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This week, Matty and Noah had the pleasure of getting southern hospitalitized by Evan Richardson, chef and owner of Eaux in Portland. Evan made his way to Maine from the Big Easy and is tirelessly proud of that fact. His restaurant serves food that pays deep homage to Louisiana and Creole (NOT Cajun) cooking while also embracing the indigenous flavors of Maine. The concepts of fusion, balance, and adaptation run throughout our conversation, and we find parallels between kitchens/restaurants and breweries/taprooms, and also find time to judge inter-episode mullets. Ultimately, some genuinely inspiring perspective is shared from a guy that hates trash, loves fast casual chains, and just wants to "Do what he does, and do it well".