New Orleans is a city with many nicknames, probably the best known of which is the Big Easy, a reference to the easy, relaxed pace of life said to characterize the city. The pace wasn't exactly relaxed (action-packed would be a better descriptor) when the 2011 IFT Annual Meeting & Food Expo® took over the New Orleans Morial Convention Center June 11–14, but many aspects of the event did proceed more easily and smoothly…