Two Very Different Chefs from Seattle, Young & Female vs. Veteran & Male; Maria Hines, Chef-Owner, Tilth & The Golden Beetle, www.tilth.com; Thierry Rautereau,Chef-Owner, Rover's & Luc, www.thechefinthehat.com. Followed by Two Very Different Secrets; Adam Roberts, The Amateur Gourmet, Secrets of the Best Chefs, www.amateurgourmet.com; Elizabeth Field, Marmalade: Sweet and Savory Spreads for a Sophisticated Taste, Who knew Maramalade was an Ancient Treat - 50 Secrets on How to Make Your Own.
Three Great Interviews about Wine Appreciation and Selection. Eric Asimov, Chief Wine Critic New York Times, How to Love Wine; a Memoir & a Manifesto; Dwight Casimere, The Wine Doctor, on Wine Buying in the Age of Austerity, www.dwightthewinedoctor.com; Natalie MacLean, Unquenchable: A Tipsy Quest for the World's Best Bargain Wines, www.nataliemaclean.com.
Notorious Twitter "Mash-up" Ruth Bourdain talks about his "character", and his new Book, Comfort Me with Offal: Ruth Bourdain's Guide to Gastronomy; Exciting Young Swedish Chef Magnus Nilsson, Chef-Owner, Faviken Magasinet, Jarpen, Sweden, Author Faviken, http://www.faviken.com/; Ken Forkish, Baker & Bread Expert, Portland OR, Flour Water Salt Yeast: The Fundamentals of Artisan Bread & Pizza, www.kenartisan.com; Kathleen King, Owner, Tate's Bake Shop, Southampton NY, Tate's Bakeshop: Baking for Friends, www.tatesbakeshop.com.
OTM Dedicates an Entire Program to a Great Event & a Great Cause, Chef's Collaborative's 2012 Sustainability Summit in Seattle , Sep 30-Oct 2. Keynote Speakers Ruth Reichl, www.ruthreichl.com; Kim Severson, NY Times Atlanta Bureau Chief - a Stimulating Joint Interview; Two Great Sustainability Stories, One Meat - One Fish, Paul Willis, Niman Ranch, San Francisco & Iowa, www.nimanranch.com, Mark Tupper, President, Triad Fisheries, Bothel WA, www.triadfisheries.com; How to sample Oysters & Wine with Jon Rowley, Oyster Expert Extraordinaire, at Taylor Shellfish, Melrose Market, Seattle, www.taylorshellfishfarms.com, www.oysterwine.com; Sustainability stories from Cathy Whims, Owner/Partner, Oven and Shaker & Nostrana, Portland OR, www.ovenandshaker.com, www.nostrana.com, Bob Engel, Chef Liaison & PR, Gourmet Mushrooms, Sebastopol CA, www.mycopia.com; Mimi Younkins, Owner & VP Marketing, R Murphy Knives, Ayer MA,www.rmurphyknives.
OTM talking Berlin, Great Museums, The Boros Collection, Gemaldegalerie, The Pergamon Museum, Ka De We, a Great Department Store, Checkpoint Charlie, a reminder of the Cold War era.� Exciting New Cookbooks on Asian Cuisine; Charles Phan, Owner, The Slanted Door etc., San Francisco, Vietnamese Home Cooking, www.slanteddoor.com; Nancy Singleton Hachisu, Japanese Farm Food; Linda Lau Anusasanan, The Hakka Cookbook, Chinese Soul Food from around the World http://TheHakkaCookbook.com
OTM tracks down excellent non-traditional Fine Dining in Berlin. Wurst, Schnitzel.............. Restaurant Menus in the German Capital City are rather Too Similar for for Discriminating International Diners - such as you Dear Listeners. We think we've found some of what you might be looking for!! Tim Raue, Chef-Partner, Restaurant Tim Raue, http://tim-raue.com; Stefan Hartmann, Chef-Owner, Hartmann's Restaurant, www.hartmanns-restaurant.de; Partners Jeffrey Sfire, Manager & Kevin Avery, Chef, Little Otik, www.littleotik.de.
Two Different ways Ingenious Tools & Gadgets are making it to market. Baron Nagy, Quirky Inc, NYC, "Social" Product Developers, www.quirkyinc.com; Star Baker Rose Levy Beranbaum has teamed with New Metro Design to create and market The Rose Collection of Baking-Assist devices, including the Mixer Mate, www.newmetrodesign.com, Duncansville PA; Rae Bernamoff, The Mile End Deli, Brooklyn NY, www.mileenddeli.com, The Mile End Cookbook: Redefining Jewish Comfort Food from Hash to Hamantaschen.
