I’m a proud Georgia native, but I spent my elementary school years in Louisiana. My young mother did not know anyone when she moved from the Southeast and chose to learn her new home and its people by ...

Folks in Louisiana understand how to use seafood in simple comfort food. Take shrimp Creole, for example, an easy, spicy tomato sauce to which shrimp are added at the end. To make Cajun seasoning at ...

This simple shrimp creole is the perfect recipe to get you out of your dinner rut. The opposite of boring, it's loaded with spices, garlic and hot sauce. It uses pantry staples including canned ...

Chef and co-owner Jerry Amato's Shrimp Creole at Mother's Restaurant in New Orleans. (Photo from Mother's) Jerry Amato, chef and co-owner of the popular Mother's Restaurant in New Orleans, died March ...

This Easy Shrimp Creole recipe brings the heart of New Orleans right to your kitchen in under an hour and all in one pot! This classic dish is flavor-packed and full of perfectly cooked plump shrimp ...

I learned this recipe when I briefly lived in New Orleans as a young woman. It was served in a casual restaurant, where I was told that the bayou and marsh shrimp had shells so fragile they could be ...

In New Orleans every day is shrimp day, but because it is "#NationalShrimpDay," we figured it was as good a time as any to dig into our archives and share great recipes for classic New Orleans shrimp ...

Chef John Besh remembers the tomatoes of his childhood, the Creole variety that grew in the rich silt deposits of the Mississippi Delta. Those tomatoes—“ugly and deformed, split to the point of ...

Grits are a versatile starch and can take on anything you want to add to them. Andouille sausage and shrimp makes a savory addition. Makes 8 servings. Make the dark roux: In a heavy iron skillet brown ...

Where Is Creole Food From? But what is Creole food? Creole food originated in Louisiana and blends food traditions from African, European and Native cultures. It combines bold, spicy and tangy flavors ...