Gia Scott is a lifelong foodie and a long-term New Orleanian who has carefully learned every tidbit she could from the best real day-to-day cooks of New Orleans. She can be emailed at gia@exogenynetwork.com.
New Orleanians all love good food, after all, New Orleans has a long tradition as well as an international reputation for our food. At the same time, New Orleanians are all real people, with jobs, families, busy schedules, and many...
New Orleans has a long history of traffic and trade between its ports and those of the Caribbean, trading all kinds of goods. Culturally, there was much sharing as well, as people moved back and forth between the islands and...
Bread is one of those things that are immensely important to New Orleans, and it has a long history in the city as well. Even so, few people associate sourdough bread with New Orleans, and many people are not exactly...
For New Orleanians, fishing is a popular pastime, as well as an important way to obtain the seafood we all love to eat. Commercial fishermen have no trouble selling their catch, and the hobby fisherman has ample choices about where...
This is the time of year when New Orleanian hunters are often taking to their camps and preparing for the fall hunting seasons. Despite the stereotype of hunters living on canned food and beer, that’s not truly...
What on earth is fourth meal wonder many people. Once upon a time, it was often referred to as a “midnight snack” or “supper.” With our busy schedules and frantic pace to accomplish everything in a...
Potato salad is something that is really as American as apple pie, hot dogs, pizza, and a hundred other things. It’s Southern, and northern, Midwestern, southwestern, coastal, and plains too. Even so, each area has its own preferences...
Microwave cooking is really a natural for any New Orleanian cook, even if it lacks the same sort of tradition as laboriously cooking things from scratch over a stove as steam rises from the pot to further heat sweaty brows...
Caribbean jerk in New Orleans is a spice blend sold at many markets in the spice isle. This blend of sweet and spicy herbs and spices finds its origins in the Caribbean islands, and is ideally suited to using on...
Each area, with its own cuisine and culinary traditions, undoubtedly has its own set of “secret” ingredients that all of the locals know about. It may be something only locally available, or especially suited to that area&rsquo...