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New Orleans Has an Exploding Turkey Problem
In New Orleans, Thanksgiving has oyster dressing, dirty rice, jambalaya, and fried turkey—of course, because everyone fries turkey here. If you put a frozen turkey into a vat of hot oil, it shoots into the air like a geyser.
How-To: Make Shrimp Grits with Wylie Dufresne
Michelin-starred wd~50 chef Wylie Dufresne shows us how to make shrimp grits, a clever twist on the classic Southern dish of shrimp and grits. This one's got ground shrimp with freeze-dried corn, butter, scallions, and pickled jalapeños.
Billy's Boudin Balls Are the Biggest of Them All
In Louisiana, boudin sausage is king. The recipe for boudin balls—the round, large, meaty, spicy boudin that's fried in a thick layer of batter—at Billy's Boudin & Cracklin is a closely kept secret of the Frey family.
Shrimp Grits with Pickled Jalapeño and Corn Powder Recipe
It's your basic Cajun astronaut comfort food, served up from one of the most innovative chefs in the world.
Cajuns Boil the Head and Save the Blood
Lately, there’s been the “whole-hog” cooking trend. You know, using the tail to the snout. But the Cajun community has been cooking with the whole hog for 200 years. The pure Cajun spirit comes from living off the land in a proper format and being...
New Orleans Invented America's First Fusion Cuisine
I was told early on in my cooking career that if you want to be a really great chef, you should move to New York City, but if you really want to learn how to cook, you move to New Orleans. I followed those directions, and have watched The Big Easy...
How to Kill Deadly Snakes That Want You Dead
I live in the Cajun bayou by myself. After finding a poisonous snake nearby, I did what I had to do: kill it or risk being bitten. What happened next involved my most prized ingredient, truffle salt, and an activity I never expected I would find myself...
Catfish Hoop Net Fishing with a Dying Breed of Cajun Gentleman
In the third installment of this swamp series, Rachel Nederveld runs into a legendary master fisherman who makes his nets by hand in the Cajun swamp. What happened next involved sweet talk, catfish, and dead, bloated beavers.
MUNCHIES Presents: A Short Film on Cajun Boudin
Boudin is the most popular sausage you've never heard of—unless, of course, you're from southern Louisiana, where it's basically the sixth food group. We traveled to Cajun country to find the best around.
Blood Collection the Cajun Way
Communal pig butchering, one of the last remnants of Cajun culinary traditions, is the only way to experience the primal first taste of boudin noir, or Cajun sausage mixed with rice and fresh pig's blood.
Men Don’t Want Anything to Do with Single Women on the Swamp
In the second installment of this swamp series, Rachel Nederveld realizes that life can get pretty damn lonely when you're living alone on a houseboat in the middle of the Cajun swamp, especially when your male neighbors ignore you altogether.
Learning How to Survive on the Cajun Swamp
I left city life behind to try to live alone—with my dog—on a houseboat on the disappearing Cajun swamp, where living conditions involved finding cottonmouth snakes in my bed, no neighbors or grocery stores, and a lonesome propane tank to cook my meals.