Consider this your permission to go big this weekend. By Sam Sifton Samin Nosrat’s Cajun shrimp boil.Credit...Gentl and Hyers for The New York Times. Food stylist: Frances Boswell. Prop stylist: ...

Up and down the Eastern seaboard, summer means seafood of some variety, whether that's Rhode Island clam cakes, Maine lobster, or a lowcountry boil in the Carolinas. But if you get a little bit deeper ...

Seafood boils, filled with crawfish, crab or shrimp, are a Louisiana Cajun tradition. While the classic version usually requires boiling the entire meal, as implied by the term, this recipe throws all ...

1 cup Zatarain’s brand liquid shrimp and crab boil seasoning 4 (3 ounce) packages Zatarain’s brand dry crab boil Add garlic, bay leaves, salt, garlic powder, onion powder and cayenne powder to pot, ...

In a large, lidded stockpot, combine crab boil, cayenne pepper to taste, salt, onions and garlic. Squeeze juice from lemon halves into pot, then add juiced halves to pot. Add water and bring to a boil ...

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Seafood boils are one of the great dishes of Southern summers. For a simple weeknight version, I like to stick with the basics: shrimp, potatoes and corn. I also skip the big pot of water and throw ...

In this space in years past, we have discussed the paradox that is Lent in Louisiana, solemn but, yes, a time that allows us to enjoy the bounty of our seafood. Is shrimp the favorite of these foods?

This is by no means the recipe for boiling shrimp. It's a starting place, if you're new to boiling. I mention the seasoning brand in the recipe because that is what Jason Seither of Seither's Seafood ...

“Hot seafood spring” is my favorite time of year. Though all seafood is hot when you cook it, of course, I’m referring to the seafood boils of my youth that proliferate in the South (where they use ...