In preparation of National Tequila Day, we chatted with Monica Richards from Houston, where she is one of the proprietors of Pico's Mexcian Restaurant. Monica is passionate about her heritage and the flavors of her ancestral homeland. She is quite knowledgeable about tequila and mezcal, and she was kind enough to give us a tutorial. We also talked about a pet project of theirs, importing heirloom ingredients from family farms.

The question to ponder...What constitutes a cult restaurant, an institution, and a "media darling?" We talked Mandina's Deanie's, Liuzza's, Leonardo's, Galatoire's. And mangoes.

National Junk Food Day  With annual sales of $620 billion dollars, you can bet there was a lot to say. Eric Coogan from Dorignac's called in to talk about top sellers of junk food. Spoiler alert: Sweet stuff wins. Stan was out fishing for crappie today.

It was a celebration of the Food Show, which marked 33 years on Sunday. A little reminiscing with callers. We talked about Gallagher's in New York, and Ye Olde College Inn.

Seafood Poor Boy Day. And we talked about Mr. B's on the occasion of their birthday the following day. And Frostop Lottaburgers.

We talked about Frostop and entree salads. Nicole Dorignac was busy with her day job so we moved her weekly report to Friday.

National Mac'N'Cheese Day. And International Pate Day. And Bastille Day.  We talked about all these things. French restaurants, pate, ans macaroni, and cheese. And we talked about Trey Yuen and Asian food in general.

Gunther Preuss called in to talk about dates. And we talked tipping...again. And the Gumbo Krewe Restaurant in Metairie. But mostly we talked French fries, on this, National French Fry Day.

A report on Stein's Deli and Sal & Judy's, Revolution, and Sandro's Trattoria. And we talked about tipping, peanut butter, and pecan pie, but not together.

We talked about omelets, microwave ovens, sugar cookies, butter cookies. a report on Tchefuncte's.