BREAD

Bread items break the mold at many area restaurants. The bruschetta pomodora a basilico from Ristorante da Piero translates into toasted Italian bread topped with sliced tomato and basil marinated in extra virgin olive oil with garlic flavor. Café Envie's appetizer choices include a bruschetta of pesto, tomato, mozzarella and basil toasted on ciabatta bread. Nirvana's Indian Cuisine features several bread choices, including poori, a deep-fried puffy wheat bread, and onion kulcha, which is stuffed with onions. NOLA's dinner menu offers an appetizer of wood-oven roasted pocket bread with garlic oil, basil and grated Parmesan. You'll find hot Mexican cornbread on the line at any Piccadilly Cafeteria. Basil, cheese and tomatoes on crispy bread form the bruschetta at the Napoleon House's Girod Bistro. One of Oak Street Café's breakfast options is a couple of buttermilk biscuits covered with white sausage cream gravy. Banana bread is among the pastries and muffins At Lorretta's Too/He — Brews in the Marigny. The Broken Egg Café does a version of French toast with brioche stuffed with pastry cream and strawberries or blueberries. Fisherman's Cove offers overnight shipping of their food, including the crawfish bread.