Eat like Bourdain: Southern Louisiana

Bourdain ate: boudin ball stuffed with pepper jack cheese, cracklings, and Budweiser beer.

Lunch date: chef, contractor, butcher, and restaurateur Toby Rodriguez.

Bourdain had: whiskey, gumbo, and beer.

Lunch dates: Toby Rodriguez and Marc Savoy, a musician and Cajun-style accordion builder, and his family.

Bourdain had: crawfish boil, jambalaya, and beer.

Lunch dates: Rodriguez and “about 170 of his closest friends.”

Bourdain ate: rice and gravy, fried fish, ribs, and smothered stuffed turkey wings.

Lunch dates: historian, radio DJ, and journalist Herman Fuselier, Creole cowboy Dave Lemelle, musician and business owner Sid Williams.

Bourdain ate: shrimp and okra, sweet potatoes, rice,  and “heirloom peas from Grandpa’s garden.”

Dinner dates: maker of Bon Tee Cajun Accordions Larry G. Miller and his family. 

Bourdain had: oyster po’boy, crawfish étouffée, pecan pie, and beer.