WATCH: Emeril Lagasse Hawks Ritz Crackers As The Taste Of New Orleans

Emeril Lagasse is basically the most sought-after food TV guest in America right now, busily showing off New Orleans’ best dishes as the city’s unofficial culinary liason to the rest of America. This morning, he made a big pot of authentic gumbo on GMA, and this afternoon, he network-hopped to CBS for The Talk and a super-traditional creole sampling of…Ritz Crackers. Brand sponsorship rears its ugly head. So here are 27 different Superbowl-friendly Ritz dishes (including a Ritz-crusted chicken wing, natch), in case you were ever planning on dominating an all-cracker Chopped basket.

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