Out To Lunch - New Orleans Business Podcast

It’s New Orleans: Out to Lunch

Hosted ByPeter Ricchiuti

Tulane University A.B. Freeman School of Business finance professor Peter Ricchiuti holds court over lunch at Columns in Uptown New Orleans. Peter's lunch guests are New Orleans business people, from startups to CEO's, from artists to tech entrepreneurs, musicians to movers-and-shakers. New Orleans is on everybody's list as a great place to party but it's also on many lists of the best place to start a business. Peter's deeply knowledgable and equally levity-laden approach to business conversation neatly makese sense of the Crescent City's contradictions.

Jambalaya Wedding Cake – Out to Lunch – It’s New Orleans

October 19, 2017 Out to Lunch Comments Off on Jambalaya Wedding Cake – Out to Lunch – It’s New Orleans

In Louisiana, although gumbo and jambalaya are everyday foods, finding the time to make a good gumbo or jambalaya from scratch is not so easy.

You can cut down on prep time by making these traditional dishes with a mix out of a box. If you’re a purist, you might turn your nose up at that. On the other hand, there’s Jambalaya Girl. Jambalaya Girl is a mix in a box that is an old family recipe created with input from legendary Chef Paul Proudhomme.  

Kristen Preau Moore

Jambalaya Girl is also a real person. Her name is Kristen Preau Moore. 

Lauren Wightkin

Lauren Wightkin is part of the 4th generation of cake bakers at Swiss Confectionery, the New Orleans bakery where the family business has been making wedding cakes and other specialty cakes for nearly 100 years.

On this edition of Out to Lunch, Peter Ricchiuti covers the New Orleans business field – from an old family business that makes specialty items, to a recent business that packages traditional foods in little yellow boxes.

Lauren Wightkin, Peter Ricchiuti, Kristen Preau Moore

Photos at Commander’s Palace by Alison Moon.

Realtor Tracey Moore