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![Sourcing Food with Personal Chef Jon Soileau](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2012/08/vegetables.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Sourcing Food with Personal Chef Jon Soileau
Another Food Friday brings us a conversation with personal chef Jon Soileau. Today, he told us about sourcing food. That can be broken down into the Farm to Table movement, where restaurants can get with local farmers to get their produce and other items that they serve...
![CL Bryant Talks About ‘Runaway Slave’ and His Conversion to Conservatism](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2012/08/CL-Bryant-e1344554976210.jpg?w=980&q=75)
CL Bryant Talks About ‘Runaway Slave’ and His Conversion to Conservatism
CL Bryant has seen it all. He has been a Chapter President of the NAACP and a strong voice on the left. Now, he is a strong voice on the right as a member of the Tea Party. We spoke with him on the "Afternoon Drive Home" and asked him about his conversion, his new movie and his recent comments about African Americans and the Republican Party.
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![Making Your Own Dressing – Jon Soileau and Food Friday](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2012/08/Salad.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Making Your Own Dressing – Jon Soileau and Food Friday
We talked about taking the time to make your own dressing on today's program. Personal Chef Jon Soileau said,
If you get yourself involved in making some of these things, you're really gonna wanna try what you've made. You'll find that some of the things that you did not care for as much before, you can learn to appreciate more because you are involved in putting it together...
![How Do You Cook With Balance? – Tips from Chef Jon Soileau](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2012/07/Cooking.jpg?w=980&q=75)
How Do You Cook With Balance? – Tips from Chef Jon Soileau
It's a Food Friday and on today's edition of the show, Jon Soileau talks about how you need to use balance in the way that you cook. Soileau said that many young chefs have made the same mistake, using lots of different ingredients in food to make a statement and have people remember them...
![Dan Mandis of KOA Radio in Denver Talks About How The City Is Coping With The ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Shooting](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2012/07/Dark-Knight-Rises-Shooting.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Dan Mandis of KOA Radio in Denver Talks About How The City Is Coping With The ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Shooting
With all of the different perspectives on the shooting, we wanted to get something from someone that is in the area. We spoke with Dan Mandis, host on KOA Radio in Denver about what the city is doing to cope and how they are dealing with the shooting...
![Chef Jon Soileau Shows You How Easy Fresh Herbs Are](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2012/07/Herbs.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Chef Jon Soileau Shows You How Easy Fresh Herbs Are
Today we had Personal Chef Jon Soileau tell us just how easy and fun it can be to use fresh herbs when you are cooking. He brought samples with him and told us what each can be used for. As to why to use them, Soileau said,
Using them adds an element that you can't get out of a dried herb...
![Jeff Landry Talks LGBT Minor At UL Lafayette [AUDIO]](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2012/07/Cong-Jeff-Landry-photo-kpel.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Jeff Landry Talks LGBT Minor At UL Lafayette [AUDIO]
Congressman Jeff Landry is critical of a new LGBT minor being offered at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, saying the program does nothing to increase graduates' earning capacity.
![Candied Bacon and Ice Cream A Part of Food Friday – We Have the Recipe](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2012/06/candied-bacon-jonsoileau-instagram.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Candied Bacon and Ice Cream A Part of Food Friday – We Have the Recipe
You wouldn't think that bacon would be this sweet, but Personal Chef Jon Soileau has created a treat for us that has a salty sweetness that is surprisingly good.
We started with Southern Comfort Candied Bacon and then built sundaes that feature the bacon, along with Buttered Popcorn Ice Cream, Homemade Bittersweet Chocolate Sauce and Salty Stout Caramel...
![Personal Chef Jon Soileau Brings Knowledge and Fun to Food](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2011/05/Barbecue-Recipes-for-Memorial-Day-Weekend-image.png?w=980&q=75)
Personal Chef Jon Soileau Brings Knowledge and Fun to Food
Jon Soileau is a personal chef and a guy that knows and plays with food. He joined us on the Afternoon Drive Home with Jeremy Lawrence to talk about his background in food and what his plans are to tell people about what he knows. He'll join us every Friday to chat about food and fun and give us some of his experience...
![October Baby – The Little Movie That Might Change Your Thinking](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2012/04/October-Baby.jpg?w=980&q=75)
October Baby – The Little Movie That Might Change Your Thinking
The movie highlights abortion, using the story of a survivor.
![God Bless The USA With God Removed in Elementary School](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2012/04/Lee-Greenwood-e1333663004659.jpg?w=980&q=75)
God Bless The USA With God Removed in Elementary School
Lee Greenwood, the song's author, is not happy.
![Lafayette City Parish President Is Encouraged By The Red Light Camera Support](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2012/03/Joey-Durel1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Lafayette City Parish President Is Encouraged By The Red Light Camera Support
Joey Durel says he was very encouraged by the amount of supporters he saw at Tuesday night's council meeting.
![Jon McNaughton Uses Art to Speak His Mind About Obama Administration](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2012/03/mcnaughton-painting.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Jon McNaughton Uses Art to Speak His Mind About Obama Administration
Patriotic artist has no problem expressing his opinion.
![J.C. Watts Talks Election, Economy and the Saints Bounty Problem with KPEL](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2012/03/J.C.-Watts.jpg?w=980&q=75)
J.C. Watts Talks Election, Economy and the Saints Bounty Problem with KPEL
Bernadette Lee and Jeremy Lawrence spoke with the former Oklahoma Sooner Quarterback.
![Newt Gingrich on Newstalk 96.5 KPEL](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2012/03/Newt-Gingrich1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Newt Gingrich on Newstalk 96.5 KPEL
He talks about his stand on oil and why he wants to be President.
![Fox News’ Todd Starnes Checks In on Paula Deen and GOP Presidential Race](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2012/01/Todd-Starnes1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Fox News’ Todd Starnes Checks In on Paula Deen and GOP Presidential Race
Todd called in and spoke with KPEL's Jeremy Lawrence. He talked about:
- Paula Deen and those attacking her after she revealed her Type 2 Diabetes
- The latest on the Republican Presidential Nomination, including the latest from South Carolina and the upcoming primary
Listen here for the entire interview:
![Landry Gives His Solution To Payroll Tax Situation](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2011/12/Cong-Jeff-Landry-photo-kpel-300x179.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Landry Gives His Solution To Payroll Tax Situation
KPEL's Jeremy Lawrence takes a few minutes to talk with Congressman Jeff Landry about his bill, the Social Security Preservation through Individual Choice Enhancement (SSPICE) Act, which he says will preserve social security and the Payroll Tax Holiday...
![Todd Starnes On Afternoon Drive Home](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2011/11/todd-starnes-300x199.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Todd Starnes On Afternoon Drive Home
KPEL's Jeremy Lawrence chats with special guest Fox News Radio's Todd Starnes on your "Afternoon Drive Home."
![Insurance Ad Wars: Brand Buzz](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2011/10/Brand-Buzz-Insurance-Ad-Wars.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Insurance Ad Wars: Brand Buzz
In this edition of Brand Buzz, KPEL's Jeremy Lawrence and Jaci Russo use the recent push in insurance ad wars as a lesson in how to differentiate in a business that is so similar.