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Article: New Orleans Still Cooking.(Louisiana Restaurant Association)
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- Restaurants & Institutions
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- August 1, 2007
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By Allison Perlik, Senior Editor
In New Orleans, food and restaurants speak a language all their own: one of local pride, of community, and in the two years since Hurricane Katrina, of recovery and hope.
Three weeks after Hurricane Katrina nearly washed away New Orleans, Scott Boswell opened his new restaurant, Stanley, to booming business.
The makeshift operation-charcoal-grilled cheeseburgers and chips served on paper plates-wasn't quite what Boswell, chef-owner of global-American restaurant Stella!, had envisioned for his casual burger-and-breakfast joint. But in those desperate post-flood days of 2005, as 80% of the city was submerged in ...