What is the difference between Creole and Cajun food?
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“Creole” means, roughly, “born in the colony”. So languages, people, and customs that developed in new world colonies are in technical terms, “creoles”. Which has nothing to do with Louisiana Creole cuisine.
When Louisiana was settled by French and Spanish citizens, there was some kerfluffle over the rights of their descendants. They were termed “Creoles” as a legal term, giving them the legal rights of their ancestral nations. In Louisiana, MOSTLY, Creole refers to the people and culture of the early settlers. They’re mostly the upper class plantation society.
The Cajuns were Acadian refugees from Canada, expelled by the British. They traveled the whole east coast of America before the Creoles welcomed them. They settled in the areas not already controlled by plantations, so marshes and swamps.
TL;DR: Creole food is haute cuisine, plantation and restaurant cooking. Cajun food is the cuisine of a people doing their (amazing) best with what they could grow or catch. Similar to the haute cuisine vs peasant food of the French.
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