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Article: New Orleans is still cooking! (Louisiana)(includes related article on the history of Louisiana cookery)
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- Restaurants & Institutions
- Article date:
- April 1, 1996
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New Orleans is not only the epicenter of America's greatest regional cuisine, it is also one of the world's greatest food cities--a purely gustatory destination. William Rice, food and wine expert and Chicago Tribune columnist, considers New Orleans one of "only three cities in the world that a food-lover can approach with singleness of purpose and unrestrained joy." (The other two for Rice are Hong Kong and Lyon, France.
So rumbles of change and rumors that chefs in The Big Easy are dancing to a different drummer are cause for concern. Will the trend toward increasingly eclectic menus dilute this strong regional cuisine beyond recognition? Worse, will fat phobia ...