"Praline Woman, New Orleans"

ID: 900 ~ Source: Courtesy of Vorhoff Library and Newcomb Archives, Newcomb College Center for Research on Women, Tulane University.
This file appears in: Praline or "Pecan Candy"
This file appears in: Praline or "Pecan Candy"

By Chanda M. Nunez
Pralines are thought to have originated in seventeenth-century France when the chef of César, Duc de Choiseul, Comte du Plessis-Praslin coated almonds with sugar. While sugared nuts were already…