ONION

Onions are often eaten with soup spoons in New Orleans restaurants. Verona Restaurant in Harahan makes its onion soup with six different types of onions while the potato king Spudly's Super Spuds tops its cheesy onion soup with mozzarella. The Ground Pat'i Grille and Bar also proudly serves a French onion soup made in-house from scratch. For French flair without the broth, La Provence in Lacombe begins its classic repasts with a tarte ‡ l'oignon — an onion tart with gruyere cheese and black pepper. Ye Olde College Inn may be in new digs just next door to its old location, but the kitchen still turns out the landmark's famous onion rings, fried golden and stacked high. Smilie's in Harahan also gives classic fried onion rings their due as one of the restaurant's most popular appetizers. Onions go green and head south of the border at Taqueria Corona, where cebollitas — or charbroiled green onions — are served by the bunch sprinkled with seasoned salt. The "bloomin' onion" sprouts at many tables at the Outback Steakhouse, cut into bite sized pieces, fried and served with a dipping sauce. Applebee's takes its own stab at the fried onion appetizer market with its crispy onion peels. Cooter Brown's calls  'em Killer Onion Rings for a reason.