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Pull out your festival shirts, hats, flags, chairs and get ready to celebrate the best of New Orleans music from your backyard, your front porch or your air-conditioned living room-anywhere in the world! Check out the schedule, recipes, and more below.

Classic Jazz Fest Recipe: Crawfish Pie

Fri, 04/24/20

From the first (1984) edition of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Cookbook by Lorraine Landry and Lee Barnes. Courtesy NOJ&HF Archive. Crawfish Pie as prepared by John Whelan, Roxanne Enterprises, New Orleans. 1 1/2 lbs. cooked crawfish meat (8-10 lbs. live crawfis... Read more

Classic Jazz Fest Recipe: Crawfish Corn Maquechoux

Fri, 04/24/20

From the first (1984) edition of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Cookbook by Lorraine Landry and Lee Barnes. Courtesy NOJ&HF Archive. Crawfish Corn Maquechoux (an Indian Creole Dish From So. Louisiana) as prepared by: Leon Mayers and Billy Fava, Mayers Catering 4... Read more

Classic Jazz Fest Recipe: Hot Boudin (Boudin Blanc)

Fri, 04/24/20

From the first (1984) edition of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Cookbook by Lorraine Landry and Lee Barnes. Courtesy NOJ&HF Archive. Hot Boudin (Boudin Blanc) as prepared by Chick Fortner, The Hot Boudin Company, New Orleans 2 - 3 lbs. boneless pork 1/2: 2 lbs. ... Read more

Classic Jazz Fest Recipe: Jamaica Beef Patties (Meat Pies)

Fri, 04/24/20

From the first (1984) edition of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Cookbook by Lorraine Landry and Lee Barnes. Courtesy NOJ&HF Archive. Jamaica Beef Patties (Meat Pies) as pepared by David G. Mair, Quik Bite Meat Pies, Inc., New Orleans 2 lbs. minced beef ground wi... Read more

Recipes: Crawfish Pasta with Cream Sauce

Mon, 04/02/18

Among the hundreds of foods available at Jazz Fest, one of the perennial favorites is Crawfish Monica. We're loooking forward to eating some at the Fair Grounds again this year. If you can't make it to Jazz Fest, this is a pretty fair substitute. 1 lb dry pasta; rotini is ... Read more

Recipe: New Orleans-Style Cold Brew Ice Coffee

Wed, 08/30/17

A cooler take on the coffee break. Read more

Recipe: Turkey Wing Gumbo

Fri, 04/15/16

If you like the Pheasant, Quail and Andouille Gumbothat Prejean's sells at Jazz Fest, you'll like this dark roux-based gumbo. A couple of non-traditional techniques (browning the sausage and using freshly ground chile powder) give extra depth of flavor. Read more

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