LOUISIANA CULTURAL REGIONS

Greater New Orleans French, Spanish, Africans, Haitians, Germans, Italians, and Irish It is more cosmopolitan; more like the Caribbean and South America Muffaletta, beignets, grillades and grits

Plantation Country Old plantation homes, live oak trees, and Spanish moss No, people are beginning to look for the cultural heritage of all who live there Red beans and rice, jambalaya, gumbo

Crossroads Merges the cultures of North and South Louisiana Live in small towns and in rural areas Meat pies, tamales, ** some of the area was not part of the Louisiana Purchase, it was part of Spanish Texas

Cajun Country Into prairie Cajun and wetlands Cajun The oil industry Boudin, crawfish, crawfish Étouffée

Sportsman’s Paradise For the lakes, rolling hills, and forests in the area Connects to neighboring states of Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia than South Louisiana; upland South Fried catfish, barbecue, peaches