NEW ORLEANS COOKING WITH KEVIN BELTON

In NEW ORLEANS COOKING WITH KEVIN BELTON, chef Kevin Belton takes viewers on a culinary tour of New Orleans. From classic French and soul food to German, Irish, and Italian influences, each episode explores the diverse mix of cultures that contribute to the distinctive food of the "Crescent City."

Belton himself is a gumbo of English, French, Native American and African ancestry. His mother’s family has roots in the French-Caribbean island of Martinique, and his French-speaking father’s family came from the Bayou Lafourche area of South Louisiana, near Thibodaux. The self-trained chef began cooking under the watchful eye of his mother and grandmother in the Uptown New Orleans home where he grew up. From these talented home cooks, Belton learned to prepare the venerable dishes of the city. In his new series, he shares these family recipes, and his personal tips for making seafood gumbo, shrimp remoulade, pecan crusted redfish, red beans and rice, New Orleans glazed ham po-boys, and many other New Orleans specialties.