Creole Crabmeat Ravigote

Ravigoter in French means “to invigorate,” and the earliest Creole cooks took the word at face value when they came up with this fiery crab salad that traditionally contains not only horseradish but two styles of hot mustard. Although a few venerable New Orleans restaurants such as Antoine’s and Commander’s Palace still serve crabmeat ravigote, the delectable appetizer is generally not as popular as it once was, due, most likely, to dubious efforts by certain trendy chefs to transfor