OK, so it’s been a BIG holiday season, and even January has had lots of great food and wine. How about an interesting author with his new book “Chubster – A Hipsters Guide to Losing Weight While Staying Cool” by my first guest, Martin Cizmar.
You’ve heard it all before: Calorie counting is the most effective way to lose weight. You’ve heard it because it’s true, and you’re still fat because you ignored it. Lucky for you, Martin Cizmar has come up with the least awful diet plan of all time. If you’re going to make a change, you might as well do it his way. The cool way. The Chubster way.
The Chubster plan revolves around calorie counting and enjoyable “undercover” exercise (urban hiking and gum chewing: solid calorie burning potential on their own; even better together). Martin gives readers the tools to become self-sufficient weight-loss machines capable of functioning in any environment. From frozen dinners and drive-thru menus to ethnic eating and microbrews, he offers suggestions for the responsible choice, steers readers clear of the real diet-killers and dispels some long-held untruths. That Stella you’re holding? It’s more caloric than Guinness. www.chubbbster.com
Dieting is never fun, but with Chubster, losing weight can be.
In the second half I’ll be talking to Indy BBQ guru Jeff Yater about great Super Bowl Ribs and more.
As Indianapolis preps for the Super Bowl, football fans are thinking about party menus. But even for those who can’t come to town, it’s still possible to get a taste of Indy, and that’s where the city’s own BBQ insiders come in to play.
Jeff Yater and Jim Coldren are no strangers to the barbeque world. They own Squealers Award Winning Barbeque in this year’s Super Bowl headquarters, Indianapolis, and have won more than 65 awards at assorted national, world and Ribfest events throughout the South, East and Midwest. In 2011, Squealers won 14th place overall (of 89) at the Jack Daniels World Invitational BBQ Championship, in addition to 5th place overall at St. Louis River Pub and 16th overall (of 147) at the American Royal Invitational. www.squealersbarbeque.com
Adreine Rathbun
We’ll finish up with local home chef and “Social” Cooking instructor Adreine Rathbun with some more Super Bowl food thoughts and an overview of some of her future cooking classes. You can be a part of the fun by signing up for Adrenine’s cooking classes. Classes are intimate, hands on and take place in her spectacular home kitchen. Check it out and sign up today: www.socialcookingclasses.com
Good Life Guy’s Wine of the Week:
2007 Silverado Napa Valley Estate Cabernet
It’s all about balance: richness vs. tannins, ripe fruit vs. dried herb aromatics, ageability vs. instant gratification. Each year we aim to balance the velvety textured cherries and plums from our Stags Leap Vineyard with the big bodied, black berried fruit of our Mt. George Vineyard to create our version of a Napa classic.
From a great vintage and rated 92 by Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate!