Food Talk with Tom Fitzmorris
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
The Food Show 1.27.2021
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Chocolate Cake, meat, chicken fried steak Ye Olde College Inn, Hambone.
The Food Show 1.26.2021
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The show started off so slow we made Henry start it off again after the first break. And suddenly we were flooded with calls. We talked vegemite, tuck...
The Food Show 1.25.2021
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We talked to Sarah and Billy Rieger from Rieger's on the Trace. And we talked about Iris, Ceaser's Ristorante, Cafe Brulot, Rossini, Irish Coffee, sto...
The Food Show. 1.22.2021
23 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We talked about Gourmets, Galloping and Frugal, mousse, and au gratin dishes.
The Food Show 1.21.2021
23 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Anniversary to Chef Andrea, who opened in Metairie in 1985. And we talked about clam chowder on National Clam Chowder Day.
The Food Show 1.20.2021
23 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We talked about Belgian food on Belgian Independence Day. And we talked about cheese on National Cheese Lover's Day, going through the top hundred che...
The Food Show 1.13.2021
20 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Peach Melba, melba toast, pretzels, baked potatoes.
The Food Show 1.19.2021
20 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
National Popcorn Day. Susan Franco called from Pop On The Block, an online retailer of gourmet popcorn..
The Food Show 1.18.2021
20 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Peking Duck, snow peas, Peter Jenkins, Wonder Bread, and Keith Young's Steak House.
The Food Show 1.15.2021
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We talked of curry and quinoa.
The Food Show 11.14.2021
16 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
No Grocery Goddess food report from Nicole Dorignac today. But lots of callers. Good show. We talked pastrami and cooking oil.
The Food Show 12.31.2021
13 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Six geese a-laying. The last Food Show of the year. We talked champagne and hopes for 2021.
The Food Show 1.11.2021
13 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We talked about warm milk and hot toddys, rhubarb, and bittersweet chocolate, and macaroons. And we talked about a great dinner at Antoine's.
The Food Show 1.12.2021
13 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We talked of stewed chicken and Casablanca Restaurant, and the best way to fry is. Cornmeal, flour, or corn flour?
The Food Show 1.08.2021
13 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We talked about nutmeg, and Campbell's soup, but not together.
The Food Show 1.07.2021
13 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our regular Thursday visitor Nicole Dorignac the Grocery Goddess. calls in with her weekly report from the grocery shelves. And Lisa Blount from Antoi...
The Food Show 1.06.2021
13 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It's the Epiphany, King's Day, Twelfth Night. We talked about king cake. And we talked about Dooky Chase on. the anniversary of Lean Chase's birthday,...
The Food Show 1.04.2021
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Leaping lords. It was the first show of the new year, and we talked about spaghetti, feijoada, and evaporated milk. And it was the nearly 50th anniver...
The food Show 1.11.2021
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
More talk about food.
The Food Show. 1.05.2021
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Eleven pipers. We talked about yams, whipped cream, and the Burger King whopper, as well as Tom's first visit to a Burger King..
The Food Show 12.30.2020
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Five golden rings. We talked about balsamic vinegar.
The Food Show 12.28.2020
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Three French Hens. More food talk. Winding up the year. We talked about chowder, Benjamin Franklin and his Poor Richard's Almanack, and Ralph's On The...
The Food Show 12.29.2020
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Four Colly Birds. Nicole Dorignac called in on an unusual day to talk about what might be missing from the grocery store shelves. And Christmas and Ne...
The Food Show 12.23.2020
06 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The last Food Show before Christmas. We talked about Christmas plans, of course. And Stan Meadows called in from his winter home in Las Vegas to tell ...
The Food Show. 12.22.2020
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nicole Dorignac dropped i for her Christmas week visit. We talked about food shortages, but also about Christmas plans.
The Food Show 12.21.2020
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Plenty of food talk this day. Hamburgers, Antoine's Pelican Club, absinthe, gingerbread, and champagnes with Tim McNally.
The Food Show 12.18.2020
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
More food talk.
The Food Show. 12.17.2020
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
More food talk.
