Faith Middleton Food Schmooze

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This week: Armchair travel! Faith reports back on her trip to the Piedmont region of Italy with 40 WNPR listeners. You’ll get to hear about the most notable things the lucky group ate and drank while they were there, plus Faith describes the region’s staggeringly beautiful landscape and what it’s like to sip the most exquisite wines on Earth in an old church. Amen to that! Plus, renowned graphic designer Louise Fili joins the party to discuss her almost 40-year career designing seductive food packaging and some of the most elegant restaurant logos and menus in New York City—and the world. (She makes a phenomenal lobster risotto, too, by the way). Finally, find out which foods actually benefit your skin. Dermatologist Lisa Donofrio joins us with a list of must-eat ingredients that not only lessen visible signs of aging, but also protect your skin from sunburn. She’s got a delicious prescription for you. Aired: October 13, 2016 Photo: eismpraim/Flickr, creative commons CONTRIBUTORS

We’ve got ideas for the beautiful—and so delicious—acorn squash flooding the markets right now, along with a trick from Fine Cooking magazine to making the most comforting homey polenta in 15 minutes. We swear it works. Alex Province mixes an early-Autumn Bourbon Cider Sipper and Faith shares a fantastic crisp rosé from California that goes for $15 and under. Plus, Terry Golson, author of The Farmstead Egg Guide & Cookbook, joins the party with a recipe for quick spaghetti carbonara (we loved it!). Photo: Jimsideas/Flickr, creative commons Aired: October 6, 2016 (Originally aired: October 1, 2014) CONTRIBUTORS AND GUESTS: • Chris Prosperi — chef/owner, Métro Bis in Simsbury, Conn. • Alex Province — wine expert • Terry Golson — author of The Farmstead Egg Guide & CookbookSupport the show: https://foodschmooze.org/donate/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cheese lovers, this one’s for you. This week, New Haven cheese expert Jason Sobocinski—one of our all-time favorite guests—joins the party once again with ideas for your fall cheese plate. Alex Province pours both a red AND a white wine to go with those cheeses, and Chris Prosperi shares a quintessential Oktoberfest meal: bratwurst and sauerkraut. Make it for the weekend tailgate. It’s a winner. There’s beer, too! Jason shares an authentic Bavarian festival Märzen-style beer, and we revel in a smooth Oktoberfest brew from Two Roads (located right here in Connecticut). Ein Prosit! Aired: September 29, 2016 CONTRIBUTORS AND GUESTS: • Chris Prosperi — chef/owner, Métro Bis in Simsbury, Conn. • Alex Province — wine expert • Robyn Doyon-Aitken — senior producer • Jason Sobocinski — cheese expert, owner (and/or partner) of foodie destinations around the state: Caseus Formagerie & Bistro, Ordinary, The Cheese Truck,  

It’s the MOST important meal of the day. . .BREAKFAST! Where are your favorite breakfast spots? Chris Prosperi has a few. See if your spot gets a shout-out. Also this week on The Faith Middleton Food Schmooze®, Alex Province introduces us to Rise, a nitro cold-brewed coffee. Anthony DeSerio serves a brunch punch with gin and grapefruit. And John Currence, the author of Big Bad Breakfast shares recipes for Shakshouka, one of Faith’s favorites; Sausage Cinnamon Rolls (the sausage is IN the rolls!); and a German Apple Pancake—perfect for right now. Photo: janine/flickr, creative commons Aired: September 22, 2016 CONTRIBUTORS AND GUESTS: • Chris Prosperi — chef/owner, Métro Bis in Simsbury, Conn. • Alex Province — wine expert • Robyn Doyon-Aitken — senior producer • John Currence —author of Big Bad Breakfast MUSIC: • “Nothing Better,” American Authors • “New Day,&r

Charlotte Druckman, the author of Stir, Sizzle, Bake joins The Food Schmooze® party with recipes for your cast-iron skillet (LOVE!). We’ll talk to Charlotte about her cheesy Colombian-style arepas, Frito-Crusted Cornbread, Carrot-Currant Crostata (what a combo!), and her Wholesome Apple-Quince Pie. We loved the idea of a skillet pie for Thanksgiving, or any fall gathering. Plus we’ll tell you how to pick the fastest line at the grocery checkout, thanks to a New York Times article, and share our own recipe ideas for the easiest ratatouille and an apple butter you can make in the slow cooker. It’s the perfect thing to make-ahead, freeze, and pull out for holiday appetizers or to give as gifts. There's a little bit of everything to bridge the seasons and get a jump on holiday cooking and homemade gifts. Photo: Copyright © 2016 Aubrie Pick. Aired: September 15, 2016 and October 26, 2017 CONTRIBUTORS AND GUESTS: • Chris Prosperi — chef/owner, Métro Bis in Sims

