Sep 14 – Peace Tree Brewing

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Guy

The run-up to the 13th Annual Midwest Beerfest continues with this show!

My guest in the first half is Dan McKay Vice President of Peace Tree Brewing in Knoxville Iowa.  Peace Tree is a relatively new Craft Brewing operation and their excellent brews are new to Kansas and this years Midwest Beerfest.

Brewing great full-flavored beer is our passion, but we are also passionate about where we have come from and where we are going. As you might be able to tell, the name of our beers have connections to the places in our past, especially derived from memories and places in our community and our state.

Our name, Peace Tree Brewing Company, is also a reminder, a prompting of our past where different cultures met to discuss, trade, and come to agreements. The Peace Tree is a historic grand sycamore tree that was located near the town of Red Rock under what is now Lake Red Rock. Supposedly the old sycamore was a place where Indians met for generations, then became a meeting place for fur traders. Indian treaties were negotiated here and there is some speculation that it marks the Red Rock Line.  www.peacetreebrewing.com

Peace Tree Brewings Beers will be featured at one of the three Midwest Beerfest dinners at Larkspur.  To see the menu for all three, go to:  www.midwestbeerfest.com

Remember, reservations are a must…call today the dinners are filling up fast!

Midwest Beerfest 2013 Celebrity Beer Dinners
September 20, 2013 – 7 p.m – Cost: $55
Call 316 682-5502 for reservations by Sept. 17

When calling for tickets to the dinners, please leave a message, someone will return your call in 24-48 hours.

We’ll finish up with some more info about this year’s Beerfest and of course a great wine of the week.

Good Life Guy’s Wine of the Week:  
2012 Cedrus le Rosé 

100% Negrette grapes grown on gravelly, stony soils in the vicinity of Toulouse France.  This Rose displays floral and fruity aromas reminiscent of fresh raspberries.  Crisp and lively, it is a perfect aperitif wine and pairs nicely with grille dpoultry or charcuterie.

I love this wine!  While many still look down their nose at “pink wine”, products like this will surely raise the bar for dry rosé.

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Sep 7 – Blvd Brewing & Midwest Beerfest

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Guy

This weeks show is all about Kansas City’s Boulevard Brewing Company with Brewer Jeremy Danner.  Boulevard brews will be featured at one of the three Midwest Beerfest Beer dinners.  This dinner is at The DoubleTree Hilton – Wichita Airport and is going to be great fun.  Check out the menu and make reservations today, all the dinners will fill up fast and you must have reservations.  Go to www.midwestbeerfest.com to see the menus.

Boulevard Brewing Company has grown to be the largest specialty brewer in the Midwest, with full or partial distribution currently in 24 states. Since 1989 our brewery has remained dedicated to the craft of producing fresh, flavorful beers using traditional ingredients and the best of both old and new brewing techniques. Our selection of fine ales and lagers include the Midwest’s best-selling craft beer, Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat Beer, our flagship Boulevard Pale Ale, and The Smokestack Series line of artisanal beers. We are proud to be Kansas City’s Beer, and Missouri’s Largest Independent Brewery.  www.boulevard.com

 

Good Life Guy’s BEER of the Week:
Everything Boulevard! 

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Aug 31 – OTFM winner, Nutella and more!

Posted on August 30, 2013 by Guy

This is going to be a FUN show!

I’ll be down at the Old Town Farmers Market all morning.  Cooking and sampling Pedron peppers starting around 8:30 a.m., then judging the Annual Old Town Farmers Market Iron Chef Cookoff.  I’ll tell you all about it and we’ll have the winner on the show to get things started.   www.oldtownfarmersmarket.com

Chef Jason Febres

Then Chef Jason Febres from Taste & See (who happens to be a BIG Nutella fan) joins us to talk about fun ways to enjoy this nutty chocolate spread.  I have anew book featuring 30 of the best Nutella recipes. www.tasteandseeict.com

From irresistible macaroons to tasty cheesecakes, discover new ways of using, cooking and enjoying Nutella with 30 mouthwatering recipes. 30 delicious recipes in a Nutella-shaped book for all the fans of the famous spread.

Check out some of these recipe suggestions:

– little individual sweets: from a revisited version of bread with Nutella to Nutella and banana tartlettes

– generous Nutella cakes to share: cake roll, Twelfth Night cake or even a Nutella charlotte.

