When you go to Jazz Fest do you have stuff youhaveto do? Is there one band you have to see or one food item you have to eat? For many people that annual treat is Crawfish Monica. It's one of Jazz Fest’s most popular dishes.
On this edition of Out to Lunch we don’t have crawfish, but we do have Monica.Out To Lunch: Jazz Fest Economy
Monica Davidson, the Monica from Crawfish Monica and co-owner ofKajun Kettle Foods, joins Peter for lunch.
Frank Relle is also Peter's guest today. If you don’t know Frank’s name you probably know his iconic New Orleans and Louisiana photos.
If you’ve been to Jazz Fest in the last eleven years you’ve seen Frank out there selling them. You might also have seen Frank’s photos in the New York Times, or at Kanye West’s house the last time you were over there.
In the You Heard It Here First segment of the show, Peter indtroduces Ellio Blox, co-founder of Acrodisiac.
Hear a longer conversation with Peter, Blox, Monica and Frank here.
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