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Chicken and Smoked Sausage Gumbo

March 3, 2025 by George Graham 46 Comments

Chicken and Smoked Sausage Gumbo

It’s Fat Monday, ya’ll!  Lundi Gras (French for Fat Monday) ramps up the Mardi Gras holiday with a full schedule of parades, balls, and of course, the Courir de Mardi Gras—the rural Cajun celebration before the beginning of Lent. Break out your capuchon (a cone-shaped ceremonial hat), don a colorful mask, tank up with your… 

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Filed Under: Meat, Soup, Stew Tagged With: cajun cooking, Cajun food, Cajun gumbo recipe, cajun recipe, chicken and sausage gumbo recipe, courir de Mardi Gras, George Graham, Lundi Gras

Coq Au Vin – My Tribute to Julia Child

February 24, 2025 by George Graham 5 Comments

Coq Au Vin – My Tribute to Julia Child

“I love cooking with wine – sometimes I even put it in the food!” – Julia Child One tough old bird.  No, not Julia. Although she certainly was, I have too much respect to talk in those tones when paying homage to the one-woman, gastronomic tour de force that wrote Mastering the Art of French Cooking,… 

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Filed Under: Meat Tagged With: Acadiana Table, Cajun Creole recipe, chicken recipe, Coq au vin recipe, George Graham, Julia Child recipe, Louisiana dish

Braised Beef Shanks with Parsley Pecan Pesto

December 2, 2024 by George Graham 24 Comments

Braised Beef Shanks with Parsley Pecan Pesto

Let’s cut to the meat of this story–whole sectional cuts of beef are irresistible to me.  They harken back to pioneer days and more rustic farm-style butchering techniques.  But beef shanks are rarely seen whole in the supermarket.  My guess is that retailers fear that timid customers will panic and run screaming from the meat… 

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Filed Under: Meat Tagged With: Acadiana Table, Beef shank recipe, Cajun beef recipe, cajun cooking, Cajun Creole recipes, Cajun food, cajun recipe, Cajun recipes, George Graham, Louisiana cooking, pesto recipe, roast beef recipe

Grilled Tuna Salad Nicoise with Creole Citrus Vinaigrette

July 22, 2024 by George Graham 6 Comments

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 in southern France, Roxanne and I recall… 

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Filed Under: Salad, Seafood Tagged With: cajun recipe, Creole dish, fish dish, French recipe, George Graham, Louisiana, new orleans, nicoise, salad recipe, tuna dish

Grilled Apricot and Herb Salad

June 24, 2024 by George Graham 6 Comments

Grilled Apricot and Herb Salad

Lazy summer days in the South are for eating light and this Grilled Apricot and Herb Salad keys on the freshest fruit and garden herbs you can source in a tasty (and healthy) combination.  Time to slow down and enjoy life. Even in these stay-at-home days, life is moving fast–too fast.  It’s almost July already… 

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Filed Under: Fruit, Salad Tagged With: Acadiana Table, apricots, cajun cooking, Cajun Creole, cajun recipe, fruit salad, George Graham, grilled fruit, healthy salad, Louisiana recipe, New Orleans recipe, vegan, vegetarian

Watermelon Bread

July 17, 2023 by George Graham 17 Comments

Watermelon Bread

Watermelon stands lining the side of the rural parish roads are an especially Southern thing.  Truckloads begin arriving as the temperature soars, and there is no better way to cool down than a slice of ice-cold watermelon on the back porch steps.  Or maybe there is: Watermelon Bread – hot out of the oven. I’ve… 

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Filed Under: Bread, Fruit, Sweets Tagged With: Acadiana Table, bread recipe, cajun cooking, Cajun food, cajun recipe, creole recipe, fruit recipe, George Graham, healthy bread, pastry, watermelon

5 Keys To The Perfect Muffuletta

February 14, 2022 by George Graham 43 Comments

5 Keys To The Perfect Muffuletta

Here in Acadiana, we love a celebration, and with Mardi Gras coming up, our party season is just getting started.  Parties, balls, parades — the Mardi Gras celebration in Louisiana doesn’t really stop until early March when the Lenten season calms things down.  So, with plenty of party planning still ahead, it’s time for a… 

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Filed Under: Meat, Sandwich Tagged With: Acadiana Table, cajun cooking, Cajun food, cajun recipe, Cajun recipes, Creole dish, George Graham, ham, Italian sandwich, Jazz Festival, Louisiana recipe, New Orleans recipe, olive oil, olive salad, party recipe, sandwich recipe

Jockamo Chicken with Fettuccine in a Smoked Tasso Cream Reduction

June 16, 2020 by George Graham 16 Comments

Jockamo Chicken with Fettuccine in a Smoked Tasso Cream Reduction

Chicken just got a Cajun makeover in this Jockamo Chicken with Fettuccine in a Smoked Tasso Cream recipe featuring the malty flavor of beer in a cream reduction.  Spiked with seasoned tasso ham and grated Romano cheese, we’re elevating chicken to new heights. Not sure exactly how it happened, but there’s been a cruel trick… 

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Filed Under: Meat Tagged With: Abita Beer, Acadiana Table, cajun cooking, cajun recipe, chicken dish, cooking with beer, Fathers Day recipe, fettuccine recipe, George Graham, Italian dish, Jockamo, pasta dish

About George Graham

I’ve lived in South Louisiana for all my life. My passion is the rich culinary heritage of Cajun and Creole cooking, and in the pages of Acadiana Table, my mission is to preserve and promote our culture by bringing you the stories and recipes that make it so unique. Read More…

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