Two popular trout dishes here in south Louisiana (Trout Meuniere and Trout Amandine) are the inspiration behind this Middle Eastern fish dish accented with pistachios and fresh dill. A Middle Eastern Take on Trout Amandine: Pan-Fried Trout with Pistachios & Dill It’s kind of funny that my only real work experience in a restaurant was …
Emeril’s Crawfish Bread for Jazz Fest
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Kicks Off Tomorrow The 45th Annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival starts tomorrow and runs for two consecutive weekends. Jazz Fest is the preeminent spring fun-in-the-sun event, and it features a lot more than just music. The music is incredible, of course, with lots of variety. It’s …
Pasta Milanese by Chef John Besh
Pasta Milanese for a Friday Meatless Meal in Lent There is only one week left in Lent, which makes tomorrow is our last Friday of abstinence from meat. Next Friday is Good Friday, which is a day of fasting and abstinence. A couple of weeks ago, we celebrated one of my favorite feasts: the Solemnity …
Pescado al Horno for #NoMeat Fridays in #Lent
Pescado al Horno: Traditional Dish of the Philippines This week’s meatless #recipe recommendation from CRS Rice Bowl hits close to home for me. Not only is my friend and fellow Catholic foodie Fr. Leo Patalinghug cooking this very recipe in the video below (he is also a filipino!), but this recipe involves fish! I have …
Pasta al Tonno e Pomodoro for St. Joseph’s Day
I Bet You Didn’t Know that St. Joseph Is Italian 😉 Obviously, that’s a joke, right. I mean, St. Joseph was a Jew, a descendant of King David. So, why the joke? St. Joseph is credited with saving Sicily from a dreadful famine in the Middle Ages. Each year since then, the Sicilian people have …