• Loretta’s Authentic Pralines - French Market - This location features popular Creole specialties like pralines and beignets.
• Verti Marte - Originating from the Italian immigration period, this spot is a significant part of New Orleans’ corner store legacy.
• Frenchmen Street - This area highlights the impact of Vietnamese immigrant culture on local culinary traditions, particularly in bread and sandwich offerings.
• St. Augustine Church - Established in 1841 by free people of color, it is the oldest Black Catholic parish in the United States.

• Bottled water
• Snacks
• Lunch

New Orleans’ cuisine, much like the city itself, is truly unique. This six-hour tour delves into the origins of Creole cooking by visiting neighborhood eateries, food stores, and meeting the individuals who preserve these culinary traditions. The journey starts at the city’s oldest food market with a coffee and a praline-filled beignet, followed by New Orleans-style iced coffee, Gulf oysters or boudin, and a slice of muffaletta. Strolling through streets adorned with Creole cottages, the tour proceeds to the Marigny for alligator meatballs, passing sites significant to rock ‘n’ roll, R&B, and Tremé’s African American heritage. Lunch is served at Lil Dizzy’s, famous for its gumbo, and includes seafood by the pound, such as seasonal crawfish, with a beverage at a local bar. Throughout the tour, participants meet locals who vividly share Creole history through their culinary arts, concluding with a sweet treat — a praline or snoball — and perhaps, in true New Orleans fashion, a parade or a sudden rain shower.

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