in some ofrestaura restaurants, places lake antoine's, you will see this magical french fry called a pomme souffle. it was invented in france in the 1800s. it is like a french fry but it is cooked twice so it puffs up, making this delicious, airy, crispy bite of hot potato that is like nothing else. much to my surprise, i discovered back in the '80s that french people had forgotten the pomme souffle. it wasn't on menus. you couldn't find it here in france. but here in new orleans it continued on exactly as it always did, because we are real sticklers for tradition here. now, there are specific foods that center around some of our traditions. king cake. it's not carnival time in new orleans unless there's king cakes everywhere. and that goes on throughout the entire 40 days of lent. the poor boy sandwich is one of our most iconic dishes, and it was created in 1929 during a streetcar strike. it was those strikers who were originally the poor boy.boys. one of the things that is most important to understand is it's really all about the bread. new orleans french bread is distinctly differ