Crawfish Etouffee
Etouffee creates two camps of people: those who make it with a roux and those who use raw flour to thicken the mixture. I grew up eating both kinds, and like them both. The latter has my heart, perhaps because that’s the kind we had at my house growing up.
Wannabe Kosheri
Kosheri is an Egyptian street food and is a great segway into eastern Mediterrean cuisine because its ingredients are common in an American Kitchen. You can eat it at room temperature with a simple cucumber salad with a yogurt dressing or serve warm with roasted cabbage.