On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 17:19:13 -0600, "Mike Pearce"
> wrote:

>I think you may be mistaken about the New Orleans location. I live in New
>Orleans

I lived there in the mid 1970s, when Reising was the only bread worth
eating. I have tried to get copycat recipes but I have never found one
that mimics that great flakey pastry-like crust and delicate crumb.