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    Chopin was raised by her French Creole mother and Chopin married a wealthy New Orleans cotton broker. She used her life and childhood to help her write the story. Within her writing, Chopin used her background to depict the lifestyle and dialect of the Cajun area of America. Chopin gave Bobinot and Caxlixta characteristics of a Creole person including the dialect they used and their names to help imagine the setting. From the early 1800s through the 1900s, many people living in the southern…

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    Phoenix to solve this dilemma, an interest and appeal has invited many to try The Angry Crab Shack. For many people who like seafood, The Angry Crab Shack, offers a unique atmosphere, a varying amount of food choices, and a similar but different take on Cajun cuisine when compared to similar restaurants. It was a Friday night, and the parking lot was full. The wait to be seated at The Angry Crab Shack was a lengthy forty-five-minute wait. While waiting, the aroma of butter, lemon, and fish…

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    Personal Essay: My Mentor

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    She also spoke of this one time when her intuition led to a success but then a defeat in the culinary industry. One day she and her sister were catering for a group of ladies and of course made Cajun style food as they usually would considering the fact that they are Cajun chefs. They cook seafood gumbo, Cajun shrimp on toast points, and chicken jambalaya. The event thrived and the ladies asked them to cook for them again but this time with a Caribbean menu. This menu makes perfect sense because…

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    The Impact of the French on Louisiana Dialects In Louisiana culture, the Creole and Cajun dialects dominate the language. In Connie Eble’s article “The Louisiana Purchase and American English”, she states that the event that has had the biggest influence on the dialects today is the Louisiana Purchase. In December of 1803, The Louisiana Purchase took place and America grew. Up to that point, areas in Northern America belonged to whomever was controlling the land at that time. In 1762, the…

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    Five Guys Research Paper

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    Five Guys is one of the most popular fast-casual burger chains in the country. However, if you don't have a location near you, getting your fix can be a bit tricky. Here, we bring you six copycat recipes for the chain's most popular menu items. Bring your Five Guys feast home without ever stepping foot in a restaurant - find out how below! Number One: Five Guys Burger Recipe An American classic, Five Guys' burgers are mouthwateringly delicious - this recipe really delivers. To make the classic…

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    Louisiana is also a huge part in my cultural identity. Being from Louisiana is an important part of my cultural identity because it defines where i’m from and who i am. I’m from the south which means i’m cajun. Being cajun is a part of who I am because it defines what culture i’m a part of. Cajuns like spicy food, hunting, trail rides, and zydeco music. We like to have a good time. Living in Louisiana has shaped the way I look at things and it has shaped the person I am today. \ In conclusion,…

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    complex sauces and slow-cooking. Later, people who emigrated, often with political or social self-exile, to New Orleans from the French and Haitian Revolutions and added more elegance and gallic influences to the cuisine. Despite its reputation for Cajun cuisine, the predominant type of New Orleans cooking is Creole. In the eighteenth century, Creole meant “born in Louisiana.” Many people in New Orleans adopted the term "Creole" for themselves in order to distinguish themselves from the influx…

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    the businesses looked well and thriving, and we think it's because of the wide variety of dishes these places serve. Sunny Hans serves Asian food, Nicholas Restaurant serves Lebanese and Mediterranean cuisine, A Cajun Life serves Cajun food, and that's just to name a few. Between A Cajun Life, and The Hoppy Brewer, we found a small empty store with a sign on the glass door that read Kohler Building and then a phone number. It didn't seem to be a restaurant , it looked too small to hold a big…

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    In July of 2007, a man’s livelihood and freedom hung in the balance. Atlanta Falcons star quarterback Michael Vick was on trial for charges of illegal dogfighting, accused of abhorrent abuse and slaughter of dogs in the brutal blood sport. To public satisfaction, the promising first round overall draft pick was sentenced to 21 months in a federal prison with two months of house arrest. With justice served, it brings the question, how influential and lucrative is the underground dog fighting…

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    Tay-Sachs is a biological phenomenon, which tends to only occur in certain populations. Three of the most common populations in which it occurs are Ashkenazi Jews, French Canadians, and Louisiana Cajuns. Tay-Sachs is an autosomal recessive pattern that is inherited through both sides of the parents (“Tay-Sachs Disease” 5). An autosomal recessive pattern occurs when “both copies of the gene in each cell have mutations (“Tay-Sachs Disease” 3). While…

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