If you’re tired of hearing “Cajun” tossed around as an adjective for everything from overpriced food in the Quarter to the painfully inauthentic accents of True Blood, you’ll be relieved to know that there’s someone out there trying to put an end to the madness.

by Aura Fedora Shannon

"Starting a business is an art. Creating art is a business, “ said Scott Eric Olivier as he addressed an early Friday morning audience of creatives, entrepreneurs and community leaders at the Manship Theatre in Baton Rouge. The Lafayette native and music industry professional would know.

After making their way through the regionals, the boys from Lafayette, Louisiana took the long trip to Williamsport, PA. Remember, they always could use some hometwon support.) Today we follow them as they face Montana in Game 2 of the double elimination tournament.

Last week, NoDef received reports that No Reservations' nomad of nosh, Anthony Bourdain, was in town. Our minds quickly produced daydreams that involved the snarky sightseer taking in one of the smoked delectables from those guys that wear the "Hot Meat For Your Mouth" shirts. But they were quickly dashed as Bourdain tweeted that he stopped in to see Susan Spicer, and went for a dish of yakamein before it was off to Cajun Country. The most extensive evidence of the "South Louisiana" episode that has turned up so far is this Deep South Magazine report from Cajun Country, in which Travel Channel's man attends a pig slaughtering, and meets up with David Simon.

by Arielle Schecter

You may not have known, but at one point, French people had colonial run of Louisiana. Their half-Canadian brethren brought down a love of beaver-trapping, cooking with butter, and linguistic bastardry, culminating in this weekend's celebration of Cajun culture at Lafayette Parish's 38th annual Festivals Acadiens et Creoles.