Marc Atchison discovers that Canada had a large part to play in why crawfish have become such a staple for the people of Louisiana.

COVINGTON, LA - We follow the arrow-straight causeway that crosses Lake Pontchartrain — the longest bridge of its kind in the world — until it drifts off into this sleepy bedroom community located about an hour north of New Orleans.

VACHERIE, LA - The grand Antebellum home I see standing at the end of a narrow red brick path looks like something out of Gone With The Wind.

NEW ORLEANS - This city always satisfies my appetite for fun — of course I’ve been known to overindulge on Bourbon Street nightlife, gorge myself on jazz and blues, gobble up its incredible history and totally devour the genuine joie de vivre of its people. But what I really crave when I come to this city with the smorgasbord of nicknames — NOLA, Big Easy, Crescent City, Birthplace of Jazz, Mardis Gras City — is the food.

LAFAYETTE, LA - There’s music and then there’s Zydeco. Deep in Cajun Country, when the clock strikes 9, the Café des Amis is jumping.

NEW ORLEANS - My chair shakes and the floor beneath it begins to sway. A chilling wind swirls around me and out of nowhere snowflakes start falling. My spine tingles at the sound of gunfire and loud explosions.