Louisiana Shrimp Are Now in Season… Are You Ready? You might be wondering exactly what I mean by “shrimp season.” After all, aren’t shrimp available year-round (at least all along the Gulf of Mexico)? True. Shrimp are available year-round because shrimp freeze so well. But we do, in fact, have shrimp seasons here in Louisiana, […]
Boiled Shrimp for Father’s Day – #SundaySupper
Louisiana: The Land of Milk and Honey… And Shrimp! It’s shrimp season here in Louisiana, and the shrimp are plentiful! Each year Louisiana shrimpers catch 90 – 120 million pounds of both brown and white shrimp, and 69% of the domestic, US shrimp are harvested from the Gulf waters. We are proud of our seafood here in […]
Shrimp Remoulade Salad
The first time I had a Shrimp Remoulade Salad was at Mandina’s in New Orleans. I was young, in college at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, and we were home on a break… And a bunch of friends from all over the country decided to spend the break with us in New Orleans. I guess […]
Garlic Shrimp with Tomatoes, Peppers and Feta
A Greek Fest Inspiration: Garlic Shrimp with Tomatoes, Peppers and Feta One of our favorite things about the Greek Fest every Memorial Day Weekend is the Greek grocery. Kalamata olives, dried Greek spices, Greek olive oils, handmade Greek pita bread, and handmade Greek cheeses are available for sale in the grocery all weekend. And every year […]
Feed Your Soul: Cafe Reconcile and Greek Fest New Orleans
Feed Your Soul! There are many ways to look at that statement, but Cafe Reconcile takes an approach to “Feed Your Soul!“ that is very similar to The Catholic Foodie and to Around The Table Food Show. In a very concrete way food does meet faith at Cafe Reconcile. Cafe Reconcile: Feed Your Soul! David Emond, Development […]
Chopped: Catholic Edition
A Guest Post by Ross McKnight Chopped: Catholic Edition May 9, 2013 Belmont, NC Students of Belmont Abbey College, a Benedictine liberal arts institution outside of Charlotte, NC, hosted their own small-scale (and I mean REALLY small) “Chopped” competition, based in an apartment kitchen. The contestants were required to create one dish involving two secret […]
Crawfish Bread and Hot Sausage Po-Boys
Around The Table Radio for Friday, May 3, 2013 We had an exciting show on Friday, May 3 that included talk about Jazz Fest foods, Crawfish Bread, and Vaucresson Sausage. Our guests for the show were Jyl Benson, Editor-in-Chief of Louisiana Kitchen & Culture Magazine (and Crawfish Bread expert!), and Vance Vaucresson, owner of Vaucresson […]
Easter and Crawfish in New Orleans
Easter Is a Season Our secular culture does not think so, but it is true. Easter is a season that spans 50 days and culminates with the celebration of Pentecost. Life is full of seasons. As it is written in Ecclesiastes 3:1-2, “There is an appointed time for everything, and a time for every affair […]
Seafood Gumbo and Grilled Oysters: A Louisiana Christmas Tradition – #SundaySupper
Seafood Gumbo and Grilled Oysters: The Louisiana Seafood & Christmas Connection For us Christmas and seafood go together like peanut butter and chocolate. Louisiana crowns the Gulf of Mexico, and throughout south Louisiana, there is “water, water everywhere.” There’s a reason why Louisiana is called “The Sportsman’s Paradise.” The land and the water provide excellent […]
Crawfish Monica: A Signature Jazz Fest Dish
Crawfish Monica: A Signature Jazz Fest Dish 400,000 people crowd onto the Fair Grounds Race Course over a period of two weekends each spring for the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. At first glance, you might be tempted to think that Jazz Fest is all about music, right? But, this is New Orleans, folks, […]
Crawfish, Shrimp and Cornbread Pie
Crawfish at the Fair This Crawfish, Shrimp and Cornbread Pie was inspired by a dish we tried last Friday at the Washington Parish Fair. The Washington Parish Fair is believed to be the largest free (county) parish fair in the USA. It is also the second oldest parish fair in Louisiana. This was only our third […]
Drago’s Charbroiled Oysters and Hurricane Isaac
Drago’s Seafood Restaurant Is Open For Business Drago’s is open again. At least the downtown location is. It opened just two days after Hurricane Isaac hit New Orleans. The original location in Metairie hasn’t opened yet. They’ve been waiting for power to be restored, but they plan to re-open tomorrow. Whew! I am happy to […]
