Maine Attraction Part 2, plus a great new Pittsburgh Restaurant.  Melissa Kelly, Chef Co-owner, Primo, Rockland (also Primo Orlando & Primo Tucson); Rick Hirsch, Chef Co-owner, Damariscotta River Grill, Damariscotta & The Anchor Inn, Round Pond; Bob Harkins, Partner, Maine Distilleries, Cold River Vodka and NEW Cold River Gin.  Spoon, a great NEW restaurant in Pittsburgh's East End "Restaurant Row", Chef-Proprietor Brian Pekarcik.  Bar & Dining Room open, "Burger Bar" coming soon. 

 

OTM's "Maine Attraction". Lots of people told us we should explore this northeastern-most state, so we finally did. And we found those Mainers & Maineiacs (they answer to both) were right. This program is "Down-East" in Portland and nearby Casco Bay. Lee Skawinski. Chef & Co-owner, Cinque Terre & Vignola; Jeff Buerhaus, Chef-owner, Walter's; Chebeague Island Inn, Casey Prentice, Co-owner & General Manager & Chef Justin Rowe; plus some thoughts on Maine Foods, some Portland places that we missed due to lack of time. Next week further afield...........

Savor Pittsburgh, a Great Party for a Great Cause, coming Sep 2, Merritt Spier of the Benificiary the American Respiratory Alliance of Western PA gives OTM the Scoop; Bacon, Bacon, Bacon Forever, Rocco "Boss Hog" Loosbrock talks about his passion & new links for Bacon Lovers - bacontoday.com, baconevents.com; Andy Crouch, American Craft Beer "Guru", Microbreweries in America: Great American Craft Beer, including a tribute to All-Time Beer Guru Michael Jackson; another in OTM's series of new Liquors, Beniotome Goma Shochu, with Tetsu Mogi of JFC International, the US Distributor.

A Mostly Liquid program, that's also quite a bit Latino.  Inaki Orozco, Riazul Premium Tequila, Jalisco Highlands, Mexico; Chuck Giometti, AGWA de Bolivia, Bolivia & Amsterdam, Netherlands; Herbie Loebl, Co-owner, Gran Sierpe, manufacturer & distributor of Peruvian Pisco (previously broadcast, but included here to be with Tequila & AGWA); Kur Ammann, Founder, Rozendal Wines, Stellenbosch, South Africa, fine Wine Vinegars, including 2010 Sofi-award winner for Best New Product, Hibiscus Vinegar; Suan Brauner, Public Affairs Director, Blue Diamond (Almond) Growers, celebrating the Centennial of the Cooperative.

Award-winning Foods!  Joan McIsaac & Irene Costello, Co-founders & owners, Effie's Homemade Oatcakes, NASFT 2010 Gold Sofi Award Winner for Outstanding Cookie (also Corncakes & Pecan Nutcakes), Hyde Park MA; Josh Hochschuler, Creater & Founder, Talenti Gealto & Sorbetto, Minneapolis.  Authors of two interesting new books; Jennifer Schaertl, Gourmet Meals in Crappy Little Kitchens; Sherri Brooks Vinton, Put 'em Up - all about canning & preserving.

OTM sips a little wine & spirits; Paul Pacult, Founder, Ultimate Wine Challenge; Herbie Loebl, Co-owner, Gran Sierpe, manufacturer & distributor of Peruvian Pisco; Stefan Schachtell, Co-founder & owner, Black Rock Spirits, producers of Bakon Vodka, Seattle WA.  A change of pace - Ann Vanderhoof, Adventurer & Author, The Spice Necklace, Toronto, Canada & all around the Caribbean.

Euphoria preview - Greenville SC; Chris Stone, Director, Convention & Visitors Bureau; Carl "Soby" Sobocinski, Owner, Table 301 restaurant group, Euphoria Co-founder; Edwin McCain, Singer-Songwriter, Euphoria Co-Founder; Richard Peck, Wine Director, Table 301 & Euphoria; Victoria Moore, Chef de Cuisine, The Lazy Goat; Spencer Thomson, Chef-Partner, Devereaux's; Joe Clarke, Chef-Owner, American Grocery Restaurant; Shaun Garcia, Chef de Cuisine, Soby's.  For more information about Euphoria, Sep 23-26. Tickets are on sale now (at a discount) go to www.euphoriagreenville.com.

