My first guest is Justin Chapple, Food & Wine Magazine Associate Editor and part of the team that put together the latest cookbook to come from this great magazine; Food & Wine’s Best of the Best
Imagine creating your ideal cookbook by collecting your favorite recipes from the top 25 cookbooks of the year – plus exclusive new recipes from many of the star authors, published for the first time in your new cookbook! That’s exactly what you’ll find in the FOOD & WINE Best of the Best Cookbook Recipes, Volume 15—brimming with more than 100 utterly delectable recipes specially chosen for you by the FOOD & WINE editors.
Discover mouthwatering dishes for all occasions and every course, selected from the cookbooks of TV stars and renowned chefs Bobby Flay, Jacques Pepin and Mario Batali, plus many more!
In the second half I’ll be talking to Wichita’s own Dr. B. Theo Mellion, proprietor of Roche-Mere Wine Selections. Theo and his staff bring some of the finest small producer French wines to the United States and the World.
Theo Mellion
Dr. B. Theo Mellion, born in New Haven, CT, resides in Wichita, KS with his wife and daughter, as well as in Tours, France. A traveler to France’s wine country for nearly 35 years, Theo is a member of several American and French-based wine education associations as well as personal friends with many of France’s wine elite, American importers, retailers, restaurateurs and private club members. One of the best palettes out there, with an ocean of knowledge and appreciation for the subtleties and beauty of French AOCs, Theo is the prime driving force and heartbeat of Roche-Mère’s development, portfolio and client base.
Michael Affatato
Also joining us in-studio is Michael Affatato, Theo’s Partner at Roche-Mere. Michael was born in Brooklyn, NY but has been living in France since 1997. Formally trained and diplomaed in Advertising in Manhattan, NY, Michael has worked in the wine trade full-time since he first fell in love with Napa Valley wines in 1991. He, his French wife and two daughters moved to France in 1997; he worked as an executive for Maison Chapoutier in the Rhone from 1999 till 2002 then for Jean-Luc Thunevin of Château Valandraud in St-Emilion before he and his wife bought Château La Gatte in 2004. Wine maker and exporter, Michael today has acquired full French nationality and lives year-round in Saint-André de Cubzac on Bordeaux’s right bank.
Good Life Guy’s Wines of The Week:
Killer wine from France brought to you by Roche-Mere Wine Selections
Stop by Jacob Liquor Exchange on North Rock to taste one of Theo’s wines Saturday July 28 between Noon – 8:00 p.m.!