Recipes
Creole fried green tomatoes hold a significant place in the culinary history of New Orleans,...
A signature dish from the New Orleans School of Cooking and the Riverview Room, Pasta...
Overall, the combination of fresh seafood, bold flavors, and traditional Southern ingredients make BBQ shrimp and grits a beloved dish in New Orleans.
For native New Orleanians, eating gumbo is a way of life. When I was growing up, the only gumbo we had was seafood gumbo. Then, in the 1970s, a Cajun chef named Paul Prudhomme came to town. Cajun food took the city by storm from that point on.
In New Orleans, red beans are a Monday classic. My Mother really did do the wash on Monday. It was an all day affair for her. She played the soap operas on our floor model radio.
The bananas are cooked in a bubbling pan of dark brown sugar, butter, rum, banana liquor, and cinnamon and served over ice cream in this deliciously simple–yet elegant–dessert.