Essence Fest food offers taste of New Orleans' favorite dishes

For New Orleanians, the food at the Essence Music Festival will be familiar. Gumbo, barbecue shrimp and bread pudding are what we eat every week.

More than 80 percent of the people at the festival this weekend, however, are likely from out of town. They come for the music and seminars. But the Essence food vendors want these visitors to get a true taste of New Orleans before they leave.

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