NOLA an abbreviation for New Orleans, Louisiana. NOLA cuisine is a regional cuisine of the Southern Gulf Cost of America. NOLA cuisine blends the characteristics of The French and Spanish dishes who colonized and influenced the city during the same period. Other major influences were the migrant workers and servants of the time, Caribbean and African, who set their mark in the kitchen with their strong use of spices. NOLA food is created fully in house, using no premade or canned foods. Vegetables are brought in fresh daily as are the bacon, salmon, and sausages that are cured and smoked i