Andy Harris, Executive Producer and Co-host previews the show.
Program Note for Saturday, April 12th. For the 4th time we’re honored to be broadcasting live from The Big Island Chocolate Festival celebrating that Hawaii is the only place in the United States where cacao (the base of fine chocolate) can successfully grow commercially. Please join us…
Anne Marie Panoringan is Culture OC’s well-informed food columnist. She reports industry news, current events and trends. Anne Marie also contributes regularly to Eater Los Angeles, LAist, TASTE and a host of other well-respected and noteworthy publications. Anne Marie joins us in-studio to discuss her work as Food Columnist for Culture OC. On today’s menu is an important update on the Napa Rose Restaurant at Disney’s Grand Californian (it’s now on vacation for a bit) and the background on Orange County’s two prestigious James Beard Award nominations. As always more Orange County morsels will be part of the conversation.
“Chef Eileen Elizabeth is a published, award-winning vegan chef based in Los Angeles California. Her newest cookbook, The VeganBlueprints, is the culmination of her decade-long career. Whether she is feeding celebrities, helping people manage disease, cooking for wellness retreats or developing menus for restaurants, Chef Eileen really is taking the culinary world by storm. Proving that plant-based food can be fun, creative, and enjoyed by vegans and meat eaters alike. Her cookbook The Vegan Blueprints highlights some of her most popular creations, as well as teaches you how to realistically integrate more plant-based food into your diet.” Chef Eileen takes a break from her busy kitchen to join us.
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. We’re revisiting the costly subject of 3rd Party Delivery for restaurants. Chef Andrew will provide his insight on the new option to “Buy Now, Pay Later” for home-delivered restaurant fare. Also the expensive and unfair system of the 3rd party delivery companies assessing chargebacks to restaurants that might not be justified.
All of this and heaping helpings of extra deliciousness on this week’s not-to-miss show!
“Chef Eileen Elizabeth is a published, award-winning vegan chef based in Los Angeles, California. Her newest cookbook, The VeganBlueprints, is the culmination of her decade-long career. Whether she is feeding celebrities, helping people manage disease, cooking for wellness retreats or developing menus for restaurants, Chef Eileen really is taking the culinary world by storm. Proving that plant-based food can be fun, creative, and enjoyed by vegans and meat eaters alike. Her cookbook The Vegan Blueprints highlights some of her most popular creations, as well as teaches you how to realistically integrate more plant-based food into your diet.”
“The Vegan Blueprints is so much more than a cookbook. It is an in-depth guide to all things vegan. The first half is loaded with information to help you get started. With tips and tricks, a glossary of vegan, non-vegan and cooking terms, as well as pages of vegan information, this book is for any person, at any culinary level. The second half features some of Chef Eileen’s most famous Blueprints. These Blueprints are recipes that chef Eileen has created to get you started and empower you to create your own go to plant based recipes. You don’t need expensive tools, obscure ingredients or hours in the kitchen. Chef Eileen has streamlined everything to make it as simple as possible, so you can feel inspired and look forward to cooking. Each blueprint is designed to be easy to follow, and even easier to adjust to make it your own. The blueprints are the base, what you create with them is yours to discover.”
“Chef Eileen Elizabeth is a vegan celebrity chef, recipe developer and health coach. She has worked on over 100 retreats as a chef both nationally and internationally. Eileen likes to say that she is the vegan chef for meat eaters, creating fun familiar food to help them transition into better eating habits. Over the past few years she has developed multiple vegan menus for non-vegan restaurants, and training other chefs on how to prepare exciting vegan dishes.”
Chef Eileen Elizabeth takes a break from her busy kitchen to join us.
Andy Harris, Executive Producer and Co-host previews the show.
Anne Marie Panoringan is Culture OC’s well-informed food columnist. She reports industry news, current events and trends. Anne Marie also contributes regularly to Eater Los Angeles, LAist, TASTE and a host of other well-respected and noteworthy publications. Anne Marie joins us in-studio to discuss her work as Food Columnist for Culture OC and highlight her current columns, including “The 5 Details Orange County Restaurants Fail to Notice and the Five They Do Well.” Of course more Orange County morsels will be part of the conversation.
“Chef Eileen Elizabeth is a published, award-winning vegan chef based in Los Angeles California. Her newest cookbook, The Vegan Blueprints, is the culmination of her decade-long career. Whether she is feeding celebrities, helping people manage disease, cooking for wellness retreats or developing menus for restaurants, Chef Eileen really is taking the culinary world by storm. Proving that plant-based food can be fun, creative, and enjoyed by vegans and meat eaters alike. Her cookbook The Vegan Blueprints highlights some of her most popular creations, as well as teaches you how to realistically integrate more plant-based food into your diet.” Chef Eileen takes a break from her busy kitchen to join us.
