All those favorites will still be found, but accompanied now by dishes derived from a wide range of new influences, including the countries of the Pacific Rim, the new lighter cuisines of Europe, and especially the home-cooking traditions of New Orleans' country cousins, the Cajuns. And the best of it is that you can find the delights of New Orleans cuisine at any price you want, from Po'boy sandwiches to dinner at Antoine's. Just let your imagination roam freely over the possibilities. One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. Woolf Sit down, sit back, take it easy.
Dinner is served.
Tonight it's fresh caught speckled trout from the salt marshes of coastal Louisiana, blanketed in a citrus horseradish crust, baked on a cedar plank. Accompanied by roasted garlic creamed potatoes hosting a generous ladle of duckbutter gravy. Maque choux, an uptempo Cajun version of succotash, drizzled with a warm tomato marmalade. And a salad of wild greens, portobello mushrooms and petite river shrimp in a sweet red pepper pesto vinaigrette. But if you don't feel like dressing for dinner, then let's go neighborhood.