On this week’s show, we explore the intersections between hunting, gathering, fishing, and our changing environment. We begin at the Best of Bycatch dinner at the Southern Food & Beverage Museum, where a highly invasive fish is on the menu: the Asian Carp.

 

Then, we travel to the island of Kauai and meet James Sarme, a fisherman who casts about the traditional Hawaiian way.

 

Next, we attend a wild boar cook-off in Violet, Louisiana, where we speak with young hunter Meagan Dragon. Meagan is one half of a father-daughter hunting team with her dad, Darryl Dragon.

 

Finally, we tell you about the strange history of hippos in Louisiana and meet Danlyn Brennan, who has spent her life foraging wild edibles. Her passion for wild craft is clear yet complicated by a desire to keep her methods and locations hidden.

 

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Cuba and New Orleans are tied together in many ways, from our Creole flavors to our laid back attitude – but maybe most of all, in our music. Later in this episode we’ll meet veteran travel agent Alina Fernández. She's a Cuba native and president of Cuba Travel New Orleans, a company that specializes in organizing legal trips to Cuba. She helps explain the new travel restrictions and tells us about the trip she's organized for the Havana Jazz Festival in January 2020 (cubaneworleans.com)  Back in December of 2015, Louisiana Eats host Poppy Tooker had the opportunity to join the Preservation Hall Jazz Band on their landmark visit to Cuba for the Havana Jazz Festival. Over the course of a week there, Poppy took excursions into the countryside to learn about tobacco production and the art of cigar making, dined in delicious paladares, and toured markets and organic farms.

 

On this week's show, we celebrate our relationship with our closest Caribbean neighbor by revisiting Poppy's travels, illuminated by tour guide Viviana Rives. Then, we meet veteran travel agent Alina Fernández. She's a Cuba native and president of Cuba Travel New Orleans, a company that specializes in organizing legal trips to Cuba. She helps explain the new travel restrictions and tells us about the trip she's organized for the Havana Jazz Festival in January 2020.

 

Finally, we hear the remarkable story of Congreso Cubano, a pop-up and catering company that serves up traditional Cuban and Caribbean cuisine. Born to Cuban immigrants, owner Orlando Vega has taken his passion for his grandmother's Cuban meals and turned it into a thriving business.

 

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Cuba and New Orleans are tied together in many ways, from our Creole

flavors to our laid back attitude – but maybe most of all, in our music.

Later in this episode we’ll meet veteran travel agent Alina Fernández.

She's a Cuba native and president of Cuba Travel New Orleans, a company

that specializes in organizing legal trips to Cuba. She helps explain the

new travel restrictions and tells us about the trip she's organized for the

Havana Jazz Festival in January 2020 (cubaneworleans.com) Back in December

of 2015, Louisiana Eats host Poppy Tooker had the opportunity to join the

Preservation Hall Jazz Band on their landmark visit to Cuba for the Havana

Jazz Festival. Over the course of a week there, Poppy took excursions into

the countryside to learn about tobacco production and the art of cigar

making, dined in delicious paladares, and toured markets and organic farms.

The humble little honey bee is one of the most important players in our

ecosystem. On this week’s show, we circle the globe in pursuit of a honey

of a tale. We begin right here in our own backyard at the Audubon Zoo.

While more exotic creatures may be what draw the crowds, both native and

European honey bees can be found bumbling around the zoo's grounds. Curator

Dominique Fleitas gives us a tour of the Pollinator Garden and shows us the

hives she helps maintain in the Louisiana Swamp Exhibit.

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John Kennedy Toole's novel A Confederacy of Dunces is internationally

revered for having captured the essence and eccentricity of New Orleans —

and for introducing readers to its larger-than-life protagonist, Ignatius

J. Reilly. On this week's show, we take a culinary look between the pages

of the book that, 37 years ago, was posthumously awarded the Pulitzer Prize

for fiction. We begin with Spud McConnell, well known for his portrayal of

Ignatius on stage.

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On this week’s show, we speak with three James Beard Award-winners to

explore the history and culture of African American cooking and learn how

African flavors are inspiring new dishes today.

 

We begin with soul food scholar Adrian Miller, who describes his book, 

Soul Food: The Surprising Story of an American Cuisine, as love-letter to

African-American cooks. Since it was first published in 2013, the book has

gone on to receive numerous accolades and was awarded a James Beard for

reference and scholarship. Within its pages, Adrian presents a refreshing

look at one of America’s oldest and most mythologized cuisines. From mac

and cheese to red drink, he uncovers the history of soul food and what it

means for African American culture and identity.

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