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The Culinary Tour: a Gem in the Realm of Vacations

If you’re an avid traveller, you’re likely to have taken all the ‘usual’ vacations – from beach breaks and mountain retreats to spa getaways. And if you don’t get the opportunity to travel much, you’ll undoubtedly want your trips to be extraordinary and well-worth your time. The reality is that while there are countless types of fulfilling recreational pursuits out there, travellers are always looking for new and interesting ways to spend their vacations. After all, everyone wants to come away with a holiday experience that’s not only unique, but unforgettable.

A gem in the realm of vacations has long been the culinary tour. Yet this type of getaway has kept a perpetual sense of novelty, quite simply because there are so many ways to relish it. When you go to a beach, you can expect sun, sand and waves; but when you take a tour reflecting all the cultural and culinary influences upon the cuisine of a region, you might come away with much more than you bargained for. Simply put, if you love travelling, enjoy trying new things and can’t get your fill of good food, a culinary tour is the perfect type of vacation for you.

No matter where you go these days, there’s something delicious to eat. But there are certainly parts of the US which boast a rich culinary history. One of these is undoubtedly New Orleans, Louisiana. Sure, New Orleans is famous for its Mardi Gras celebration and Jazz Fest; but the city, known as “The Big Easy,” is also world-renowned for its culinary customs. New Orleans is noted for its mix of cultures, each of which has held on to its past traditions in some way – and food, like music, just happens to be one of the most prominent of these traditions.

Tour the city’s most famous kitchens and dining rooms – particularly in the French quarter and along Bourbon Street – and learn about the many ethnic influences that have helped shape its history and unique cuisine. Pick up on the culinary contributions of historic restaurants in the area, dating from 1840 to present, and learn the distinctions between Creole and Cajun foods! No matter how you go about it, you can’t go wrong with a culinary tour in New Orleans.

Alternatively, why not combine a culinary tour with a wine-tasting excursion? Napa Valley, California is undoubtedly the ideal destination if this idea strikes your fancy. Napa Valley is the American capital of food and wine, and a region which attracts countless visitors from around the world each year. By touring a winery, you can come to appreciate the various processes involved in producing an exquisite wine – from harvesting and fermentation to ageing. And aside from all the fantastic culinary treasures and premium wines, you can expect stunning, picturesque scenery. Whether you’re a novice or an accomplished wine connoisseur, a wine and culinary tour in Napa Valley is guaranteed to delight you. Moreover, Napa Valley is just 30 miles north of San Francisco, so you could easily make your way down to try the culinary treats of the “Golden Gate City” – which includes those in America’s largest Chinatown.

If you’re considering a culinary tour, rest assured that you’ll find a number of fantastic options for accommodation – regardless of whether you’re off to the east coast, west coast or deep south. A culinary tour is truly one of the best ways to become acquainted with a city’s culture and unique character – so why not book a culinary tour today and prepare to have your taste buds dazzled!

Martin Mcallister
http://www.articlesbase.com/travel-articles/the-culinary-tour-a-gem-in-the-realm-of-vacations-90949.html


Any Good Cajun Sauce Recipes?

Alright here’s my dilemma. I’m in need of a decent Cajun sauce recipe of some kind. NOTHING COMPLICATED OR OUTRAGEOUS. I’m not sure how many of you have ever had (or even heard of) a Cajun wrap from the Cookout fast food restaurants. Doesn’t matter I don’t suppose. Anyways, it’s just a chicken strip wrapped in a tortilla with lettuce, cheese, and their Cajun sauce. It’s delicious. I got a couple friends who work there, and they all tell me that their Cajun wrap’s sauce consist of their Cajun spice (which they put on fries and other things; it’s some kind of Cajun "dust") and Texaspete.. and thats it.

I’d like to try this at home, though, but I don’t have a clue what I could make my own Cajun sauce out of. Any suggestions would be great!

Here are a couple ideas:

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Cajun-Spice-Seasoning-Mix-in-a-Jar/Detail.aspx

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Cajun-Spice-Mix-2/Detail.aspx

I would sprinkle my chicken with this spice before cooking. I think this is what you’re looking for.

Hope this helps!

rb


Cajun Cooking Why Do People Try To Imitate Gumbo

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Im from New Orleans La, and every time I go out of town or in a city. I see some sort of restaurant advertising cajun cooking and creole food. Most of the time I check out the restaurant because I miss home so much I decided to try my so call home food. Needless to say it is horrendous. I been to 15 so call Cajun Cooking and creole food restaurants and none of them even compare to actually new orleans natives food.
First New Orleans food is not Cajun Cooking but creole french cooking.

