Radio That Tastes Good
John Bookwalter, second generation winemaker and owner of J. Bookwalter, did not join the family winery right away. J. Bookwalter was founded in 1983 by John’s father, Jerry, but it wasn’t until 1997 that the younger Bookwalter officially joined the winery. Since then, John has become one of the leaders in Washington wine, not only as [...]
Name: Juergen Grieb Location: Yakima, WA Winery: Treveri Sparkling Wine Cellars 1. Who or what inspired you to become a winemaker? My Father worked for the Bayer (yes the aspirin company) in Germany and was an agricultural engineer for their chemical division on the Mosel River helping out vineyards and orchards along the area. He was the top [...]
From net to table, no-one knows more about catching, cooking and eating salmon than La Donna Gundersen. A commercial fisherwoman in Alaska, she has just released her new cookbook, Salmon, Desserts & Friends. During the summer, while working 18+ hours a day side by side with her husband, Ole, on their fishing boat, she needs to [...]
Recently on Table Talk Radio we welcomed Joshua McNichols and his co-author, Annette Cottrell to chat about their new book The Urban Farm Handbook, a city slickers guide for growing, raising, sourcing, trading and preparing what you eat. An architect turned journalist, I met Joshua at the Quillisascut Farm School that I attended in August. [...]
Guest post by Deba Wegner Dennis Robertson is standing behind the tree he cut and polished, which serves as the tasting room bar in his original Woodinville Soft Tail Spirits tasting room and adjacent production location. This, our third meeting, it was 9:30 AM on a recent Friday morning after a busy week for him [...]
Guest post by Deba Wegner (part 3 of 3) Herb Brined Foster Farms Chicken w/Roasted Warm Tomatillo Salsa & Long Grain Rice Pilaf (This dish is made from ingredients regularly found at all Washington Grocery Outlet locations) Preparation Time: 10 minutes on one day, 20 minutes on the following day First day: If you have [...]
Guest post by Deba Wegner (part 2 of 3) It is midday, the store is busy, and I grab a cart and make my way down the aisles of Grocery Outlet. I am trying to get a feel for the store and see what the product mix is like. At a display of large brightly colored [...]
Guest post by Mina Williams Part wine bar, part restaurant with cocktails makes for full fun at RN74, Michael Mina’s newest outpost in downtown Seattle. RN74 is named after Route National 74, the major roadway that ribbons its way through the Burgundy region of France. This is the second wine bar concept Mina’s restaurant group has [...]
Guest post by Deba Wegner Part #1: What is Grocery Outlet, where are they and why should you care? Sweet Mexican yellow pear tomatoes, organic blue cheese, Cabot butter, Black Forest ham, Scharffenberger chocolate, marcona almonds, Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream, Aquastar Tilapia Filets, Harris Ranch Beef, Aidell’s Sausage, Foster Farm chicken, Riedel Glassware, wine [...]
Guest post by Karen Rosenzweig If you are hosting out-of-town guests this summer, and looking for a fun thing to do about town – while avoiding the jam-packed Pike Place Market scene, we have an idea for you! Savor Seattle Food Tours, rated Seatte’s #1 attraction by Trip Advisor, has launched their fifth culinary tour of [...]
