Tomorrow is Mardi Gras. In other country’s such as Canada and the United Kingdon, it is also known as Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Tuesday. ...

While looking for crawfish recipes, I stumbled across this one. Marcelle Bienvenu is known as the Queen of Cajun Cooking. Most New...

Gary Darling, Hans Limburg and Greg Reggio are know as the Taste Buds. Together they have developed Semolina’s restaurant as well as Zea’...

I just received my copy of the Food Network Magazine today. It is the cheese issue with a picture of Bacon Mac & Cheese on the cover....

To me , the ultimate chocolate was the Blackout Cake from the closed McKenzie’ bakeries. It was all the chocolate you would want and them...

This weekend is the frist full weekend of parades in the city of New Orleans. When I think of food at a parade, I think of Corn Dogs and...

This dish I created as a Friday Lunch special at Cannon’s restaurant. We were looking for something that was not as heavy as the Catfish...

I was looking for ideas for my blog post. Since I was listening to the radio, I figured I would ask Jeff Allen what his favorite New...

Barbeque Shrimp is a dish found in many restaurants in New Orleans and every version is a little different form the other. Here is the...

My sister-in-law Edna recently sent me a copy of one of my mother’s recipes. What was so special about it was that it is in my mon’s...

This is the third different King Cake recipe that I have posted on my blog. Yesterday, 1/6/13 was the first day of Carnival. I wanted to...

A common appetizer on New Orleans restaurants are Oysters 2-2-2. This is a sampling of three different baked oysters. The first is...

Lasst Friday night, my family go together to have our Christmas celebration. It was based around shucking oysters. But one of the dishes...

Edna is the wife of my brother, Ken.  She is a wonderful cook. For years, she has been making my mother’s Cheesecake and Fudge Pie for...

I had purchased a spiral ham and used the glaze packet that came with it. It was ok but not the flavor I was looking for.  So, when the...

P&J Oysters are the oldest continously operating oyster house in America. Since 1876, P&J’s has been cultivating, harvesting, processing...

Estelle was the mother of Chef Warren Leruth. This is one of the recipes from his cookbook Front Door Back Door Cookbook. It was not a...

Bread pudding is very popular in New Orleans restaurants. White Chocolate bread pudding was first seen at Palace Café, on Canal Street in...

Our friends, J and Caro Ferguson, live around the corner from us. We have gone on two cruises together and have bowled many of frames...

Tonight, I suprised my wife with a pint of oysters. Unfortunately, she likes oysters prepared one way, Fried. One of my favorite dishes...