Cuisine
MARCH 2021
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FERTILE
SOILS YIELD
LOUISIANA’S
A HOLY TRINITY
T R I F E C T A : C R A W F I S H , R I C E , V O D K A // W
SHIFTING SOIL
Sow the Field, Savor the Moment
RICE, CRAWFISH, AND LIQUOR FROM ONE EFFICIENT FARM
Story and photos by Lucie Monk Carter
At Frugé Farms in Branch, Louisiana, the Meleck family has been farming rice since 1896. In the years since, like many rice farming families, they’ve started selling crawfish. Their newest venture adds liquor to the riches produced from their soils with J.T. Meleck Louisiana Handcrafted Rice Vodka.
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