Finding Your Favorite Big-Screen Foods in The Big Easy By Rebecca Fox
I was enamored with scratch-and-sniff stickers as a child. They took stickers to another dimension, and the ones that corresponded to my favorite TV shows or cartoon characters allowed me to really pretend like I was tasting Garfield’s lasagna or smelling the Garbage Pail Kids. As an adult, I’ve long wished for a television program that immerses you by letting you pre-order a box so you can taste what the Top Chefs have served up or what Gordon Ramsey has criticized (okay, maybe the former and not so much the latter). It’s quite ironic that I’m usually eating fast-food or my own crude basic dinner while watching a 5-star masterpiece on the Food Network. 36
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Stein's Market & Deli
Offering a Corned Beef Sandwich that may be as orgasmic as Sally Albright's (Meg Ryan) in When Harry Met Sally
New technology has allowed many things to be within our reach, but, unfortunately, we haven’t mastered televisions that can transmit food. Fortunately, the market has recognized that people would love to recreate favorite film foods, and not so much just the ones we see on cooking shows. We’d love to eat and drink what our favorite characters imbibe—there’s a reason Butterbeer is so popular at Universal Studios and Serendipity’s frozen hot chocolate attracts loads of fans in the Big Apple each year. Here are some of my top picks for finding your favorite big screen foods in The Big Easy: Sally’s Corned Beef Sandwich, When Harry Met Sally—Okay, so we all know that it wasn’t the sandwich that had Meg Ryan’s character moaning in When Harry Met Sally, but as it’s the title of this piece, I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention that I heard you can get a comparable one at Stein’s Market and Deli on Magazine, as well as at Verti Marte in the French Quarter. Vampire Blood Bags, The Vampire Diaries—If you’ve watched The Vampire Diaries, you may have seen Elena drinking from a bag of blood. At the New Orleans Vampire Cafe, you can taste, smell, and drink all things monstrous—including a cocktail made to look like a serving of your favorite blood type. If blood isn’t your thing, they also have a menu of another thing that vampires truly love—bites! The Vampire Cafe is located at 801 Royal St.
PHOTOS, FROM TOP: SCREEN CAPTURE FROM WHEN HARRY MET SALLY / COLUBIA /MGM; ROBERT WITKOWSKI
I’LL HAVE WHAT SHE’S HAVING
