Me oh, my oh: New Orleans hosts Southern food museum
By Ellen Sweets
Denver Post Staff Writer

It was bound to happen sooner or later, that by logical extension, New Orleans' love affair with food should lead to a food museum. It has.

The Southern Food and Beverage Museum, which opens Saturday with an exhibit titled "A Toast of New Orleans," focuses on beverages connected to New Orleans.

For now, the museum is housed in the New Orleans City Centre, 1400 Poydras St. It is scheduled to relocate to a permanent space next year.

"New Orleans is a natural city to launch our first exhibit, as it was historically the culinary crossroads where, for example, Caribbean, African, French, Spanish, German, Irish and, more recently, Vietnamese settlers have met and mingled to create a uniquely American food culture," says Elizabeth Williams, museum president.

"The Southern Food and Beverage Museum will eventually feature artifacts and exhibits encompassing the food culture and history of 16 states, including Alabama, Arkansas, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia."

For more information, visit www.southernfood.org.

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