Show 639, August 9, 2025: Chef Andrew Gruel of Calico Fish House with “Ask the Chef”

Chef Andrew Gruel of the Calico Fish House

Our own Chef Andrew Gruel, the menu-maker behind the full-service Calico Fish House (located in the Sunset Beach area of Huntington Beach) provides another timely and informative Ask the Chef segment where he responds to listeners’ thoughtful inquiries.

Community Gardens add vibrancy to any area and bring residents and families together. They promote a great educational opportunity, too. Chef Andrew is an advocate for encouraging the establishment of more Community Gardens in his own hometown of Huntington Beach and beyond. We’ll hear about it.

Andrew Gruel’s Family Cookbook is available with signed copies at his Calico Fish House on Pacific Coast Highway in Sunset Beach.

Show 607, December 14, 2024: Co-Host Chef Andrew Gruel with “Ask the Chef”

Our own Chef Andrew Gruel, the menu-maker behind the full-service Calico Fish House (in the Sunset Beach area of Huntington Beach) provides another timely and informative Ask the Chef segment where he responds to listeners’ thoughtful inquiries.

Listeners have been asking for it and, now, it’s finally here. It’s Chef Andrew Gruel’s first cookbook – Andrew Gruel’s Family Cookbook. Chef Andrew has all the particulars.

“Chef Andrew shares over fifty specially designed, family-focused recipes. Covering every meal, including snacks and desserts, these recipes will be loved by all ages! Andrew and his family enjoy making these recipes together in their home kitchen, and each one has been marked as a favorite by his wife, Lauren (the official photographer), and their four children.”

Show 198, November 19, 2016: Chef Andrew Gruel, Slapfish Restaurant Group

Andrew Gruel at the AM830 KLAA StudiosThanksgiving dinner is upon us. If you’re cooking the Thanksgiving feast at home it can be a stressful time. To the rescue comes our own Chef Andrew Gruel, a real working chef. Time to enjoy being with Family.

He has some useful tips for preparing the Thanksgiving meal with a minimum of aggravation.

Chef Andrew offers some useful hints for improving on the preparation of the mashed potatoes and preserving valuable kitchen space in the process. Also, a chef’s secret for peeling the potatoes with ease.

How about adding some excitement to the same familiar side dishes? Chef Andrew suggests grilling corn on the cob instead of creamed corn.

Also he has inspiration for improving on the stuffing. Use your favorite stale bread, season well and use flavorful cooking liquid. Adding an egg really improves the texture. Also bake outside of the turkey.

Consider adding a dish out of the norm. I’m hearing turkey tamales calling…

Bring on the properly seasoned stuffing…