Leidenheimer Baking Company: A 125-Year-Old New Orleans Tradition
Leidenheimer Baking Company: A 125-Year-Old New Orleans Tradition Since 1896, the family-run institution has been making crisp, airy loaves of the city's famous French bread New Orleans is passionate about its bread, especially when it comes to the po-boy. Some say the city’s signature sandwich, usually stuffed with fried oysters, shrimp, roast beef, sausage, or meatballs, isn’t the real deal unless it’s served on a locally baked Leidenheimer loaf. “The most important part of the po-boy is the bread,” said Joanne Domilise, one of the family members who runs Domilise’s Po-Boy & Bar...