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King cakes are supposed to come with a figurine hidden in them (usually a plastic baby). The person who finds the hidden figurine in a slice must bring the next cake to the office. This exchange goes on until Mardi Gras, after which the cakes disappear fo

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New Orleans: A City In The Grip Of King Cake Madness

3:00pm February 02, 2016

by David Beriss

Carnival is a monthlong season in New Orleans, when the colorful brioche cakes dominate the diet and culture. King cakes fuel workplace rituals, inspire contests and drive a collective obsession.

Chef Leah Chase, 92, here in the kitchen of Dooky Chase, had no qualms about rebuilding the restaurant her father-in-law opened in 1941 in New Orleans' Treme neighborhood.

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Restaurants Feed New Orleans' Recovery: 'I Knew I Had To Come Back'

9:30am August 14, 2015

by Debbie Elliott

After Hurricane Katrina wiped out the city 10 years ago, locals fought hard to preserve their deep-rooted cuisine. But devastation also brought opportunities for more experimental eateries to move in.

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Taqueria La Delicia is a lonchera, or food truck, that parks near a Lowe's Home Improvement store in New Orleans. The owner is Honduran, and so are many of the day laborers who eat there.

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In The Big Easy, Food Vendors Create A Little Honduras

5:31pm October 20, 2014

by Laine Kaplan-Levenson

Thanks to a quirk of history, New Orleans has long had a Honduran population, but it exploded post-Katrina. Nearly a decade later, Hondurans have created a vibrant, if underground, culinary community.