Show 355, January 11, 2020: Show Preview with Co-Host & Executive Producer Andy Harris

Now an enticing preview of this Saturday’s scrumptious show. It’s not, with profuse apologies, for dieters. If we’re successful we will hopefully leave you incredibly hungry and thirsty. In our case that’s probably a pretty good thing… As always, we greatly appreciate you being a part of our loyal listening audience. Truly couldn’t do it without you.

Our own Chef Andrew Gruel of the Slapfish Restaurant Group joins us from the road with another informative “Ask the Chef” segment. Where is the restaurant business headed in the new decade? Is fine dining in transition ? We’ll “Ask the Chef.”

Dine LBC Long Beach Restaurant Week is presenting a special, one day screening of Wasted!: The Story of Food Waste at The Art Theatre in Long Beach on Saturday, January 18th at 11:00 a.m. Wasted!: The Story of Food Waste is a documentary executive-produced by the late Anthony Bourdain and aims to change the way people buy, cook, recycle, and eat food. Through the eyes of chef-heroes like Bourdain, Dan Barber, Massimo Bottura, and Danny Bowien, audiences will see how the world’s most influential chefs make the most of every kind of food, transforming what most people consider scraps into incredible dishes that create a more secure food system. Dine LBC’s Terri Henry is our guide. 

The iconic Five Crowns in Corona del Mar was established in 1965 and is a member of the Lawry’s family of fine-dining restaurants, which includes Lawry’s The Prime Rib with domestic locations in Beverly Hills, Chicago, Dallas, Las Vegas and the historic Tam O’Shanter in Los Angeles. Lawry’s Carvery, with locations in South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa, and at L.A. LIVE, Los Angeles, represents the company’s unique quick-service concept. SideDoor, Corona del Mar’s first and only English gastropub, is housed within Five Crowns. We gently pull Executive Chef Alejandra Padilla out of her busy kitchen for a chat.

Alchemy Restaurant and Bar, located in an historic former residence in Ashland, Oregon, is as popular with the locals as well as visitors for a memorable dining experience with inventive cocktails and an artfully selected wine list. Proprietor Drew Gibbs is also a Certified Sommelier. It’s housed on the ground floor of The Winchester Inn. Drew gently pulls the cork on Alchemy Restaurant and Bar for us.

Located in beautiful Santa Fe, New Mexico, in the heart of historic downtown, the Santa Fe School of Cooking is an internationally acclaimed, recreational culinary school and Online Market specializing in foods of the American Southwest for 30 years. They offer Hands-On Cooking ClassesDemonstration Classes, an intensive 3-day cooking program they call Southwest Culinary Boot Camp and extremely popular Restaurant Walking Tours led by Santa Fe School of Cooking’s chefs. Nicole Ammerman, the Director of the Santa Fe School of Cooking & Market, represents the 2nd generation of family ownership and is our guest.

All of this and heaping helpings of extra deliciousness on this week’s not-to-miss show!

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