Jan 23 – Fat Burning Machine

Cards for the Cure: The Kansas Poker Championship

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First up, Spike Anderson joins us to talk about this year’s Cards for The Cure event.

  • The premier poker tournament in Kansas. 100% of proceeds benefit Susan G. Komen Kansas. Tournament date: Saturday, January 30, 2016.
  • Cards for the Cure has raised more than $215,000 in 5 years. Visit CardsForTheCure.com to reserve your seat or sign up a team of up to 10 players to compete for great team prizes.

 

My nest guest is Mike Berland Co-author of one of the hottest diet books of the year:  “Become a FAT-BURNING MACHINE – The 12-Week Diet.

Fat-Burning Machine: The 12-Week Diet by Mike Berland & Gale BernhardtAre you ready to change your body for life? Do you want to step on a scale and feel happy? Do you want to look in the mirror and feel proud? Do you want looser-fitting clothes? Do you want more energy? Do you want to sleep solidly through the night?

No games. No gimmicks. No shakes. No starvation. Just a straightforward and simple, doctor-approved approach to eating and exercise that throws out decades of bad science and will transform you from being a fat-storing person into a permanent FAT-BURNING MACHINE.

This is our promise: Follow this plan and you will experience dramatic, life-altering results.

But if you still need further convincing, just ask yourself:
• Have you been gaining a pound or so a year, for the past few years?
• Do you crave sugar and snacks, and worry that you can’t control your cravings?
• Do you feel that the more you exercise, the hungrier you are and the more you eat?
• Does exercise make you feel tired and weak?
• Are you working out more than ever and still gaining weight?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then it’s time to find out if the habits you’ve developed are causing your body to store fat or to burn it. So much of what you’ve been taught about fitness and weight loss is patently false—that you have to eliminate all fat from your diet or that you should load up on carbohydrates before a workout. These practices may actually be sabotaging your success. Fat-Burning Machine exposes the myths that have prevented you from achieving your weight and fitness goals, and will revolutionize the way you think about your body, your health, and your outlook on life.

About the Authors:

Mike Berland

Mike Berland is the CEO of Edelman Berland, the strategic research and analytics arm of Edelman. His clients have included multinational companies, professional sports leagues, entertainment figures, higher education and cultural institutions, and political leaders. After becoming a fat-burning machine, he experienced a dramatic reduction in weight (and has kept it off), and successfully completed his first New York City Marathon and the 2015 Ironman World Championships in Kona, HI.  www.michaelberland.com

Good Life Guy’s Wine of the Week:
2014 Orin Swift Cellars ABSTRACT

Grenache, Syrah, Petite Sirah

An alluring inky-purple achievement, the 2014 Abstract is replete with a vivid nose of red and black stone fruits, candied cherry, cassis, dried floral notes, and sweet oak accents. Fleshy and spirited, the wine evolves into a very complex flavor profile of dark berry preserve, raspberry jam, Asian spices, mocha, chaparral, and a hint of crushed rock minerality. An underlying acidity leads to a graceful and fine tannin chain that is seemingly endless.  Abstract is a blend of Napa, Sonoma, and Mendocino Grenache, Petite Sirah, and Syrah primarily from hillside vineyards.

Not much of this newly released BIG red wine around here in the Midwest, get you some quick at jacob Liquor Exchange on North Rock Road!
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Jan 16 – Restaurant Week

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If you haven’t been enjoying the Wichita Restaurant scene you are missing out!  Yes some old favorites have closed, but the number of new and innovative openings combined with the long-time enduring favorites are sure to please.  This show today will give you some insight on local dinning and FUN. Denise Neil from the Wichita Eagle joins me as my co-host this week, who better to talk about this vibrant segment of Wichita entertainment.

Fireside-Grille-logoFirst up Chef Peter Moretti from the Wichita Marriott’s all new Fireside Grille.  After a $5 million renovation on the entrance and ground floor you won’t believe how cool this new Marriott “Greatroom” concept is.  We all loved the former Black Angus Grille but Fireside has an all new creative menu, wine list and more.  Combine that with the spectacular decor, Creekstone Farms meat and it’s time to ear!   Learn more, see the menu, wine list and view some photos!

 

Then Cynthia Wentworth, VP of Marketing for Visit Wichita will tell us all about Wichita Restaurant Week which starts January 22 through 31.

