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Muffuletta: Central Grocery, New Orleans
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Muffuletta: Central Grocery, New Orleans

The muffuletta is arguably New Orleans' highest culinary achievement. The sandwich was invented in 1906 at New Orleans' Central Grocery, which still sells them to locals and tourists alike. To make a muffuletta, stuff an oversized loaf of Sicilian bread with capicola, salami, mortadella, emmentaler cheese, provolone cheese and a powerful, supremely garlicky olive salad.  One sandwich can easily feed three people.

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