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Tag: New Orleans History

  • Christmas Hurricane at Pat O’Briens

    Christmas Hurricane at Pat O’Briens

    The History of Hurricane Cocktails Of the seemingly infinite number of New Orleans cocktails, the Hurricane is perhaps the one that represents our city’s ability to adapt best.  Born of necessity, this cocktail has become a Crescent City classic and a bartending staple.  So let’s take a peek into its tropical past and see what…

  • The Feats of Lafitte: History of Jean Lafitte

    The Feats of Lafitte: History of Jean Lafitte

    Jean Lafitte: The Most Interesting Man from New Orleans Jean Lafitte: we know him as the pirate hero of New Orleans, others know him as the most successful smuggler in the history of the Spanish Main, and some even know him as the greatest scoundrel to sail the seas.  With the clouds of myth surrounding…

  • Powdered Sugar Pillows: The History of the Beignet

    Powdered Sugar Pillows: The History of the Beignet

    We New Orleanians are often asked, what’s all this beignet business?  We send visitors home with carefully packaged beignet mix souvenirs, direct tourists towards Cafe du Monde for the perfect late night French Quarter eat, and take photographs of those bright smiles adorned with powdered sugar mustaches.  But for people who don’t live in the…

  • Fleur-De-Lis: How It Came to Be

    Fleur-De-Lis: How It Came to Be

    France, Florence, or Catholicism: Where Did the New Orleanian Fleur-de-Lis Come From? It’s no secret that New Orleans is rife with the symbol of the fleur-de-lis, adorning wrought iron fences around the city, present on almost every tourist souvenir, and of course emblazoned on Saints helmets.  But its history is more convoluted than w e…