One positive thing we can say about social media is, it’s a great leveler. Even CEO’s and celebrities reveal that, although their giant homes and incomes may be far removed from ours, their daily lives and fears are not that different. Nonetheless, even in a world with no secrets, you’d probably still be surprised if a celebrity…
Read MoreIn this Louisiana Eats Quick Bite episode, we travel to Denver, Colorado for Slow Food Nations with our friends from Camellia Brand beans. With the theme, “Food For Change,” Slow Food USA gathered together many of the world’s greatest thinkers and influencers to further their goal of good, clean food for all. For three days in July 2018,…
Read MoreOn this week’s show, we take an in-depth look the evolution of restaurant dining in the America and speak with the co-owner of one the nation’s top restaurants. We begin by exploring two centuries of historical and cultural changes with acclaimed Yale historian Paul Freedman. His book Ten Restaurants That Changed America weaves together culinary and social history,…
Read MoreOn this week’s episode, we sit down with Loyola University history professor Justin Nystrom to explore the influence that Sicilian Americans have had on New Orleans foodways. Surprisingly, that influence didn’tbegin with the heavy influx of Sicilians who populated the city in great numbers during the late 1880’s. Those rural Sicilians made their mark on the French Market and…
Read MoreAmericana is a genre of music that didn’t exist in the UK till Paul Spencer brought it back from the US. (Some may argue with this proposition but it’s fundamentally true.) Paul’s a Brit who lived in Los Angeles, worked in the music business, and traveled frequently to New Orleans where he got to know…
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