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Antoine's is a Louisiana Creole cuisine restaurant located at 713 rue St. Louis (St. Louis Street) in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana.It is one of the oldest family-run restaurants in the United States, having been established in 1840 by Antoine Alciatore. [2]
King cake—a cake made of braided brioche dough laced with cinnamon, with purple, green, and gold frosting, and a small plastic baby hidden inside; eaten during Mardi Gras season [23] [51] Praline —a candy made with pecans , brown and white sugar, butter, and cream [ 52 ]
Marie-Antoine Carême, known throughout his life as Antonin Carême, [1] was born in Paris. The date of his birth cannot be authenticated and is disputed. The day and month are generally accepted as 8 June and the year as either 1783 or 1784. [n 1] He was one of the many children of Marie-Jeanne Pascal and Jean-Gilbert Carême. [1]
Antone's Famous Po' Boys, formerly Antone's Import Company, is a sandwich shop chain based in Houston, Texas. Established by Jalal Antone, an American of Lebanese and Syrian descent, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] it grew to having fifteen locations and having products distributed throughout the Southern United States , but was beset by ownership disputes within ...
A year later, in 1845, Eliza Acton gave a recipe in Modern Cookery for Private Families, describing it as a version of "Solimemne – A rich French breakfast cake, or Sally Lunn". Solilemmes is a kind of brioche that is served warm which was popularised by the Parisian chef Marie-Antoine Carême in a book of 1815.
The cake has enjoyed an especially great popularity since the centenary celebration of the Russian victory over Napoleon in the Patriotic War of 1812. During the celebrations in 1912, triangular-shape pastries were sold resembling the bicorne. The many layers of the cake symbolized La Grande Armée. In fact, the Russian "Napoleon" is an old ...
The famous food and spice company Zatarain's, founded in 1889 in New Orleans, has been located in Gretna since 1963. Gretna was incorporated in 1913, absorbing the section of McDonogh within the Jefferson Parish boundaries. In the 1940 census, Gretna had a population of 10,879.
Germaine Wells of Arnaud's began leading the French Quarter Easter parade in 1956 [2]. Arnaud's was founded in 1918 by a French wine salesman, Arnaud Cazenave.