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The 1989 National Busbiesx Conference hvuliniu</.-' dessert is the bananas Foster. If you're there for dinner, order the tournedos Chanteclair and treat yourself to one of Brennan's fine French wines, as the wine cellar is known as one of the best in the area. If New Orleans style cooking isn't for you or you'd just like to sample a variety while you're in town, try the Rib Room in the Royal Orleans Hotel. The specialty is beef and the cooking of it here has been raised to an art. The roast is exceptional and the prime rib is a favorite. The Rib Room is open daily for lunch and dinner. New Orleans is also known for a style of steak cookery. And the best place in town to sample it is at the Crescent City Steak House, 1001 N. Broad Street. The steaks here are cooked in a literal pool of herb butter sauce. The recom mended fare is the New York style strip and a side dish of lyonnaise potatoes. Lunch is served Tuesday through Friday and dinner, Tuesday through Saturday. For good .plain seafood try Ralph and Kacoo's, 519 Toulouse Street. The menu is enormous and just about every thing is delicious. The house specialties however, are the catfish, the crayfish (when in season) and the hush puppies. in the French Quarter, but once again Whether you go for lunch or dinner (each there are those places that seem to make served daily) finish off your meal with them better than most. the peanut-butter pie. At two locations--Evans' and Aunt You can order dessert in any dining Sally's (both on the 800 block of Decatur establishment but if you're a natural des Street)--you can actually watch the pra sert lover, there are those select places in lines being made while you eat away. New Orleans you won't want to miss. Leah's, 714 St. Louis Street, and Lau For ice cream it's Angelo Brocato's, ra's, 115 Royal Street, are a bit on the 537 St. Ann Street. Every bit of food in touristy side, but the pralines are still the place is homemade and the biggest first-rate. For the pralines of pralines seller is the cannoli, a combination of however, you must try Evelyn's Pra vanilla and chocolate ricotta cheese, lines. They're made from an old Cajun pistachio nuts and powdered sugar. Pop recipe of whipping cream, roasted pecan ular ice cream flavors are the spumoni, halves, butter and sugar and are only torroncino, cassata and the fresh fruit sold at two places in New Orleans-- ices. Spectre de la Fleur, 710 St. Louis Caramel is king at the Restaurant de Street and the Landmark Hotel's gift la Tour Eiffel, 2040 St. Charles Avenue, shop, 2601 Severn Avenue in Metairie. as it makes an appearance in fondue form. The above mentioned restaurants are The Restaurant de la Tour Eiffel also just highlights of the many restaurants holds, between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m., "Mid in the Crescent City because in New Or night Madness" each evening. Desserts leans there are hundreds to choose from. are the number one attraction. during Now, whether you choose one of the ones this four-hour period, although coffee is described or make your own selection, a big seller too. consider yourself warned in advance. One more dessert must be tried while Make sure you plan on watching those you're in New Orleans and that's the calories before the NBC begins or after famous praline, a candy made of caramel it ends. You won't stand a chance once i ized sugar and nuts. Pralines are abun you set foot in the mouth of the Missis dant in the New Orleans area, particularly sippi. 8 U