A vital message about Modern Eating from Michel Nischan, Sustainably Delicious: Making the World a Better Place, One Recipe at a Time, Founder, President & CEO of the Wholesome Wave Foundation, Co-founder, The Dressing Room: a Homegrown Restaurant, Westport CT;  NYC Dining with The Franks, Frank Castronovo & Frank Falcinelli, owners & chefs, Frankies Sputino restaurants, NYC, The Frankies Spuntino KitchenCompanion & Cooking Manual; Sherri Eisenberg, The Foodlovers' Guide to Brooklyn; Chef Sally Cameron, Everyday Gourmet Personal Chef Services, Orange County CA, Contestant in the Sears Chef Challenge.

More Alicante.  Silvia Castello Such, Co-owner, Nou Manolin & Piripi with translator Andre Belardo; Ramon Vilaseca Lalanda, Sommelier & Antonio Perez Planelles, Gerente (Owner), Darsena Restaurante 1961; Antonio Lopez, Manager, La Ereta.  Then an "antipodean shift" to the Great Barrier Reef Feast, July 23-25, Hamilton Island QLD, Australia; Jill Collins of Hamilton Island & qualia resort, Justin North, Celebrity Chef for GBRF Part 2, Chef-owner of Becasse & Etch, Sydney NSW. 

Lady Chefs of Spain from in and around Alicante.  Maria Jose San Roman, Monastrell, Alicante; Maria Carmen Velez, La Sirena & Quinta Lacy, Petrer; Maria Eugenia "Geni" Perramon San Roman, La Taberna del Gourmet, Alicante. 

OTM in Lisbon, Portugal - 2nd program.  Jose Avillez, Chef, Restaurante Tavares; Luis Baena, Chef-owner, Manifesto; Nathalie, Manager & co-owner, Olivier Restaurante; David Leite, The New Portugese Table (previously broadcast) .

OTM in Lisbon, Portugal - 1st of 2 programs.  Pedro Freitas, Owner, Bocca; Pedro Dias, Chef & Co-owner, Faz Figura; Ljubomir Stanisic, Chef-Owner & his wife Monica as translator; Restaurante 100 Maneiras; Julie Perrinot, Manager, Manifesto.

"Gadgets & Grub", unusual Food Processing Equipment & Tempting Foods.  Mary Rodgers, Conair - Waring Pro Blenders, Waffle Makers etc., Livingston NJ; Todd Rodgers (no relation to Mary that we know of), Aromaco Rice Cooker with Saute-then-Simmer technology, San Diego CA; Beth Gallo, Creator, Mad Hectic Oatmeal, South Dartmouth MA; Edmund Varney, Ryan Lieullen, Leanne Goetz, Honey Ridge Farms, Honey-based products, Brush Prairie WA.

OTM in New Orleans for the Wine & Food Experience.  Greg Reggio, Zea Restaurant, Past President, New Orleans Wine & Food Experience & Randy Stein, Mr. B's Bistro, NOWFE Board Member; Ewell Smith, Exec. Dir., Louisiana Seafood Promotion & Marketing Board; Frank Brigsten, Brigtsen's, & Leah Chase, Dookie Chase - replay of their interviews upon acceptance of the James Beard Foundation 2006 Humanitarian of the Year award given to all New Orleans Restaurateurs & Chefs; Allison Vines-Rushing, Co-Chef & Co-Owner, MiLa; Phillip Youngberg, Vice President, M. S. Rau Antiques; John Concannon, 4th generation Owner, Concannon Vineyard, Livermore CA (interviewed in NOLA); Maurizio De Rosa, Feudi Di San Gregorio, Sorbo Serpica, nr. Naples, Italy (interviewed at the Pittsburgh Wine Festival).

 

Adam Perry Lang, Daisy May's BBQ NYC, Barbecoa, London opening October 2010 - a project with Jamie Oliver, author BBQ25; Grace Young, Stir-Frying to the Sky's Edge; Delores Custer, Food Styling; Jennifer Iserloh, Secrets of a Skinny Chef.

A Meat, Cutting & Sharpening Show.  Randy Strauss, Strauss Brands Free-Raised Veal, Milwaukee WI; Corey Milligan, New West Knife Works, Jackson Hole WY; Sam Weiner, Edgecraft, Chef's Choice Knife Sharpeners, Tea Kettles, etc, Avondale PA; James Villas, Pig: King of the Southern Table.

Barbara Lynch, renowned Boston Chef-Restaurateur including No. 9 Park & the new Menton, Stir: Mixing it up in the Italian Tradition; Eric & Bruce Bromberg, Blue Ribbon Restaurants NYC, The Bromberg Bros. Blue Ribbon Cookbook; Susan Loomis, Owner, On Rue Tatin Cooking School, Normandy France, Nuts in the Kitchen; Christine Schwartz Hartley, Specialites de la Maison.

