Tourists come to the Big Easy to fill their ears with music but they get an extra bargain (lagniappe) just by walking through the French Quarter snapping pics of sights they probably won't see back home.

But where does one go to get great food and lots of it at a price which doesn't require a close friendship with Queen Elizabeth's Exchequer of Loans? That's easy. First you figure out WHAT the locals eat, then you find out WHERE they go. But before I share the secrets of a native son with ...