OTM heads far NW and NE to bring you Chef's Collaborative in Seattle and a Personal Love-story in Berlin Germany. Then "Super-Bakers give you their Recipes and their Secrets on how YOU can produce their results at home. Melissa Kogut, Chef's Collaborative & its 2012 Sustainability Summit in Seattle, www.chefscollaborative.org; Luisa Weiss, My Berlin Kitchen, www.wednesdaychef.com; John Barricelli, Chef-owner, SoNo Baking, South Norwalk & Westport CT, The Seasonal Baker: Easy Recipes from My Home Kitchen to Make Year-round, www.sonobaking.com; Jim Lahey, Chef-owner, Sullivan St. Bakery & Co (Pizza) Restaurant NYC, My Pizza: the Easy No-Knead Way to Make Spectacular Pizza at Home, www.sullivanstreetbakery.com.
Dietary delights - Grains, Vegetables, Fruits - and Tuna Fish. Bruce Weinstein, Grain Mains: 101 Surprising and Satisfying Whole Grain Recipes for Every Meal of the Day; Amanda Cohen, Dirt Candy: A Cookbook, Chef-owner, Dirt Candy Restaurant, NYC, www.dirtcandynyc.com; Laena McCarthy, Jam On: The Craft of Canning Fruit, Owner, Anarchy in a Jar, Brooklyn NY, Artisinal Jams & Jellies, www.anarchyinajar.com; Andrew Smith, American Tuna: The Rise and Fall of an Improbable Food.
"Foreign Parts" - interesting people & products from the 4 corners of the globe. Bruce Bailey, Co-owner & CEO, Mitsuwa Marketplace Japanese Supermarkets, Torrance CA, http://www.mitsuwa.com; Jay Rosengarten, President, Olisur Chilean Extra Virgin Olive Oils, Providencia (Colchagua Valley) Chile, www.o-liveandco.com; Skitz Fernando, Rice & Curry (about the Cuisine of Sri Lanka); Annette Garaghty, VP Sles & Marketing, Wusthof-Trident of America, Norwalk CT, Wusthof Classic Double Serrated Blade Breadknife; www.wusthof.com.
A Really "Boozy" Program with an Unusual Ending. Marco Pasanella, Uncorked: My Jourmey through the Crazy World of Wine, Pansanella and Son, New York NY; www.pansanellaandson.com; T J Evans, Winemaker, Domaine Carneros, CA, Domaine Carneros Wines & especially the "Egg"Concrete Fermenter, www.domainecarneros.com; Joseph Magliocco, President, Michter's Distillery & Chatham Imports (Crop Vodka & Farmer's Gin), Louisville KY, www.chathamimports.com; and the Surprise, in Honor of Julia's 100th Birthday, Susanna Reich, Minette's Feast: The Delicious Story of Julia Child and Her Cat.
Unusual Icons of the Food Business - 4 Personalities whose Business & Personal Endeavors are Making a Difference in Unique Ways. Shawn Askinosie, Owner & Founder, Askinosie Chocolate & Chocolate University, Springfield MO, www.askinosie.com & www.chocolateuniversity.org; Claire Cretors, President, Cornfields, Inc. & G. H. Cretors, Hi I'm Skinny(TM)Popped Corn, Rice, Potato & Vegetable Snacks, Sister Company C. Cretors& co. makes 95% of Industrial Corn-popping equipment, www.cornfieldsinc.com; Thomas McNamee, The Man Who Changed the Way We Eat; Craig Claiborne and the American Food Renaissance, www.thomasmcnamee.com; Peggy Shannon, Owner, Queen City Cookies, Cincinnati OH, www.queencitycookies.com, "... I started the business as a way to give back to our community".
Flavor, Flavor, a Very Flavorful Program; Adam Perry Lang, Chef-Partner, Barbecoa London UK, Charred & Scruffed, www.adamperrylang.com; Angelo Sosa, Flavor Exposed: 100 Global Recipes from Sweet to Salty, Earthy to Spicy; Tama Matsuoka Wong, Foraged Flavor: Finding Fabulous Ingredients in Your Backyard or Farmer's Market, www.meadowsandmore.com; Renee Erickson, Chef-Owner Boat Street Pickles & Boat Street Cafe, Seattle WA, www.boatstreetpickles.com.
