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First up is Howard Rosenthal the BIG Cheese at MrFood.com with the latest book from the test kitchen: The Ultimate Cooking for Two Cookbook.
For more than 30 years, folks have enjoyed feeding their families and friends with the Mr. Food Test Kitchen’s quick and easy recipes. While everyone has raved about how much they love cooking for the whole gang, they’ve also asked us for more recipes meant to feed just a few. That’s why we’ve assembled a cookbook with more than 130 mouthwatering recipes designed especially for smaller households. It may seem like all you have to do is cut a recipe in half, but it’s not that simple!
Everyone loves great food, but sometimes you don’t want to cook for an army or eat leftovers for what seems like forever. This cookbook is meant for everyone from the newlywed to the empty nester, the college student to the active senior, or anyone in between! Not only is this cookbook packed with triple-tested recipes that will make you feel like a pro, but it’s brimming with all sorts of tips and tricks to help you make sure every recipe comes out perfect. And if you thought it couldn’t get any better, you’ll find that every recipe features a full page photo to tempt and inspire you.
So, whether you’re looking for weeknight favorites, fill-ya-up breakfasts, or smile-worthy desserts, this book is a must-have!
You can order a copy at MrFood.com and use the promo code “TheGoodLife” and get a copy for $15 instead of the list price of $21.95
Denise Neil
In the second half I’ll be talking to the Wichita Eagles Denise Neil about the super handy Wichita dinning guide featuring the 50 “Not to be Missed” restaurants here in the flat lands of Wichita. We’ll probably chat about other fun food related topics too. Learn more about Denise and follow her Dinning with Denise blog at Kansas.com
Good Life Guy’s Wine of the Week:
Sullivan Family Vineyards
2015 Sauvignon Blanc & 2014 Chardonnay
Bright tropical pineapple, honey citrus with undertones of white peach and vanilla aromas. This wine is very inviting with its fresh fruitful core and a nuance of mineral and wet stone. The palate is bright with hints of green citrus and acidity that drives and provides backbone. There is fruit that gives the wine a broad, dense, juicy quality. A sense of sweetness from time in oak underlines the fruit giving depth and character to this wine.
Golden hues swirl in the glass releasing tropical aromas of pineapple, guava and banana that intertwine with spicy, vanilla characteristics. On the palate, flavors of apple and lemon add to the undertone and complexity while a hint of honey gives the wine a viscosity that is lush and lasting. Fresh, clean and inviting, this wine is sure to make you ask for a second glass.
From high tea to late night snacks, and every meal in between, this enchanting guide is all any food-loving traveler will need to enjoy the wide variety of unique and tasty fare available in the capital. Rather than a restaurant guide, it is a description of the sometimes oddly named, traditional foods visitor will find in the markets, shops, pubs and restaurants of London. The author’s delectable adventures coupled with Danielle Kroll’s delightful images create a lyrical and witty chronicle of the delicious discoveries a foreigner will experience in this cosmopolitan city.
According to the winery: “Rich, bold and luscious, this is an easy-to-love creamy California Chardonnay. Made in the tradition of Californian winemaking, the fruit we choose has juicy, ripe, stone fruit and baked-lemon aromas. Cold fermented to the perfect, rich creaminess and aged in our own blend of oak, gives this wine a lovely, long, vanilla finish that’s uniquely Butter!”
It’s always fun to talk to winemakers, learn their background, winemaking goals and styles and taste some of their handywork. This week my guest is Skip Coomber from Coomber Family Ranch winery. Skip was in Wichita a couple of months ago hosting a very special dinner at Scotch & Sirloin. I had the pleasure of sitting next to skip and talking wine while enjoying many of his products and the great food at Scotch & Sirloin. 
Cooking with the Muse offers 150 nutritious international recipes with a plenitude of imaginative poetry about food and ingredients, along with enlightening literary essays, playful culinary and historical notes, and 200 beautiful full-color photographs. Here’s a feast of words and images, with easy-to-follow steps for preparing individual dishes and whole meals.
Doors open at 1 p.m. for the Grand Tasting and Silent Auction. Tickets for the Grand Tasting are $45 (inclusive of convenience fee) and can be purchased at Century II’sWichitaTix box office, by calling (316) 303-8100 or online at ww.wichitatix.com. Tickets entitle participants to a tasting mug, program guide and a key to the world of beers. Also look for non-beer drinks, an array of beer-friendly food, a brew-lover’s Silent Auction with the opportunity to win lots of great prizes, and music. The Silent Auction is a benefit for Prairie Travelers/Andover Augusta Rail Trail Initiative (AARTI.)