1.   Almost as ubiquitous as boiled crawfish in Acadiana, or Cajun country, is etouffee, crawfish tails smothered with seasoning vegetables and served over rice.

2.   Breaux Bridge, La.--Ailene Champagne Guidry died a couple of years ago, but people in Cajun country will never forget the mother of crawfish etouffee.

3.   But for me, the essence of Cajun country is in the fresh crawfish and oysters, the gumbo and the etouffee, the boudin and fresh game.

4.   But in the heart of Cajun country, a wilderness preservation group and an oil company are trying to strike a balance between conservation and commerce.

5.   Celebration salutes the multicultural influences on the heart of Cajun country with music, film, world cuisine and visual and performing arts.

6.   David Wortman of Acadian Village operates a studio and showroom open to the public on a working rice farm in the heart of Cajun country.

7.   Furthermore, while campaigning in Cajun country, Gramm missed a key farm-bill vote in the Senate that caused him more trouble in agriculture-intensive Iowa.

8.   If Buchanan scores a breakthrough, McDade said it will take place in Acadiana, the Cajun country of south Louisiana between New Orleans and the Texas border.

9.   In Cajun country, though, word about the proposed tax has relighted the hopes of farmers, processors and fishers.

10.   Indeed, cultural tourism, as travel industry professionals label this phenomenon, thrives today in Cajun country.