When Mario Batali was asked his favorite food city, he responded, "New
Orleans, hands down." No city has as many signature dishes, from gumbo
and beignets to pralines and po' boys, from muffuletta and Oysters
Rockefeller to king cake and red beans and rice (every Monday night),
all of which draw nearly 9 million hungry tourists to the city each
year.
In this fully revised and updated new edition, Eat Dat New Orleans
celebrates both New Orleans's food and its people. It highlights nearly
250 eating spots--sno-cone stands and food carts as well as famous
restaurants--and spins tales of the city's food lore, such as the
controversial history of gumbo and the Shakespearean drama of
restaurateur Owen Brennan and his heirs. Both first-time visitors and
seasoned travelers will be helped by a series of appendices that list
restaurants by cuisine, culinary classes and tours, food festivals, and
indispensable "best of" lists chosen by an A-list of the city's food
writers and media personalities, including Poppy Tooker, Lolis Eric
Elie, Ian McNulty, Sara Roahen, Marcelle Bienvenu, Amy C. Sins, and Liz
Williams.