On the November 11, 2015 episode of The Connected Table LIVE!, show co-host David Ransom will be coming live to our listeners from the Italian region of Piemonte, Italy. Our guest, and David’s host for the week, will be the legendary producer Michele Chiarlo, who has been crafting wines in the Langhe region of Piemonte, […] ...
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Is This the Best Asian Food in Maine?
On a frosty March weekend we visited the tiny college town of Brunswick, Maine, for a family gathering that included one of the best and most creative Asian dinners we’d experienced in a long time. Cara Stadler‘s Tao-Yuan blends local ingredients, Chinese flavors and the chef’s French training […] ...
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Graham Elliot Teaches You To Cook Like a MasterChef at Home
He grew up as a Navy brat, dropped out of high school to join a punk rock band and has been to all fifty states. Graham Elliot fell into cooking while working menial jobs in restaurants to support his musician’s life on the road. Inspired, he enrolled in Johnson & Wales to receive his formal training […] ...
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Aurelio Montes: Chile’s Father & Son Winemaking Duo
Fascinated by the winemaking business at an early age, Aurelio Montes, Sr. has spent a lifetime raising the bar for Chilean wines. First as a winemaker at Undurraga, and then as founder of his own eponymous winery, Viña Montes, where with the release of his now legendary Montes Alpha M, he was the first to make […] ...
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He Tastes and Rates the World’s Top Wines- Wine Spectator’s Thomas Matthews
What’s it like to oversee one of the world’s most read wine magazines? How much wine can you taste in a week? Wine Spectator Executive Editor Thomas (Tom) Matthews has spent the better part of thirty years reporting on the wine industry. He joined the magazine in 1988 starting as a reporter in the London […] ...
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Where Chefs Connect- StarChefs CEO, Antoinette Bruno
Antoinette Bruno left a lucrative career on Wall Street to follow her passion and desire to work in a more hospitable community. She found both in food. She enrolled in the Chefs’ Program at Ritz Escoffier in Paris. After graduating, she earned her culinary stripes working in restaurants in the south of France and then returned to […] ...
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Thirsty for the Good Life- Leslie Sbrocco, Wine Expert
Television fans know NBC’s Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford love to drink good wine. And who do they turn to for expert advice? None other than Leslie Sbrocco, aka Thirsty Girl. Leslie regularly appears on NBC Today but also hosts her own Emmy Award-winning television show, “Check, Please! Bay Area” (PBS/KQED) in Northern California where […] ...
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Jacques Capsouto: A Successful Restaurateur Reinvents His Life at Age 68
Couples and families alike spent many memorable meals at Capsouto Frères, a gem of a restaurant in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood owned by Jacques Capsouto, his mother, Eva, and his two younger brothers, Albert and Samuel. Opened in the 1980s when Tribeca was still a “fringe” neighborhood, the restaurant survived three decades of New York City’s highs and lows, […] ...
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Chewing the Fat on Eating Lean with Carolyn O’Neil, RD
This summer David and I have been busy getting our hands dirty making clean food, from fresh vegetable juices to pulp crackers to zesty dinner salads and fresh seafood boils. With a thirst for knowing how to eat healthier without sacrificing delicious decadence, we’ve invited noted nutrition expert, award winning food journalist and television personality […] ...
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A Pioneer of Nuevo Latino Cooking in the U.S. Is Now Leading Culinary Trips to Cuba
He’s been called “the godfather of Nuevo Latino cooking” by media and food industry cognoscenti. His dishes pack a “pow” in flavor, texture and color. I first became familiar with Chef Douglas Rodriguez’s muy sabroso culinary style when he was still in his tender twenties cooking “upscale Cuban” food at his restaurant YUCA (an acronym for […] ...
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