Jun 6 – Joy Cone Company

Posted on June 2, 2020 by Guy

My first guest this week is David George CEO of Joy Cone Company, first class ice cream cones.  Joy is the world’s largest ice cream cone manufacturer and has been mixing, baking and packaging ice cream cones at a sugar-scented factory in northern Arizona since 2000. Today, the Flagstaff facility produces up to 1.2 million cake, sugar and waffle cones daily.  Learn more at www.joycone.com

In 1918, Lebanese immigrant, Albert George, along with other family members, bought some second-hand cone-baking machines and started the George & Thomas Cone Company. Today, that company is still owned/operated by the George family along with the employees. As such, the company is now known as Joy Cone Company, after its signature brand of ice cream cones. It is the largest ice cream cone company in the world, baking over 1.5 billion cones/year.

We are an independent, 100% employee owned business, practicing the art of cone baking for 100 years.

Joy Cone Company also has a $20 million, 112,000 sq. ft. facility in Hermitage Pennsylvania, and the employees are excited. Why? Because they own the company.  Several years ago Joy Cone Company transitioned to an Employee Stock Option Plan. The company is now a 100% employee owned business.

“While there are a number of reasons for our success,” David says, “perhaps the most important has been our dedicated work force. Over the years, we have invested a lot of money in buildings, ovens, and equipment, but if you don’t have the right people in place, all of that does not matter.”  Joy Cone is on Facebook!

If you have great cones, you need something special to put in them…
In the second half I’ll be talking to Kendra Burkey owner and quality ice cream maker at “Salted Creamery.”

From Salted Caramel to Cookies ‘n’ Cream, Berry Cheesecake to S’Mores, Salted Creamery is dedicated to creating the most vivid flavors you can find. Made in North Newton, Salted specializes in small batch ice cream and sorbets, sourcing many of their ingredients from local vendors and farmers.

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Learn more at www.saltedcreamery.com 

 

Goldschmidt Vineyards Virtual Wine Tasting with Good Life Guy
Saturday May 30, 6:00 p.m. CDT on Facebook LIVE
Special guest Proprietor & Winemaker Nick Goldschmidt

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Nick and I will be featuring four of his Premium California wines this Saturday on Face Book Live. You can purchase these wines at Jacob Liquor Exchange  Curb side delivery available.
Jacob on North Rock: 316 636-4566
West 21st St. N. 316 729-4566

Grab the wines, download the tasting guide and tips below:
Goldschmidt Tasting Guide    NICK GOLDSCHMIDT Bio   FB Live tips
Follow this link for the LIVE broadcast: Guy’s Facebook Page

Good Life Guy’s Virtual Wine Tasting wines:
2017 Goldschmidt Singing Tree Russian River Chardonnay
2018 Chelsea Goldschmidt Alexander Valley Merlot
2018 Katherine Goldschmidt Alexander Valley Cabernet
2016 Hilary Goldschmidt Napa Valley-Oakville Cabernet

 

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May 30 – Perfectly Golden Pastries

Posted on May 26, 2020 by Guy

My guest this week Angela Garbacz, owner of Goldenrod Pastries, with her new book Perfectly Golden – Adaptable Recipes for Sweet and Simple Treats.  Get a copy NOW

A cookbook of treats from the Great Plains to satisfy every sweet tooth.

Based in Lincoln, Nebraska, Goldenrod Pastries is a community bakery with an ambitious and talented baker at the helm. Angela Garbacz learned at her mother’s and grandmothers’ elbows, mixing up cookies and rolling sweet buns. Her training continued in New York City before she returned home and opened her dream shop.  www.goldenrodpastries.com

From her grandma’s famous peach coffee cake to caramel-covered pecan rolls, lemon meringue pie and frosted brownies to fluffernutter buns and confetti cookies, Garbacz’s pastries come out of the oven perfectly golden and regularly sell out. At her bakery, she creates delicious treats without dairy or gluten, but every recipe in this book can be made with butter and all-purpose flour just as easily as any alternative. With her positive attitude and confident voice, Garbacz makes it easy and fun to bake a perfect dessert that everyone can eat. This beautiful cookbook—the photography, the philosophy, and the desserts!—is an instant classic.
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Clos du Bois Virtual Wine Tasting with Good Life Guy
Saturday May 30, 6:00 p.m. CDT on Facebook LIVE

