HE TREND AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY NEW YEAR often seems to be one where people are making healthier decisions about their diets. This does not seem to last very long in south Louisiana. I’d imagine this doesn’t last long just about anywhere, but this holds especially true in Louisiana. We often try to find balance, but the challenges we face around every corner make things very difficult. I mean this in a literal sense: around every corner is a gas station with either fresh boudin, meat pies, or cracklin’. What can I say? We just love food that makes you have to loosen your belt. It is either something in the water here or it is in our DNA. There are tremendous numbers of different cultures who have migrated here, but there is one universal language, and that is food. We
