Is The Creole Culture of Food Changing?

The ritual of getting together and having a great meal has been celebrated for decades.

Recently other influences of cooking has had an influence in our modern culture of eating. The

immigrants going to New Orleans has impacted the ways people cook including French, Irish,

Spanish, and Central West African ways of Creole cooking.

Today's food and ways of cooking are mostly influenced by the French. Rouges have had a huge roles in New Orleans cooking, to make a good gumbo you need a rouge. Spanish tastes have influenced New Orleans cooking as well. The Spanish have been known for cultivating and distributing beans throughout the world. Spanish cooking includes both spices like paprika and the influence of red beans and rice. When different cultures come together, they evolve using new spices and flavors. Many different cities have different ways of eating.

The culture I grew up on in Berkeley has been experiencing eating multicultural food. Growing up living in an Indian Nursery day care gave me the tastes of common spices used in most cooking.

Living in New Orleans is a great place for food and getting to know the culture. As a student in college I tend to not go out to restaurants as much because of expenses. I tend to make my time by cooking and making food out of what I have. Having influences in New Orleans cooking has been progressively been changing from traditional Creole food to modern New Orleans food.

Ever Since Katrina, there has been an increase in other cultures such as Vietnamese food. The West Bank has been increasingly growing in culture and diversity in restaurants. With the multiple influences and shareing of cooking have shown to take effect onto today's food. Restaurants, grocery stores, and markets have changed rapidly by the increase of immigrants.

Do you think New Orleans Creole food will change? Multiple cultures influence the ways people cook has evolved since immigration and the evolution of saving your food. Will we see a little bit of Latino flavor in our cooking or maybe an influence of Vietnamese cooking. No matter how things will go, there will be some sort of way for immigrants to translate their food into a New Orleans flavor.