A Very Veggie Program, two New Books on Salads, a 35 year old Veggie Restaurant & a Young Star Chef with Veggie-Locavore Focus: Mindy Fox, Food Editor, La Cucina Italia, Salads: Beyond the Bowl: Extraordinary Recipes for Everyday Eating; Tasha DeSerio, Caterer & Cooking Teacher, Salad for Dinner: Simple Recipes for Salads that Make a Meal; www.tashadeserio.com; Claire Criscuolo, Chef-Owner, Claire's Corner Copia, New Haven CT, www.clairescornercopia.com, Welcome to Claire's; Dan Kluger, Chef, ABC Kitchen, NYC, 2011 James Beard Foundation Best New Restaurant (in the USA).
How to make your Food taste better - Ferment it, Salt & Season it, Sweeten it - OTM talks to experts on all 3. And if you're in London you Love Chocolate, seek out Paul Young, a Superb Chocolatier with several Shops, and interesting views on the World of Chocolate.
Alex Lewin, Real Food Fermentation: Preserving Whole Fresh Food with Live Cultures in Your Home Kitchen; David Joachim, Founder ChefSalt, Makers of unique Salt-Spice combinations such as Tunisian Fire Chef Salt, www.chefsalt.com; Dori Ross, Tonewood Maple, Producer of Maple Sugar-based Sweetening items, www.tonewoodmaple.com, Burlington VT; Paul Young, Paul A Young Chocolatier, Maker of Fresh-daily Fine Chocolates, www.paulayoung.co.uk, London UK
OTM goes Hotel Dining in London, and you'd be Well Advised to Follow in our Footsteps. Bristot Bruno Loubet (Chef-owner) at The Zetter Hotel & Townhouse, www.bistrotbrunoloubet.com, www.thezettertownhouse.com; The Lyttelton at The Stafford by Kempinski, Ursula von Platon-Horande, Regional PR Director, Kempinski Hoteliers, Brendan Fyldes, Executive Chef; www.thelyttelton.com/, www.kempinski.com/en/london/the-stafford-london/welcome; Alyn Williams at The Westbury, Alyn Williams (Chef-owner), www.westburymayfair.com/alyn-williams-at-the-westbury-,restaurent_viewItem_2-en.html; Sriram Aylur, Chef & Director of Operations, Bombay Brasserie & The Quilon Restaurant at 51 Buckingham Gate, www.bombaybrasserie.co.uk, www.quilon.co.uk, www.51-buckinghamgate.com/.
On the Menu reprises London coverage on the occasion of the Olympic Games.
London's Great Art Museums & Very Special Exhibits; Lucien Freud Portraits at The National Portrait Gallery, www.npg.org.uk/freudsite/; Yayoi Kusama at Tate Modern, www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/yayoikusama/tickets.shtm; Picasso & British Art at Tate Britain, www.tate.org.uk/britain/exhibitions/picassoandbritain/default.shtm; Turner & Claude at The National Gallery AND the just purchased Titian "Diana & Collista", www.nationalgallery.org.uk/.
A First Instalment of London Dining - British Chefs Cook French & a Great French Chef opens a New London Dining Destination; Philip Howard, Chef-Partner, The Square, Mayfair, now open 21 years, www.squarerestaurant.com, Mentor for "a Generation of Modern British Chefs", and STILL in the Kitchen; Joel Antunes, a Native of Southern France, previously a "Superstar" in London & Atlanta GA, now at recently opened Kitchen Joel Antunes at The Embassy, Mayfair, embassymayfair.com/restaurant/; Henry Harris, Chef-Owner, Racine, celebrating his 10th Anniversary of "Distinctly French Cuisine" in Knightsbridge, www.racine-restaurant.com. Three fascinating stories & three sensational meals!!! Tune in next week for More on London Dining.
Dining in Firenze (Florence) - Modern and Traditional; Two More Great Places to Dine in Umbria. In Firenze, Matteo Fantini, Owner & Nicolo Baretti, Chef, IO Osteria Personale, www.io-osteriapersonale.it; Alessandra Pieralli, Manager & Giovanna Verni, Chef (and Alessandra's mother), Trattoria Armando, www.trattoria-armando.com.
In Orvieto, Lorenzo Polegri, Chef-Owner, Zeppelin, Ristorante & Cooking School, www.ristorantezeppelin.it;
In Perugia, Claudio Brugalossi, Chef-Owner, La Taverna, www.ristorantelataverna.com.