“Vegas Unstripped producers Eric Gladstone & Chef & Restaurateur James Trees (Bar Boheme) have announced the initial list of chefs and bartenders participating in this year’s Vegas Unstripped food festival. As always, the festival will gather many of Las Vegas’ most acclaimed and creative culinary leaders, who will each create a new dish or drink for one night only, taking place from 6-9 p.m. on Sunday, April 27 at the Palms Casino Resort.” A sampling of the culinary talent on display includes Pizzaiolo John Arena of Metro Pizza, Brian Howard of Sparrow & Wolf, Bruce Kalman of SoulBelly BBQ, Gina Marinelli of La Strega and James Trees of the just debuted Bar Boheme. Prominent Vegas Bartenders mixing it up include Tony Abou-Ganim (The Modern Mixologist) and Adam Rains of The Golden Tiki. Vegas Unstripped creator Eric Gladstone joins us with Las Vegas Celebrity Chef James (Bar Boheme) for the tempting preview.
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. We’re revisiting the costly subject of 3rd Party Delivery for restaurants. Chef Andrew will provide his insight on the new option to “Buy Now, Pay Later” for home-delivered restaurant fare.
All of this and heaping helpings of extra deliciousness on this week’s not-to-miss show!
Anne Marie Panoringan is Culture OC’s well-informed food columnist. She reports industry news, current events and trends. Anne Marie also contributes regularly to Eater Los Angeles, LAist, TASTE and a host of other well-respected and noteworthy publications.
“Chef Eileen Elizabeth is a published, award-winning vegan chef based in Los Angeles, California. Her newest cookbook, The VeganBlueprints, is the culmination of her decade-long career. Whether she is feeding celebrities, helping people manage disease, cooking for wellness retreats or developing menus for restaurants, Chef Eileen really is taking the culinary world by storm. Proving that plant-based food can be fun, creative, and enjoyed by vegans and meat eaters alike. Her cookbook The Vegan Blueprints highlights some of her most popular creations, as well as teaches you how to realistically integrate more plant-based food into your diet.”
“The Vegan Blueprints is so much more than a cookbook. It is an in-depth guide to all things vegan. The first half is loaded with information to help you get started. With tips and tricks, a glossary of vegan, non-vegan and cooking terms, as well as pages of vegan information, this book is for any person, at any culinary level. The second half features some of Chef Eileen’s most famous Blueprints. These Blueprints are recipes that chef Eileen has created to get you started and empower you to create your own go to plant based recipes. You don’t need expensive tools, obscure ingredients or hours in the kitchen. Chef Eileen has streamlined everything to make it as simple as possible, so you can feel inspired and look forward to cooking. Each blueprint is designed to be easy to follow, and even easier to adjust to make it your own. The blueprints are the base, what you create with them is yours to discover.”
“Chef Eileen Elizabeth is a vegan celebrity chef, recipe developer and health coach. She has worked on over 100 retreats as a chef both nationally and internationally. Eileen likes to say that she is the vegan chef for meat eaters, creating fun familiar food to help them transition into better eating habits. Over the past few years she has developed multiple vegan menus for non-vegan restaurants, and training other chefs on how to prepare exciting vegan dishes.”
“The Las Vegas food & cocktail scene is so vibrant that every year of Vegas Unstripped becomes a new adventure,” said Gladstone. “We’re excited to have a fantastic mix of Vegas favorites returning alongside a lot of new faces, and some veterans we have wanted to include for years. This is going to be an unforgettable night!”
“General Admission tickets are now available, remaining at the pre-inflation price of $150 plus the lowest fees possible, via Vegas Unstripped. All attendees must be 21+. A small number of tickets will be available on the day of the event for a higher price.”
“Vegas Unstripped is Las Vegas’ only festival by chefs, about chefs, and for the Vegas community. Participating chefs represent the cutting edge of independent talent in Las Vegas, and are challenged to create unique dishes for the night reflecting their culinary passions. The evening is augmented by beverages from Las Vegas’ best local bars, local musicians, local art and more. Created in 2018 as a reaction to the Strip-focused Vegas Uncork’d event (now defunct), Vegas Unstripped initially only invited chefs working off-Strip but now welcomes Vegas chefs regardless of where they cook, offering open submissions. All necessary expenses of the independent chef/restaurateur are covered by event revenue to the extent possible, with net proceeds going to underserved local charities. To date, Vegas Unstripped has donated nearly $30,000.”
Vegas Unstripped creator Eric Gladstone joins us with Las Vegas Celebrity Chef James for the tempting preview.
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.
We’re revisiting the costly and controversial subject of 3rd Party Delivery for restaurants. Chef Andrew will give his insight on the new option to “Buy Now, Pay Later” for home-delivered restaurant fare.
Andrew Gruel’s Family Cookbook (newly published) is also available with signed copies at his Calico Fish House on Pacific Coast Highway in Sunset Beach.
