This week’s show features a great new book “The cook’s Book of Intense Flavors” by my guests Robert and Molly Krause; former chef/owners of the award-winning, Lawrence Kansas Krause Dining restaurant featured in Food & Wine magazines annual “100 Tastes to Try” issue.
The Cook’s Book of Intense Flavorsis an indispensable guide to exotic and decadent flavor combinations for the advanced chef. Filled with more than 100 extraordinary combinations, The Cook’s Book of Intense Flavors will make you rethink the way you approach food and each exotic flavor is accompanied by an inspired recipe as an example of how to use it. And unlike other flavor references, this book offers a recipe for each combination so you know exactly how to use what you learn. You’ll learn how to cook more innovatively by adding an unexpected note such chili to a traditional flavor combination such as pineapple and mango. You’ll cook more intuitively by learning which flavors work together and how to balance different flavor profiles such as sweet, sour, savory, and spicy. You’ll get more excitement from cooking as you taste how flavors evolve during the cooking process. Most importantly, you’ll get more pleasure out of the flavors and ingredients you use every day. 
In the second half I’ll be talking to Chef Bobby Lane of Chester’s Chop House about his collaboration with Jimmy Yeager owner of the famous “Jimmy’s” restaurant in Aspen Colorado and founding president of the Challenge Aspen board of directors, about a spectacular cookbook they put together that benefits Challenge Aspen. We’ll tell you all about this great cookbook, the incredible organization it benefits and how you can get a copy for yourself, family and friends…what a great Christmas gift! Get a copy at Chester’s Chop House or Watermark Books!Challenge Aspen is dedicated to impacting lives by presenting meaningful recreational, cultural and competitive experiences to individuals faced with cognitive or physical challenges. www.challangeaspen.org
Bobby Lane, Guy & Jimmy Yeager
Good Life Guy’s Wine of the Week: 2008 Montgras Quatro
“One of the best values in Chilean wine is Quatro, a lusty blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Carmenère and Syrah. The nose is deep and roasted, with aromas of bacon, vanilla, pastry and black fruit. Lush and full in the mouth, with intense blackberry and cassis flavors. A titan at a great price, and ageable over the short term. Drink now through 2013.”
90 Points
Wine Enthusiast