Lafayette Dine for the Diner returns. These restaurants are taking part
The Dine for the Diner campaign happens every year to raise money for St. Joseph Diner, which has been active since 1983.
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The Dine for the Diner campaign happens every year to raise money for St. Joseph Diner, which has been active since 1983.
Winter weather temporarily froze crawfish harvesting and its market, but spring weather has started to melt away the effects as the catch and size increase. The arctic air brought freezing temperatures, power outages and water-access issues across most of Louisiana. As a result, many of Acadiana's ponds had a thin layer of ice on the surface. At the mud line, where crawfish grow, the temperature dropped to about 35 degrees, causing the cold-blood crustaceans metabolism to slow dramatically, said Mark Shirley, LSU AgCenter aquaculture specialist. "The freeze didn't kill the crawfish;...
Dawson has stepped-up his crawfish eating skills over the past year.