Enjoy the flavors of New Orleans after you've packed up your beads and gone home

Once in New Orleans, when eyes-bigger-than-tummy syndrome overcame us, my husband and I found ourselves stuffed to the gills with mufuletta, and only halfway through the sandwich. The remainder of that gargantuan New Orleans specialty, a round of Italian bread filled with layers of salami and cheese and laden with garlicky olive salad, was too good to leave behind. Since we were heading for the train station to board The City of New Orleans and go home to Memphis, we decided our leftovers would make an excellent dinner. So we bundled up the other half of the sandwich for the return trip.