Show 243, October 7, 2017: Show Preview with Co-Host Andy Harris

Now a tantalizing preview of this Saturday’s abundant show. It’s not, with profuse apologies, for dieters. If we’re successful we will always leave you incredibly hungry and thirsty. In our case, upon careful reflection, that’s probably a pretty good thing…

Program Note: Next Saturday, Oct. 14th is our 5th Anniversary Show and the celebration is on. We’re live from the state-of-the-art Melissa’s Test / Demonstration Kitchen. It’s a really full show with culinary VIP’s aplenty including our original Co-Host, Chef Jet Tila of “Cutthroat Kitchen with Alton Brown” on Food Network and the author of 101 Asian Dishes You Need To Cook Before You Die.

Ooz3Fest Ooze Festival in Santa AnaSouthern California’s cheese festival of epic proportions – OOZEFEST – is back for its third consecutive year. It’s produced by 100eats and FOODBEAST. It takes place at the Main Place Mall in Santa Ana (new location) on Oct. 14th. This one-day, ultimate cheese fest will feature a wide variety of ooey-gooey culinary creations. Our own Chef Andrew Gruel will be represented there with both Slapfish (LOBSTICLE with queso dip) and Butterleaf (crispy avocado nachos with cashew cheese.). Tickets for OOZEFEST are available here.

The grand master of cooking in America, Jacques Pépin, has a new apprentice in the kitchen: his granddaughter, Shorey. The new cookbook is A Grandfather’s Lessons: In the Kitchen with Shorey. Jacques Pépin is probably the most famous cooking teacher in the world, renowned for his knife skills. Ever since she was very young, his granddaughter, Shorey, has loved “helping” him in the kitchen. Now that she is twelve, Jacques gives his charismatic pupil a short course on preparing “food that is plain, but elegant, and more than anything, fun.” In the process, he proves himself as inspiring to her as he is to the country’s greatest chefs.

Bowls of Plenty – Recipes for Healthy and Delicious Whole-Grain Meals is a fresh and flexible approach to grain bowls–thoughtfully structured one-dish meals that marry health and flavor–from James Beard Award-winning journalist and acclaimed cookbook coauthor Carolynn Carreño. The Foreword is by Mozza’s Nancy Silverton. We’ll meet Carolynn.

Flagship Food Group and 505 Southwestern have launched a unique campaign, the “Clash of the Hatch,” a food truck challenge curated by 505 Southwestern® and Celebrity Chef Eric Greenspan. Celebrating the Hatch Valley green chile harvest season, the “Clash of the Hatch” brings together 10 of LA’s most popular food trucks to compete to make the best dish possible featuring 505 Southwestern® Hatch Valley Flame Roasted Green Chile. The 10 finalists chosen to compete are Locol, Border Grill, Baby’s Badass Burgers, Grilled Cheese Truck, South Philly Experience, Vchos Pupusas, Chubbee Monkee, India Jones, Dogtown Dogs and Wise Barbecue Co. Chef Eric turns up the heat and fills us in.

Located in Macy’s South Coast Plaza shopping center in Costa Mesa, California, the new Wolfgang Puck Kitchen (with its own entrance) specializes in Wolfgang’s interpretation of global comfort fare. The menu features a variety of signature recipes made with the best available, locally-sourced ingredients. As one of the newest casual concepts in the Wolfgang Puck dining collection, Wolfgang Puck Kitchen promises a welcoming and relaxed dining environment, appropriate for a business meeting, leisurely lunch, family dinner or meal on the go. General Manager and Executive Chef Joshua Turner joins us.

All of this and heaping helpings of extra deliciousness on this week’s show!

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