for Louisiana’s seafood industry. I first met Cheryl on the back carport of her home in Maurice, LA, where she sets up shop to sell the shrimp that her husband Al hauls in from Vermilion Bay. This is a carefully orchestrated operation that runs…
Meet The Fisherman: Naomi Porche
Naomi Porche is a Voisin through and through, as she carries on the family’s passion for oysters at Motivatit Seafoods. Based in Houma, LA, the Voisin name has become synonymous with oysters in Louisiana. And Naomi is proud of that heritage established by her grandfather Ernest Voisin almost 50 years ago. The business specializes in…
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It’s been four years since my first cookbook Acadiana Table debuted to an audience hungry to learn about our Cajun and Creole food culture. And now, I’m dishing up a second helping. With the publishing of my second cookbook, Fresh From Louisiana: The Soul of Cajun and Creole Home Cooking, you’ll take a deeper dive…
Chicken Leg and Sausage Gumbo
It’s fall gumbo season, and time to break out the black iron pot and the rice cooker. The knob of juicy dark meat at the end of a chicken drumstick is my favorite cut of the bird, and when soaked for two hours in a rich roux-infused gumbo, these legs have me running to the…
Meet The Fisherman: Lance Nacio
With his ever-present straw hat to keep the South Louisiana sun at bay, Lance Nacio is easy to spot. Lance fishes the Gulf waters out of his dockside home in Montegut, LA, in Terrebonne Parish. A third-generation fisherman, Lance grew up in Lafourche Parish, about an hour outside New Orleans. His family, like others…
Meet The Fisherman: Acy Cooper, Jr.
Acy Cooper, Jr. is a shrimper, a third-generation shrimper, to be exact. At the age of 15, Acy began making a living on the waters of Plaquemines Parish along coastal Louisiana. Now, over 35 years later, he continues to bring the highest quality Gulf shrimp from his boat to your table. Based in Venice, LA,…
Meet The Fisherman: Sheb Callahan
Sheb Callahan is a crabber. From his Louisiana Blue Crab, LLC based in Kaplan, LA, Sheb is one of Louisiana’s largest crab wholesalers. His fishing, processing, and shipping operation serves not only Louisiana customers but a growing market in the mid-Atlantic states of Maryland and Virginia. Sheb learned the business from his father. Now, over…
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