If you’re going to fake some stuff on your resume, at least pick something that isn’t so easily verified! Lie about cooking for the Jones’s down the street, not the most famous woman on the planet! NEW YORK — After rising to culinary stardom preparing impossible meals on his Food Network series, Robert Irvine has [...]

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My good friend Amy Mac, host of the Fitness Attack Podcast, is releasing her book today! Go check it out on Amazon and buy a copy for yourelf. You’ll love Amy’s no-nonsense approach to fitness and feeling good! After more than 400 Fitness Attack episodes, the first 100 areavailable in print! The Fitness Attack book [...]

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FYI, I’m going to be stepping up my blogging again, and posting events I get invitations for that may be of interest to my listeners and readers. Here’s one that sounds like fun, and I know the owners of Pour, it’s a GREAT wine shop: Good Enough to Drink (and Eat!) A super-charged wine class [...]

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I got this notice in the email: Tiny New York Meatpacking District restaurant Jarnac will turn 8-years-old but celebrate just its 2nd birthday on the coming leap-year day of Friday, February 29. The famous 32-seat French restaurant on the corner of West 12th and Greenwich St opened on February 29, 2000 – another leap-year day. [...]

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ReMARKable Palate #132: Unusual Alaskan Chocolates This week, I pay a visit to a unique chocolate shop and art gallery in Anchorage Alaska, the Modern Dwellers Chocolate Lounge. I speak with Martha Brigham and Zoe Oakley, who have created a homey atmosphere for the enjoyment of some unusual chocolates featuring quizzical local flavors of [...]

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ReMARKable Palate #131: Tasting Tasmania This week, I learn about the foods and culture of Tasmania, that lovely heart shaped island off the southern coast of Australia. I speak with Felicia Mariana, CEO of Tourism Tasmania, about the uniqueness of this southern island, and the plight of the beloved Tasmanian Devil. I also speak [...]

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I’m just home from the trip of a lifetime, 3 days spent in the middle of the Alaska wilderness at Carl and Kirsten Dixon’s WinterLake Lodge, which is only accessible by skiplane in the winter, and seaplane or helicopter in the summer. They are wonderful hosts, offering great hospitality. I’ll have both audio and video [...]

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ReMARKable Palate #128: The Cantering Caterer This week, we speak with Christian O’Dowd, owner of the Cantering Caterer, based in Connecticut. Christian has been responsible for some huge events all over the tri-state area, from rooftop wedding receptions, to celebrity and corporate parties based around ethnic themes, color themes, and even themed around super [...]

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One of our most active readers and listeners, Pat Churchill, writes in to comment on last week’s show featuring ANOTHER listener, Shawn Dreelin: Enjoyed your podcast chatting to one of your listeners, Shawn. I get merguez at a local monthly farmers’ market and made this dish. You might like to forward the url to him. [...]

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ReMARKable Palate #127: Listener Shawn Dreelin Today we speak with Shawn Dreelin, a listener from Glen Allen, Virginia who is passionate about making his own homemade food products. he approaches his projects with precision and dedication. From cold smoking his own meats, to making sausages, and trying out many of our Gilded Fork recipes, [...]

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