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Seafood Salad from Visko’s
Here is another great dish from the closed Visko’s reataurant. This is a perfect light dish for summertime. It also makes a great salad...

Tommy Centola
Jul 13, 20151 min read
Spinach Salad a la Rive Gauche from LeRuth’s
The New Orleans Cooking Experience is one of many cooking schools for people to learn the secrets of classic New Orleans Cajun & Creole...

Tommy Centola
Sep 22, 20141 min read
Avocado Oliva form LeRuth’s 20th Anniversary Cookbook
With the heat bearing down during the summertime, here is a light dish that can be served as a salad. It is an easy and quick recipe. It...

Tommy Centola
Jul 14, 20141 min read
Shrimp Remoulade from Warren Leruth
We just had the carpet in my office changed. It gave me the opportunity to look over my cookbooks. I stumbled over the Great Chefs series...

Tommy Centola
Apr 7, 20141 min read
LeRuth’s Avocado Dressing
Here is the recipe for LeRuth’s signature salad dressing. Chef Leruth created the Seven Seas salad dressings, but this dressing was one...

Tommy Centola
Sep 19, 20131 min read
Oriental Chicken Salad
This salad is not your ordinary salad. Created at Cannon’s restaurant, the Oriental Chicken salad contains items not often seen in green...

Tommy Centola
Jun 27, 20131 min read


Muffuletta Salad
This is a lighter way to enjoy a Muffuletta. By taking the insides of a Muffuletta and putting them on a bed of lettuce, you have made...

Tommy Centola
Jul 2, 20121 min read


Crawfish Remoulade
Here is another recipe for leftover boiled crawfish. Crawfish and Shrimp are often substituted for each other in recipes. One day I...

Tommy Centola
Feb 13, 20121 min read


Fried Oyster Caesar Salad
This is a great light salad for lunch. You can be happy that you are eating a healthy salad, while eating delicious fried oysters. The...

Tommy Centola
Jan 16, 20121 min read


Godchaux Salad
Godchaux’s was a New Orleans Department store on Canal Street. In the 1920’s, Leon Godchaux would walk to Galatoire’s restaurant in the...

Tommy Centola
Sep 5, 20111 min read


Perry St. Pasta Salad
I have gotten many requests for this recipe. Perry Street was the street I lived on in Gretna, La. when Katrina hit. It is also where a...

Tommy Centola
Aug 25, 20111 min read


Honey Mustard Dressing
As promised, here is a recipe for Honey Mustard Dressing. This is the type of salad dressing that Cannon’s served with their Cajun...

Tommy Centola
Feb 22, 20111 min read


Cajun Popcorn suggested by Genie Lawrence Goodrow
This dish is one that you could always find in a Cajun restaurant, fried crawfish. Chef Paul Prudhomme came up with the name Cajun...

Tommy Centola
Feb 18, 20111 min read


Shrimp Remoulade
This is another family favorite recipe. Family get togethers almost always included this New Orleans classic. It is a very easy recipe...

Tommy Centola
Jan 18, 20111 min read
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