When Dan Meaux, the owner of Crawfish Shack, heard the crawfish ponds of his Crowley and Jennings, Louisiana, wholesalers were completely frozen over for four days this January, he wasn’t sure how his ...

Crawfish from Houston’s Boil House. After a season of higher-than-average prices last year, the 2025 crawfish season is shaping up to see a return to normal or even lower prices for Houstonians. Last ...

Amy McCarthy is a former reporter at Eater, focusing on pop culture, policy and labor, and only the weirdest online trends. During springtime in Louisiana, you don’t have to go far outside your door ...

According to Jerald Horst, in his book The Louisiana Seafood Bible: Crawfish, Al Scramuzza played a large role in the popularity of crawfish among New Orleans residents. Back in 1951, he purchased 10 ...

Matt is a New Orleans-based journalist who has written about food, events, and travel for national publications such as The New York Times, Lonely Planet, Fodor's Travel, Zagat, and Food & Wine. His ...

Emile, a crawfish, was officially spared from future boils today when Louisiana Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser and Zatarain's teamed up for the second annual "Pardoning of the Crawfish" at the Old U.S.