OTM Loves Umbria!! Umbrian's themselves gave us the message loud and clear - STAY in Umbria, don't just pass through on the way to Toscana. We taste great wine, we eat great meals, and we agree!! Chiara Lungarotti, CEO, Lungarotti Group, Cantine & Le Tre Vaselle Resort & Spa, Torgiano, www.lungarotti.com; Marco Caprai, Arnaldo-Caprai Enoteca & Vineyard, Torre di Montefalco, www.arnaldocaprai.it; Gianfranco Vissani, Chef-Patron, Casa Vissani, S.S. 448 Todi - Baschi Km 6.600 (near Orvieto), www.casavissani.it
On the Menu's Italy trip - Umbria and Eastern Toscana - Overview of our Itinerary, then a very special adventure with Strada del Vino Terre di Arezzo. The Tenuta Setteponti Association; at Il Pino, Castiglion Ubertini, Terranuova, Veronica Maragon & Bianca Bisaccioni, Il Borro, www.ilborro.it; Duccio Roni, Agriturismo Campodelmonte, www.campodelmonte.it; Loretta Lalli, Il Pino Bioagricoltura, www.ilpino.com; Gianluca Baldi, www.vinibaldi.com; Antonio Berlingozzi, Agricola Berlingozzi & Fattoria di Montelungo; Giandomenico Gigante, Fattoria La Traiana, www.fattorialatraiana.it; In Arezzo, Cappelli Bacci Frescos, www.pierodellafrancesca.it/piero_gb/index.html; Lunch at Ristorante La Lancia D'oro, Marzia & Maurizio Fazzuoli, www.lanciadoro.net; Francesca Vignali, Villa I Bossi, Gragnone; www.villaibossi.com; Antonio Bernardini, Agriturismo Santo Stefano, Pieve di Chio, Castiglion Fiorentino; www.agriturismosantostefano.com.
Food Trucks & Street Food, in the USA & around the World; Vegetables, Fruits & Herbs. John T Edge, Food Trucks Cookbook; Robert Reid, Lonely Planet, Lonely Planet's World's Best Street Food, www.lonelyplanet.com; Cheryl Sternman Rule, Ripe: A Fresh Colorful Approach to Fruits & Vegetables, http://ripecookbook.com/; Gary Allen, Herbs: A Global History, http://onthetable.us.
"Fighting Words" About Food!! "To Meat or not to Meat...?" Two Different and Very Persuasive Opinions; Michael Natkin, Herbivoracious: A Flavor Revolution with 150 Vibrant and Original Vegetarian Recipes, www.herbivoracious.com; Lynne Curry, a Former Vegetarian Tunes in to Meat, Pure Beef: an Essential Guide to Artisan Beef, www.lynnecurry.com. How to Get Children to Eat (Healthy), Two Interesting and Different Points of View; Dr. Jennifer Shu, Food Fights: Winning the Nutritional Challenges of Parenthood...; www.jennifershu.com; Bill & Claire Wurtzel, Funny Food: 365 Fun, Healthy, Silly, Creative Breakfasts, www.funnyfood.us.
Three Great Ladies, Three Great New Cookbooks; Anne Willan, The Cookbook Library: 4 Centuries of the Cooks, Writers & Recipes that made the Modern Cookbook, www.lavarenne.com; Crescent Dragonwagon, Bean by Bean: a Cookbook, www.dragonwagon.com; Rebecca Miller Ffrench, Sweet Home: Over 100 Heritage Dessert Recipes & Ideas for Preserving Family History.
Barbecue Plus++ Yankees who became "World Champions" of BBQ, winning the Jack Daniel's Contest, Andy Husbands & Chris Hart, Wicked Good Barbecue, Andy's Restaurant is Tremont 647, Boston, www.tremont647.com; "Chef's Secret" Dry Seasoning Rubs, Susan Eriksen, Vice President, Char Crust, Chicago, www.charcrust.com; Barry Estabrook tells the story of Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed our most Alluring Fruit, www.politicsoftheplate.com; How to Synchronize your Garden or Food Market's seasonal produce, Karen Adler, The Gardner & the Grill. www.pigoutpublications.com.
I Scream, You Scream, We all Scream for Ice Cream. Three Great Ice Cream Brands in one Program - in alphabetical order; and a Summer Beverage Treat to go along. Rich Graeter, Graeter's Ice Cream, Cincinnati OH, www.graeters.com; Jake Godby & Sean Vahey, Humphry Slocombe, San Francisco, Authors Humphry Slocombe Ice Cream Book, www.humphryslocombe.com; Jeni Britten Bauer, Jeni's Ice Cream, Columbus OH (first broadcast March 18, 2012), www.jenisicecream.com; Deborah Meniane, Victoria's Kitchen, Almond Water, Los Angeles, www.victoriaskitchenrecipes.com.