Intrepid OTM dodges the Times Sq. bomb threat to make the James Beard Awards!!  Nothing could stop OTM from attending the 20th Anniversary Awards & Food-Wine Bash.  We caught up with some old friends among the Winners, and some new friends too; Daniel Boulud, Daniel NYC, Best Restaurant; David Kinch, Manresa, Los Gatos CA, Best Chef-Pacific; Sean Brock, McGrady's, Charleston SC, Best Chef SE; Clark Frasier & Mark Gaier, Arrows, Ogunquit, ME;

A break from Beards for George Mendes, Chef-owner, Aldea Restaurant, NYC; 

Back to Beards; Timothy Hollingsworth, Rising Star Chef, The French Laundry, Yountville, CA; Marc Forgione, Invited Chef, Restaurant Marc Forgione, NYC; Wayne Kostroski, Founder, Taste of the NFL, owner Cuisine Concepts, Minneapolis;

And who better to wrap up the program than Thomas Keller, Ad Hoc at Home, who just happened to win the Beard Award for Best Cookbook of the Year.  Enjoy!!!

Tasting California's best Cabernet-Sauvignon in Napa's Stag's Leap District; Nancy Bialek, Exec Dir. Stag's Leap District Winegrowers; Wine expert Lesley Sbrocco with Winemakers Elias Fernandez, Shafer, Elizabeth Vianna, Chimney Rock, Jon Emmerich, Silverado; Russell Weis, GM, Silverado; Douglas Fletcher, VI of Winemaking, Terlato-Chimney Rock; Jim Regusci, Regusci Winery; Lorrie Ilsley. Ilsley Vineyard.  Tara Weaver, The Butcher and the Vegetarian.

A miscellany of cuisines & cookbooks.  Frank Stitt, Owner, Highlands Bar & Grill, Bottega Favorita & Cafe Fonfon, Birmingham AL, Frank Stitt's Southern Table & Bottega Favorita: A Southern Chef's Love Affair with Italian Food; Deborah Madison, Seasonal Fruit Desserts; Jose Pizarro, Brindisa Restaurant, Borough Market, London UK, Seasonal Spanish Food; Leticia Moreinos Schwartz, The Brazilian Kitchen.

Paso 3; Tablas Creek; Steinbeck Vineyard, Kevin Zraly - Windows World Wine Course

OTM in Paso Robles - Part 3.  Fascinating vineyard stories, Jason Haas, President, Tablas Creek Vineyard & President of The Rhone Rangers; Cindy Steinbeck-Newkirk, Owner, Steinbeck Vineyards; and to complete an all wine program, Kevin Zraly, Founder, Windows on the World Complete Wine Course, Author Windows on the World Complete Wine Course: 25th Anniversary Edition.

Paso-Where to eat, where to Stay; an Abalone Farm, Hearst Ranch Beef, Hotel Cheval, Bellasere

OTM in Paso Robles - Part 2, what to eat, where to stay.  Brad Buckley, The Abalone Farm, Cayucos; Debbie Thomas, Thomas Hill Organics, Paso Robles - reference to Alex & Monica Villicana, Villicana Winery & Joeli Yaguda, Pasolivo Olive Oil; Jim Saunders, Cliff Garrison & Jeremy Leffert, Hearst Ranch Grass Fed Beef & Hearst Ranch Winery, San Simeon; Eva Peck, Hotel Cheval, downtown Paso Robles; Baxter Boyington, La Bellasera Hotel & Suites, Highway 101 @  Route 46.

 

Paso fWinemaker Trio Marc Goldberg-Windward, Stephan Asseo-L'Aventure, Terry Hoage

OTM in Paso Robles, CA - 1st of 3 programs.  Maryann Stansfield, Travel Paso Robles, an overview of the region; Christopher Taranto, Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance, Paso Robles wines & winemakers; a trio of friends & winemakers, Marc Goldberg-Windward, Stephan Asseo-L'Aventure, Terry Hoage-Terry Hoage Vineyard.  Tune in next week for more Paso Robles.

An introduction to OTM's upcoming trip to Paso Robles, CA.  John Barricelli, Sono Baking, S Norwalk CT, The Sono Baking Company Cookbook; Tony Lufti, Founder, Green Wheat Freekeh, Adelaide, Australia; Neita Wiese, Neita's Vinaigrettes, Charleston SC.

A Lady's Day at OTM.  Elizabeth Falkner, Chef-Owner, Citizen Cake & Orson, San Francisco; Darina Allen, Owner, Ballymaloe Cookery School, East Cork, Ireland & author The Forgotten Skills of Cooking; Marnie Old, Wine Expert extraordinaire, Wine Secrets.