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Gumbo Is Cajun Cooking

I see A lot of people ask for a gumbo recipe, and it just aggravates me, when they try to short stop our style of cooking. I feel as though if you are not going to cook the recipe from scratch, then your are not getting a new orleans taste of CUISINE, you are getting someone else cusine, I mean the whole point of cooking it is because you were craving for it right? However I just want to let these people know who loves gumbo but want the recipe to try and get it from the natives and not some online fake recipe. If you need my recipe or a native site I can give it to you. I just want people to respect our culture and food. And average gumbo take a day or a half. if you can cook gumbo in two or 6 hours it is not the real thing. Furthermore; lets not try to imitate other peoples culture. do it by the way it suppose to be done.

these are the things in a gumbo(shrimps, crabs, chicken, onions, celery, red, yellow, green peppers, okra, gizzards, oysters, tomatos and parsly. If you do not have all these things in your gumbo especially the seafood then you are not eating new orleans cusine rather than some other types of cusine but don’t put new orleans name to a cusine when it is not the orginal recipe

because they wanna make money just like everybody else in this troubled economy you gotta do what you gotta do

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How to Cook BBQ Shrimp : How to Serve Cajun Shrimp

Learn how to make a traditional Cajun shrimp recipe in this free seafood cooking video. about serving tips for BBQ shrimp.

Expert: Elvis Hillard
Bio: Elvis Hillard received his culinary degree from Delgado Community College in New Orleans. He has worked in several restaurants throughout America, working with some of the most renowned chefs in the c
Filmmaker: Doug Craig

Duration : 0:1:35

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Is this a good essay. Check the essay for grammars too please tell me whats wrong with it 2?

Many people have different interpretation about what goes on in South Louisiana. Some people think that our backyards are surrounded by swamps filled with snakes and alligators. While others assume that the only food we eat is gumbo, jambalaya, and seafood. But the locals on the other hand immediately think about Mardi Gras and the festivals. However, looking at the commercials and advertisements from our area it is clear that people enjoy South Louisiana. These advertisements inform us that people love Louisiana music, food, and style of dance.
Randol’s Restaurant focuses more on its music than its food in its advertisements. The restaurant’s logo is a crab playing a small guitar. The guitar suggests that the music playing is Cajun and the crab represents Louisiana implying that the only music you will hear is Cajun and the only place you can hear it is in Louisiana. Furthermore, newspaper and Yellow Book Acadian advertisements show couples doing the Mamou Jitterbug or the 8-ct two-step. It seems strange to me that a restaurant would focus on its music instead of its food because the customers are paying for the food served, not the dancing. However the advertisements suggest the reverse that people are willing to come to Randol’s for the music and dancing and not the food
Advertisements for the local restaurant Buffet City emphasize that the food it serves is fresh and the best in Acadian. Newspapers and the Yellow Book ads for Buffet City all feature a truck in front of a restaurant, or a man on a boat fishing. The truck in front of the restaurant suggests that Buffet City’s produce, seafood, etc. are fresh and that it is serving fresh food to their customers. Also, the ads tell us that everything that Buffet City prepares is fresh and
uses the best ingredients available. The man fishing in the boat suggests that Buffet City catches its own fish and raises its own crawfish. The ads also suggest that Buffet City is the best in Acadian, since it was named the number one restaurant in Acadian.
The advertisements for Petar’s Restaurant, emphasize dancing not the food nor the music. Newspapers and the Yellow Book Acadian ads feature an image of a dance floor with locals dancing and sitting at the bar. The dance floor suggest that the restaurant is trying to get more young people involved. The other aspect is that it promotes the happiness people feel at the restaurant; people are having a great time. It seems outrageous that a restaurant would have a dance floor. The dance floor provides a great and appealing image to the people because not many restaurants have dance floors.
Many people have different ideas about what we do in South Louisiana. Despite the different ideas people still love coming to here. The food, music, and dance provide the most entertainment to the locals. But the quality has decrease over the years but locals still expect the best and deserve the best for their money.

Many people have different interpretations about what goes on in South Louisiana; some people think that our backyards are surrounded by swamps filled with snakes and alligators, while others assume that the only food we eat is gumbo, jambalaya, and seafood. The locals on the other hand immediately think about Mardi Gras and the festivals. However, looking at the commercials and advertisements from our area, it is clear that people enjoy South Louisiana; these advertisements inform us that people love Louisiana music, food, and style of dance.

