Good Friday is one of the biggest crawfish boil days of the year (Photo by David Grunfeld, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune archive) Crawfish recipes to make the most of Good Friday leftovers Hosting a ...

Serve a big wedge of this crawfish pie with a big salad and fresh asparagus and — boom! — dinner is served. This recipe from Corinne Cook is easy and delicious. You could make your favorite ...

What do you do if you host a crawfish boil on Easter weekend and five or six expected guests do not arrive? You turn to Judy Walker and her deep well of recipes to find ways to enjoy the leftover tail ...

At first bite, you taste the flaky golden brown piecrust that holds the rich treasure inside. And with the second bite, the spicy crawfish filling coats your taste buds with one delicious mouthful.

The annual celebration of the mathematical constant's π (pi) is today, March 14. We have a few problems of sweet and savory 3.14 figures for mathematicians and pie lovers to solve. There is no need ...

Hand pies are quintessential New Orleans cuisine. They can be sweet or savory, and we all have our favorites; the crawfish hand pie is one of mine. Crawfish season in South Louisiana is sacred, and it ...

Baseball players like to call it “the sweet spot,” that one small area on the bat that allows for maximum hitting power and control. We have the same thing in the backyard culinary realm. It’s that ...

It’s not easy making Fridays in Lent fun without a fish fry or a long wait at the local seafood restaurant. But there are delightful possibilities for one’s own kitchen these 40 days, thanks to ...

The king of egg dishes is named after the king of jazz. As we celebrate the festival season, it's impossible to not think of Louis Armstrong. Since he signed his name "Red Beans and Ricely Yours," we ...

Crawfish etouffee is a simple dish and one that may be served in a variety of ways. Often it is placed on pasta instead of rice, in crepes or in patty shells. A simple but elegant presentation is in a ...

Crawfish are good eating, especially now. Through late May, the mudbugs should be plentiful. Restaurants and supermarkets sell them seasoned, boiled and ready to eat for good prices. One longtime ...