Sinopsis
On Louisiana Eats! NOLA food icon Poppy Tooker takes us into Louisiana's wide open fields, deep waters, bustling markets, and busy kitchens. Poppy's people are carrying on the traditions of Louisiana's wholly local but universally celebrated food, from farm to table, and sometimes barroom! Poppy roams the State to find the folks who are taking the abundant wealth of Louisiana's food culture into the future with inspiration and innovation. Let's eat!
Episodios
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Irish Pubs & The Feast Of Saint Patrick - Louisiana Eats - It's New Orleans
12/03/2016 Duración: 49minWhether it means indulging in a Full Irish breakfast, marching in the Irish Channel Parade, or simply enjoying a pint of Guinness at the local Irish pub, it s time to celebrate St. Patrick s Day On this week s Louisiana Eats , we explore Irish history and heritage in the Pelican State, hear stories from 21st century Irish immigrants, and take a tour of local pubs to hear how they observe the Feast of Saint Patrick. We begin with a discussion about the history of Irish immigration to the Crescent City with Tulane History Professor Laura Kelley, author of "The Irish in New Orleans." Laura explains how Irish expatriates over the past 200 years developed a thriving community and influenced Louisiana culture in some unexpected ways. Then, learn about the cultural importance of the traditional Irish pub with Pauline and Stephen Patterson, Irish immigrants and owners of Finn McCool s. Pauline and Stephen Patterson tell the story of how they resettled to New Orleans from Northern Ireland, eventually building their tr
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Bringing Racial Justice To The Table - Louisiana Eats - It's New Orleans
04/03/2016 Duración: 49minThis episode of Louisiana Eats examines African American culinary life and culture in slavery times and today. Historic New Orleans Collection curator Erin Greenwald gives us a private tour of Purchased Lives New Orleans and the Domestic Slave Trade, 1808 1865, a 2015 exhibit that examined the domestic slave trade in America. Solomon Northup, the free man of color who wrote the memoir "Twelve Years A Slave" comes to life with some amazing documents that shed light on his true story. Then, food activist and author, Bryant Terry discusses the inspiration behind his book, "Afro Vegan Farm Fresh African, Caribbean, and Southern Flavors Remixed." Bryant draws from soul food and others from the African Diaspora, interpreting them in new, fresh and healthy ways. We also visit the "Taste of Dillard Cook Off," an event recently revived at Dillard University though the Ray Charles Program in African American Material Culture. Finally, we revisit an interview with Dr. Rudy Lombard, author of "Creole Feast 15 Master Chef
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Cravings, Addiction And Recovery In Restaurants And Bars - Louisiana Eats - It's New Orleans
27/02/2016 Duración: 49minSince we began broadcasting Louisiana Eats over five years ago, we ve noticed a recurring theme when speaking with chefs, bartenders and restaurant owners about a certain aspect of the hospitality and service industry culture. From the front of the house to the back, across Louisiana and the entire country, there is a substance abuse problem in bars and restaurants. On this week s episode, we speak with Will Arendell, a renowned substance abuse counselor, who demystifies the psychology and physiology of addiction. Then, former prison inmate Daniel Genis, whose drug addiction led him to earn the nickname the "apologetic bandit," gives us a glimpse of prison cooking. Not what prisoners are fed but what and how they re cooking behind bars. We also speak with Anthony Caporale, who is a chef and instructor at New York s Institute of Culinary Education, about how he works to ensure that nobody gets intoxicated in front of or behind the bar on his watch. Finally, Steve Horowitz of Denver restaurant Ganja Gourmet giv
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Absinthe Makes The Heart Grow Fonder - Louisiana Eats - It's New Orleans
20/02/2016 Duración: 49minFrom the height of its popularity in the 19th century to its modern revival, absinthe has a long and storied reputation. On this week s show, we learn all about the formerly illicit elixir and those whose ongoing fascination with the spirit has helped transform the discourse and regulations here in the United States. Before false scientific claims and anti absinthe hysteria lead to it to being banned for almost a century, Pernod Fils was the most celebrated commercial producer of absinthe. We speak with Anne Louise Marquis, former Pernod brand ambassador, about the history of the preferred drink among artists, writers, and bohemians. Then, we turn to Ted Breaux, environmental chemist turned absinthe distiller from New Orleans, who explains his pivotal role in the legalization of absinthe in the United States by challenging misconceptions with scientific evidence and a dogged perseverance. Next, we visit Atelier Vie, a New Orleans based distillery that is reviving the absinthe tradition for a new generation of
