Feb 18 – No show this week – WSU Basketball :-(

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Guy
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Feb 11 – Calorie Wars, Juke Joint Cookbook, Valentines bubbles!

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Guy

First up another interesting “Anti-diet” book Calorie Wars: Fat, Fact and Fiction by Larry Deutsch and Jeff Schweitzer.  Joining me to talk about the book is Dr. Jeff Schweitzer

Calorie Wars: Fat, Fact and Fiction presents a startling truth: if you want to be lean, fit and healthy you don’t need to diet. All you need to do, to have the body that you desire, is to eat naturally and normally.  Written by Dr. Larry Deutsch, a family physician, and Jeff Schweitzer, biologist and former White House senior analyst, Calories Wars reveals the truths that weight loss industry doesn’t want you to know:

• How the human body stores and burns fat

• The role that metabolism plays in weight loss

• How easy losing weight can be

The authors take on and debunk popular diets and dieting experts. Read Calorie Wars: Fat, Fact and Fiction to learn why these popular diets are guaranteed to fail:

• Herbal Magic

• Zone

• South Beach

• Atkins

• 4 Hour Body

• Raw Food

If you have battled extra weight for years stop wasting your time and end the war today. Don’t be fooled by fad diets and false promises. Get the truth. Read Calorie Wars.

Learn more or get a copy at: www.jeffschweitzer.com or www.drlarry.com

In the second half I’ll be talking to a Ruby Dee Philippa, a Grammy nominated singer, a former restaurant owner featured on The Food Network, a professional musician who suffered a devastating brain injury, only to use recipe writing to nurse herself back to health – and now the author of Ruby’s Juke Joint Americana Cookbook, a full-length recipe book featuring down-home favorites like cornbread, ribs, and sweet tea…and much more!

Ruby Dee Philippa is the lead singer of the high-octane roots and rockabilly act Ruby Dee and the Snakehandlers. Raised in both the Northern California foothill ranches and the cotton and oil fields of the Texas panhandle, Ruby has worked on fishing boats in Alaska, lived in South America, and toured most of the United States. Her travels have inspired her devotion to Americana culture, which celebrates the melting pot heritage of the United States.

Previously, Ruby owned three successful restaurants in Seattle, Washington, until she finally “settled down” as a musician in Austin, Texas, where she lives today. Her book, Ruby’s Juke Joint Americana Cookbook, is a veritable feast of down-home recipes meant to be enjoyed with family and friends.

Ruby’s Juke Joint Americana Cookbook is available at www.barnesandnoble.com and www.amazon.com, in hardcover, paperback, and eBook format. It can also be purchased from major and independent bookstores nationwide or from Ruby directly at www.rubysjukejoint.com.

Good Life Guy’s Wine of the Week:
NV Gimmonet-Gonet (Le Mesnil) Grower Champagne

“Champagne Gimmonet-Gonet is stand-alone, no-frills bubbly that shows extremely well against much heavier weights, and does quite well next to their neighbor Krug (also from Le Mesnil). The Brut Tradition is 50% chardonnay, 50% pinot noir.” -The Importer

 Perfect for your Valentines day celebration with someone you like! 😉

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Feb 4 – Wine Guidebook, Clos Du Val Napa Cabernet

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Guy

My guest is Charles Olken, co-author with Joseph Furstenthal of “The New Connoisseurs’ Guidebook to California Wine & Wineries.”
For this powerful successor to his best-selling guide to California wine, Charles E. Olken has joined forces with Joseph Furstenthal to craft The New Connoisseurs’ Guidebook to California Wine and Wineries. An encyclopedia, atlas, and buying guide combined in one comprehensive, authoritative work, this new guide delivers information and guidance that is not available in any other place. From first page to last, it is geared towards a wide range of consumers, yet also offers the depth and detail that made its predecessor one of the most frequently referenced works by wine educators and industry insiders. Now organized geographically into eight wine regions, the guide has been completely rewritten and expanded to provide the most current information on the state’s evolving wine industry–its history, grapes, winemaking, terminology, geography, and leading wineries.

