Where Y'Eat

New Orleans writer Ian McNulty hosts Where Y'Eat, a weekly exploration and celebration of food culture in the Crescent City and south Louisiana.

Ian gives listeners the low-down on the hottest new restaurants, old local favorites, and hidden hole-in-the-wall joints alike, and he profiles the new trends, the cherished traditions, and the people and personalities keeping America's most distinctive food scene cooking.

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4:21 pm
Thu December 6, 2012

Where Y'Eat: The Grapefruit of Wrath

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Louisiana grapefruit high in the upper branches.

How a fruitful tree by an abandoned house signals one of southeast Louisiana's delicious harvests.

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4:23 pm
Thu November 29, 2012

Where Y'Eat: Kimchi on Claiborne

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Little Korea on South Claiborne Avenue.

Table-top grills and a palette of traditional side dishes mark a new Korean eatery. 

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4:11 pm
Thu November 22, 2012

Where Y'Eat: The Stuffed Wings of Destiny

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Gourmet Butcher Block in Gretna.

How a butcher shop tradition, competitive vigor and football helped the unlikely turducken take wing across the nation's Thanksgiving tables.

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4:21 pm
Thu November 15, 2012

Where Y'Eat: Exploring the Latin Deli at Norma’s

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Mexican pan dulce fills the bakery cases at Norma's.

Eating your way through the deli — and falling for impulse-buy ceviche — at a new Latin American market in Mid-City.

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4:20 pm
Thu November 8, 2012

Where Y'Eat: Roux the Day at Gumbo Fest

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Gumbo variations will be on display in Congo Square.

With a new venue in Congo Square, a young festival showcases the very long roots of gumbo in New Orleans culinary history.

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4:25 pm
Thu November 1, 2012

Where Y'eat: Honduran Comfort Food at Telamar

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Chicken with plantains at Telamar.

A restaurant with traditional Latin American flavors and a "new New Orleans" backstory emerges again along Tulane Avenue.

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4:20 pm
Thu October 18, 2012

Where Y'Eat: A New Look for Noodles at Magasin

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Banh mi on baguette at Magasin Café.

As Vietnamese flavors proliferate around New Orleans, Magasin Café makes some smart changes to the script.

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4:24 pm
Thu October 11, 2012

Where Y'Eat: Where an Andouille Tradition Endures

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Three different iterations of andouille in the River Parishes.

Despite a devastating flood, an autumn tradition for andouille sausage is still smoking in the River Parishes.

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4:09 pm
Thu October 4, 2012

Where Y'Eat: Breaking the Sushi Mold at Chiba

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Sushi at Chiba.

A new Japanese restaurant Uptown bring to mind the days when sushi was exotic and maybe even a little mysterious.

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4:16 pm
Thu September 27, 2012

Where Y'Eat: Smoke, and No Mirrors, at The Joint

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Smoked ribs at the Joint.

The address may be a bit different, but the smoke signals at a Bywater barbecue destination make it clear the soul is the same.

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