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 ...

Football season starts with the first whistle on the gridiron. Carnival season starts with your first bite of king cake. For me, something more subtle but unmistakable marks the advent of crawfish ...

If you grew up in Louisiana, eating crawfish is probably second nature, but in other parts of the South, it's not so intuitive. It doesn't help that, if we're being honest, crawfish aren't the most ...

Amy McCarthy is a former reporter at Eater, focusing on pop culture, policy and labor, and only the weirdest online trends. Some people think of those weeks just before Christmas, when the lights are ...

Crawfish eggs hatch three weeks after being fertilized, and although their mothers usually survive by metabolizing the meat in their tails, the youngsters risk being cannibalized if winter and spring ...