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[embed=//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6651565/height/360/width/640/theme/legacy/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/autoplay/no/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/backward/]Subscribe: Apple | Stitcher | Spotify | TuneIn | SoundcloudChef Steve McHugh grew up on a Wisconsin farm with six brothers. He went on to become a rising star chef in New Orleans, only to get cancer at a very young age. Then he beat it. Since moving from New Orleans to San Antonio, McHugh has really honed the flavors of the southwest at his James…

What's behind the bitter end of John Besh and Alon Shaya's culinary partnership in New Orleans? And why did Besh resign from his own restaurant group?

At Loa, the tucked-away bar within New Orleans' boutique International House hotel, ​​Creative Director Alan Walter has found an eye-catching way to marry design with the summer's favorite wine. Walter brings a playful note to Loa's rose wine menu, displayed for guests via two dozen rosy shades of "Pantone squares." Each square corresponds to a different bottle (and shade)…

Ella Brennan: Commanding the Table will air on Netflix on May 1. Learn the story of the remarkable restaurateur who's been in the business since she was 18.

Vacations are just too precious to not get right. Travel Channel's new show "Trip Testers" helps you decide if a destination is worth your time and money.

Whether you're a native or just passing through, check out world-class craft beer from some of Louisiana's best breweries.

Spanning both near and far — with many a hunk of meat in between — here are the staff's recaps of what was quite the busy year in food-related travel.

In the sultry heat of New Orleans a few months ago, a group of chefs from around the country gathered for dinner. The meal took place at Shaya, but the chefs weren’t there just to taste Alon Shaya’s chic Israeli food. They were gearing up for a different kind of food crawl: a tour of…

For many travelers to Louisiana, summer can mean a weary drive through oppressive heat and humidity. Most are on their way to New Orleans or just passing through on the way to the Gulf Coast. Adventurous eaters are always looking for new, up-and-coming restaurants, but what about the longtime standby spots that are still doing…

As a culinary center of the South, it seems as if a new restaurant opens in New Orleans every other week, and all of them offer stiff competition. So where should diners direct their attention in the city right now? Summertime means that many spots are trying their hand at seasonal specialties like fresh redfish or…

It's almost time for another Tales of the Cocktail, the weeklong festival celebrating the art of drinking and drinks, which kicks off Tuesday, July 19. People in the booze industry are getting packed and ready to head to New Orleans. This will be my sixth or seventh (who can remember?) time attending, and I've picked…

Acclaimed Chicago chef Grant Achatz is one of the featured keynote speakers at this year's Tales of the Cocktail, the world's premier cocktail festival, taking place July 19-24, 2016, in New Orleans. When Grant Achatz and his team huddled up a few years ago to open the Aviary, Chicago’s groundbreaking drinking destination, food was never far from…

Organizers of the annual booze-industry bacchanal Tales of the Cocktail just announced the nominees for the upcoming 2016 event's Spirited Awards, which honor the world's best bars and bartenders. Food Republic is especially thrilled to see a number of its own contributors among the chosen. Contributing cocktails editor and Easy Drinking columnist Jeffrey Morganthaler along with frequent contributor Naren Young are…

New Orleans is known for its all-night party scene, but on the off chance that the usual tourist traps of Tropical Isle, Huge-Ass Beers To Go™ and any number of loaded portable frozen-drink purveyors aren’t calling your name, where does one go for a wee-hour fix? Rev up that second wind, because your night has only just…

Jason Vincent wasn't always the award-winning Chicago chef behind Nightwood and, well, any day now, his new Logan Square restaurant, Giant.

It was 9 a.m. on a recent morning when the first Cronut hit Instagram. Already, that was late for the Cronut: Normally, the famous croissant-doughnut hybrid starts a trail of geotags in the Soho neighborhood of New York City by 8 a.m. — often on the dot — when the first Cronut of the day is sold. Others will follow. Followers…

Despite its deeply rich and advanced gastronomic culture, New Orleans has an unfortunate history of lagging behind when it comes to beer. This wasn't always the case: Once home to dozens of breweries, the Big Easy had become the largest beer-producing city in the South by the 1880s. But as with so many other U.S. regions,…

I've arrived in New Orleans with food on my mind, and MoPho is dishing what I crave: a fragrant, deeply spiced bowl of pho. As I sip my boozy bubble tea, the pièce de résistance arrives. Rich beef-marrow broth swims with rice noodles, house-made head cheese and delicious meatballs that taste just ever so vaguely…

We’re always on the lookout for restaurant news here at Food Republic. And news we often receive — we’re constantly pitched on restaurants that have pledged to open their doors in the near future, only to eventually learn about inevitable roadblocks and delays that have us questioning whether we should cover a restaurant during our…

In Hungry Concierge, we travel the world to spot hotels that operate with their guests’ food and drink needs squarely in mind — hotels, both big and small, that are located in neighborhoods rich with bar and restaurant options. Because there’s nothing worse than having your trip derailed by crummy room service.In New Orleans, everyone's…

New York pastry chef Pichet Ong grew up in Thailand, Hong Kong and Singapore. He has toured the world extensively in search of the best things to eat (many of them on the sweeter side of the flavor spectrum). Often, he finds himself in New Orleans, where he’ll spend days combing the city for the…

It was the Year of the Chicken, the "hot" kind, the spicy Nashville staple now sweeping the nation. But it was a good year for a lot of other things, too: Remember Bonnaroo? All those great tunes, plus Allan Benton's famous bacon on a stick! We asked some of our writers to list their most…

Deep in the French Quarter of New Orleans on a Sunday night, amid roving bands of tourists on voodoo-heavy ghost tours, you may find yourself in a 24-hour market — a convenience store, really. You could easily mistake it as a place for a pack of smokes and a sixer of Abita, but you're here for…

New Orleans has a knack for supporting the great things of this world — everything from jazz and cocktails to, of course, beignets. Though many know the Sazerac and some the Ramos Gin Fizz, yet another New Orleans classic that is often overlooked is the sturdy and complex Vieux Carré or “old square.” A cousin of the…