New Orleans

===Cuisine===
[[File:Steamship Bienville on-board restaurant menu (April 7, 1861).jpg|thumb|Steamship ''Bienville'' on-board restaurant menu (April 7, 1861)]]
{{Main|Cuisine of New Orleans|Louisiana Creole cuisine|Cajun cuisine}}
New Orleans is world-famous for its cuisine. The indigenous cuisine is distinctive and influential. New Orleans food combined local Creole, haute Creole and New Orleans French cuisines. Local ingredients, French, Spanish, Italian, African, Native American, Cajun, Chinese, and a hint of Cuban traditions combine to produce a truly unique and easily recognizable New Orleans flavor.

New Orleans is known for specialties including [[beignet]]s (locally pronounced like "ben-yays"), square-shaped fried dough that could be called "French doughnuts" (served with ''[[café au lait]]'' made with a blend of coffee and chicory rather than only coffee); and [[po' boy]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.neworleans.com/restaurants/traditional-new-orleans-foods/po-boys/ |title=New Orleans Po-Boy |website=www.neworleans.com |access-date=June 30, 2019 |archive-date=June 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630222519/https://www.neworleans.com/restaurants/traditional-new-orleans-foods/po-boys/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and Italian [[muffuletta]] sandwiches; Gulf oysters on the half-shell, fried oysters, boiled [[crayfish|crawfish]] and other [[seafood]]; [[étouffée]], [[jambalaya]], [[gumbo]] and other Creole dishes; and the Monday favorite of [[red beans and rice]] ([[Louis Armstrong]] often signed his letters, "Red beans and ricely yours"). Another New Orleans specialty is the [[pralin]]e {{IPAc-en|local|ˈ|p|r|ɑː|l|iː|n}}, a candy made with brown sugar, granulated sugar, cream, butter, and pecans. The city offers notable street food<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nyfjournal.com/2012/03/new-orleans-street-foods-snacks-sandwiches-po-boys-oysters-muffulettas-beignets-pralines/ |title=New Orleans Street Foods, Snacks, & Sandwiches: Po' Boys, Oysters, Muffulettas, Beignets, Pralines |date=March 16, 2012 |website=New York Food Journal |access-date=June 30, 2019 |archive-date=June 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630222518/http://www.nyfjournal.com/2012/03/new-orleans-street-foods-snacks-sandwiches-po-boys-oysters-muffulettas-beignets-pralines/ |url-status=live }}</ref> including the Asian inspired beef [[Yaka mein]].