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Steamboats, Facts & Fiction



The Lalaurie Story as told in a 


1947 Newspaper Article



Meet LIZETTE, THE GUMBO LADY In 1881 a newspaper reporter writing under the name Fabiola wrote her Afro-Creole cook's exact method for making gumbo. Chatty, folksy and very easy to understand, Lizette tells us step-by-step how to make three authentic 19th Century

Creole Gumbos.

 

NEW ORLEANS HISTORY

 

~ Property Taxes in 1836

~ Paul Morphy, Chess Champion Extraordinaire

~The Oldest Building In New Orleans, LA

~ Record Of The Baptisms of Slaves and Free People of Color, New Orleans, 1777 - 1812

~ The Difference Between An Historian And A Tour Guide

~ Artesian Well Report, 1854 - 56

~ How To Remove Your Relations

~ Report of Children Dispersed To Children’s Asylums

~  The Port Of New Orleans - A Video Slideshow

 ~ Segregation in Catholic Schools - 1956 - 1960

~  A Creole Defines The Word In 1831

~ A Remonstrance Of The People Of Louisiana  

~ Shipbuilding In New Orleans, WWII

~ French Market Tourist Brochure, 1916

CEMETERIES


~ Marie Laveau's 1881 Obituary 

~ Charles Gayarré...AND SON

~ The Table Tomb in St. Louis Cemetery #1

~ Burial In New Orleans...Water?...Really?

~ Our Unique Cemeteries

 











 CULINARY

~ KING CAKE!

~ The Po-Boy - The Shirley Temple of Cuisine

~ Lizette The Gumbo Lady 

               1881 Creole Gumbo

~ Creole Red Beans & Rice 

~ The Bloody Mary

~ Layered Flavors in Creole Cuisine

~ The Original Creole Beignet

~ Creole Cafe au Lait

~ The West African Influence On Creole Cuisine

 MYTH BUSTERS!


~ Steamboats, Facts & Fiction

~  Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop - Oldest Bar?

~ The "Ghost" of Muriel's Restaurant

 THE TOUR CREOLE COLLECTION

~ Money From The First Municipality

~ Gaston dePontalba's Clock

~ A Lalaurie Artifact

~ We Are Creole (A Video Slideshow)

 

 VINTAGE POSTCARD COLLECTION

~ The St. Charles Hotel

~ The Old Absinthe House, 1908

~  A Romantic Postcard From 1947