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A Short History of Rice Cultivation in Louisiana

What is the relationship between rice and wine? Well, there isn't much of a relationship. Why is there an essay on the history of rice in Louisiana within a mead website? It was part of a larger essay on African Americans, Louisiana, and the wine industry that I started in 2012. Go to any music festival in southern Louisiana and you are bound to find a vendor selling boudin, jambalaya, rice dressing, or white rice as an accompaniment to a sauce piquant, fricassée, or gu

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Nov 10, 20255 min read

Zydeco History in South Louisiana

According to the Daily Post, a Welsh newspaper, Zydeco is the black dance music of Southwest Louisiana which fuses old Creole tunes and...

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Apr 30, 20253 min read

Alcohol Production Among West Africans and African Americans

This essay is part of an unpublished manuscript on the history of wine in Louisiana. I decided to put the portion on West African...

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Apr 29, 202516 min read