It's New Orleans: Out To Lunch

We often hear people say they don t like certain foods. Like Brussels sprouts. Or blue cheese. But when was the last time you heard somebody say, "I don t like pie" Everybody likes pie, right So, if you have a company that makes pies, and they re pies everybody likes, you d think it wouldn t take long till you re a household name. Well, like most things, the pie business isn t quite as straight forward as it looks from the outside. Nicole Eiden, along with her partner Marielle Dupre, launched Windowsill Pies in New Orleans in 2011. Their pies may be sweet but the pie business, apparently, isn t. The Windowsill Pies story is an inspirational lesson in navigating the difficult road to small business success. If you have an idea for a food business and you want to get it out of your kitchen and on to supermarket shelves, Sanjay Kharod is the guy to know. Sanjay is the Executive Director of Edible Enterprises a food business incubator. There s no doubt that when it comes to food, wherever you live, local is bette