It's New Orleans: Midnight Menu +1

Craig Giesecke was a big shot journalist for the Associated Press in Florida before giving it all up to blog link1 and cook in New Orleans. His writing and his food have both had an impact on a surprising number of lives including his 1 Hirsh Katzen and hosts Margo Moss and Ray Cannata. link1 http uptownmessenger.com

Chef Dan Esses Three Muses link1 and his 1 Chef Nathaniel Zimet Boucherie link2 tell war stories about starting out together with New Orleans worst boss in a once great Marigny restaurant, and open up about life, near death, and what they might stoop to for 10,000. link1 http www.thethreemuses.com link2 http boucherie nola.com

The power packed personalities of Patois link1 and Tru Burger link2 s Aaron Burgau and Leon Touzet swing from Jesuit High, to banning customers for life, riding horses, shooting ducks, Mardi Gras, and, incidentally somewhere along the way, running a fine restaurant and a burger joint. link1 http patoisnola.com link2 http truburgernola.com

Dean Ellis is the quintessential bartender funny, smart, charming, and speaks Portugese. He s also a NOLA service industry insider with a bunch of hilarious war stories. His 1 is equally entertaining artist Kris Wenschuh who came to NOLA from "Commie East Germany".

Brad Wilkins toughed out lean times pioneering the new hipster Oak Street. Now Dr John is one of many who drops by Brad s Oak Street Cafe link1 to play piano, eat, and hang. Brad brings just off the boat Irish singer Aine O Doherty as his plus one. Aine sings link1 http www.oakstreetcafe.com

Argyle Wolfknapp looks like an eccentric British colonel who is a passionate waiter, an author, an executive chef, a sommelier, and currently a zen master of the floor at Commander s Palace link1 . Argyle s animated disciple, Tree, is his equally fascinating 1. link1 http www.commanderspalace.com

Steve Watson was born to rock. Owning the Kingpin link1 bar and Midway Pizza link2 are just two of his wild man outlets. His 1 partner in crime on this show and other clandestine nights is Chef Eric LaBouchere from Martinique link3 . link1 http www.kingpinbar.com link2 http midwaypizzanola.com link3 http www.martiniquebistro.com

Krista Pendergraft May, co owner of Cowbell link1 , rave fave of the Riverbend, and her 1 Kim Vu, the inspiration for Cowbell s "Kim Vu s Rescue Banh Mi", join Ray link2 and Margo at Ted s Frostop link3 for conversation that ranges from the Heimlich Maneuver to Olympic volleyball. link1 http www.cowbell nola.com link2 http www.themanwhoateneworleans.com link3 https www.facebook.com pages Teds Frostop 223715071040062