A rich sauce of white cheddar and Creole cream cheese cradles crawfish, shrimp or even chicken. (The NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune archive) This week, paging through ...

This version of crawfish in a plate of creamy pasta comes from celebrated ... Add the cooked pasta and toss to coat with the sauce. Cook until the pasta is warmed through, about 1 minute.

Younger readers might not even know of this dish, Crawfish Cardinale. We ran another recipe for it a couple ... a smooth and thick (not runny) cream sauce, about two minutes.