Hi! I’m Samantha and welcome to my blog!
As a native New Orleanian I love to explore my city enjoying some of the best food dishes in the country! Foodie? Not quite. I won’t try it all, but I pride myself on exploration and lovely atmosphere. Since childhood my mother has preferred fine dining over fast food and would encourage my sister and I to be adventurous with the menu. If you know New Orleanians that makes total since we start eating boiled crawfish, pigtails, and charbroiled oysters before we can spell the aforementioned. LOL!
As life progressed, I became the go to person for restaurant suggestions and experiences and this led to the realization that people living and visiting Louisiana might enjoy a food blog. I have always enjoyed writing but after the passing of my grandmother this area of creativity felt lost however, after some time writing about delicious food and experiences seemed to be a great creative outlet from the stressful life as a Property Manager Software Consultant.
In my opinion New Orleans has some of the greatest food in the country (hands down)! When most people visit, they are interested in Creole Soulfood like delicious Gumbo, Crawfish Etouffee, and Jambalaya. However, in a Melting Pot City full of so many cultures we are far more than Creole Soulfood. We are delicious BBQ (don’t sleep on our sides), Thai, Japanese, Italian, Indian cuisine and so much more.
About With Sam Spoon!
I started With Sam Spoon to share my New Orleans and Travel food experiences hoping to guide you to a range of some of the best food experiences. I also loved the idea of sharing places that beautiful black women like myself would enjoy! This blog may highlight great New Orleans cuisine as its focus but with that we will also explore travel, cooking, and the hottest New Orleans festivals and events!! Stay Tune! I am so happy you decided to stop by and encourage you to subscribe!