Saturday, April 09, 2022 Livingston Parish Library Public Relations

Award-Winning Author and Louisiana Eats! Host Set to Visit Denham Springs-Walker Branch on Saturday, April 9 at 10:00 a.m. (Click the link to register)

Author, Culinary Activist, Radio & TV Host, and Cooking Instructor Poppy Tooker is set to visit Livingston Parish Library for a special presentation on Saturday, April 9. The event will kick off at the Denham Springs-Walker Branch at 10:00 a.m. Registration is required to attend this free event.

Poppy Tooker is a native New Orleanian who has spent her life immersed in the vibrant colors and flavors of her state. Poppy’s NPR-affiliated radio show and podcast, Louisiana Eats!, carries her message statewide and beyond. Join us as the award-winning host and author makes her LPL debut.

More About Poppy Tooker and Louisiana Eats!
Louisiana Eats!, produced and hosted by Poppy Tooker, is broadcasted weekly on NPR affiliates throughout the Gulf South and is available internationally via podcast. Each episode takes listeners to the fields and farms, restaurants, and home kitchens where the food action is really happening. Along the way, listeners personally get to know the people and stories that are part of the renowned food culture of this delicious place.

During the hour-long program, Poppy also travels far afield; taking listeners along to experience the grape harvest at Cakebread Cellars in Sonoma, California, exploring the French food scene from Parisian markets to the Loire River Valley, and vicariously traveling to Cuba with the Preservation Hall
Jazz Band for a spicy food and music festival in Havana. You’re never left behind if you’re listening to Louisiana Eats!