The Yellow Bowl Restaurant, an iconic Cajun café, closed for business several years ago, but its many outstanding Cajun dishes live on. And with one bite of this Fried Softshell Crab topped with Crawfish Étouffée, those memories return. I like to say these places are “off-the-eatin’-path,” and for good reason. Most of them never show…
Crawfish Étouffée
Just think of it: Fresh Louisiana crawfish tail meat swimming in a lightly thickened butter sauce infused with spices and aromatics over a mound of white rice. This is the purest expression of Cajun cooking I know and love. It’s that time of year, and in case you missed it, here is my recipe. But…