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Louisiana Eats Celebrates Valentine's Day - Louisiana Eats - It's New Orleans
10/02/2016 Duración: 49minThere s romance in the air on Louisiana Eats In celebration of Valentine s Day, we take a trip to the very top of Louisiana, to Holly and Derek Schreiber s Sainte Terre, which hosts some of Louisiana s most romantic weddings. Situated in the small town of Benton, Sainte Terre combines Holly and Derek s culinary prowess and New York style with the devotion of a truly family run business. Back in the city, master sommelier Molly Wismeier and pastry chef Erin Swanson invite us to sample their latest collaborative work, a special Valentine s Day wine and dessert pairing at Restaurant R evolution. With our chocolate craving still lingering, we tour the workshop at Acalli Chocolate, New Orleans only bean to bar chocolate maker. Acalli s owner, Carol Morse, launched her chocolate bars at the 2015 Good Food Awards in San Francisco, taking home an award before they were available anywhere for sale In Carol s West Bank kitchen, we get to learn about her bean to bar process. For even more Valentine s confections, we spe
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Getting Ready For Mardi Gras - Louisiana Eats - It's New Orleans
02/02/2016 Duración: 49minIt s Carnival time on Louisiana Eats On this week s show, we learn about Carnival traditions both public and private, and celebrations both large and small. We begin with a lively discussion about New Orleans Mardi Gras traditions with Errol Laborde, author of Mardi Gras Chronicles of the New Orleans Carnival.Then, we make our way over to Commander s Palace, where Lally Brennan explains the part her family s restaurant plays in fueling Pete Fountain s Half Fast Walking Club on Mardi Gras morning. Poppy reminisces with New Orleans natives Bryan Batt and Lolis Elie about their Mardi Gras traditions and memories, plus we visit Cake Caf for a peek at how they make their famous King Cake. Finally, if you are thinking of giving up anything for Lent, Eat Fit Nola dietician Molly Kimball stops by to discuss her 40 day alcohol free challenge. It s all purple, green and gold when the good times roll on this week s Louisiana Eats Jello ShotsMakes approximately 16 32 shots, depending on the size of your paper souffl cups
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Carnival For Carnivores - Louisiana Eats - It's New Orleans
29/01/2016 Duración: 49minOn the cusp of Carnival, the traditional meat celebration before the Lenten fasting begins, we re hosting our very own meat celebration. We begin by joining Isaac Toups at Toups Meatery for a viewing of Top Chef and a chat about the highs and lows of competing in the nationally televised cooking competition. Then, we pack our overnight bags for a whole hog barbecue sleepover at The Southern Food and Beverage Museum, home of the Louisiana Eats studio. 10 lucky participants got to spend the night tending the whole hog barbecue with Dr. Howard Conyers, a South Carolina barbecue expert and NASA rocket scientist by day We hear from Robert Moss, contributing barbecue editor for Southern Living magazine, and Dr. Conyers about the enduring tradition of whole hog barbecue. After we get a taste of South Carolina barbecue, we take a trip up to Shreveport to savor the North Louisiana barbecue innovations of pit master Carolyn Simmons at her restaurant Blue. Next, we examine the intersections of food and race in Southern
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From North To South, Louisiana Eats Family Style - Louisiana Eats - It's New Orleans
23/01/2016 Duración: 49minOn this week s show, we examine family food traditions from North Louisiana to the most southern tip of the boot First, Chef Nick Lama invites us into the kitchen at Avo, an intimate fine dining restaurant near Audubon Park in Uptown New Orleans. A third generation Sicilian and native New Orleanian, Nick most recently worked as Chef de Cuisine at Gautreau s, where he won Gambit s Emerging Chef Challenge. Nick gives us a Northern Italian pasta and truffle lesson and shares some insider pasta tips.Then, we head up north to Shreveport, where our roving reporter, Chris Jay, reports from a Sicilian family run road stop called Gullo s Fresh Produce and Bakeshop, known for its homestyle plate lunches and delectable cannoli.Back in New Orleans, we receive a visit from Chef Cal Peternell of Alice Waters Chez Panisse. Both at the renowned Berkeley restaurant and in his home kitchen, Call is keeping Alice Waters vision for sourcing the very best local, seasonal ingredients alive and well. Cal gives us the scoop on the i
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A Serving Of Edible Education - Louisiana Eats - It's New Orleans
15/01/2016 Duración: 49minKnowing the human history behind any dish just makes it taste better. On this week s episode of
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Trailblazers And Award Winners - Louisiana Eats - It's New Orleans
