Tony Chachere’s Creole Seasoning
Don’t want to hear the backstory? Jump straight to the recipe. Tony Chachere was born in June 1905 in Opelousas, Louisiana. During the Great Depression he worked as a traveling drug salesman and collected recipes from all over the state. In 1972, drawing upon a life of cooking for friends and family, Chachere published his first cookbook, Cajun Country Cookbook, which included the recipe that became his Original Creole Seasoning. Positive public response to the book led him to start Tony Chachere’s Creole Foods. The cookbook is still for sale but no longer includes the… Read More »Tony Chachere’s Creole Seasoning