– creamy, ‘must have’ recipes: mousse and little cream

– surprising recipes to impress both young and old: macaroons, caramelized hazelnut stuffed truffles, little mango egg rolls

And then…

My good buddy David Haglund joins us to talk about this year Old Cowtown Wine Mosey.  This is a great event that allows attendees to cruise the dusty streets of Cowtown while enjoying some fine wine, light bites, live music, dancing saloon gals, antique bowling and the occasional guy fight.  Then mosey on over to the Chuck Wagon BBQ put on by the WagonMasters and get ready for the LIVE auction.  Details:

Sunday September 15, 4:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Only $40 per person (must be 21)
Tickets at www.wichitaTix.com
Or call 316 350-3323

Good Life Guy’s Wine of the Week:
2005 Bodegas LAN Gran Reserva, Estate Bottles – Rioja Spain 

80% Tempranillo, 10% Mazuelo, 10% Garnacha aged In American and French oak barrels for 24 months, followed by 36 months in bottle. Deep cherry-red with violet hues. Intense aromas of red fruits and fine wood. Elegant and well balanced in the mouth this wine if perfect for grilled lamb chops, steak and mushrooms and so much more.

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Aug 24 – Food Trucks, Green Chile and more

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Guy

Come join me at Johnson’s Garden Center for a LIVE broadcast and sample some great food from the finest Wichita Food Trucks as they compete in the “Food Truck Iron ChileHead Cook-Off”

Joe Stumpe, Denise Neil and your’s truly will be judging and talking about each food trucks entry and a little about each of the contestants during this fun event.  You will have the opportunity to purchase the food they are preparing and enjoy the smell of fresh roasting Hatch Green Chile’s.

Food Truck Participating

  • Hopperoni Express
  • Cake Face Bake Shop
  • BS Sandwich Press
  • The Hopping Pita
  • MMMM….Sandwiches

Hope to see you there!

Good Life Guy’s Wine of the Week:  Something FUN to go with Hatch Green Chiles 🙂

Barefoot Bubbly Sparkling Pinot Grigio
SILVER MEDAL, 2009 SAN DIEGO INT’L WINE COMP. Bright and fruity, the core-fruited Barefoot Pinot Grigio Bubbly is quite a good sparkling wine; fresh and very easy on the palate; clean and lasting.
Barefoot White Zinfandel
A refreshing wine with tropical aromas of fresh pineapple and sweet citrus. Flavors of ripe strawberries and pears intensify the smooth, crisp finish. Barefoot White Zinfandel is perfect served chilled with appetizers, fruits, poultry, seafood and cheeses. Outstanding!

Get-Ya-Some at Jacob Liquor Exchange East or West!

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Aug 17 – EATS, Green Chiles & S. African Sav Blanc

Posted on August 17, 2013 by Guy

First up is Mary Rolph Lamontagne with her new book “EATS – Enjoy All the Seconds.”  Mary says:

My inspiration for this book was a lightbulb moment while working at a bush camp in Botswana. We were low on stock and the leftovers were building up in the fridge. High paying guests were expecting a memorable meal and the rest is history…

EATS offers:

27 master recipes
108 alternate recipes
135 recipes in all

• Cut, peel, purée, poach or freeze 12 different fruits to take full advantage of their flavour.

• Roast, steam, bake, braise, sauté or grate 15 different vegetables to then reinvent them into other recipes.

• Learn tips and tricks to be used while cooking to reuse food items that might have been thrown out.

• Acquire tips on how to buy, why to buy and how to store 27 different fruits and vegetables.

• Pick up green tips on growing fruits and vegetables in gardens or in containers.

In addition to a diverse and colorful collection of recipes, EATS also provides practical solutions for saving and reusing ingredients to create new meals. Mary’s simple tips on reinventing leftovers will help you eliminate waste, save money, and challenge your culinary creativity.  For more ideas or questions on reusing leftovers, visit SavourandSave.com

Mary Rolph Lamntagne

Mary Rolph Lamontagne has been active in the food industry for the past 20 years. After graduating from Middlebury College in the US, with a BA in art History, Mary attended the Ritz Escoffier Culinary School in Paris. Married and starting a family, Mary moved back to her hometown of Montreal where she worked as an event planner, as well as a food journalist for a French Canadian magazine.

Since arriving in South Africa in 2005, Mary has worked as a food consultant for the Protea Hotel group, as well as for various upscale South African Bush camps.  In her free time Mary can be found making discoveries in the kitchen, tending to her worm farm or climbing Table Mountain.

In the second half Marty Johnson from Johnson’s Garden Center will be telling us all about the August 24 “Food Truck Iron ChileHead Cookoff” where 5 of Wichita’s top Food Trucks will compete for top honors with recipes featuring fresh Hatch Green Chiles.

Good Life Guy’s Wine of the Week:
2011 Mulderbosch Sauvignon Blanc from South Africa
This racy bottling single-handedly put South Africa on the map as a source of world class Sauvignon Blanc. One of the Cape’s most heralded and sought-after wines, it garners 90+ scores vintage after vintage. Vivid citrus and tropical fruit aromas give way to zesty flavors of green fig, lemon-lime and passion fruit, with grassy, herbal undertones and a complex, chalky minerality. Briny saline undercurrents cut through the racy, mouthwatering finish.

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