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relied on armoires,” Mae told us. “They kept clothes wrapped Women’s Exchange also owns and operates the Hermann-
in peppercorn and vetiver and tobacco leaves to keep them Grima Historic House, on St. Louis. The Hermann-Grima house
from mildew and moths.” Gallier was so ahead of his time, he preserves life here as it was during the 1800s. (The Hermann-
invented ceiling vents and this home had indoor plumbing in Grima and Gallier Historic Houses, www.hgghh.org.). I will
1860. never forget the story of its ice house, where they stored huge
chunks of ice that had been carved from glaciers in Canada
The Gallier House is operated by the Women’s Exchange, a
and barged all the way down the Mississippi River to New
group formed in 1881 after the Civil War to provide a place for
Orleans.
war widows to sell their handmade goods anonymously. The

Redfish Bienville at Tableau, with frisee-
fingerling potato salad and blue crab butter Top left: An appetizer sampler from Tab-
sauce. leau: Shrimp Remoulade “Bloody Mary,”
Fried Oysters Maison with rosemary bacon
jam, Truffled Crab Fingers, and Crabmeat
Ravigote on cucumber with lemon aioli.
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