Among Creole communities, turtle soup is known as Caouane. In [[New Orleans]], it is a specialty of several neighborhood and classic Creole restaurants such as [[Commander's Palace]], [[Brennan's]], and [[Galatoire's]].
Turtle soup was theThe 27th U.S. President, [[William Howard Taft]]'s favorite food.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/presidents/williamtaft.html | title = US Presidents – William Taft | access-date = April 1, 2008 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080415051818/http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/presidents/williamtaft.html | archive-date = April 15, 2008 }} <!-- See also Henry Haller's ''The White House Family Cookbook'' --></ref> He brought a chef who specialized in the dish with him into the [[White House]] for the specific purpose of preparing thisturtle soup.<ref>{{cite news |first=Arlene |last=Burnett |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/food/2008/06/26/Slow-food-Turtle-soup-is-a-throwback-to-an-earlier-elegant-time/stories/200806260465|title=Slow food: Turtle soup is a throwback to an earlier elegant time |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=June 26, 2008}}</ref>
