Count on one hand the ambassadors of Southern Cuisine, and Award-winning writer, chef, TV personality, and cookbook author Virginia Willis will invariably own one of those five fingers. Georgia-born and French-trained, Virginia has been the go-to expert for such chefs and lifestyle experts as Bobby Flay, Paula Deen, and Martha Stewart, and has appeared on numerous […]
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Vintner Michele Charlo- Italy’s Piemonte Pioneer
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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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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Ralph Brennan on New Orleans’ Restaurant Renaissance: August 19- The Connected Table LIVE!
It’s hard to believe that Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast with its eye on New Orleans 10 years ago August 29th. At the time we were planning a major dining and wine event for following February the following year which sadly was cancelled. The aftermath left many of our restaurant friends recovering for months, and people […]
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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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