Charles E. Olken is the publisher and editor of the monthly Connoisseurs’ Guide to California Wine, described by the Los Angeles Times as the “oldest, most prestigious reviewer of California wines.” Joseph Furstenthal is a writer, wine collector, and marketing specialist.  Get a copy NOW!

In the second half I’ll be talking to Clos Du Val winemaker Kristy Melton.  A biologist by trade Kristy Melton’s career as a research scientist at the prestigious National Institutes of Health was cut short when a family trip to Napa Valley inspired her to trade in her beakers for barrels in 2004.

Clos Du Val winemaker Kristy Melton

Kristy attended University of California at Davis where she earned her MS in Viticulture and Enology in 2007.   She joined Clos Du Val as Assistant Winemaker in August of 2010 after having held several key enology and winemaking positions at high profile wineries.  In January 2012, Kristy was promoted to Winemaker, the only woman and one of very few men to ever hold that title in the iconic winery’s 40 year history.   She will report to COO and Head Winemaker, John Clew who has overseen Clos Du Val winemaking since 1999.

www.closduval.com

Good Life Guy’s Wine of the Week:
2008 Clos du Val Napa Cabernet Sauvignon
Characteristic of Clos Du Val’s world-class Cabernet Sauvignon since 1972, this latest vintage continues the winery’s tradition of balanced, complex and elegant wines. Deep garnet-black in color, the 2008 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon has aromas of black fruit, complex spices, and hints of toast. Rich and intense flavors of black fruit, and wood spices fill the mouth. The wine has a powerful, solid middle palate and lingering finish. Expect this Cabernet Sauvignon to age gracefully for an additional 5-10 years.

Can’t wait to taste this on the air!  On my recent visit to Napa, I was impressed with all the 2008 Cabernet tasted.  Many of the wines I tasted were as good or better than the 2007 “vintage of the decade” wines that preceded them.

Pick up a bottle at Jacob Liquor Exchange or your favorite wine shop and join me!

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Jan 28 – The Chubster Diet, Squealers BBQ, Cooking Classes, Silverado Napa Cab

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Guy

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!

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Jan 21 – The Wines of Merryvale

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Guy

From the heart of Napa Valley and one of the most storied wineries in California, I’ll be talking to Director of Communications Chris O’Gorman and Merryvale Winemaker Sean Foster.

Winemaker Sean Foster

While studying biochemical engineering at UCLA, he occasionally brewed beer to enjoy with friends and began to drink wine, but never with the thought that this would someday become his profession. It wasn’t until his final year of study that Sean realized a career as a scientist wasn’t for him and he began looking for something that would allow him to use his science background, yet provide the opportunity to create a product he could enjoy.

The call to the wine industry came in 1992 when Foster’s grandfather, who lived in the Napa Valley, helped him get a job during harvest. Interestingly enough, he got his start at Merryvale. He became enthralled with the winemaking process during crush, working under then winemaker Bob Levy. After harvest, he returned to UCLA for a short time, only to leave during his final year to accept a full time job in the cellars at Merryvale. During his nine year tenure he was a “cellar rat” for three years, becoming Assistant Winemaker in 1995, and Associate Winemaker in 2001, this time working with winemaker Steve Test to introduce new varietals and develop single vineyard wines. In July 2002, he left to join Peju Province Winery as Winemaker.

Foster’s career has come full circle, now back at Merryvale as the Senior Winemaker for both Starmont and Merryvale wines. He works closely with Winemaker Graham Wehmeier, the winemaking staff and Viticulturist Remi Cohen to create wines that reflect Merryvale’s outstanding vineyard sources.

Good Life Guy’s Wines of the Week:
Award winning wines from Merryvale and Starmont 

   

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