On a fashion shoot in New Orleans a couple of years ago, a local photo assistant scribbled her mother's oyster stuffing recipe down on a piece of notepaper in bright red pen. That was the moment I started obsessing about this dressing. While my version is now substantially different from hers (she likes to use a herb seasoning mix and frozen spinach) and mine is not traditionally Southern, at all, it's become a favorite amongst my friends and I now make it on special occasions, year 'round, no-matter-what.
My oyster dressing In the blue casserole, top right.