The first time I tasted New Orleans-style barbecue shrimp, I was confused. It had none of the smoky char associated with food off a grill or smoker. And that’s because it’s not actually barbecue.

As Fat Tuesday fell on March 4, New Orleans has been celebrating Mardi Gras for a few weeks now. What better way to revel in the celebration than preparing one of the city’s finest, interpretive ...

Looking for something new and delicious to mix up your restaurant routine? New Orleans food writer Ian McNulty has ideas for a wide range of restaurants to try in 2026.

Every major city seems to claim a sandwich as its own: Chicago with Italian beef sandwiches, New York with pastrami on rye, Buffalo with beef on weck, Philadelphia with cheesesteaks. New Orleans, a ...

For the second straight year, every food vendor at the Louisiana Shrimp Festival & Shrimp Aid in New Orleans was verified as serving local, wild-caught Gulf shrimp, according to on-site genetic ...

IT IS A SOUTHERN STAPLE. AND ON THIS WEEK’S FARM TO FORK FRIDAY, KCRA 3’S LISA GONZALES SHOWS US HOW THE CHEFS AT THE HARD ROCK HOTEL AND CASINO MAKE THIS SAVORY COMFORT FOOD. ON THIS WEEK’S FARM TO ...

Amid growing concerns nationwide over seafood fraud, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival has emerged as a rare bright spot in the murky world of shrimp sourcing. A new round of genetic testing ...

Gabrielle resides in a bright blue and yellow Creole cottage, about a mile from the French Quarter, a quieter, inconspicuous counterpart to the city’s flashiest classic restaurants. It’s where a ...

With a flood of imported seafood driving the U.S. shrimp industry to the edge of ruin, a consulting company out of Houston is testing truth in menu labeling. Shrimp on display at Porgy’s, a seafood ...