MUSSELS PROVENCAL WITH POMMES FRITES
I found this recipe in my recipe-scrap book, and it really took me back. Pre-Katrina, I cooked dinner for SRS (he knows who he is!).
SHRIMP AND CELERY WITH BOWTIE PASTA
Louisiana is the largest shrimp producing state in the nation. Each year 90 to 120 million pounds of shrimp are landed in the bayou state.
LOBSTER OCHI
Ocho Rios, affectionately called ‘Ochi,” by the locals is a town on the northern coast of Jamaica. It was once a fishing village but now
CURRIED CRAB CAKES WITH MANGO SALSA AND LIME
This recipe was inspired by Cindy Hutson’s curried crab cakes which I enjoyed at The Cliff Hotel in Negril, Jamaica a few years ago.
BUCKTOWN “PINCH ME” STEW WITH RED SNAPPER
People in Louisiana are crazy for crawfish. And as anyone in New Orleans knows, you have to pinch the tails and suck the heads
CRAB CAKES WITH MUSTARD BEURRE BLANC
NOTE: I MADE THESE ON JANUARY 17, 2026 AND ADDED A TBSP. OF DIJON MUSTARD AND A SQUEEZE OF LEMON JUICE TO THE CRAB CAKE
WORLD’S FAIR LOBSTER & SHRIMP BISQUE
This is definitely not a weeknight dish. Unless you don’t have a job in which case I suppose you could spend half the night doing
DAYTONA BEACH FRIED OYSTERS ON TOAST
There is just nothing better than a fresh plump juicy briny oyster… unless that oyster is FRIED. My first memory of fried oysters was when
Oysters Aladdin
On May 1, 1967, at 9:00 a.m., Elvis and Priscilla got married at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas. After the 8 minute ceremony in
Baked Lobster Tails
A sweet, succulent buttery lobster tail from frig to table in a half hour. Good food fast.