Search

Similar to a popular Gumbo Soup containing only chicken, this soup has sausage as an added ingredient providing a spicy overtone and intensity to this soup.

A thick, stew-like dish that is a specialty of Louisiana cooking. It can be made with a number of ingredients, such as tomatoes, okra, onions, herbs and spices, and one or more types of meat such as chicken, turkey, sausage, ham, shrimp, fish, or crab.

A type of soup with a rich chicken and vegetable flavor created from a variety of ingredients. Made with chicken stock cooked with chicken meat, tomatoes, okra, celery, sweet peppers, rice, and flavorings, Chicken Gumbo Soup provides a savory flavor that can be served for a lunch or dinner meal.

A Cajun dish made as a stew containing vegetables and a single type of seafood served over a bed of rice.

A Creole or Cajun seasoning made by grinding the dried leaves of sassafras trees into a powder. It is often used as a thickener for gumbo, casseroles, stews, and other similar foods.

A small green vegetable pods, elongated in shape, that contains numerous seeds, which release a sticky substance when cooked.

A type of pork sausage that is Creole/Cajun in origin and has a hot and spicy flavor. Chaurice is popular in Creole/Cajun cooking both as a main dish and as an ingredient in dishes such as gumbo and jambalaya.

A hot sauce made with red hot peppers, vinegar, salt, and special spices. Many of the Louisiana hot sauces are made with cayenne peppers, which provide for a mild hot sauce.

Pronounced white zin-fan-dell. Contrary to what the name suggests, white zinfandel is a rosé (or blush), wine rather than a white wine.

Pronounced she-mee-yohn or say-mee-yohn. A grape varietal used in the production of white wine. Originating in the Bordeaux and Loire regions of France, in modern day it is also grown in Australia, the United States (primarily CA), Argentina, Chile, and South Africa.

To create a denser liquid or mixture by either adding a thickening agent or by boiling to reduce the existing volume of liquid.

A course-grained smoked meat made with pork, chitterlings, pepper, wine, onions, and seasonings. French in origin, but brought to Louisiana by German and French immigrants, this sausage is most often associated with Cajun cooking.

A smaller version of Andouille sausage, a course-grained smoked meat made with pork, chitterlings, pepper, wine, onions, and seasonings.

A grape varietal used in the production of white wine. Originating in the Rhône region of France, the varietal is also grown in the Tuscany region of Italy, the Languedoc, the Rousillon, and (most recently) California in the United States.

Pronounced roo-sahn. A grape varietal used in the production of white wine. Originating in the Rhône region of France, the varietal is also grown in the Tuscany region of Italy, the Languedoc, the Rousillon, and (most recently) California in the United States.

Pronounced gra-nahsh or graynahsh. A grape varietal used in the production of white, red, and rosé wine.

Most notably known as "Riesling". A grape varietal used in the production of white wine and is used as a blending agent in the production of Ice Wine in Canada.

Most notably known as "Riesling". A grape varietal used in the production of white wine and is used as a blending agent in the production of Ice Wine in Canada.

Most notably known as "Riesling". A grape varietal used in the production of white wine and is used as a blending agent in the production of Ice Wine in Canada.

Most notably known as "Riesling". A grape varietal used in the production of white wine and is used as a blending agent in the production of Ice Wine in Canada.