What No One Tells You About TABASCO®
By: Brittany Racca In 1868 Edmund McIlhenny harvested his first tabasco pepper crop from which he created a piquant sauce to enliven the flavors in foods for family and friends. The creation of this simple sauce would unwittingly change the way the world eats forever. Today, 150 years later, the same three ingredients that […]
Atchafalaya Water Heritage Trail
Lt.. Gov. Billy Nungesser recently unveiled the Atchafalaya Water Heritage Trail, which spans the 14 parishes in south-central Louisiana that are a part of the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area. The trail includes kiosks highlighting seven Iberia Parish water features including: • Lake Dauterive at 1,000-Year-Old Cypress• Spanish lake at Old Spanish Trail• Bayou Teche at […]
Paint your passion at Shadows Plein Air 2018
Shadows-on-the-Teche received a record number 61 applicants from 15 states and the Philippines for the Shadows-on-the-Teche Plein Air Painting Competition, now in its fourth year. The phrase plein air describes art created in the open air, a process much different than producing canvases in the studio. Artists must deal with shifting angles and tones of […]
Downtown New Iberia Designated National Register Historic District
The Director of the National Park Service announced the following actions on properties for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. LOUISIANA, IBERIA PARISHDowntown New Iberia Commercial Historic District,Roughly bounded by Fulton, W. Main, Burke, Weeks, E. St. Peter, W. St. Peter & Jefferson St.,New Iberia, SG100001710,LISTED, 12/13/2017 The National Register of Historic Places […]
Thanksgiving Recipes
By: Brittany Racca For those who are tired of the same ol’ turkey and stuffing year after year, why not spice things up with recipes from TABASCO® and KONRIKO® using their signature products. Here are some great ideas for the chef of the house looking to bring a little Southern cooking into their home this […]
Why Visit Shadows-on-the-Teche
By Jayd Buteaux, Shadows-on-the-Teche’s Marketing and Programs Manager As you walk through the gates of the Shadows-on-the-Teche, you step back in time. The bamboo quiets the noise of the city street, as you’re surrounded by the alluring gardens. A tour through the house is one of the best documented tour experiences in the country as […]
"Dear Delcambre"
Dear Delcambre, 365 days. 10,154 miles traveled. Thousands of pictures. Memories to last a life time! One year ago I was crowned as the 66th Delcambre Shrimp Queen. At that moment I knew what people meant when they said “dreams do come true.” As tears rolled down my face I knew that I finally did […]
Bayou Teche Museum Slave Exhibit
A panel version of the powerful and poignant traveling exhibition “Purchased Lives: The American Slave Trade from 1808 to 1865” is coming to Bayou Teche Museum in July and August 2017. Presented by Entergy Corporation with additional support from the National Park Service, National Endowment for the Humanities and The Kabacoff Family Foundation, “Purchased Lives” […]
Why Visit Konriko Rice Mill
By: Brittany Racca Konriko Rice Mill Owner Sandy Davis & local cook Dynell LaBiche Konriko’s tour crew pictured below on the right: Lanie Condra, Cheryl LeBlanc, and Wendy Guyote As America’s oldest operating rice mill, founded in 1912, the Conrad Rice Mill and KONRIKO® Company Store in New Iberia has a reputation as unique […]
New Iberia's Best Dressed
From the creative director & founder of Alex Malay – Rochell Perro Malay I am super excited about Alex Malay‘s first year anniversary June 9, 2017 for my brick and mortar location, located here in New Iberia! I decided to open my first brick and mortar here in New Iberia because I’m a native of […]
