• Introduction
• 1. Boston
• 2. Buenos Aires
• 3. New Orleans
• 4. Paraty
• 5. Quebec City
• 6. San Juan
• 7. San Miguel de Allende
• 8. Santiago
• 9. St. George
• 10. Willemstad

New Orleans

This spicy Southern city owes its unique flavors to a jambalaya of cultural heritages that have simmered to perfection for centuries. First and foremost, French influence abounds, resonating from the city’s original Gaulish settlers who left their mark on everything from cuisine (beignets and café au lait, anyone?) to such eponymous locales as the French Quarter, where street and business names still today recall la langue française. That said, the same area is equally marked by Spanish influences (after the city fell under Spanish rule for a brief period in the late 18th century), from romantic walled courtyards to wrought-iron balconies. Of course, African, Caribbean, and other ethnicities also added their own special ingredients to this zesty melting pot of a city, but there’s little doubt that La Nouvelle-Orléans is predominantly European at heart.

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