SPINACH

Stop by Robert Fresh Market to pick up the crowd-pleasing spinach dip. Ruth's Chris prepares its spinach au gratin with creamed spinach topped with melted sharp cheddar cheese. The spinach salad with baby spinach, bacon, egg, mushrooms, red onions and croutons is one of Papanini's salads. Vietnamese spinach sautéed with garlic is a menu option at Hoa Hong/9 Roses. Jama Jama Macondo (spinach, fried plantains and coconut rice) is an exotic choice at Bennachin. Café Rose Nicaud's Spinach Delight merges fresh spinach, tomatoes, pecans and feta cheese. Dixie Gyro offers its diners a plate of spinach pie with the spinach lightly seasoned and stuffed between layers of filo dough, then baked. Also in the spinach pie business is Mona's Café. At Dia Roma Café, spinach lasagna entails three layers stuffed with spinach and cheese and covered with Alfredo sauce. Chez Nous is offering spinach vichyssoise, a cold soup containing potatoes, cream and spinach. The spinach and feta panini at Café Satora puts spinach, feta, mozzarella, tomato, extra virgin olive oil and herbs on panini bread and presses the sandwich. Spanikopita is a Greek pastry of spinach baked in airy phyllo dough at Mr. Gyros in Matairie.