Antoine’s is the oldest restaurant in New Orleans. Since 1840, Antoine’s has been operated by the family of the founder, Antoine...

Easter is a big celebration in New Orleans. There are usually 3 different parades during the holiday weekend. In the city of parades and...

Social media is full of food photographs. I am very guilty of this. My Facebook and Instagram are full of images of dishes I have cooked...

I was blessed to have my mom as my mentor when I first started cooking. I can trace many of her dishes back to her mentor, my...

You can find eggplants in stores year round. Peak season for them is the months of July through October. My mother always cooked an...

It has been said that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Many restaurants in the French Quarter serve the first meal of the...

When I start planning my Valentines Day meal, the first course I start with is dessert. I always turn to my favorite sweet ingredient...

Whenever I tell people I am a chef from New Orleans, they instantly remark that I am a Cajun. That is far from the truth. Cajuns are...

With the cold weather upon us, time to add soup to our menu. In Louisiana, you would naturally think of gumbo. My thoughts today bring me...

The Feast of the Seven Fishes is a traditional Italian-American celebration on Christmas Eve. Since Christmas Eve is a fasting day in...

Now that the holidays are here, my thoughts turn to the big meals. There are dishes that make appearances every year. While these dishes...

For my 100th column, I shared with you two recipes from the second cookbook that I have written. I have been looking for a publisher who...

Thanksgiving is quickly approaching. In my family, turkey is the main attraction. Dirty Rice, Cornbread Dressing and Green Beans are...

With the moniker Creole Cajun Chef, many people think that my cooking is limited to South Louisiana style cooking. For the most part,...

Fall is here. It seems like everywhere I turn, I see pumpkins. Many people are carving their Jack-o-lanterns. But what do you do with the...

Louisiana recipes use a lot of different types of sausage. My favorite sausage is Andouille, which I always have on hand. Andouille is a...

A while back, I wrote about the first family of New Orleans restaurants, the Brennans. The last line of that article I mentioned one day...

Saturday mornings have always been one of my favorite times of the week. As a child, I could always be found in front of the television...

Labor Day is upon us. It is the unofficial last day of summer.With the extra day off, many people take the time to throw one last outdoor...

In south Louisiana, summertime brings Creole tomatoes. These tomatoes are grown in south Louisiana and are ripened on the vine. As the...