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Crabmeat Au Gratin
Here is another dish to take advantage of Crab Season. This dish is a delightful way to showcase lump crabmeat. It can be served as a...

Tommy Centola
Jul 14, 20111 min read


Chicken Oregano
The Cookbook is finished. It just needs a little polish. As I finished, I was wondering about dinner. What was I going to cook? Chicken...

Tommy Centola
Jul 11, 20111 min read


Stuffed Crabs
Stuffed crabs have been pushed on to the endangered recipe list by crab cakes. I myself am as guilty as the rest. Stuffed crab was a...

Tommy Centola
Jul 7, 20111 min read


Fried Soft Shell Crabs with Crabmeat
Here is one for all the soft shell crab lovers out there. This dish was one of my favorites from my first place of employment, the now...

Tommy Centola
Jul 5, 20112 min read


Bananas Foster
This wonderful dessert was created at Brennan’s, one of the many famous restaurants in the city. New Orleans was the major port for...

Tommy Centola
Jun 30, 20111 min read


Marinated Crab Claws
Before you know it, it will be crab season. As much as I like lump crabmeat, I think the best part of the crab is the claw. It has the...

Tommy Centola
Jun 27, 20111 min read
Cookbook update
Sorry I have not kept up my regular schedule with my recipes. I have been given 14 days to get a lot of stuff in to my publisher. The...

Tommy Centola
Jun 24, 20111 min read


Hurkey Lurky
While working on my cookbook, I was looking for a recipe to honor my father. Unfortunately, he passed away when I was 11. So I turned to...

Tommy Centola
Jun 21, 20111 min read
Blog Moved
I just wanted to let my followers know that I have moved my blog to my website creolecajunchef.com

Tommy Centola
Jun 20, 20111 min read


Pralines
In France and everywhere else, a praline is a generic term for any candy made with nuts. In New Orleans, a praline is a candy made with...

Tommy Centola
Jun 16, 20111 min read


Crawfish Beignets
As crawfish season comes to an end, we had our last crawfish boil Saturday, it is time for one last crawfish recipe. This is a variation...

Tommy Centola
Jun 13, 20111 min read


Turtle Soup suggested by Mike Centola
I had a wonderful dinner with my brother and his family while on vacation. I am amazed at the foods that my two nephews, Andrew and Evan,...

Tommy Centola
Jun 9, 20112 min read


Beignets
Looking back at my New Orleans posts, I thought I would post a couple of recipes of the items I ate. The first one in Beignets. For those...

Tommy Centola
Jun 6, 20112 min read
New Orleans Day 7 Back at home
You may have thought that yesterday’s post would be my last from my trip to New Orleans. I had to include tonight’s dinner that I cooked...

Tommy Centola
Jun 3, 20111 min read
New Orleans Day 6 Last Day
Last day in New Orleans. Ate lunch at Acme Oyster Bar in Metairie. Had half a shrimp poboy and a cup of chicken & andouille gumbo. For...

Tommy Centola
Jun 2, 20111 min read
New Orleans Day 5
For lunch, my wife wanted to go to her favorite Chinese restaurant, China Doll in Harvey on the West Bank. I had Sweet and Sour Chicken....

Tommy Centola
Jun 1, 20111 min read
New Orleans Day 4
Today was Creole Italian day. For lunch, we ate at Tony Mandina’s, in Gretna on the West Bank. I ate the Lasagna, which was wonderful. It...

Tommy Centola
May 31, 20111 min read
New Orleans Day 3
Went to lunch at my wife’s favorite restaurant, Cafe Maspero in the French Quarter. We both had the seafood plate, consisting of fried...

Tommy Centola
May 30, 20111 min read
New Orleans Day 2
Ate Beignets at Parrot Pete’s (Manhattan Blvd on the West Bank). Had a crawfish boil at my sister-in-law Pam’s house. Robert did a great...

Tommy Centola
May 29, 20111 min read
New Orleans Day 1
Finally rolled into New Orleans around 4:30pm. After visiting with my mother-in-law, we went to eat at Cafe 615 Home of Da Wabbit in...

Tommy Centola
May 28, 20111 min read
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