McSweeney's passed. Whatchagondo?

FOOD-BASED
TROPES CONSIDERED,
BUT ULTIMATELY REJECTED,
BY MAYOR RAY NAGIN TO
DESCRIBE WHAT THE CULTURE
OF POST-KATRINA NEW ORLEANS
WILL ONCE AGAIN BE.

A Marzipan Metropolis

A Velveeta Village

A Twinkie Town

An Apple-Dumpling Gang

A Bacon-Cheddar Borough

A Crazy-Delicious Lower 9th Ward

A Petit-Four Parish

A Nutella Neighborhood

A Matzo-Ball Municipality

A Jelly Roll Morton