Down-Home Cajun Cooking Favorites takes you into the kitchens of some of south Louisianas best home cooks. It features 140 of the most popular dishes from Cajun country, carefully selected to give a well-rounded sampling of the flavors of the region. It is a collection of classic recipes from moms and dads, aunts and uncles, ma-moms and pa-pops from the south Louisiana region called Acadiana, or Cajun Country. These popular recipes were contributed by down-home folks who are tremendous cooks in their own right, who learned how to cook these dishes passed down from generation to generation....

Slow Cooker Meals: Easy Home Cooking for Busy People has 127 delicious, nutritious one-pot meals and desserts you can cook in your slow cooker. Start it in the morning and have a hot meal ready to feed the family later. Preparing a home-cooked meal in your slow cooker is delicious, nutritious, economical and easy. Put it on before you leave in the morning and it's cooked when you return. Loaded with easy meals anyone can fix, this cookbook includes traditional as well as Cajun meals such as jambalayas & pastalayas, sauce piquantes, etouffees, plus a large variety of soups, stews, and even...

Curtis Bertrand, a country boy with a camera, returned home from WWII in the South Pacific with over 600 photos. These never-before-seen pictures from his private stash, along with official battalion journal entries, and near-death experiences add drama, adventure, and expose the reality of war. Readers of Dad's War Photos will follow his photographic "breadcrumb trail" from home to war and back again with the help of 420 photos and 21 maps. Dozens of WWII aircraft with nose art, and photos of South Pacific natives in daily life are included. The book covers many aspects of Curtis's...

Never Say Goodbye
Real Stories of the Cajuns

Never Say Goodbye: Lisa Arcenaud lives a life of mystery and excitement until 1880, when the first passenger train arrives in town and turns her life upside down.

Wind Walkers: The Archbishop in France sends two French priests to build a church for the Acadians who were exiled from their Canadian home by the British in 1755. The adventures of these two men give the reader a unique look at the religious traditions and beliefs of these exiles.

After Tomorrow: During the last days of the Civil War, Maries Desportes sends her family away and remains...

Curtis Bertrand, a country boy with a camera, returned home from WWII in the South Pacific with over 600 photos. These never-before-seen pictures from his private stash, along with official battalion journal entries, and near-death experiences add drama, adventure, and expose the reality of war. Readers of Dads War Photos will follow his photographic "breadcrumb trail" from home to war and back again with the help of 420 photos and 21 maps. Dozens of WWII aircraft with nose art, and photos of South Pacific natives in daily life are included.

The book covers many aspects of Curtiss...

An anthology is a collection of selected writings by various authors. This selection of stories is brought to you by the Writers' Guild of Acadiana in Lafayette, Louisiana. We are pleased to present the winners of our writing contests from the past three years whose stories include a variety of entertaining genres. You'll find murder mystery, poetry, plot twists, science fiction, love stories, a limerick, and much more entertaining reading. One afternoon I decided to surprise Richard with a visit. I quietly knocked on his door and received no answer to enter, so I walked in. To my surprise...

This book has six types of puzzles and activities for young and old. There are: mazes, word search, Kakuro, Sudoku, complete the drawing in the grid, and word creation. There are various types of mazes of different styles from easy to more difficult. The word search is an activity where you find the words in the letter grid. These puzzles range from easy to more difficult and are an educational tool for most ages. Words can go horizontally, vertically and diagonally in all eight directions, including backwards or upside down. Kakuro and Sudoku are math logic puzzles that will help strengthen...

101 puzzles for hours of entertainment for young and old alike. These puzzles will strengthen arithmetic skills, exercise your brain, and keep your mind sharp. There are 41 Sudoku, 35 Kakuro, & 25 Gokigen. The Sudoku puzzles are divided into 4 levels of difficulty: Easy, Medium, Hard and Extra Hard.

Upon graduating with a Bachelor's Degree, Miss Helen taught Special Education. She received her Master's Degree and advanced her career to becoming Regional Coordinator for Special Education with the Louisiana Department of Education. She was a business owner, and a talented Cajun entrepreneur. She was devoted to her children, grandchildren, and extended family. She cooked for Hollywood celebrities and Washington politicians. She consulted with restaurant owners and helped increase their business. She opened and operated three of her own restaurants. Read her life...