It's New Orleans: Louisiana Eats

On this week s show, we re going back to school for no ordinary education. We begin with Chef Jeremiah Tower, whose book, Table Manners, offers a 21st century guide to being a better host and guest. Jeremiah s lessons on etiquette and "techiquette" come from a decades long career owning and operating restaurants from California to Hong Kong. Then, we meet some of the students of Big Class, a literacy program in New Orleans that uses food as an entry point for creative writing projects. In 2018, they will become part of the 826 National network, founded by author Dave Eggers. We also take an in depth look at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts NOCCA and their flourishing Culinary Arts division the only chef s training program offered at the high school level in the nation. The program s inception was due, in no small part, to Chef Emeril Lagasse. We meet Emeril on NOCCA s campus for the backstory. After hearing so much about the program, we get to see it in action with Dana Tuohy, Culinary Department Chai