The Food Show 12.17.2020
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
More food talk.
The Food Show 12.16.2020
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stan was traveling today so he didn't call in.
The Food Show. 12.15.2020
21 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
More talk about food.
The Food Show 12.14.2020
21 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
More talk anout food
The Food Show 12.11.2020
16 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We talked about shepherd's pie and Irish stew and cheese, on the birthday of Jame Lewis Kraft, founder of the eponymous behemoth food company.
The Food Show 12.10.2020
16 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nicole Dorignac called in for her usual report from the store. What's going to be missing from the store shelf when you need it and why, and when it m...
The Food Show 12.09.2020
16 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stan Meadows called in to report on his Thanksgiving feast at the "resort" in Las Vegas and his latest investigations into cool stuff edible and not i...
The Food Show. 12.08.2020
16 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A report on the birthday dinner of Carl's Fried Chicken now in the Sazerac at the Roosevelt..
The Food Show. 12.07.2020
16 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mary Ann's birthday, today, so the conversation revolved around great celebrations at restaurants in the past.
The Food Show 12.04.2020
16 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Pork tenderloins. The first local Burger King.
The Food Show. 12.3.2020
06 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It was Thursday and that means Nicole Dorignac the Grocery Goddess called in to report from the store about all things COVID-related. And it was a thr...
The Food Show 12.2.2020
06 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stan Meadows passed on calling today with a cold, but we managed to have a lively show anyway.
The Food Show 11.30.2020
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It was a post- Thanksgiving Day wrap-up. We did a recap of our own festivities at the Cool Water Ranch and heard from callers about theirs, including ...
The Food Show 11.25.2020
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stan Meadows called in from his "resort" in Las Vegas to give us the latest installment of his gangster hangout research. He talked about cooking Than...
The Food Show 11.24.2020
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
WE talked about the Po-Boy Festival, getting a new roof on the house in 2012, and the restaurant in the Bywater known as the Country Club.
The Food Show 11.23.2020
23 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We had a visit from Jim Richard and Matt Farmer, the team at Trenasse, one of our favorite restaurants in town. And we talked more Thanksgiving stuff,...
The Food Show 11.19.2020
21 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We had a special Thanksgiving Edition of the Grocery Goddess Nicole Dorignac and a special Thanksgiving edition of the Mom's Throwdown. It was Sylvia'...
THE FOOD SHOW 11.18.2020
20 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Don The Gourmet Neighbor steps in for us. He and Henry talked Thanksgiving.
The Food Show 11.17.2020
20 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We talked about some bygone restaurants of the recent past - Sesame Inn and Juniper.
The Food Show 11.13.2020
19 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Friday the 13th turned out to be pretty lucky for the Food Show. We had a great guest, Ryan King, Editor-In-Chief of the online publication Fine Dinin...
The Food Show 11.12.2020
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It was Thursday, and that means a report from the grocery store shelves from our Grocery Goddess Nicole Dorignac. And the Mom Throwdown got a lit...
The Food Show 11.11.2020
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stan Meadows checked in from Las Vegas where he is chasing down gangster hangouts, and we reminisced about iris, and Beach Bum Berry's Latitude 29 whi...
The Food Show 11.10.2020
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We talked about satsumas and the Tun Tavern in Philadelphia on this the anniversary of the founding of the United States Marine Corp, Burpee Seeds, an...
The Food Show 11.09.2020
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It was national Split Pea Soup day. We talked about Tom Snyder and Borden Milk.
The Food Show 11.6.2020
07 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The end of the week, so it was a light-hearted show. We talked about nachos and Moxie and peanut butter and jelly, bearnaise sauce, and a not-so-good ...
The Food Show 11.5.2020
06 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nicole Dorignac the Grocery Goddess called in for her Thursday report from the grocery aisles. The Mom Throwdown was cabbage. And we talked about pole...
The Food Show 11.4.2020
05 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We talked about escargots and finger sandwiches and National Club Sandwich Day and we talked to Stan Meadows who is channeling gangsters from the Sixt...
