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Hosted by Foodies Of Lafayette · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 53 episodes
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Welcome to the official podcast of Foodies of Lafayette —where flavor meets community! Hosted by founder Heidi McDonald and partner Jason Stoner , each episode brings you inside the kitchens, stories, and lives of the people who make Lafayette’s culinary scene unforgettable. From behind-the-scenes chats with local chefs and restaurant owners to stories of food-driven charity, culture, and celebration, this is where Acadiana's food spirit comes to life—one delicious conversation at a time.
Foodies Of Lafayette hosts Foodies Of Lafayette Podcast, a arts show with 53 episodes published.
A single sentence can haunt you for decades: “I should’ve given you that loan.” We sit down with Jose “Pepin” to follow the full arc behind that moment, from leaving Cuba in the 1960s to landing in San Juan, Puerto Rico
He wrote a $50,000 check he couldn’t cover and treated the weekend like a deadline. That’s just one of the stories Pepin Jose shares with us, and it captures the spirit behind a name Lafayette food lovers already know: P
A bottle of barbecue sauce doesn’t usually come with a war story, a carhop restaurant, and a family passing the keys from one generation to the next but Jack Miller’s does. We sit down at the Jack Miller’s facility with
They tried to shut a young business owner down by writing a brand-new law, but they couldn’t even explain what the law meant. We’re back at Sunday Soda Fountain with David Irvin, and the story picks up as his Lafayette d
They tried to shut a young business owner down by writing a brand-new law, but they couldn’t even explain what the law meant. We’re back at Sunday Soda Fountain with David Irvin, and the story picks up as his Lafayette d
The drive-thru daiquiri feels like it’s always been part of Louisiana, but it started as one person’s risky idea and a whole lot of reading. We’re sitting down with Lafayette icon David “Tater” Ervin, the originator of t
The drive-thru daiquiri feels like it’s always been part of Louisiana, but it started as one person’s risky idea and a whole lot of reading. We’re sitting down with Lafayette icon David “Tater” Ervin, the originator of t
Gerald Gruenig has the kind of personality you notice from across the room, but the story behind it runs deeper than social clips and zydeco nights. We talk with Gerald about growing up in Gentilly, New Orleans, with a f
A lot of restaurant stories start with a menu. Ours starts with a building, a chipped tile floor, and a stranger who walks by and says, “That used to be the old soda fountain.” We’re sitting down with Mike and Setareh De
A mayor who still keeps a hand in the restaurant? That combination sounds impossible until you meet Jan Scott Richard, the Mayor of Scott, Louisiana and the owner of Cajan's. Sitting down at Sunday Soda Fountain, we foll
A 94-year run doesn’t happen by accident, and it definitely doesn’t happen by cutting corners. We’re sitting down at Poor Boy's Riverside Inn in Lafayette with Richard and Lori Hurst to hear what it takes to carry a mult
A single lunch can change a city’s palate, and that’s exactly where this story starts. We’re at Poor Boy's Riverside Inn with Richard and Lori Hurst, chasing the real origin of a Lafayette restaurant that feels stitched
Some places feed you. Others hold your whole history. Sitting at Randall’s with Heidi McDonald and Jason Stoner, we talk about why this room feels like “hallowed ground” for so many people across Acadiana, and how Cajun
He flew crabs across the country, built dance floors people would tear up with crowbars, and kept Cajun culture loud when it would have been easier to let it fade. We’re on location at Mulate’s with the legend Frank Rand
He moved to Lafayette because he looked at a US map and thought he was landing near the Bahamas. That one mistake turned into Poseidon, one of the most beloved Greek and Mediterranean restaurants in Lafayette, Louisiana
Ronald McDonald showed up at Mark Krampe’s birthday parties at home and that’s only the beginning of how unusual his food story gets. We sit down with Mark to talk about growing up in Lafayette inside a family that helpe
A great neighborhood restaurant doesn’t just feed people, it teaches them to come back. From the outside, Acadian Superette looks like a classic Lafayette corner store. Step inside, and you find a carefully rebuilt local
Eight hundred pounds of lasagna doesn’t happen by accident. We sit down with Joey Beyt of Joey’s, a literal Lafayette icon, to hear how a small, family-built meat market turns into what we love calling the city’s “auxili
A chef who learned by sanding beer boxes, waxing banquet-room floors, and listening to Creole cooks all day doesn’t need a flashy origin story. He needs consistency, standards, and a dining room full of regulars who keep
Lafayette didn’t always know what pizza was, and Alesi’s Pizza helped change that. We sit down with the family behind one of the oldest Italian restaurants in Lafayette, Louisiana to follow a story that starts in Sicily,
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