09/01/2016 Duración: 49minOn this week s show, we catch up with some of the trailblazers and award winners of the Louisiana food scene and beyond. If you have been tuning into the new season of Top Chef on Bravo TV, you might have recognized a familiar face in Louisiana born Chef Isaac Toups of Toups Meatery. Five episodes into Top Chef s 13th season, Isaac is holding his own. We ll get the behind the scenes scoop from Isaac, who has been brilliantly winging it through some styles of cuisine that take him a long way from his bayou roots. Then, we head to Shreveport to visit with Carolyn Simmons of Blue a Smoke and Grill Restaurant. After a swift career change, Carolyn became an overnight catering success in Shreveport, gracing the many film crews that come through town with her meals. Carolyn funneled that work ethic and culinary prowess to make Blue a reality. We hear about Carolyn s rise to fame and victory in the James Beard Foundation s Better Burger Project. Next, we talk with another James Beard Award winner, pastry chef Mindy S
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A Region of Extremes: Nordic Culinary Traditions - Louisiana Eats - It's New Orleans
02/01/2016 Duración: 49minOn this week s show, we voyage to the Land of the Midnight Sun and explore Nordic culinary traditions. To begin our journey, we visit with Chef Magnus Nilsson, the genius behind F
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Louisiana Eats! 2015 Year In Review - Louisiana Eats - It's New Orleans
26/12/2015 Duración: 49minAs we reach the end of 2015, we re taking a look back at the triumphs and tragedies of the year past. 2015 was a big year for Louisiana Eats This June, we celebrated our fifth anniversary on the air, with listeners and friends including the NPR affiliates WWNO, WRKF, KRVS and Red River Radio. We found ourselves traveling across the state, the country and the world, covering topics ranging from substance abuse in the service industry, revelry and tradition at the annual Blackpot Festival in Lafayette, ghosts in the attic at Tujague s Restaurant, seafood innovation on the Gulf Coast and the domestic slave trade in America. Sadly, 2015 also came with the loss of good friends and mentors. Mildred Covert, who taught the world how to cook Creole and Cajun while keeping Kosher, left us in the spring. In the fall, we lost the man who taught the world to love the food of South Louisiana, Chef Paul Prudhomme. In this week s show, we look back on the life of Chef Prudhomme through the lens of two people whose lives have
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Globe-Trotting And Growing - Louisiana Eats - It's New Orleans
18/12/2015 Duración: 49minOn this week s Louisiana Eats , we examine the lives of five different individuals who have taken long, adventurous journeys, both personally and physically, to reach maturity and a clear sense of purpose. We begin with a conversation with Zdenek Kastanek, a self styled "spirits evangelist" for Proof and Company, an elite distribution business that is helping to shape the pre eminent cocktail bars of Singapore. Zdenek explains how his odyssey to become a master of cocktails took him from a small town in the Czech Republic to a transient life working in some of the most glamorous watering holes across the globe. Next, we speak with Louisiana born blogger and writer Kelly Williams Brown, author of Adulting How to Become a Grown up in 468 Easy ish Steps. Kelly discusses her transition into adulthood and offers several pieces of advice on the subject, many of which pertain to the kitchen. Veganism featured broadly in Kristin Lajeunesse s adulting. She honed her grown up identity traveling alone across the U.S. in
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Hanukkah Louisiana Eats Style - Louisiana Eats - It's New Orleans
11/12/2015 Duración: 49minOn this week s episode, we celebrate Hanukkah, the festival of lights, a time when families gather to light the menorah, exchange gifts and feast on traditional foods. First, we share stories with Rabbi Ed Cohn of Temple Sinai, the spiritual leader of the largest synagogue in Louisiana. Rabbi Cohn tell us about his tenure at Temple Sinai and his favorite Hanukkah food memories. Then, we head over to the Lower 9th Ward, to the grand opening of the Sankofa Fresh Stop Market. Sankofa is a community development project that is working to provide healthy food and promote neighborhood well being in an area of New Orleans that has suffered from a lack of food resources for years. We also speak with Elizabeth Kurtz, author of Celebrate Food, Family, Shabbos, to learn more about some other kosher holiday recipes, with a different challah bread for every occasion Next, we wander through the holiday lit French Quarter to visit Leah s Pralines, a quaint family owned candy shop steeped in a delicious history. Elna Stokes
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Sleighbells And Spirits: Louisiana Eats! Hosts A Holiday Cocktail Party - Louisiana Eats - It's New Orleans
