Jazz Fest 2009 (the last week in April and first week in May) is shared by locals and tourists alike who gather to celebrate New Orleans rip- roarin’ hip-shakin’ music, culture and cuisine!
The Times Picayune Archive Crawfish Monica creator Monica Davidson
Here’s a link to the Jazz Fest Vendors’ favorite dishes.
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For Monica Davidson (Crawfish Monica ®’s namesake) –
“This is heaven! Two weekends of re-uniting with thousands of Jazz Fest visitors who visit the Crawfish Monica® Booth every year to ‘eat on’ our signature dish. For 26 years, we’ve shared Jazz Festing, good-eating, stories with the most fun-loving people from New Orleans and the world.”
“And this year, I’ll get to tell them that we are branching out into our local retail deli markets!
Of course, locals will love that, while our out-of-town
fans can still order Crawfish Monica® off of our website.”
“At local New Orleans delis we will introduce three delectable dishes:
1) Crawfish Monica® !!!!!
2) Monica’s Sauce with Chicken, Andouille, Tasso & Pasta- spicy, rich and tasty, you’ll love this!!
3) Monica’s Herbed Shrimp Alfredo & Pasta- yummy shrimp in a creamy Alfredo sauce with a hint of basil”
“Each dish serves seven, comes in microwaveable containers &, best of all, tastes delicious. Our fans will be able to treat themselves to 'dining out' in their own homes with the Monica’s Line of Heat & Serve Cuisine.”
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• All are packed in convenient dishwasher safe and microwavable bowls.
• Fully cooked Rotini pasta is included in each entrée.
• Each entrée serves 5 – 7 people, depending on portion size.
• And, best of all – besides the great taste – it takes all of 10 minutes to heat and serve.
Crawfish Monica® History
For more than 25 years Crawfish Monica® has been celebrated as a New Orleans classic at the Jazz & Heritage Festival. The dish was created by Chef Pierre Hilzim and named it for his wife and business partner, Monica Davidson.
Thousands of culinary fans have asked Chef Pierre and Monica to make the dish available year ‘round. In doing so, Chef Pierre created a line of entrées for hundreds of restaurants nationwide, naming them in honor of his wife, Monica.
The entrées were inspired by Chef Pierre’s dedication to culinary excellence and the thrill of bringing pleasure to people with great tasting food.
READ ABOUT FUN FACTS OF CRAWFISH MONICA® AND THE JAZZ FEST.
FUN FACTS ABOUT CRAWFISH MONICA®
DID YOU KNOW…
• There really is a Monica! Crawfish Monica® is named for Kajun Kettle Foods vice president, Monica S. Davidson, wife of Kajun Kettle Foods president and Crawfish Monica® creator, Pierre Hilzim!
• Over the past 24 years about 75,000 pounds of crawfish have been used to make Crawfish Monica®!
• 18,000 gallons of delicious Cajun Cream sauce have been used over the past 24 years to prepare Crawfish Monica®! Enough to fill a small bayou!
• It takes about 6,500 pounds of premium rotini to produce enough Crawfish Monica for just one year of Jazz Fest!
• In the past 24 years over 3,500 dedicated and fun-loving people have worked the Crawfish Monica® booth at Jazz Fest!
• Kajun Kettle Foods is housed in an 86,000 square foot building--a former Pillsbury plant!
• Over 600,000 bowls (large and small) of Crawfish Monica have been served over the past 24 years!
• Several famous people have tasted and loved Crawfish Monica® including: Pope John Paul II, President Ronald Reagan, Russian Premier Mikhail Gorbachev, Chelsea Clinton (at the Presidential Inauguration - Reunion on the Mall, where people representing food from all 50 states were in Washington, D.C.), Director Francis Ford Coppola, Singer/Performers Banu Gibson, Cowboy Mouth, Paul Simon, James Taylor, local music legend Allen Toussaint, actor and New Orleans resident John Goodman, most artists attending and playing at Jazz Fest, Ron Bozman (Producer of Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia, Failure to Launch), Bryant Gumbel, and many, many others!
• Over the past 24 years, the chefs and staff at Kajun Kettle Foods have put in over 3,500 hours preparing Crawfish Monica® for Jazz Fest!
• If you lined up all the servings of Crawfish Monica® that have been served over the years, it would stretch from New Orleans to Chicago! ]]>