Randol’s Restaurant focuses more on its’ music than its’ food in its’ advertisements; the restaurant’s logo is a crab playing a small guitar. The guitar suggests that the music playing is Cajun and the crab represents Louisiana, implying that the only music you will hear is Cajun and the only place you can hear it is in Louisiana. Furthermore, newspaper and Yellow Book Acadian advertisements show couples doing the Mamou Jitterbug or the 8-ct two-step – it seems strange to me that a restaurant would focus on its’ music instead of its’ food because the customers are paying for the food served, not the dancing; however the advertisements suggest the reverse – that people are willing to come to Randol’s for the music and dancing and not the food.
Advertisements for the local restaurant Buffet City emphasize that the food it serves is fresh and the best in Acadian. Newspapers and the Yellow Book ads for Buffet City all feature a truck in front of a restaurant, or a man on a boat fishing. The truck in front of the restaurant suggests that Buffet City’s produce, seafood, etc. are fresh and that it is serving fresh food to their customers. The ads tell us that everything that Buffet City prepares is fresh and
uses the best ingredients available. The man fishing in the boat suggests that Buffet City catches its own fish and raises its own crawfish; the ads also suggest that Buffet City is the best in Acadian, since it was named the number one restaurant in Acadian.
The advertisements for Petar’s Restaurant, emphasize dancing not the food nor the music. Newspapers and the Yellow Book Acadian ads feature an image of a dance floor with locals dancing and sitting at the bar. The dance floor suggest that the restaurant is trying to get more young people involved. The other aspect is that it promotes the happiness people feel at the restaurant; people are having a great time – it seems outrageous that a restaurant would have a dance floor. The dance floor provides a great and appealing image to the people because not many restaurants have dance floors.
Many people have different ideas about what we do in South Louisiana; despite the different ideas people still love coming to here. The food, music, and dance provide the most entertainment to the locals – but the quality has decrease over the years but locals still expect the best and deserve the best for their money.


How to Cook BBQ Shrimp : How to Mince Garlic for Cajun Shrimp

Learn how to mince garlic to make a traditional Cajun shrimp recipe in this free seafood cooking video.

Expert: Elvis Hillard
Bio: Elvis Hillard received his culinary degree from Delgado Community College in New Orleans. He has worked in several restaurants throughout America, working with some of the most renowned chefs in the c
Filmmaker: Doug Craig

Duration : 0:1:9

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I don’t think this was remotely racist – do you?

I am lucky enough to live in a very culturally diverse city, that has a very large Vietnamese and Korean population. In fact, we have an entire ‘Asian District’ that is mostly Vietnamese-run businesses, of which many (most) are restaurants.

I work as a sideline doing restaurant reviews for a local news-zine.

A new restaurant opened up in the Asian district, and I set out to review it. It was touted as a Cajun restaurant.

Well, I go there, and it is not remotely Cajun whatsoever. The ‘special’ was wok-fried shrimp fried rice, and the other dishes were similar – Asian style seafood dishes. I did a little homework, and discovered that the restaurant is owned by a family of Vietnamese people who own several other restaurants in the district. They are cooking ‘cajun’ food in a wok…

Anyhoo, in my review, I stated that this was NOT the place to go for good Cajun food, and indicated that it was in no way, shape, or form, Cajun. I said it was mediocre Vietnamese food (which it was).

I then got a nasty letter from someone who read my review that said I was just racist and didn’t like Asians. WTF?

Do you think I was out of line? I mean – this place was NOT fusion-style at all – just straight off bad quasi cajun food that bore no resemblance to what was advertised…
Just fyi – I have nothing against people from the Far East, or the cuisine they prepare. I am a notorious Pho eater, and Thai food junkie…I don’t think I was being unreasonable to expect what was advertised, and be disappointed when I didn’t get it.

Not racist at all. You gave your opinion and someone didn’t like it, and they had to find a way to attack you. I wouldn’t give it another thought.


Sassafras Seafood Kitchen in Houston, Texas

Looking for deliciously inspired seafood and Cajun cuisine? Check out Sassafras Seafood Kitchen in NW Houston, located at 12302 Jones Rd Houston, TX 77070-4802 – (281) 955-5944.

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How to Cook BBQ Shrimp : Serving Bread with Cajun Shrimp

Tips on selecting bread to accompany a traditional Cajun shrimp meal in this free seafood cooking video.

Expert: Elvis Hillard
Bio: Elvis Hillard received his culinary degree from Delgado Community College in New Orleans. He has worked in several restaurants throughout America, working with some of the most renowned chefs in the c
Filmmaker: Doug Craig

Duration : 0:1:14

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i’m holidaying in disneyworld florida soon,tell me some good places to eat, that are reasonably priced.?

i’d like to try creole cooking while i’m there but any cuisine will help.

Texas De Brazil is absolutely delicious, but will set you back about $50/person.
I like the restaurants at Universal City Walk. Margaritaville and NBA City are tasty.
If you are talking about inside the Disneyworld parks, the food is pretty lousy (and relatively expensive) overall. The only exception is if you’re going to Epcot, some of the nationalities have some pretty decent restaurants (Germany has a good buffet).
Here is a link to some good info:

http://www.mousesavers.com/meals.html#cheap%20eats


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