Kitchen tips galore. This week, we’re sharing several of our favorites, including Chris Prosperi’s trick for preparing your whole dinner in a rice cooker. It’s possible! Plus the gang shares tips for using a mandolin to prep ingredients for salads and slaws; and a fast, easy recipe for garlic-lemon shrimp and grits. Call it late-summer comfort. Finally, we call out, “Table for one,” loud and proud. Cookbook author Klancy Miller joins us to talk about her book, Cooking Solo. It’s all about the joy of cooking for yourself. Klancy shares recipes for a dilly salmon pasta dish (it uses up leftovers!), and Polenta with Shiitake Mushrooms. She shares her Orange Blossom Almond Cake, too, because, well. . .you have to have friends over! Photo: © 2016 Tara Donne Aired: September 8, 2016 CONTRIBUTORS AND GUESTS: • Chris Prosperi — chef/owner, Métro Bis in Simsbury, Conn. • Alex Province — wine expert • Klancy Miller —author of Cooking

More ways with local sweet corn, zucchini, and that mystery veg kohlrabi. Plus, a juicy blue cheese burger recipe and Domenica Marchetti preserves the flavors of Italy in delicious (and easy!) ways—you can, too! Faith and the gang talk to Domenica about that burger, oil-preserved butternut squash with mint, and the most delicious way we can think of to preserve peaches that (surprise!) doesn't involve bourbon.Support the show: https://foodschmooze.org/donate/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Where are your favorite fresh corn stands in our region? We want to know. And, we’ve done it again this week on The Faith Middleton Food Schmooze®—we’ve invented a cocktail. Faith and the guys collaborate on a pesto bloody Mary garnished with sweet sun gold tomatoes. It’s the perfect way to say so long to summer. We’ll also dish about sell-by dates on packaging (did you know eggs were good for WEEKS?) and talk Asian burgers, mac and cheese, pork tenderloin, and chocolate bread pudding with our new crush, chef and cookbook author Stuart O’Keeffe. He’s the guy behind The Quick Six Fix: Six Ingredients, Six Minutes Prep, Six Minutes Cleanup. We are SO into that right now. Photo: Rikers Brothers Aired: August 25, 2016 CONTRIBUTORS AND GUESTS: • Chris Prosperi — chef/owner, Métro Bis in Simsbury, Conn. • Alex Province — wine expert • Stuart O’Keeffe —author of The Quick Six Fix MUSIC: • “Can’t Stop the

We’re bringing back a favorite from the recent past. Carole Peck joined the party in July to talk summer foods like Tomato, Peach and Corn Salad and schooled us on how to grill (big) vegetables and even beef tenderloin for a crowd. Hang out with Carole again right now, plus get Alex Province’s recommendation for a fabulous white to bring to your next dinner. Aired: August 18, 2016 Photo: Pixabay.comSupport the show: https://foodschmooze.org/donate/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fresh berries make fantastic easy desserts, drinks, and entrees. Add berries to pan sauces and salads, use them with store-bought doughs and frozen puff pastry dough to make quick mouthwatering desserts. Chef, blogger, and the author of Pure Delicious, Heather Christo, joins the party from Seattle to share her sweet and savory ways with blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries. Think: interesting salads, flavor-packed salsas, and a drop-dead gorgeous Lemon Blueberry Coffee Cake. Plus, Alex Province pours a $19 sparkling rosé. It’s a bottle of pure joy. Go ahead. Frosé like everyone else on the planet. This is the time. Aired: August 4, 2016 Photo: Janine/flickr, creative commonsSupport the show: https://foodschmooze.org/donate/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

No pizza dough, no problem. This week, we’ve got all the lighting fast and fun ways to make pizza on the grill—even with a baguette or tortilla. In fact, Faith’s new favorite “instant” pizza: chicken and watermelon with cheese on a corn tortilla. You’ll want to steal this idea. Plus, Alex Province invents “Biscuit Chili Dog Pizza” out of ingredients he saves for storms and power outages. For the scratch-cooks out there: a homemade pizza dough recipe from the editor of the new book The Total Grilling Manual, Lisa Atwood. Lisa also shares recipes for Grilled Peaches with Butter-Rum Glaze and amped up S’mores (think way beyond the grahams and chocolate). This one’s for you, campfire cooks! Finally, the gang experiments with beer ice cubes. Will the beer freeze enough and will the cubes keep our mugs ice cold? We shot video to answer that question. Listen (and watch!). It’s a Food Schmooze® pizza party with the works. Aired: July 28, 2016S

