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Shrimp and Okra Gumbo

March 31, 2025 by George Graham 54 Comments

Shrimp and Okra Gumbo

Just last week I was telling a good friend that I had plans to make Shrimp and Okra Gumbo for the weekend.  Without hesitation, she asked, “Cajun gumbo or Creole gumbo?”  Oh, here I go again.  After a 10-minute explanation, I could see my friend regretted even asking the question.  But, it is a difficult… 

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Filed Under: Seafood, Soup Tagged With: cajun cooking, Cajun Creole recipe, Cajun food, Cajun gumbo recipe, cajun recipe, Cajun recipes, Louisiana cooking, shrimp and okra gumbo, shrimp dish, shrimp gumbo recipe, shrimp recipe

Peggy’s Skillet Fried Chicken

January 27, 2025 by George Graham 10 Comments

Peggy’s Skillet Fried Chicken

Peggy is my momma. She passed away some time ago, but not before I learned her secret to the perfect fried chicken that I affectionately call Peggy’s Skillet Fried Chicken. She was a wiz in the kitchen and taught me the basics of cooking simply. She was a patient cook and knew that time was… 

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Filed Under: Meat Tagged With: Acadiana Table, bacon waffle recipe, cajun cooking, Cajun Creole recipe, Cajun food, Cajun fried chicken recipe, cajun recipe, Cajun recipes, Fried chicken recipe, Louisiana cooking, perfect fried chicken recipe, savory waffle recipe, Southern fried chicken recipe, Tabasco hot sauce, Tabasco pepper jelly recipe, Tabasco recipes

Orzo, Shrimp and Kale Salad

January 6, 2025 by George Graham 13 Comments

Orzo, Shrimp and Kale Salad

More and more, I see orzo pasta showing up on the Acadiana table of folks who didn’t even know it existed a few years ago.  Cajun and Creole home cooks are a stubborn bunch who hold to Cajun recipe tradition more so than most cultures.  But in my Orzo, Shrimp and Kale Salad recipe, this ingredient… 

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Filed Under: Salad, Seafood Tagged With: cajun cooking, Cajun food, cajun recipe, Cajun recipes, Louisiana cooking, orzo salad recipe, pasta salad recipe

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

French Mustard-Braised Rabbit

November 11, 2024 by George Graham 17 Comments

French Mustard-Braised Rabbit

Smothered down in a wine-infused braise of two mustards, the rich white meat of rabbit cooks low and slow in this tart and tantalizing combination of flavors. It’s Louisiana French meets European French in this French Mustard-Braised Rabbit recipe. The people of South Louisiana have many ancestral ties to their French cultural roots–cooking included. For… 

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Filed Under: Meat Tagged With: Burgundy cooking, cajun cooking, Cajun Creole recipe, Cajun food, cajun recipe, Cajun recipes, Creole mustard recipe, Dijon cooking, French mustard recipe, French rabbit dish, Louisiana cooking, Maille mustard recipe, Mustard-braised rabbit recipe, Rabbit in mustard sauce

Crawfish and Pumpkin Bisque

October 28, 2024 by George Graham 13 Comments

Crawfish and Pumpkin Bisque

As Halloween and Thanksgiving approach, this hearty Crawfish and Pumpkin Bisque defines the holiday season in Acadiana for me and represents the best of rural farm-to-table sourcing.  Combining the sweet tail meat of crawfish and fresh seasonal corn cut from the cob, it is certainly a winning combination.  But, when you introduce pumpkin along with… 

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Filed Under: Soup Tagged With: cajun cooking, Cajun Creole recipe, cajun recipe, Chef Jeremy Langlois, crawfish recipe, curry recipe, holiday recipe, Louisiana cooking, New Orleans soup, soup recipe, Thanksgiving recipe

Whole Flounder stuffed with Louisiana Shrimp

May 13, 2024 by George Graham 7 Comments

Whole Flounder stuffed with Louisiana Shrimp

To me, flounder is flat-out the most delectable of all the Gulf finfish.  And for my money, a classic Cajun recipe for stuffed whole flounder with wild-caught, Gulf shrimp is the ultimate dish for someone as seafood-obsessed as me.  Whenever I see it on a restaurant menu, I can’t resist.  And I couldn’t resist the… 

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Filed Under: Seafood Tagged With: cajun cooking, Cajun fish recipe, Cajun food, cajun recipe, Cajun recipes, crabmeat stuffing, Creole seafood dish, Delcambre, Granger's Seafood, Louisiana, Louisiana cooking, Louisiana Direct Seafood, stuffed whole flounder recipe

Hopper Poppers: Bacon-Wrapped Rabbit Poppers

April 22, 2024 by George Graham 2 Comments

Hopper Poppers: Bacon-Wrapped Rabbit Poppers

This Hopper Popper might be the best single-bite appetizer you’ve ever tasted. A spicy jalapeno pepper filled with Brie cheese surrounds buttermilk-brined rabbit meat in a smoky bacon-wrapped package that is deep-fried golden brown. Oh yeah! Not quite sure when this whole “popper” thing burst onto the Cajun food scene, but my hunch is it… 

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Filed Under: Meat Tagged With: cajun cooking, Cajun food, Cajun rabbit popper recipe, cajun recipe, Cajun recipes, jalapeno popper recipe, Louisiana cooking, rabbit recipes

Chic Steak Sandwich at the Acme Café

April 15, 2024 by George Graham 27 Comments

Chic Steak Sandwich at the Acme Café

Ding…ding…ding! Order up! Chic Steak Sandwich, extra mayo, hold the pickle! My father, George Graham, Sr., was slinging burgers at White Tower in Michigan in the years before WW II and wound up welding aircraft parts in a factory in Detroit until war’s end. Flush with cash and a dream, he and my mom headed… 

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Filed Under: Sandwich Tagged With: Acme Cafe, cajun cooking, Cajun food, cajun recipe, Cajun sandwich recipe, Chic Steak sandwich, Fried Pork Sandwich, Louisiana cooking

Cajun Chaurice Sausage and Egg Pie

March 11, 2024 by George Graham 10 Comments

Cajun Chaurice Sausage and Egg Pie

Spicy and full of Cajun flavors, this Chaurice Sausage and Egg Pie will ignite your taste buds. Pork, peppers, tomatoes, herbs, and spices turn this one-skillet breakfast dish into a cultural history lesson. Breakfast in South Louisiana is a celebration of farm-to-table goodness.  The farming traditions of the region are rooted in a tough work… 

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Filed Under: Breakfast, Casserole Tagged With: cajun cooking, Cajun Creole breakfast recipe, Cajun food, cajun recipe, Cajun recipes, lost bread recipe, Louisiana cooking, Louisiana recipe, pain perdu recipe

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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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