Most college kids eat cheap or bad but that didn t stop wannabe food writer Daniel Schumacher penning a food column in his student paper. Daniel went on to become a professional food writer in New York, Birmingham Alabama, and now in New Orleans as editor of Louisiana Cookin . Daniel describes what it s like writing about food. It s a fascinating procedure that most of us have never thought about, involving the doubly hedonistic pursuit of eating followed by the pleasure of reliving the pleasura...
Mar 25, 2014•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast What do you think of when you hear the name "Rollin Fatties" Fat or weed Maybe burritos How about a burrito that s more than a burrito It s a fattie Aiji Daste s food truck is rollin , making vegetarian fatties that will rock your Tex Mex burrito world. Fatties like The Soul Food a tortilla wrapped around greeens, candied yams, other delicacies and mac n cheese Not only are the rolled fattties one of the most unique dishes being served out of a NOLA or any food truck, Aiji is one of the most uni...
Mar 18, 2014•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast Chef Ryan Prewitt from Peche and his 1 Link Restaurant Group food forager Ashey Locklear are re writing the book on ocean and farm to table dining in New Orleans. Chef Ryan got to Peche through trial by fire and his kitchen tales of rising through the ranks are the equal of any horror stories you ve heard. Ashley has a job that takes her around the state of Louisiana and into Mississippi and Alabama, working with small farmers to bring farm freshness back to town every day. See omnystudio.com/li...
Feb 25, 2014•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast Eman Loubier of Dante s Kitchen and Noodle and Pie joins Ray and Margo under the stars at Grille by The Hill to talk about what how Eman got into the restaraunt biz, and what brought him from his home town of Jersey City to New Orleans. Then they welcome Eman s plus one, Demetria Christo, owner and founder of Eco Urban Landscaping. Demetria tells everyone one how eco friendly landscaping can help New Orleans with everything from flooding to saving on your water bill. Margo then tells a creepy st...
Feb 18, 2014•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Near Ms Mae s and across from the 2nd District Police station on Magazine Street, a step through the door into Cafe Rivista immediately transports you into a whole other world of casual European sophistication. Even the air feels Italian. But don t think pretentious furnishings, hipster baristas or gleaming cappuccino machines, this joint is understated and real. Real pastries, real coffee, real sandwiches, real amazing. And there s a reason. Actually, two reasons Lisa Barbato is one of New Orle...
Feb 04, 2014•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Margo is such a big fan of Vietnamese resaurant Rolls and Bowls that not only has she eaten there twice in one day, she ordered the same dish for lunch and dinner Co owner Ricky Phan is the first guest to bring along a plus one that is, as he described it, "My plus two" his pregnant wife, Vivian. Margo made the best joke of the night, describing Vivian s condition as "a bahn mi in the oven." Recording the show in what Ray describes as, "The non existent restaurant Grille By The Hill," Vivian had...
Jan 28, 2014•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Liz Williams had a hand in creating the World War II Museum and the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. Finding herself at the same age Julia Child was when she left the straight life behind and started out following her passion for food, Liz did the same and founded the Southern Food and Beverage Museum. Liz had no idea she was about to become an American pioneer the first person in the nation to found a museum dedicated to the culture of food and drink. One of the benefits of knowing the history of ...
Jan 21, 2014•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ray is a man of the cloth plus he s eaten at over 750 New Orleans restaurants so we don t take his word about food lightly. He s on record as saying his choice for his last meal on earth, should he know that in fact it is his last meal, would be a taco from Woody s Fish Tacos. As soon as we were able to track Woody down which was far from easy, requiring multiple visits to festivals and markets where Woody s Fish Tacos were for sale but Woody wasn t in residence we dragged him down to Ted s Fros...
Dec 30, 2013•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast We often refer to the restaurant world as "the service industry" but the people who actually serve are mostly relegated to the role of functionary simply a necessary conduit between the real stars of dining the chef and the person bestowing the food with appreciation or approbation. However, there are servers in the service industry who take their role far more seriously and understand the place of context, presentation, and a whole range of psychological cues most of us are not aware of that co...
Dec 23, 2013•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast Back in the day pre Katrina and Ivan and a bunch of other wicked storms that killed them off one at a time the New Orleans Lakefreont was a mecca of seafood restaurants. Fitzgerald s, Sid Mar s, Brunings, and more, Lakefront dining was an integral part of growing up in New Orleans. Eventually they all ended up like this washed into Lake Pontchartrain beyond repair. And that s how it s been since Katrina. Every single restaurant wiped off the face of the earth. Until now. Now there s Brisbi s. Bu...
Dec 16, 2013•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Midnight Menu is live from Thrive at The Laurel Street Bakery this week. Ray and Margo start out the show by welcoming "the genius behind Thrive" Ray s understated hyperbole Peter Menge. Ray and Margo turn to the main course of the evening, Seth Hamstead, owner of Cleaver and Co. a whole meat old fashioned butcher shop . Seth explains how being a chemist then economist in Chicago eventually led him to owning and operating his own high class, locally sourced butcher shop on Baronne Street in Upto...
Dec 10, 2013•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast A side of New Orleans you've never seen: love coffee, hate music See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 02, 2013•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast What's better, winning Chopped or the Super Bowl? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 26, 2013•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Larger than life Aaron Burgau and Leon Touzet take no prisoners See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 19, 2013•1 hr 2 min•Transcript available on Metacast Monday daytime drinking on chefs' day off forges foodie friendship See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nov 12, 2013•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Get lucky with Lucky Rooster and your new favorite Cocktologist See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 29, 2013•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast better than good and not just eggs. farm fresh food delivered See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 22, 2013•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast A Tale of Two Hurricanes - the wild ride to Gracious Bakery See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 15, 2013•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Mexico City comes to Central City See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 01, 2013•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Brand new Brisbi's brings us back to the good old days See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 24, 2013•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast When is a hot dog not a hot dog? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 17, 2013•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Your restaurant career is only a mouse-click away See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 10, 2013•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast Eat the love - chef/couple created breakfast brunch 'n pastries See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 26, 2013•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that zing See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 19, 2013•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast Fresh to you - Salads and Pies delivered See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 29, 2013•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast The unimaginable wild world of Laurel Street Bakery See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 15, 2013•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Glorious New Orleans Donut Revolution See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 08, 2013•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast You don't get much more upbeat than Chef David Bridges from Upperline See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 01, 2013•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Kit Wohl's cookbooks and Grace Rose's extraordinary life See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 18, 2013•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast The eclectic world of a real New Orleans community bar See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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