Thomas Gerard Fitzmorris (February 6, 1951 – February 12, 2025) was an American food critic, radio host and author from New Orleans. He was a Certified Culinary Professional by the IACP. He began publishing a newsletter, The New Orleans MENU, in 1977, and it continued at his website, NOmenu.com. He broadcast daily on 990 AM in New Orleans, the show aired weekdays from 2 pm to 4 pm CDT. "The Food Show" had broadcast continuously since 1975. In 2005, he helped local restaurants recover from Hurricane Katrina.

Fitzmorris died at a hospital in New Orleans of complications from Alzheimer's disease on February 12, 2025, at the age of 74.

Bibliography

  • 200 New Orleans restaurants: A selective guide to dining out (1981)
  • The ten greatest New Orleans recipes: & a hundred more (1984)
  • La Cucina Di Andrea's New Orleans Extra-virgin Recipes (Editor) (1989)
  • The New Orleans Eat Book (1991)
  • The Eclectic Gourmet Guide to New Orleans (2001)
  • Tom Fitzmorris's New Orleans Food: More Than 225 of the City's Best Recipes to Cook at Home (2006); (with foreword by Emeril Lagasse)
  • The Unofficial Guide to New Orleans (w/Eve Zibart & Will Coviello) (2007)
  • Tom Fitzmorris's Hungry Town: A Culinary History of New Orleans, the City Where Food Is Almost Everything (2010)

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