Explore the Southern Food and Beverage Museum - Episode #41
Beyond Bourbon Street, an Insider's Guide to New Orleans
Mark Bologna
4.9 • 916 Ratings
🗓️ 5 July 2017
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Southern Food and Beverage Museum
On this episode of Beyond Bourbon Street, we explore the Southern Food and Beverage Museum. The museum may be small, but it houses a large variety of artifacts and stories, dedicated to the culinary history of the Southern United States.
The Southern Food and Beverage Museum is also home to the Museum of the American Cocktail. While the cocktail may not have been invented in New Orleans, we certainly have made it our own. Learn about the Sazerac, the Crusta, the tangled history of absinthe, and more!
Join Mark and his guest, Liz Williams, as they discuss food and drink in the heart of the Crescent City.
All this and more in today's episode of Beyond Bourbon Street!
Resources
The Southern Food and Beverage Museum is located at 1504 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd, three blocks off of St. Charles Avenue. The museum is open daily Wednesday-Monday (closed Tuesdays).
You can find the Southern Food and Beverage Museum online at Southern Food. Be sure to check out the blog!
Additionally, you can find the Southern Food and Beverage Museum on Twitter (@SouthernFood) and on Instagram @EatDrinkSoFab
Liz Williams is the co-author of two books. Lift your Spirits, and New Orleans: a Food Biography. Both are available at local New Orleans booksellers, including Octavia Books and Garden District Book Shop. You can also purchase them at the Southern Food and Beverage Museum.
Links and show notes for today's episode can be found at Beyond Bourbon St.
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Mark
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hmm. Street, an insider's guide to New Orleans. Beyond Bourbon Street is the podcast where we explore the food, |
| 0:16.3 | music, culture, places, and people that make New Orleans unique. Whether you are planning a trip, |
| 0:22.1 | living in New Orleans, or simply wanting a taste of the Crescent City from wherever you are, |
| 0:26.0 | you've come to the right place. |
| 0:29.0 | And now, your host, Mark Bologna. |
| 0:35.0 | Hey y'all, this is Mark. |
| 0:38.0 | Welcome to episode 41. |
| 0:40.0 | On the last show, we talked about Abraham Lincoln's visits to New Orleans on a flat boat. |
| 0:44.6 | It was an interesting discussion with Richard Campanella who also joined us back on episode 36 |
| 0:49.5 | which was called How Bourbon Street happened. |
| 0:52.6 | In the last episode, we talked about what life was like on the Mississippi River during the |
| 0:56.1 | time that Lincoln came to New Orleans, which was in 1828 and 1831. |
| 1:01.4 | We talked about what Lincoln might have experienced along the way and what he found when he got to New Orleans. |
| 1:06.0 | In particular, it was Lincoln's first experience with wide-scale plantation slavery and the slave markets in New Orleans, and it most certainly influences opinions about slavery. |
| 1:16.0 | If you missed it, go back and give it a listen. |
| 1:18.0 | I think you'll find it really interesting. |
| 1:20.0 | Today's show is all about the Southern Food and Beverage Museum, which is one of many |
| 1:24.8 | terrific small museums in New Orleans. But before we get to that, I want to first say thanks |
| 1:29.5 | to those of you who have left me reviews on iTunes. We're up to 144 reviews now. Thanks to |
| 1:36.1 | D Viskovi, the title of her review is Hands Down My Favorite Podcast. |
| 1:40.4 | Thanks, Dee. Thanks, also to Bonour John, and to Emily Worst, who writes, I live in LA, but I've been fascinated by New Orleans for years and visit every chance I get. |
| 1:51.0 | This podcast has quickly become one of my favorites and it makes my |
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