The article says: "Creole is a long-embattled term, perhaps best defined now as a person whose background and identity is traceable to colonial French Louisiana and/or its Franco-African culture."
I have a simpler definition. If your family has a secret gumbo recipe, you're either cajun or creole. If the recipe has tomatoes, you're creole. If not, you're cajun.
I don’t have a secret gumbo recipe but I do have a secret family chicken adobo recipe. It would be fun to try and identify different cultural geographical backgrounds with a particular secret family recipe.
Mind sharing your secret chicken adobo recipe?
As a Cajun, I approve of this definition.
Well damn, you nailed it. We're cajun and I've never heard of tomatoes in gumbo.
These paintings are awesome. The artist has brilliantly adapted primitive 19th century American style (I'm not sure I agree with calling it folk art), but with more vibrant colors and his own style. Respect.