i wanted the hot raspberry souffli. and at the white house, we made a souffli like that. two per table because i told you we had a great dessert. so, i tested the recipe, check it out, tested, tested and the timing and everything. then everything was about timing. and it worked beautifully. so here come the night at the dinner i knew what time, okay we start the egg white, let's whip the egg white, we were hoping all day egg white at the time. and you know what? they never came up. i said man, i used a different word. but i mean honestly, here the guests are going to come because a souffli that size needs over an hour to bake. at least. so, and the dinner at the white house takes maybe a little bit less than an hour already. so i said okay let's throw those away, we washed the bull we start all over. we start again. they don't come up again! now the clock is ticking and you know at the white house, when they come for dessert, you cannot say i need another 10 minutes. you cannot do that! the only word that they want to hear is speak up, now. so, we were cutting eggs again,

much to my surprise, i discovered back in the 80s that french people had forgotten the pump souffli, it wasn't on the menu. but here in new orleans, it continued along exactly as it always did because we are sticklers for tradition here. there are specific foods that center around some of our tradition. it's not carnival time in new orleans unless there is 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 was created in 1929 during a streetcar strike. it was the strikers who were originally the poor boys but one of the things that is most important to understand is this is really all about the bread. new orleans french bread is distinctly different. it's crusty, it's soft and beautiful on the inside, so this original poor boy loaves were designed to be a sandwich, big enough to feed an entire family with one sandwich. the poor boy sandwich was invented at the martin brothers grocers. two brothers who were originally streetcar conductors felt very sorry for those starving for boys who were striking