On a recent trip to New Orleans, Ben, J and I had the opportunity to stop by the Central Grocery, the originator of the muffaletta sandwich (pictured below). The sandwich itself is roughly the diameter of a basketball with layers of meat (including salami, ham and mortadella), swiss cheese and an amazing olive relish that includes a lot of veggies. It is quite filling and extremely tasty. We both agreed that the olive relish is really what makes the sandwich so unique and wonderful. We have tried some sandwiches by the same name in Cleveland and have even bought some olive relish claiming to be muffaletta sandwich spread, but we have never tasted anything that came close to the sandwich from the Central Grocery.

We also had to stop by Café du Monde on our way back to our hotel. We ordered beignets (pictured above) and a frozen café au lait. The beignets were crunchy … continue reading