Audio By Carbonatix
When my sister the chef used to visit New Orleans, the first thing she’d do after checking into a hotel was head for a convenience store and buy a couple of bags of Zapp’s potato chips. After all, a trip to New Orleans is a culinary expedition, Zapp’s are top-drawer chips, and the Crescent City was the only place you could get ’em. A bag of Zapp’s and some olive salad from Decatur Grocery were typical take-home souvenirs of a trip to New Orleans. Now the chips are in Dallas, available first at Eatzi’s and now at Tom Thumb. In addition to all their regular flavors like Cajun Crawtaters–hot ‘n’ spicy, blackening-seasoned, crisp, potato-tasting chips–Zapp’s also puts out feature flavors, special seasonings available for a short time only. Imagine–limited-edition potato chips. Of course, there’s really still only one place to get good olive salad.
–Mary Brown Malouf