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I’ll be featuring four great value Clos du Bois California wines this Saturday on Face Book Live. You can purchase these wines at Jacob Liquor Exchange East or West, all are on sale for $8.99 each Curb side delivery available.
Jacob on North Rock: 316 636-4566
West 21st St. N. 316 729-4566

Grab the wines, download the tasting guide and tips below:
Clos du Bois Tasting notes    FB Live tips
Follow this link for the LIVE broadcast: Guy’s Facebook Page

Good Life Guy’s Virtual Wine Tasting wines:
2018 Clos du Bois Pinot Grigio
2017 Clos du Bois Chardonnay
2017 Clos du Bois Merlot
2017 Clos du Bois Cabernet

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May 23 – Price Family Vineyards & Estates

Posted on May 18, 2020 by Guy

My guest this week is Bill Price III – aka Billy Three Sticks, a passionate member of the wine industry since 1997, with two decades of strategic investments in vineyards, wineries and long-term winemaker partnerships.

Price Family Vineyards & Estates is a family of vineyards and wineries owned by Bill and Eva Price. It includes 370 planted acres of Sonoma Coast vineyard, spread through out Durell Vineyard, Gap’s Crown Vineyard, Walala Vineyard, One Sky Vineyard, and other select vineyards in development. Our wineries include Three Sticks, LUTUM and Head High Winery.

Bill Price is an investor and believer in the Sonoma County wine industry. Starting with the Durell Vineyard in 1997, Price Family Vineyards & Estates’ creation underscores his commitment and passion for Sonoma vineyards, wines and people. He has dedicated nearly two decades to strategic investments in vineyards, wineries and long-term winemaker partnerships. He works with excellent vineyards and winemakers of distinction so the collective vision for each vintage and piece of land comes through. He is also a great guy, who loves nature, his family and has a wicked sense of humor.

I have been a member of the Three Sticks wine club for several years and look forward to not only sharing Bill’s journey in wine but focusing on the great wines produced by Three Sticks.  I’ll have a couple of wines in the studio with me!  While you can’t get these wines in Kansas you can go to www.threestickswines.com and sign up for the allocation list to get notifications and have the opportunity to purchase these small production premium wines.

 

Barefoot Virtual Wine Tasting with Good Life Guy
Saturday May 23, 6:00 p.m. CDT
Joining me LIVE this week is BAREFOOT Winemaker Jennifer Wall

I’ll be featuring four great value Barefoot wines this Saturday on Face Book Live. You can purchase these wines at Jacob Liquor Exchange East or West, tell them it’s for Good Life Guy’s Virtual Wine Tasting and save $$$.  Curb side delivery available.
Jacob on North Rock: 316 636-4566
West 21st St. N. 316 729-4566 

Get the wines, download this tasting guide, use the helpful links and join us:
Barefoot Tasting Guide   FB Live tips     Guy’s Facebook Page

Good Life Guy’s Virtual Wine Tasting wines:  Learn more about Barefoot!
NV Barefoot Bubbly Brut Cuvee
NV Barefoot Chardonnay
NV Barefoot Cabernet
NV Barefoot Bubbly Pink Moscato

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May 16 – Berkshires Farm Table Cookbook

Posted on May 12, 2020 by Guy

My guests this week are Elisa and Robert Bildner, co-authors with Chef Brian Alberg of “The Berkshires Farm Table cookbook – 125 Homegrown Recipes from the New England Hills.”

The Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts are famous for their unique culture, from scenic views to artistic and literary attractions. But in addition to the region’s classic landmarks, the Berkshires also boast an impressive number of family-run farms. Together with local restaurants, these farms add another feature to Berkshires culture: heartwarming and homegrown food.  www.berkshiresandbeyond.com

Watch this great video & learn more!

Telling the story of family-run agriculture through the language of food, The Berkshires Farm Table Cookbook offers 125 recipes to recall the magic of the Berkshire region for readers far and wi

de. Sweet Corn Pancakes, Carrot Soup with Sage and Mint, Confetti Vegetable and Goat Cheese Lasagna, and more celebrate the lush landscape of the western New England area. Complete with farm profiles and vibrant photographs, The Berkshires Farm Table Cookbook paints a vivid portrait of the relationship between the earth and what we eat.

