Turn back history’s dusty pages and Lafayette’s past is revealed in bright colors, rich aromas and a cacophony of appealing sounds. Here’s what settlers must have embraced first about this area — rolling, verdant, virgin land that welcomed subsistence farm families who survived on what they could grow or hunt. They brought with them a rustic cuisine, often prepared in three pots: one for a main dish, one for rice and one for an available vegetable.