Since we made Tasso on Monday, we need a new recipe using Tasso. Here is a quick breakfast dish from a restaurant that serves a lot of...

Tasso is a popular ingredient in Cajun Cooking. This spicy pork product is used to flavor sauces and dishes. Tasso is often found in...

This dish is what is known as a flourless chocolate cake. What most people don’t know is that Chef Warren Leruth started his career as a...

I recently discovered some interesting things that were my mother’s. They are a set of 8 dessert plates with 4 different Brennan’s...

I think of John Besh as a home-grown Emeril. Emeril was raised in the northeast. John is a local product. His restaurant empire is...

Summer is here. Time for people to start thinking tropical. Whenever I think of the tropics, I think of coconut. Here is a recipe from my...

This is the time of the year for great Soft Shell Crabs. Here is a recipe that is a take on Trout Almondine. This recipe is from Tom...

Today is Memorial Day, the day we honor all Veterans who gave their live to serve our country. While my father survived WWII, I thought I...

One of my favorite desserts is Key Lime Pie. I know that key limes are not a native New Orleans fruit. However, it is a perfect pie for...

Peanut Butter is onr of my favoite foods. Growing up, it was hard to keep in the house. Peanut Butter was eaten by the spoonfull. Here is...

This is my favorite entree when I eat dinner at Brennan’s (I have actually eaten at Brennan’s more for dinner than breakfast). It is a...

In honor of Mother’s day, here is another of my mother’s recipes. This is a take on Cup custard, a one time favorite dessert in New...

I had some boneless chicken thighs and Andouille on hand. My wife is not a big fan of Jambalaya and it was too warm for Gumbo. I stumbled...

For some reason, I am not a big fan of baked potatoes. If I am cooking them in the oven, I perfer to roast them. One day, I stumbled upon...

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...

Mr B’s Bistro has always been my favorite special occassion restaurant. Mr B’s opened in 1979. That August, I ate at Mr B’s before my...

A French Bordelaise sauce is a rich mixture of red wine and beef stock. A Creole Bordelaise is made with olive oil, butter and garlic. My...

This past weekend was the 42nd Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival. Ponchatoula, the Strawberry capital of the World, is a hour Northwest of...