Food can tell you so much about a place, a culture, an history, a moment in time. Which is why one of my favorite ways to experience a new city is to do a food tour and what better place than the melting pot of New Orleans. We learned about Creole and Cajun food, and what differentiates them – sauces, alcohol and tomato – all pointers to the higher brow Creole cooking. We heard stories of how the different settlers of New Orleans and Louisiana – French, Germans, Italians, African, Irish and more – all brought something to the table, adding their own favors to the mix. We saw bread pudding with hard sauce being made, along with gumbo, jambalaya and sweetest of the sweet pecan pralines. New Orleans has been a feast for the senses.<\/p>\n

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Special delivery all the way from England for Baby Boy O. It talks with an English accent too<\/p><\/div>\n

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Breakfast nawlins style with eggs on cochon and biscuits<\/p><\/div>\n

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Exploring on foot<\/p><\/div>\n

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Q&A session<\/p><\/div>\n

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French quarter sightseeing <\/p><\/div>\n

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Looking to spice things up<\/p><\/div>\n

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Getting ready at the New Orleans cooking school<\/p><\/div>\n

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Biscuit starter with sweet molasses<\/p><\/div>\n

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Everyone got in on the action<\/p><\/div>\n

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Watching Michael bring it all come together – gumbo, jambalaya, bread pudding and pralines<\/p><\/div>\n

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Different shades of roux<\/p><\/div>\n

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Keeping himself entertained…for almost three hours <\/p><\/div>\n

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Delectable sweet buttery pecan pralines<\/p><\/div>\n

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Buskers on Royal St<\/p><\/div>\n

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Good to know it doesn’t come with any added extras<\/p><\/div>\n

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Next part of the foodie tour in the hallowed dining rooms of Antoine’s<\/p><\/div>\n

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Each Krewe with its Kings and Queens of Mardi Gras<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sandy taking us to try Remoulade shrimp, the German side of New Orleans<\/p><\/div>\n

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Fine dining in the back room<\/p><\/div>\n

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Party gal Germaine’s Mardi Gras ball gowns<\/p><\/div>\n

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Grandstanding<\/p><\/div>\n

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Strolling by St Louis Cathedral listening to the jazz<\/p><\/div>\n

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Someone held up very well, having been out all day<\/p><\/div>\n

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Last stop for beef brisket<\/p><\/div>\n

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And world famous grasshopper cocktails (yuck!) <\/p><\/div>\n

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Little rebel<\/p><\/div>\n

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Having a good hard look<\/p><\/div>\n

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We’ve taken a bite out of New Orleans, now New Orleans is taking a bite out of me!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Where’s my mummy?<\/p><\/div>\n

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Yesterday’s post: Planes, Trains and Automobiles<\/a><\/p>\n

Tomorrow’s post: Snap Happy in the French Quater<\/a><\/p>\n

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