Nobody went to Ernie K-Doe’s legendary Mother In Law Lounge to actually lounge. Except Tee Eva Perry. Tee Eva was K-Doe’s back-up singer and dancer, and best friend of K-Doe’s wife, Antoinette. Some of Tee Eva’s fondest memories are of the nights – every night of the week they weren’t performing – spent lounging around…

Chef Rob Bechtold loves his meat smoker so much he sleeps with it. Well, next to it. And gets up every half hour to tend to the flames. Apparently you can taste the love and dedication in every bite because Chef Rob and wife Emily’s NOLA Smokehouse sells out of barbq every single day. Rob and…

Emeril’s Delmonico Chef de Cuisine Anthony Scanio looks like he’s directing traffic at a busy intersection, but actually he’s just sitting down with a beer to have an amiable chat with Ray and Margo.  Animated Chef Anthony is a whirlwind of wonderful tales about Arabi, Italy, crabs, mrlitons, kids, Creole cooking, Disney World, Mardi Gras,…

Krista Pendergraft-May is co-owner of Cowbell. Not only was Krista brave enough to open a restaurant practically on the railroad tracks and the foot of the levee at what was then the worst part of Oak Street (by miles) she is also fearless enough to be a guest on a food podcast she had not…

We invited one of New Orleans’ top chefs on the show, and got two.  Chef Dan Esses from Three Muses is Ray and Margo’s guest. Although in this picture it looks like Chef Dan is holding Margo’s hand across the table and Ray’s holding her other hand under the table, what’s actually going on is…