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Stories from the road about the people, places, memory, foodways and traditions we encounter across South Louisiana. Nothing is published just to fill the grid. The archive grows when the reporting does.
Field Note 001 · Cameron Parish · July 2026
We weren’t looking for Booth’s Grocery. We were looking for a restroom. A locked country store, a car in the gravel lot and an unexpected afternoon with Earl Booth Jr. became the beginning of the Parish & Plate field notes.
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A working field note following the visible rhythms of the season — boats, roadside stops, meals and the people who make the season move.