Sweet Mama Janisse and Guy Fiery filming Diners, Drive-ins and Dives. Credit: Courtesy of Bless My Soul Cafe

Sweet Mama Janisse of Bless My Soul is already kind of a big deal (have you had her Voodoo pudding?), but tonight you can see her work some Creole kitchen magic on Guy Fieri’s Diners, Drive-ins and Dives at 10 p.m. on the Food Network. The episode will feature shrimp and crawfish étouffée and jerk chicken leg quarters with caramelized bananas. “It was a blast,” she says. “We were like two peas in a pod, man.” 

Tune in again on March 7 for Fieri’s visit to Cafe Nooner featuring pulled pork po’boys with apple slaw and lamb kebabs. 

Jennifer Fumiko Cahill is the managing editor of the North Coast Journal. She won the Association of...

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