March through June is a lively time in Southern backyards as grills are set up for the annual backyard crawfish boils. It's an experience that's near and dear to a lot of Southerners gathering ...

Of course, food is central, and crawfish is right there at a special confluence of our culture and the calendar. A giant pot with 400 pounds of freshly boiled crawfish at Frankie & Johnny's ...

When we have a crawfish boil in Louisiana, we make sure to have our vegetables, too. Years ago, adding corn and potatoes to the pot was de rigueur, but today people add any vegetables they like ...

That breaks down to about 3 pounds each, which is what most people eat at a typical crawfish boil. So how many babies can a crawfish have? “They'll normally have somewhere between three and 700 ...