Spring festival season is upon us, so on this week’s Louisiana Eats we’re going to get you ready to be the host—or hostess—with the mostess!   No one knows how to entertain quite like like Julia Reed. In her book, But Mama Always Put Vodka in Her Sangria! she offers a number of stories from…

On this week’s show, we’ll explore the immense influence that Italian foodways had on the development of New Orleans cuisine. We’ll time travel through the years of the family-operated Uptown gem, Pascal’s Manale. This history, which is now immortalized in Poppy’s new book, The Pascal’s Manale Cookbook, focuses on two Sicilian immigrant families, the Manales and the…

On this week’s show, we take a close look at superstar chefs to learn what it takes to reach the top.   We begin with Chef Tory McPhail of Commander’s Palace. Through determination and dedication to his craft, Tory has secured his place in the Commander’s Palace family, as well as the restaurant’s chef legacy….

On this week’s Louisiana Eats!, we set out to discover hot spots both literally and figuratively in our backyard. We begin at Pêche Seafood Grill, where Chef Ryan Prewitt has been replicating live fire techniques he learned on a trip to Uruguay. Ryan explains how this new process has changed his entire perspective on cooking, and we get…

It’s Carnival time on Louisiana Eats! On this week’s show, we take to the streets with a distinctive krewe of food lovers.   We begin with author and songwriter Johnette Downing, who’s also known as “the pied piper of Louisiana music traditions.” Johnette shares her latest album, Swamp Romp, which, among other things, seeks to…