May 1st would have been my mother’s 90th birthday. So to honor her, I thought I would share one of her recipes. One of my favorite...

One of my wife’s favorite meals is panéed veal. So, here is a dish from the best restaurant in New Orleans, Commander’s Palace. Marcelle...

Here is one more oyster recipe before we run out of months with R’s in them. Before modern refrigeration, oysters were believed to not be...

Sunday is Easter. A great way to celebrate Easter is with a Leg of Lamb. This recipe is from my cookbook. Whenever I think of lamb, I...

I have just spend a week eating my way thru New Orleans.  One night my wife, mother-in-law and I ate at Cafe 615 Home of Da Wabbit. The...

Today is my last day of my vacation in New Orleans. I have spent 7 days eating as much food as I can. This recipe is a dish that you...

While this dish is neither Creole or Cajun, it is definately a New Orleans dish. This past Saturday, I marched in the Irish Channel St....

Catfish is very popular here in Arkansas. This dish from Cannon’s restaurant fits in well here. With crawfish tails available in most...

Two of my favorite ingredients are crawfish and tasso. So using crawfish left over from a boil, I put this dish together. Make sure to...

My love for cooking goes back to when I was young. When I would sit down to each lunch at home, I would always read a cookbook. Of...

Here is another recipe from the 1996 Chef’s Charity for Children. Joe Cahn opened the New Orleans School of Cooking in 1980.  In 1996, he...

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...

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...

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

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

This is the perfect after holiday meal. It is an excellent way to use leftover turkey and it is easy to make. The only real cooking is...

One of the entrees that I ate on my cruise was Seafood Newberg. This is dish that is not often seen on many menus these days. It was...

I have been getting request for this recipe since I posted this picture on Facebook So, as promised, here it is. My wife wanted to eat...

Today is Labor Day, the traditional last day of summer. The cooking method often associated with summer is grilling. So, here is a recipe...

Yesterday on the seven year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Issac hit the city of New Orleans. Nowhere near the strenght of...