This week, Faith and the gang discuss the best (new!) non-stick pans to buy—and one of the top picks is just $44. Plus, Mark Raymond introduces a $14 organic red wine, Cuma Malbec. It drinks like a $30 bottle, and Faith’s serving it well chilled. And Alex Province shares his mother’s recipe for Chorizo with Clams and Rice. Invite some friends over for this. Finally, the Kreitlers are in the house! Allison, a freelance recipe developer and food stylist, and her finance-wiz husband Charlie join the party to share a simple summer spritz and a fresh hors d’oeuvre you can change up for every season. Right now, we’re using peaches and nectarines as the base for goat cheese, pine nuts, and local honey. And since Faith asks Charlie to sing for his supper, you’ll get a few quick tips from one of New Haven’s top wealth management professionals. As Charlie says, “when Allison’s around, supper is worth singing for.” Awww. There’s more where that came from,

Carole Peck from Good News Cafe in Woodbury joins the party once again. This time, with a knock-out salad of corn, peaches, and tomatoes. If it grows together, it goes together! Plus, our latest tips for grilling vegetables (and beef tenderloin). We’ll sip a beautiful $18 Chardonnay—the perfect host gift, and Anthony DeSerio debuts an original cocktail he calls, “Alex’s Fault.” Blame never tasted so delicious. It’s an hour of summer food and fun. Photo: Jen Arrr/flickr, creative commons Aired: July 14, 2016 and August 18, 2016Support the show: https://foodschmooze.org/donate/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, on The Faith Middleton Food Schmooze we’re toasting with coffee mugs instead of champagne flutes. Chris Prosperi makes a coffee glaze for steak, Anthony DeSerio shakes up a coffee cocktail in the studio, Alex Province pours a deep, dark red wine with coffee and licorice notes, and the roaster from Willoughby’s in New Haven joins us from Ecuador while on a coffee-finding expedition. Wake up, everybody! It’s a Food Schmooze for coffee lovers. New York City chef Floyd Cardoz, also joins the party. He’s a Top Chef Masters winner and the author of the bold new cookbook: Flavorwalla. Floyd shares recipes for shrimp curry, a street-food omelet, and cauliflower, grilled whole and topped with good stuff like candied ginger, raisins, and pine nuts. Grab that second cup of coffee and join this (very caffeinated) party. The joint is jumpin’. Photo: Pixabay.com Aired: July 7, 2016Support the show: https://foodschmooze.org/donate/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Beef tenderloin. Think it’s only for the holidays? Not anymore. Chris Prosperi’s Herb-Crusted Grilled Beef Tenderloin recipe will inspire you to serve this cut of beef on a regular ol’ weeknight, or better still, this weekend for a casual gathering with friends. It’s not difficult at all. Plus, move over chicken—Faith’s sliced duck breast (cooked in a skillet!) dresses up everything from salads to sandwiches (i.e. Anthony dreams up a duck po’ boy we’d all like a bite of). We’ll talk easy summer cocktails (Prosecco with wild flowers) and classic summer cocktails like margaritas, super-easy blueberry cobbler with pancake batter, and Chris and Alex Province walk you through how to make paella. Aired: June 30, 2016Support the show: https://foodschmooze.org/donate/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A charming local restaurant inspires a fantastic caramel crème brûlée with a sea salt sugar topping. Chris gives you the recipe. And we get the scoop on the best seafood markets in New England (plus recipes for Linguine with Littleneck Clams, Mussels in Wine Sauce, grilled swordfish, scallops, and more). Poet and phenomenal home cook Sylvia Forges-Ryan joins the party too. She shares a recipe for 3-Ingredient Banana Pancakes and a trio of memorable haikus. The post Crème Brûlée (at Home!) + New England Seafood Recipes appeared first on Faith Middleton's Food Schmooze.Support the show: https://foodschmooze.org/donate/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The brewmaster from Two Roads Brewing Company joins us with Father's Day beers, we debate the merits of jerky,  and Lucinda Scala Quinn shares recipes for grilled hanger steak, fried chicken, and strawberry rhubarb pie. The post Father’s Day Beer, Recipes & More appeared first on Faith Middleton's Food Schmooze.Support the show: https://foodschmooze.org/donate/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Faith Middleton Food Schmooze® Martini Competition is now mere days away. Get your tickets now at http://ctmartini.org. We’re re-airing our preview show to get you in the mood to taste (and judge!) the most innovative cocktails in Connecticut. Get inspired by Anthony’s Salted Chocolate Martini, Faith’s Watermelon Tequila Punch, Chris’s Ginger Peach cocktail, and so much more. Plus, we keep the dance music on for the whole hour.Support the show: https://foodschmooze.org/donate/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, it's one of our favorites from the archive: Learn to cook the easy way, and start with a trout on the grill. Plus, Anthony's twist on a Negroni. The post Learn to Cook the Easy Way, Plus Grilled Trout appeared first on Faith Middleton's Food Schmooze.Support the show: https://foodschmooze.org/donate/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.