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The Stories Worth Keeping.

Documenting the flavor, people, and places that shape South Louisiana.

Misty cypress trees and bayou water at dawn

A South Louisiana field journal
food · history · land · culture

The stories worth keeping.

A South Louisiana Field JournalRecipes, old stores, bridges, camps, landmarks, and conversations gathered one backroad stop at a time.

Featured Field Note
No. 001

Booth’s
Grocery

A closed country store in Grand Chenier, a chance stop on the road to Rutherford Beach, and a conversation with the family still carrying its memory.

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The closed Booth's Grocery building in Grand Chenier
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“You don’t find Louisiana,
she finds you.”

— Tracy Chevalier

Quiet bayou water and cypress trees