The Food Show 11.3.2020
05 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We talked to Chef Jeremy Stephens from Galatoire's (until recently) who called in to talk about winning a European award for best North American Chef ...
The Food Show 11.2.2020
05 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We talked about Halloween Candy and Trapani's in Bay St. Louis, and Hurrican Zeta, deviled eggs, chocolate mint, and the Soup Nazi from Seinfeld.
The Food Show. 10.30.2020
31 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this day before Halloween, we talked Halloween candy, Pyre Provisions in Covington. Torchy's Tacos, and S.E.B.'s, a short-lived goody at Jax Brewer...
The Food Show. 10.27.2020
28 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It was a lively show today with a round of callers, talking about Tchefuncte's Restaurant and Revolution and slow-cooked brisket, as well as etiquette...
The Food Show. 10.26.2020
28 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We talked about pumpkins and bluefin tuna and cereal. And Heidi Diestel from The Diestel Turkey Ranch in Sonora California called in to talk turkey.
The Food Show. 10.23.2020
28 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nathaniel Zimet from Boucherie called in to talk about the NOWFE wine dinner at Boucherie. And we talked about paprika on Hungarian Independence Day. ...
The Food Show. 10.22.2020
23 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's Thursday and that means a report from the Grocery Goddess Nicole Dorignac, who calls in each week to tell us what to expect missing from the groc...
The Food Show. 10.21.2020
22 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stan Meadows checked in from Las Vegas where he has been researching the best red velvet cake in Las Vegas, and the best shrimp cocktail, in this the ...
The Food Show 10.20.2020
21 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A lot of reporting on our eating in the last two days. We had a long lunch at Pyre Provisions and a fantastic dinner at 5 Girls last night where the r...
The Food Show 10.19.2020
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A big report from a weekend of eating. We talked about Brats Ya'll, Pizza Delicious, Forks and Corks and Andrea's, where we finally ate garlic and sar...
The Food Show 10.16.2020
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Kluger called in from New York, where he is Chef/Owner of Loring Place. His new book is Chasing Flavor, a primer on elevating home cooking to chef...
The Food Show 10.15.2020
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nicole Dorignac, the Grocery Goddess, checked in for her weekly report on what's hot and what's not in grocery world. We talked about printed grocery ...
The Food Show 10.14.2020
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
No Stan Meadows this week. He's in Death Valley with no signal. We did talk about tasso and Thomas Keller, Alex Patout and the benefit of guidebooks f...
The Food Show 10.13.2020
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We talked about lump crab meat and popovers and the Bistro at Maison de Ville.
The Food Show. 10.12.2020
19 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It was another lady chef from the Kitchen Queens series on Channel 12. Christie Plaisance from Bouligny Tavern checked in. And we talked about all the...
The Food Show 10.09.2020
09 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nicole Dorignac called in for her grocery report, and the throwdown was Turley Poulet. We talked about Walgreens soda fountain on the birthday of Char...
The Food Show. 10.7.2020
09 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stan Meadows called in from Las Vegas for his weekly report on the food in the heartland of America. Stan has been researching shrimp cocktail since t...
The Food Show 10.6.2020
07 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Back to back interviews today, the first from NOCHI and the second about cheese. October starts National cheese month, and who doesn't love that?
The Food Show 10.5.2020
07 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest was Sue Zemanick, the owner of Zasu and former chef of Gautreau's. Se traced her career path from er home of Pennsylvania through New York a...
The Food Show. 9.25.2020
07 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We talked about Henry Ford's fateful change to his worker's workweek, and how that started the patronizing of restaurants on a large scale. And we tal...
The Food Show 10.2.2020
03 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It was a lovely day yesterday and we had a fun show, talking scallops, and pretzels (but not together), and all things Dakota Restaurant on the occasi...
The Food Show. 10.1.2020
02 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Back ! It was Grocery Goddess Day. Mary Leigh weighed in on cookies and helped Henry judge the Mom Throwdown between, Nicole Dorignac's mom Esther and...
