Smoked Pork Sausage with Hatch Chiles
My Smoked Pork Sausage with Hatch Chiles is a recipe for the culinary adventurers among you that are fearless in the kitchen and crave new tastes. These sausages explode with rich, smoky flavor and the chiles tingle the tongue with a peppery balance that sends this dish to a new and undiscovered region in your…
Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic
This Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic will forever redefine the complexity of flavor that comes from these pungent little pods that tingle, tantalize and tangle the taste buds. As the chicken roasts and releases its inner juice into the pot, it combines with the sweet scent of garlic and wine kissed … [Read More...]
Wagyu Beef Slider on Brioche with Jalapeño Pimento Cheese
Presented ceremoniously on a brioche bun, my Wagyu Beef Slider on Brioche with Jalapeño Pimento Cheese combines the best of hybrid Japanese beef with the down-home comfort of pimento cheese--a contrast of rich new flavors with more familiar tastes. The first time I tasted Kobe beef was at the … [Read More...]
Grilled Tuna Salad Nicoise with Creole Citrus Vinaigrette
Salty, acidic, peppery and sweet are the defining taste elements of my Grilled Tuna Salad Nicoise with Creole Citrus Vinaigrette and taking a few tricks from my Cajun playbook of culinary techniques, I think we might have just elevated this French classic to another level. During past travels … [Read More...]
Romano Chicken Breasts with Tasso Cream
The thick and creamy sauce infused with the spice of Cajun pork tasso hits you with a wallop of smoky flavor as you taste the first bite of my crispy Romano Chicken Breasts with Tasso Cream. Another bite, please! If you’re not from around these parts or at least traveled to Cajun country, … [Read More...]
Farmers Market Salad with Blood Orange Vinaigrette
My Farmers Market Salad is all about building complex flavors with all-natural, freshly harvested, raw ingredients straight from local growers. When dressed with the bright flavors of sweet citrus in my Blood Orange Vinaigrette, this summer salad is a delicious combination. Summertime is in … [Read More...]
Peppered Pork Chops with Pineapple Jasmine Rice
The slow-simmered pork in my Peppered Pork Chops gently bubbles in a black-iron cauldron of Caribbean ingredients with aromatics, herbs, and spices delivering wave after wave of flavor. And when served over my citrusy Pineapple Jasmine Rice, you’ll be booking a flight to the islands. It was … [Read More...]
Tomato Cheese Tart
One bite of the flaky piecrust infused with herbs and cheeses and topped deliciously with ripe heirloom tomatoes will send your taste buds to that delicious culinary hiding place in your brain. You know where I mean, and you know that you don’t visit that place as often as you like, or need, or … [Read More...]
Acadiana BBQ Shrimp
In my Acadiana BBQ Shrimp recipe, the jumbo Gulf shrimp are bathed in a buttery mix of herbs and spices that soak into every crevice of the crustacean. The heads are mandatory as they do the work of sucking up the peppery flavors of the butter sauce and mixing with their natural head fat into some … [Read More...]
Macadamia Nut Ice Cream Sandwich
The rich sweetened cream spiked with the saltiness of roasted macadamia nuts is a study in contrasts, and when combined between two cookies, my Macadamia Nut Ice Cream Sandwich is a study in the art of sandwich making—ice cream-style. Back when I was a kid, every neighborhood had its corner … [Read More...]
Summer Squash Soup
Slow simmered and puréed into a smooth, bisque-like creaminess, my Summer Squash Soup explodes with the fresh flavors of the season. Spiced with a light hand, I love how the vegetables shine brightly with just a hint of mint and the gentle bite of sweet onion. While I confess to eating … [Read More...]
Baby Back Ribs and my 7 Rules of Barbecue
“Hey George, what’s the secret to great barbecue?” I get that all the time. Quite frankly, it would be easier to answer, “What’s the secret to life?” At least, with that query, I could dodge the answer with some philosophical razzle-dazzle. But barbecue is an exact science and no place for … [Read More...]
Cucumber Martini with Elderflower Liqueur
This Cucumber Martini with Elderflower Liqueur cocktail just appeals to me with a farm-to-table freshness that balances elegance with rustic appeal. With pureed cucumber coupled with cucumber-infused vodka splashed with elderflower liqueur and freshly squeezed lime, what’s not to like? Floating a … [Read More...]
Sweet Tea Brined Chicken
Just think about it: Sweet Tea Brined Chicken with fresh citrus, herbs, and aromatics spiced with the peppery flavors of Louisiana is roast chicken in a deliciously simple recipe. I love the flavors of the South and brining chicken with a rich infusion of strong sweet tea flavored with lemon … [Read More...]
Salmon and Shrimp Salad with Grapefruit Vinaigrette
For a born and fed bayou boy like me, eating light in the summer makes up for the countless pounds of boiled crawfish I consumed this spring. And it gives me pause for the endless bowls of gumbo to come this fall. That's why today's fresh Salmon and Shrimp Salad featuring poached salmon and … [Read More...]
Crawfish Omelette
Cracking a trio of farm-fresh eggs is just the start of making this Crawfish Omelette—a one-pan wonder served open-face. Layer in the onions, garlic, peppers, thyme, and parsley, and you’re waking up your taste buds; lay on the sweet crawfish tails, and you’ve redefined the art of the … [Read More...]