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Louisiana Gulf and Wetland Foodways

Coastal

The ecosystem both foodways draw on: the Gulf, the Mississippi delta, the Atchafalaya basin, bayous, marshes, estuaries, Lake Pontchartrain and the crawfish ponds — and the species, seasons and fisheries in them. Coastal land loss is part of this record.

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What is recorded

  • Both foodways depend on an ecosystem that is measurably shrinking; Louisiana has lost a large share of its coastal wetland, which is the nursery for the shrimp, crab and oyster fisheries both cuisines rest on. Recorded as a fact about the food system. documented

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