The original Fresh & Fried Hard launched as a blog in 2019 though the concept and content was birthed in 2017. In 2024, life took over – bulldozed right over any plans to make changes – and the blog was moved to Substack. For now, it will stay there and this space will be used as a reader beginning with some of the old posts…
Meeting Rose Nicaud
Rose Nicaud was a coffee vendor or one of les vendeuses selling in New Orleans’ French Market. Her vending began on free Sundays when she, an enslaved woman, was allowed to make and sell coffee to earn money. It is said that she was to have purchased her freedom selling coffee. Upon being freed, she rented a stall inside the French Market, where it has…