Get ready for another luscious Wichita Restaurant Week in 2016. Enjoy 10 delicious days of exploring Wichita’s amazing restaurants. As a fundraiser for Boys & Girls Clubs of South Central Kansas, Wichita Restaurant Week and its participating restaurants will offer a mouthwatering menu of three course dishes. When you order from the Restaurant Week menu, 10 percent will be donated to Wichita’s Boys & Girls Club. Keep visitingWichitaRestaurantWeek.com for updates about participating restaurants, and be a part of the conversation on our Twitter and Facebook accounts.

If you’re a foodie and looking for an excuse to try something new, then you definitely can’t miss this opportunity to see why Wichita was called a “Top 10 foodie city” by Livability.com.

I’ll also be telling you about the January 19 AIWF Wichita Murphy-Goode Wine dinner at YaYa’s.  A great menu by new Chef Chris Leyden and some fine wines from this stellar Sonoma producer.  www.aiwfwichita.org

Good Life Guy’s Wine of the Week:
2012 Murphy-Goode “Liar’s Dice” Zinfandel
2011-Murphy-Goode-Liars-Dice-Zinfandel1“The 2012 Lair’s Dice is as vibrant as ever! Juicy tannins invite flavors of black raspberry, black cherry, and blackberry jam. This is a one created to be a second glass of Zin! If you have one, you are certain to have a second.”  Great Zin nose with soft tannin, ripe berry fruit and a jammy finish.  Easy to drink and real easy to like.

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Jan 9 – Head High Wines

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We’ll start this Saturday with yet another great wine project and partnership of Bill Price.  In the past we have shared the story of “Three Sticks” winery with Bob Cabral and LUTUM with Gavin Chanin. Today it’s all about “Head High” winery with Vintner and principle Sam Spencer.  

headhi small“The brand’s name is derived from a surfing term to describe when the waves are as high as the head of the surfer. Spencer, an avid surfer, has worked in grape growing and winemaking for more than 20 years and is formerly the director of winegrowing for Cameron Hughes and owns the Madder Lake Vineyard in Lake County. Price is the owner of Classic Wines and Price Family Vineyards. Grapes for the Head High brand will come from Price and Spencer’s vineyards as well as other North Coast properties.”  © Wines & Vines

 

Sam Spencer

About Sam Spencer:
Sam Spencer comes to Head High Wines with a long and distinguished career as a winegrower, wine-industry consultant, and vineyard developer for the past two decades on California’s North Coast. After studying viticulture at the University of California at Davis, Sam got his start as wine director of a bustling wine bar in San Francisco. He went on to build multiple wine brands from the soil up. “I have pursued a career in winegrowing by illuminating a vineyard’s best facets,” he says. Sam, a father of two, is a lifelong sailor and surfer and an avid cyclist and skier.

 

Good Life Guy’s Wine of the Week:
2013 Head High Red Blend – Cultivated from vineyards in Sonoma, Lake, and Napa counties, the 2013 Head High Red Blend is juicy, dark, and seductive. Our vineyard selection ranges from the cool, rolling Sonoma Valley to the rugged hills of the Mayacamas Range. Madder Lake Vineyards provides our Grenache and Zinfandel, the Cabernet comes from Lichau Hill and Roundball Vineyards, and the Merlot and Malbec stem from Fichtenberg Vineyard. Embodying the best of nature’s essence, the balanced and powerful Red Blend invigorates with every sip. 36% Malbec, 20% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% Zinfandel, 11% Grenache

2013 Head High Pinot Noir – a blend from several vineyards throughout the Sonoma Coast, including Durell Vineyard, Wildcat Vineyard, and the Sangiacomo family. Thanks to ideal harvest conditions during 2013, this unique vintage is rich, sinewy, and packed with energy. This wine is characterized by grace, depth, flavor intensity, and balance. After a four-day cold soak, the individual vineyard-lots were blended early to present a true picture of the breadth of Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir. After a day spent exploring the world, a glass of Head High Pinot Noir feels like home.

Learn more and order wine at www.headhighwines.com 

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Jan 2 – Prison Ramen & Sequoia Grove wines

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First up is Hollywood actor Clifton Collins with his new book “Prison Ramen.”

jacket image for Prison RamenA unique and edgy cookbook, Prison Ramen takes readers behind bars with more than 65 ramen recipes and stories of prison life from the inmate/cooks who devised them, including celebrities like Slash from Guns n’ Roses and the actor Shia LaBeouf.

