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Katrina Spreads Cajun Cookin'

Posted Dec 24, 07 12:14 PM CST in US,  Arts & Living 

(Newser) – Until recently many residents of Monett, Mo., couldn’t even pronounce muffaletta. “They’d say, ‘I want that big sandwich with the big name,’” says chef Darren Indovina. Thanks to the Gulf's post-Katrina diaspora, small towns like Monett are getting their first taste of real Cajun cooking, the AP reports. Displaced chefs have opened restaurants in locales from Nevada to West Virginia.

As the rest of America learns to enjoy crawfish, beignets, and gumbo, residents of New Orleans are expanding their palates. People from other parts of the country are opening restaurants there, helping the city recover. That suits Irving Harrell, who gave Las Vegas its first authentic Cajun joint, and isn’t going back. “I would rather remember it as a happy place,” says Harrell.

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Former New Orleans Chef LeRoy Crump, Jr. stands outside his new Clarksburg, W.Va. cajun restaurant Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2007. From Nevada to West Virginia, professional and amateur chefs alike are sharing...   (Associated Press)
Former New Orleans Chef LeRoy Crump, Jr. works at a fast pace during the lunchtime crowd in his new Clarksburg, W.Va. cajun restaurant Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2007. Crump lost his home and restaurant to Hurricane...   (Associated Press)
Former New Orleans Chef LeRoy Crump, Jr., right, gives a "high five" to satisfied customers Joanie Childers, left, and Teresa Nicholas his new Clarksburg, W.Va. cajun restaurant Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2007....   (Associated Press)
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