04/12/2015 Duración: 49minIt s the holiday season in Louisiana a time to eat, drink and be merry On this week s show, we re getting ready for the season by planning the ultimate holiday cocktail party. Master mixologist Adam Seger tells us about his craft of pairing cocktails with art and culinary innovations. We also get a chance to taste his newest creation Balsam Amaro a versatile vermouth unlike any you ve ever had. Next, we visit the Zocolo Neighborhood Eatery in Shreveport, where bartender Aulden Morgan has been transforming the cocktail menu into one of the most unique in the region offering drinks with fresh and local juices and a diverse array of quirky infused liquors. We try a sampling of Aulden s new libations, and our roving reporter Chris Jay is brave enough to take the hottest shot around Then, for a discussion of drinking and ethics, we turn to Father Bill Dailey, a Notre Dame professor and esteemed clergyman to a community of craft cocktail innovators. Father Dailey shares some wisdom about staying virtuous on both si
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Poppy In Paris - Louisiana Eats - It's New Orleans
28/11/2015 Duración: 49minThis summer, Louisiana Eats host Poppy Tooker packed up her recording equipment, bid a cheery adieu to her company of sound engineers and went rogue to make Louisiana Eats radio in France. On this week s episode, we share Poppy s incredible experience abroad. After the shocking terrorist attacks on Paris eariler this month, we wanted to recall Paris with all of its joie de vivre, and remember the wonderful place it was to visit and will be again. We begin the journey in the Loire River Valley at Ch
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Thanksgiving Eats - Louisiana Eats - It's New Orleans
20/11/2015 Duración: 49minThis week on Louisiana Eats , we gather around the table to delve into Thanksgiving traditions old and new. We hear about an unlikely culinary partnership between cookbook author Brandon Schultz and his cat, Lucy Schultz Osenlund, who collaborated on a cookbook called Cooking for Two Your Cat and You, a collection of recipes that will appeal to both man and man s best feline friend.Brandon tells us how he and Lucy celebrate something we re calling Catsgiving. Then, we speak with Mark Latter, owner of Tujague s Restaurant, to learn about the Thanksgiving Day traditions of New Orleans second oldest restaurant. Serving roughly 600 diners at their Thanksgiving dinner for decades, Tujague s has become a staple of the New Orleans holiday season. Next, we visit with Sarah Roahen, author of Gumbo Tales, who endeavored to make the late, great Paul Prudhomme s legendary turducken recipe in her home kitchen. We also hear the origin story of Spinach Madeleine from its creator, Madeleine Wright. A recipe originally publis
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Pearls Of Wisdom From Grand Isle - Louisiana Eats - It's New Orleans
14/11/2015 Duración: 49minOn this week s show, we venture down to Grand Isle to explore the current state of Louisiana s shellfish industry. We begin with a visit with the Guerreros family, owners of the Caminada Bay Premium Oyster Company, who are leading the way in new product with Louisiana s first farm raised oysters. Marcos and Boris Guerrero take us on their compact bay boat to give us a first hand look at their off bottom cage system method that creates an entirely new oyster that lives its life without ever touching the muddy bottom. Then, we speak to Lisa Bourassa, Research Associate and Phycologist at Louisiana Sea Grant s Grand Isle Oyster Hatchery, to learn the scientific background on these amazing shelled mollusks. Lisa walks us through the oyster research lab, where we observe each step of the delicate oyster farming operation. Next, we hear from marine biologist Rusty Gaude at Sea Grant, who has some big news surrounding the Louisiana clam, coming soon to a restaurant plate near you Finally, we head into the kitchen to
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Growing Up Brennan - Louisiana Eats - It's New Orleans
06/11/2015 Duración: 49minWhen Owen Brennan opened the Vieux Carre restaurant in 1946, he created a Louisiana
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Cemetery Tales And French Quarter Ghosts - Louisiana Eats - It's New Orleans
28/10/2015 Duración: 49minIt s that time of year, when the cemeteries of Louisiana come alive and the streets are haunted by tethered spirits. On this week s Louisiana Eats , we celebrate All Hallows Eve by time traveling through the storied tombs of St. Louis Cemetery No. 3 with photographer and historian Sally Asher. Sally takes us through the grave sites of our dearly departed culinary legends, and we hear some spooky stories along the way. We also tour the French Quarter s most haunted restaurants with author Barbara Sillery and hear firsthand accounts about some of the more helpful spirits that manifest at Restaurant Tableau. Next, we continue our search for ghosts at Tujague s, where we unearth the legend of a cross dressing ghost that resides at New Orleans second oldest restaurant to this day. We also hear from Chris Jay about the annual Halloween party at Lucky Palace in Bossier City and find ourselves spellbound by foodie magician Josh Beckerman, who dazzles us with his art of illusion. Join us for our hair raising episode o