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Muffaletta sandwiches cut into rectangles, perfect for a picnic!

Sunday, August 29, 2010 will mark the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's landfall in Louisiana. Five years ago, Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, centered on New Orleans, as a Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 125 mph (205 km/h). More than fifty levees were breached by its storm surge, causing massive flooding. Over 1,800 Gulf Coast residents lost their lives then, and damages totaled more than $80 billion - the costliest hurricane in U.S. history. Many intangible things were…

Study up on the Crescent City's signature sandwich with our roundup of NOLA's best po'boy joints.

This is a muffaletta you could easy make for a crowd or a picnic. Overnight Muffaletta Sandwich is quick to make but tastes oh so delicious! Laissez les bons temps rouler!!

There’s really nowhere else in the world like New Orleans, where the street musicians are better than professionals and every cocktail comes with a to-go cup. But what really makes New Orleans special is the food--from old-fashioned Creole favorites like gumbo and jambalaya to some of the...

Celebrate with crawfish boil party for any occasion! Crawfish boil decorations, cupcake toppers, cake pops, beverage station, and more crawfish boil party ideas

I recently visited my family farm in rural Alabama, where we gather up as many friends and family as possible for our annual Crawfish Party! any guesses on how many people in this photo are my relatives? The crawfish are actually cooked in Louisiana and brought to the farm the day of the party, but the low country boil is made fresh! yummmm, crawfish! My uncle bought the largest commercially available pot (40 gallons) for the yearly event - if you need a bigger one, it's a custom order. It's…

I am still researching New Orleans for my trip this weekend. Everyone keeps telling me that Mother's restaurant is soooo good! I cannot wait to try it out!

A yummy crab party lining a big table with newspaper, cook a lot of snow crab, shrimp, melt some butter, add some seasoning.

Ponchartrain Beach Amusement Park. Oh, the FUN we had there! It closed in 1983. :(

Roman Chewing Candy comes from a vintage wagon built in 1915 that roams the streets of New Orleans selling delicious, homemade candy for $1.00 a piece.

Entrance to the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway - 1960s. Amazing blog with a lot of historic pictures.

You’ve probably attended a Low Country boil. You’ve at least heard of them. They’re very popular here in the South – kind of the South’s version of the clam bake indigenous to “up North.” Like the clam bake, a Low Country boil is a...

For days, the media tried to make sense of the tragedy.