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Swamp Thing – Out to Lunch – It’s New Orleans

Hansel Harlan minces up nutria and feeds’ em to the dogs as super healthy Marsh Dog biscuits, treats, and jerky.  Arthur Matherne zips around the swamp on an airboat, occasionally with superstars and sometimes shooting alligators.

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Cooking For Strippers – Midnight Menu +1 – It’s New Orleans

Franky Vivid is one of the most colorful characters in the New Orleans food ecosystem. Franky is the wearer of many hats, most of them related in one way or another to scantily clad or naked women.  Franky is the producer of internationally renowned burlesque shows – Superstars of Burlesque, and Burlesque Hall of Fame….

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Not Therapy – Happy Hour – It’s New Orleans

Marie Lovejoy just got back in town from braiding hair in Minneapolis. She also braids hair at Renaissance Festivals and fairs across the country, which she did for a decade before settling down in New Orleans a few years ago. Hair braiding is, according to Marie, not as simple as it might sound: it involves…

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Off The Shelf – Out to Lunch – It’s New Orleans

If you grew up in New Orleans there’s two things you learned early on – where to make groceries, and how to make red beans. If you moved here as an adult it doesn’t take long to find a favorite grocery store – but making beans is a little more difficult. Maybe you secretly buy…

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Chef Happy Meets Sibling Number 5 – Midnight Menu +1 – It’s New Orleans

When you come from a New Orleans family of 10 kids it can sometimes be difficult to remember what number sibling your sister is – even if she is your business partner and closest friend. Of course you can always blame your faulty memory on the Bloody Mary that you have to drink to be…

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