The Food Show 9.30.2020
02 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ron the Gourmet Waiter sits in with an assist from Henry, our producer. The subject was barbecue.
The Food Show 9.29.2020
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Don the Gourmet Neighbor pinch hits in a pinch, and talks about his sous vide French fries.
The Food Show 9.28.2020
28 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
No guests today, so that made room for our daughter Mary Leigh, also known as The Red Bean Edition, to step in and chat with us. She gave a lengthy re...
The Food Show. 9.27.2020
28 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It was fun to talk to Peter DiMartino of DiMartino's Muffalettas about his family's food stall at the markets back in the early 20th century, as we co...
The Food Show Thursday. 9.24.2020
24 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nicole Dorignac, The Grocery Goddess, called in with her usual report from the store. It's always fascinating to hear what's here and what's not, and ...
The Food Show Wednesday 9.23.2020
23 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
National Anchovy Day begged the question: Anchovies...yes or no? And we talked about Lea & Perrins and Tabasco
The Food Show.Tuesday 9.22.2020
23 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It was a lengthy report on our visit to The Commissary deep in the Irish Channel. We had lunch and took out food that was prepared, and some raw kits ...
The Food Show Monday. 9.21.2020
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kolette Mandina called in to kick off our exploration of the Sicilian influence on New Orleans food. Kolette runs the Westbank gem Tony Mandina's alon...
The Food Show. Friday 9.18.2020
19 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today is National Cheeseburger Day, so we talked a bit about the question: Cheese on a burger or no? And if yes, what kind of cheese? And we heard fro...
The Food Show. 9.17.2020
18 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It was a fun show today. Nicole Dorignac and Mary Ann had a throwdown channeling their mothers, comparing stuffed artichoke recipes. We talked about G...
The Food Show. Wednesday, 9.16.2020
17 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stan Meadows checked in from his travels out West, calling us from Las Vegas, where he plans to spend the winter. We talked about his visit to The Pot...
The Food Show Monday 9.14.2020
14 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It was a show full of restaurant reports, mostly ours. We talked about Acorn, and the Rib Room, Houmas House and The Mill. And that was just one weeke...
The Food Show. Friday 9.11.2020
11 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A busy show today with a lot of gourmet callers wanting to talk about steak tartare. When we looked up a recipe for steak tartare in the Joy Of Cookin...
The Food Show. Thursday, 9.10.2020
11 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Grocery Goddess Nicole Dorignac calls in to talk about the state of grocery shopping in COVID world. Allocations, her new exclusive line of beef c...
The Food Show. Wednesday 9.9.2020
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's Wednesday so that means Stan our traveling man called in from Idaho, where he was standing by on his way to the Idaho Potato Museum, home of the ...
The Food Show. Tuesday 9.8.2020
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Ashley Jones called in to talk about her passion for cast iron cookware, which started when her new mother-in-law gave her a family heirloom. We...
The Food Show. Thursday 9.3.2020
05 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We were visited by the Red Bean Edition, our daughter Mary Leigh, and we talked about processed cookies like E..L.Fudge and L'il Debbie. And the Groce...
The Food Show Friday 9.4.2020
05 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We talked to Bobby Brocato, who wrote the book Food For Kings: Diamond Jim, A New Orleans Legend, which is a wonderful map of the influence on the New...
The Food Show. Wednesday 9.2.2020
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We didn't have our regular Wednesday call from our traveling guy Stan Meadows. He is Montana without cell service right now. Instead, we talked ...
The Food Show Tuesday, 9.1.2020
02 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Neil Swidler , the new Culinary Director at Felix's ( a restaurant group that had previously not had such a person) called in to talk about his plans ...
The Food Show Monday 8.31.2020
02 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We talked about eating over the weekend, and about squid.
The Food Show. 8.28.2020
31 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Dominici of Dom's Soul Food, a pop-up and his career change since COVID. And we talked bananas and plantains.
The Food Show Thursday 8.27.2020
31 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Grocery Goddess calls in for her regular report. Nicole Dorignac of Dorignac's talks about the things people grab for hurricanes. And liver ...