Instant ramen is a ubiquitous food, beloved by anyone looking for a cheap, tasty bite—including prisoners, who buy it at the commissary and use it as the building block for all sorts of meals. Think of this as a unique cookbook of ramen hacks. Here’s Ramen Goulash. Black Bean Ramen. Onion Tortilla Ramen Soup. The Jailhouse Hole Burrito. Orange Porkies—chili ramen plus white rice plus ½ bag of pork skins plus orange-flavored punch. Ramen Nuggets. Slash’s J-Walking Ramen (with scallions, Sriracha hot sauce, and minced pork).

Then it’s all about Sequoia Grove wines for New Years entertaining with winery educator Dean Basquaert

Good Life Guy’s Wine of the Week:
2012 Sequoia Grove Napa Cabernet Sauvignon
Dark red in color, on the nose the wine smells of blackberry, black cherry, and clove, with background notes of coffee and vanilla. On the palate, the wine bursts with fresh fruit, cherries, and blackberries. A seamless arc of flavor flows into a slightly smoky finish.

 

 

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Dec 26 – Vivino & Pickles

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Hope you all had a great Christmas and are ready for the New Year.  Did you get a bunch of wine gifts?  🙂

If you are a wine lover and like to keep track of what you drink, see wine ratings of other users as well as professional ratings store and rate your favorites and even track the wine in your cellar, you need Vivino!

Vivino is an online wine community, database and mobile application where users can buy, rate and review wines. Vivino was founded in July 2009 by Heini Zachariassen and Theis Sondergaard. As of 2014 ,Vivino has a wine database containing over 3 million different wines, and has 6.8 million users.

Take a photo of any wine label and instantly learn that wine’s rating, reviews, and average price. All supplied by the world’s largest wine community of 12 million wine drinkers.

1st up is Stephen Favrot, VP of Marketing at Vivino.  The application and web site have changed significantly since I first started using it in early 2012.  Co-Founder Heini Zachariassen was on the show in October of 2013.  There is so much information to explore and use in addition to learning about wine you may want to buy or have purchased already.  You can even buy wine through the App, and I’m talking some great deals.  Check it out www.vivino.com

Want to see what I have been drinking?  Follow “GoodLifeGuy” after you download the app or click here to see my wines, ratings and more.   I have rated over 1200 wines and am currently ranked 426 out of many millions of users here in the USA.

Back HomeIn the second half I’ll be talking to my brother-in-law Chaz Robinson.  He and wife Maggie have been busy building a company called “Sweet, Sour, Salty” and selling pickled locally grown produce sourced near their production facility in Virginia.  While Chaz has an extensive background as a Chef at some great restaurants and has developed, ran and executed a great Denver restaurant called Shells & Sauce, I think he has found his true calling.  The Pickle Master will tell us all about his story and the products produced.   Note to self: Pickled Garlic is one of many must have jars…hope he brings some for Christmas day.

Follow them on Facebook and check out www.sweetsoursalty.net 

Then…
Instead of a wine of the week, how about a fine Kentucky Bourbon with a cool name.
Bower Hill Single Barrel Bourbon

bower hillIn 1794 a group of approximately 600 Mingo Creek militiamen surrounded Federal Tax Inspector John Neville’s fortified home, rebelling against the Excise Whiskey Tax of 1971. The farmers and militiamen taking part in this “Whiskey Rebellion” were fighting for the very same principles which fueled the American Revolution, and during the attack on Neville’s home – Bower Hill – two rebel leaders were killed, including Revolutionary War Major James McFarlane. Upon completion of the two-day battle, Neville’s home was razed by fire, and now, Bower Hill and the Whiskey Rebellion are commemorated with a new rebellious spirit, Bower Hill Single Barrel Bourbon.

Distilled and aged in Louisville, Kentucky, Bower Hill Single Barrel Bourbon has a warm amber appearance and an aroma of vanilla spice and rich, charred oak. On the palate, there are more spicy oak tannins complemented by lush fruits and wheat toast, leading to a long, smooth finish defined by caramel and popcorn.

Bower Hill Single Barrel Bourbon just hit the market in 2015 – be the first to pick up a bottle today at Jacob Liquor Exchange…tell them Good Life Guy “Bower” sent you!

 

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