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Originally Posted by Crawford
Well I certainly have, but that seems irrelevent to the list.
I've also heard of a cuisine associated with Maryland's Eastern Shore, but that doesn't mean I think Salisbury, MD is a culinary capital.
Many food critics are quite critical of the NO food scene, and consider it tourist-driven and derivative.
And I still find it hard to believe that a relatively poor city with little diversity would deliver greater dining breath and quality than a city 4-5 times the size.
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well then what cusine(s) is Philadelphia famous for innovating. For instance Chicago is associated with New American, San Francisco and LA are famous for fusion cuisines and Californian. I have never heard once about a Philadelphian innovation.
And please list the critics that dismiss the food of New Orleans with documentation and explanation to what they mean by tourist drive and derivative. Either that or admit you are talking out your ass.
New Orleans is small but culturally it looms as large as Chicago or Los Angeles. If Buffalo, Pittsburgh or Cincinnati were destroyed by a hurricane people would be briefly bummed but no one would really give a shit outside of people from there. If New Orleans was lost, it would be tragic to the whole country.
Having lived for years in N.O. L.A S.F and Chicago I can say with 100% certainity that the randomly selected place in New Orleans is better than that in LA and SF and equal to that of Chicago. Now in terms of the upper echelon then SF and Chicago probably edge out New Orleans and LA but I am not a food/restaurant expert, though I was a line cook at One Market (a one time huge deal phenom restaurant in SF).
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