There are lots periods of stress in our lives. But there are two that are particularly demanding. And they’re both regarding children. When you get pregnant, you’re very soon made aware of the wide range of things that can go wrong with the development of your baby. Finding out the results of medical tests on…

One of our favorite foods here in Louisiana is raw oysters. Oysters are also the favorite place to hang out for a couple of bacteria that are very unfriendly to human beings. Notwithstanding,  nobody in Louisiana has gotten sick from a raw oyster in some time. The reason for that is a company called AmeriPure….

Just by living in New Orleans you can naturally develop a lot of useful skills. Dodging potholes and catching Mardi Gras beads improves hand-eye coordination. Peeling crawfish increases dexterity. One of the skills you will not have learned growing up or living here, is surfing. That’s about to change. Thanks to Becky Hardin’s City Surf…

One of the topics in the national debate these days is trade. Meaning imports and exports. Onn Out to lunch, Pater and his guests take a look at two of the most obscure imports into the United States, and New Orleans. One from Britain, the other from Italy. Francis Palumbo joins Peter to talk about…

Two years ago on Out to Lunch we met two very interesting entrepreneurs. Haley Burns was just finishing up school. She was wondering if she could turn a project called Fund 17 that she’d started as a student, into a full time job. Libby Fischer had come to New Orleans to get involved in education…