Storytellers Project: Lafayette folks dish on food and family

Kristin Askelson | The Daily Advertiser

In the sixth installment of Lafayette Storytellers, regular folks told stories related to food and family.

We chose this topic for a couple of reasons. One, anyone who has been here any amount of time knows how important family — and food — is to our culture in Acadiana. It’s how we welcome people. It’s how we teach them about us. It’s how we tell them we love them. And it’s universal. We all have families and our families have a profound impact on who we are. And, well, we all eat.

This time of year, as we prepare to gather for holidays, food seems to take on greater importance in our lives.

The November storytellers were: Kevin Foote, Laurie Stanton, Chad Matrana, Tiffany Steward and Jolie Meaux.

More: The Storytellers Project: Lafayette goes back to school

The Lafayette Storytellers Project is a series of storytelling events in which community members work with Daily Advertiser journalists to tell true, first-person stories live on stage. At the heart of these nights is the Advertiser's mission to serve and reflect the community and to help members of the community better understand one another.

This was the Advertiser's sixth storytelling night at Acadiana Center for the Arts, sponsored by Cox Communications.

2019 Lafayette Storytellers Schedule

The 2019 season of Lafayette storytellers has been announced. Single-event tickets are available, as well as supporter season tickets.

Feb. 12: Romance …or not

April 9: Growing up

June 11: Outdoor adventures

September 2019 (TBA): How I came to call Lafayette home

December 2019 (TBA): Holiday traditions

Tickets can be purchased at tickets.theadvertiser.com.

If you have a story you'd like to tell, please go to www.storytellersproject.com/lafayette/speak/ and tell us about it. You can also contact Kristin Askelson at kaskelson@theadvertiser.com.