Crawfish bisque is normally home cooking. You don’t find it in restaurants often, which makes the fact that you can find it at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival almost crazy. “It’s a tough ...

I have a routine I follow when eating boiled crawfish at a restaurant. I always order five pounds for me and another five pounds for Roxanne. Please understand, my wife has never finished a whole five ...

Advocate staff photo by Cheramie Sonnier -- Ingredients for crawfish bisque are sent through a commercial grinder at Bergeron's Boudin & Cajun Meats in Port Allen. The bisque is for the annual Lenten ...

How, you ask, did chef Faye Antoine start serving one of New Orleans' most complicated dishes, crawfish bisque, from a strip mall doughnut shop? David Grunfeld / The Times-PicayuneHoney Whip Donuts' ...

The Thanksgiving season in Acadiana is a special time of the year for a couple of reasons. First, it is a special time when family and friends draw closer together and share a festive spirit. And in ...

To try Regina's recipe for crawfish étouffée, in which the shellfish are cooked in butter and light roux, click here. Crawfish and rice are as perfect of a match on the plate as they are in the wet ...

Ask your seafood supplier to clean 60 crawfish heads. The shells may be frozen for an extended period of time. If desired, soak heads overnight in cold soda water prior to using them. Preheat oven to ...

METHOD: Ask your seafood supplier to clean 60 crawfish heads for this dish. The heads may be frozen for an extended period of time. Prior to using, you may wish to soak the heads overnight in cold ...

[Hot and Hot Fish Club, 2180 11th Court South, Homewood; 933-5474. www.hotandhotfishclub.com.] It was a meal worthy of a queen -- a beauty queen, that is. Robert Raiford wrote to tell about a recent ...

Last weekend, I visited my parents in Lake Charles, La. There are at least three times per year that it just seems right to be with one’s family; Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter. Of course, it is ...

It’s crawfish season in Acadiana and the pent up demand for the magically sweet crustaceans is busting at the seams. The tradition of sucking heads and pinching tails is a Lenten season custom in our ...