Get a copy NOW!

Elisa Spungen Bildner is a professionally trained chef and a former CEO of a perishable food manufacturing company.

Robert Bildner is a former lawyer who grew up in a food family and went on to found and run several food companies that help local farmers bring their products to market.  They are on Face Book @Berkshirescookbook

Columbia Crest Grand Estates Virtual Wine Tasting with Good Life Guy
Saturday May 16, 6:00 p.m. CDT

I’ll be featuring three great value Columbia Crest wines this Saturday on Face Book Live. You can purchase these wines at Jacob Liquor Exchange East or West, tell them it’s for Good Life Guy’s Virtual Wine Tasting and save $$$.  Curb side delivery available.
Jacob on North Rock: 316 636-4566
West 21st St. N. 316 729-4566 

Get the wines and then download this tasting guide and join us:
Columbia-Crest-grand-estates-virtual-tasting
Columbia Crest GE comparison guide

FB Live tips     Guy’s Facebook Page

Good Life Guy’s Virtual Wine Tasting wines:
2015 Columbia Crest Grand Estates Merlot
2015 Columbia Crest Grand Estates Red Blend
2015 Columbia Crest Grand Estates Cabernet

 

 

 

 

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May 9 – Ripe Life Wines

Posted on May 5, 2020 by Guy

My guest this week is Mary McAuley, “clambaker,” sommelier, and culinary school graduate, and the founder of Ripe Life Wines.

Mary had an “ah-ha” moment when charged with the task of selecting the wine for a clambake she threw with her friends back in august 2011 in her seaside hometown of Mantoloking, NJ. What started with the humble intention of making a “family wine” for personal clambakes turned into a local cult following when Mcauley realized the void for trustworthy brands on the american wine market, and felt compelled to bring her idea to the masses. Ripe life’s first wine, the clambake chardonnay, hit the shelves in July 2013 and was an instant success. At ripe life, she oversees every aspect of production, from vineyard procurement to winemaking direction with her team.  Mary says:

“In the winemaking world, a grape is deemed “ripe” only when it reaches the perfect balance of sugar and acid.  Taking this idea a step further, we believe you should strive for balance in everyday life as well–one of work and play, and one of give and take. Every wine in the ripe life collection is intended to be shared around a table (or blanket or hatchback) filled with food and amongst family and friends, and away from the daily grind.  We also donate approximately 5% of inventory to local charity events that we believe are the backbone to making the world a more balanced place.  Accordingly, every time you consume one of our wines, we feel you’re adding a little more “ripeness” to your life.”  Follow Ripe Life on Face Book & Twitter!

Ripe life’s mission is to hand-craft honest wines that live up to expert standards, but also appeal to everyday consumers – those often lost when it comes to finding a trustworthy wine and knowing what to pair it with. We are committed to making craft wines that bespeak of their native varietal and vineyard, which sets us apart from the other major players in our price category.

Ripe Life Wines can be ordered and direct shipped at www.ripelifewines.com

J. Lohr Virtual Wine Tasting with Good Life Guy, Saturday May 9, 6:00 p.m. 
I’ll be featuring four highly rated J. Lohr wines Saturday at 6:00 p.m. on Face Book Live. You can purchase these wines at Jacob Liquor Exchange East or West, tell them it’s for Good Life Guy’s Virtual Wine Tasting and save $$$. All 4 for $57
Jacob on North Rock: 316 636-4566 – West 21st St. N. 316 729-4566 curb side delivery available.

Get the wines and then download this tasting guide and join us:
Good Life Guy’s J.Lohr Tasting Guide      FB Live tips     Guy’s Facebook Page

Good Life Guy’s Virtual Wine Tasting wines:
2018 J. Lohr Riverstone Chardonnay, Arroyo Seco – Monterey
2017 J. Lohr Los Osos Merlot, Paso Robles
2017 J. Lohr Seven Oaks Cabernet, Paso Robles
2017 J. Lohr Pure Paso Red Blend, Paso Robles

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