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Antoine’s Restaurant
Founded in 1840, Antoine’s Restaurant is the oldest continually family-owned and -operated restaurant in the United States.
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Avery Island
Located in Iberia Parish, Avery Island, the largest of five salt domes along the Louisiana coast, is the home of the McIlhenny Company, maker of Tabasco brand products for more than 140 years.
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Beignets
Beignets, or pockets of fried dough served with powdered sugar, are an iconic New Orleans treat.
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Bread Pudding
Stale loaves of bread get a sweet rebirth in this popular baked dessert.
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Calas
Fried rice cakes known as calas were once ubiquitous among New Orleans street vendors.
Folklife
Crawfish Boils
Crawfish boils are a springtime ritual in Louisiana.
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Gumbo
Gumbo is a thick soup that could be considered the signature dish of South Louisiana.
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Lucky Dogs
The wiener-shaped Lucky Dog hot dog pushcarts in New Orleans’s French Quarter were the inspiration for the fictional Paradise Vendors in John Kennedy Toole's novel “A Confederacy of Dunces.”
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Muffuletta Sandwich
The muffuletta–a mammoth sandwich of round sesame bread layered with Genoa salami, ham, mortadella, cheese, and olive salad–is a signature dish of New Orleans.
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Po-Boy Sandwich
The so-called poor boy (po-boy) sandwich originated from the Martin Brothers' French Market Restaurant and Coffee Stand in New Orleans during the 1929 streetcar strike.
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Pralines
The praline, a confection made of sugar and nuts, is a representative dish of the Franco- and Afro-Creole Atlantic diasporas.
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Sagamité
Entry describes sagamité, a range of cornmeal-based soups, stews, and porridges with Native American origins that became a common component of French colonial cuisine.
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