The big easy

New Orleans' favourite foods - beignets and turtle soup among them - are a wonder to devour but there's a more sophisticated side to the Big Easy. Local boy Paul Oswell lists his favourite new openings.

These are the ten dishes you must try on your next trip (or three) to New Orleans—including classics like beignets, muffuletta, and gumbo—and, more importantly, where to eat them.

My husband Tim and I are from Alabama. We met in Alabama and we always go down for the Sugar Bowl, the biggest football event of the South, and so we'll often drive the 2 hours from Alabama to New Orleans for the good eating. The food in NOLA is the type of stuff that’s nostalgic, like somebody’s childhood memories. I love Southern traditions. The Sugar Bowl is played at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, and it's the biggest football event of the year in the South. And we…

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It's so interesting to me that certain areas of where I live have certain ways of saying things. For instance ~ in New Orleans (are at least certain areas of New Orleans) when someone was going to the grocery store they would say I'm "Makin' Groceries" I didn't grow up hearing this term but I knew that it was used by one of the big grocery stores in the New Orleans area in their advertising slogan. I'm an not real sure if it still used today but I decided to stitch out this towel to see if…

"Just relax, darling. This is the Big Easy. Folks have a certain way of doing things down here ." SO HOT!!! Soundtrack is great also.

If you like eating, plan a trip to the Big Easy. Gumbo, fried chicken, beignets and more! Here’s a few of the best places to eat in New Orleans.

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