THE FOOD SHOW – MAY 12, 2022

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Tom & Mary Ann Fitzmorris host The Food Show, which airs weekdays from 2 p.m.-4 p.m. on WGSO 990 AM and on the Internet at WGSO.com

Visit their website nomenu.com and Instagram page,  @theneworleansmenu. Tom has written a number of books, most notably Tom Fitzmorris’s New Orleans Food, Hungry Town, and The Lost Restaurants of New Orleans, though The Eat Book, celebrating 30 years of publication, remains a personal favorite.

Our travelling foodie, Stan Meadows, calls in today with his report from the Kentucky Derby.  Then at 3 pm we have Lisa Hurwitz, producer of the documentary The Automat, which opens at the Downtown  Prytania Theater tomorrow, and tells the story of how the Automat was the origin cafeterias and fast food.