Food
The Gravy: In the Kitchen with Jazz Singer Linnzi Zaorski
“I bought this place [in Bush, Louisiana] at the end of October. My boyfriend has an organic farm near here and we deliver vegetables to restaurants in New Orleans—Maurepas, Mariza […]
The Gravy: In the Kitchen with Drummer Gerald French
“There are many cooking traditions in my family. Everybody plays music, and everybody cooks. My grandmother was the matriarch, she was the head chef. Also, her mother before her, both […]
The Gravy: In the Kitchen with Dr. John
“We [musicians] all kind of got stuck in this thing, in cooking, because we like certain things. I used to sit on the back of the band bus and we’d […]
The Gravy: In the Kitchen with Drummer and Green Goddess Chef Paul Artigues
“I grew up in New Orleans. In school, I was always playing, and when I got home from school; music was always something I wanted to do. With cooking, I […]
The Gravy: In the Kitchen with R&B Singer Jean Knight
“When I was working at Loyola University I used to bake pies and cakes and all that, and then I worked at Tulane and Dominican all-girl college, Dillard. I worked […]
The Gravy: In the Kitchen with Bounce Rapper Cheeky Blakk
“I learned to cook from my dad, I had three dads. I learned to cook also from my aunt and my grandmothers, but mainly my dad. I grew up learning […]
The Gravy: In the Kitchen with the New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic’s Bethany Bultman
“I love to cook, and my family’s pecan pie recipe is to die for. I have four friends around the country who, whenever a Louisiana musician comes through their town […]
The Gravy: In the Kitchen with Jazz Singer Cindy Scott
I like to cook. If I choose to cook, I try to make it very big. Today, I’m cooking cream of poblano pepper soup that I learned how to make […]
The Gravy: In the Kitchen with Sausage King Vance Vaucresson
“We have a lot of people [in New Orleans] who, on a regular basis, cook very good food — wonderful food — within the Creole cooking tradition, and that’s the […]
The Gravy: In the Kitchen with Author Randy Fertel
“I guess it’s a good sign that I don’t know how to use my defroster [standing at the microwave]. Hm, this doesn’t smell good. Oh! There’s metal in here! That […]