Mar 31 – No Show This Week :-(

Posted on April 5, 2018 by Guy

Due to live sports coverage associated with the NCAA Final Four – the Good Life continues next week, same time, same channel 🙂

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Mar 24 – Washington Wine Month & more

Posted on March 22, 2018 by Guy

Don’t forget it’s Washington Wine Month and at Jacob Liquor Exchange there is a great display of Washington Wine to tempt your taste buds.  Due to some last minute Schedule changes and my flight to San Fran for a week in Sonoma, the wine I planned on featuring this week is going to have to stand alone.

2016 Nine Hats Benches Vineyard Pinot Gris
Sourced exclusively from The Benches Vineyard at Wallula (1,400 feet above the Columbia River), where a constant breeze moderates temperatures to capture fresh flavors and give the wine its vibrant mouthfeel. A light squeeze of the grapes on the press and a cool fermentation is used to enhance the Pinot Gris’ racy character. Appealing floral aromas lead to flavors of apricot, grapefruit, honey dew melon and lime zest with a hint of spice. The wine’s viscous mouth feel is balanced nicely by its crisp acidity.

Pick up a bottle at Jacob Liquor on North Rock Road…you’ll thank me!

The program running for this Saturday originally aired on January 20.  My guest is Debra Mathy from Dutcher Crossing Winery in Sonoma.
Her wines aren’t yet available here in Kansas but can be ordered on line.

Dutcher Crossing Winery represents an authentic and enjoyable experience for wine-lovers who visit the beautiful Dry Creek Valley. The perfect blend of award-winning wines, gorgeous wine country views and warm hospitality await visitors.

Proprietor Debra Mathy can often be found welcoming guests with Dutchess, her Golden Lab, sidekick and official greeter. Winemaker Kerry Damskey’s small-lot, select vineyard approach to winemaking can be learned and enjoyed in the tasting room. In short, Dutcher Crossing offers the timeless qualities of an artisan approach to life.  Check out Dutcher Crossing on Facebook & Twitter

If you want to learn more and order some of these fine wines, visit: www.dutchercrossingwinery.com

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Mar 17 – St. Patrick’s Day Party

Posted on March 13, 2018 by Guy

If you missed it LIVE… Click here to listen or download this show!  Show files are listed by date and the 4 segments are in reverse order.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!  LIVE from Insight Real Estate Group Northwest of the circle/clock tower in the historic Delano district for the 12th Annual St. Patrick’s day parade.

First up is Ali Rosen with her new book “Bring It! – Tried and True Recipes for Potlucks and Casual Entertaining.”

Bring It! is the ultimate source for potluck, picnic, or dinner party-worthy dishes that combine simple prep with big taste!

The word “potluck” may inspire memories of church dinners and mystery covered dishes. But today’s potlucks are essentially outsourced dinner parties, which make gathering around a shared table a cinch. Inside Bring It!, you will find dozens of impressive-looking recipes that come together easily, and are perfect for carrying to any occasion.

Author Ali Rosen has put a long career in the food world to use, drawing on chef and restaurant secrets for easy dishes that will have friends begging for the recipe. Must-have dishes include:

* Pimento Cheese and Crab Dip
* Snap Pea Salad with Parmesan and Bacon
* Pistachio and Anchovy Pasta
* Short Ribs with Quick Pickled Shallots
* S’mores Bars

Each recipe includes a note called “How to Bring It,” for make-ahead, reheating, and transport instructions. Flavors are designed for maximum impact, but won’t take hours to cook, or require special ingredients. Have dinner with the neighbors, sit down to a picnic in the park, or bring a dish to the school luncheon. They come together easily, hold well, and travel beautifully. They’ll have you rethinking the potluck.

Ali Rosen is the founder and host of Potluck with Ali Rosen, a television show and website dedicated to sharing the best and brightest in food. Potluck airs on NYC Life and its videos have appeared on HuffPost, Edible, and People. Ali was named as one of Forbes Magazine’s 30 Under 30 for Food & Drink. She has also written for sites including Bon Appétit, Epicurious, Fodor’s, and Refinery 29. Potluck was nominated for an Emmy as well as two IACP awards and Thrillist said Ali had one of the coolest jobs in food (she agrees). She is from Charleston, South Carolina, but currently lives in New York City.

Jameson Triple Distilled Irish Whiskey
Light gold in color, with a fairly light nose, there are notes of vanilla, subtle honey, and a hint of the smell of a pencil eraser. There’s a slight edge to the nose. The entry of Jameson is actually a little more flavorful than you’d expect. Then it’s all about the long lingering warm finish that requires some time and thought before you give in to another sip

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How you should drink Jameson Irish Whiskey
  1. Straight.
  2. On the rocks.
  3. With a bit of water.
  4. With a bit of club soda.
  5. With ginger ale (1 part Jameson, 2 parts ginger ale)
  6. In cocktails (Lone Oak, Tipperary, Isaiah Rynders, Irish Old Fashioned, Irish Maid, The Copper, Irish Coffee, The Irish Car Bomb)

Stop by Jacob Liquor Exchange and pick up a bottle – Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

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Mar 10 – Cooking with Spices

Posted on March 8, 2018 by Guy

If you missed it LIVE… Click here to listen or download this show!  Show files are listed by date and the 4 segments are in reverse order.

My guest this week is Mark Stevens with his new book “Cooking with Spices – 100 Recipes for Blends, Marinades, and Sauces from Around the World.”

Send your taste buds around the world with easy-to-make rubs, blends, sauces, and pastes from Cooking with Spices

Knowing how to balance flavor and spice can transform a dish. But whether you’re looking to liven up what’s already in the refrigerator or trying something new, figuring out just the right blend of spices to use can be intimidating. Cooking with Spices is a comprehensive reference cookbook that explains the regional origins of spices from around the world and gives you easy-to-follow recipes for rubs, pastes, sauces, and blends. Cooking with Spices serves up recipes with a pinch of history to give your taste buds something to talk about.

Cooking with Spices includes:

  • Over 100 Recipes— featuring simple, step-by-step instructions for rubs, pastes, sauces, and blends for everyday seasoning
  • Spice 101— explaining the regions, cultural significance, medicinal uses, complements and pairs of over 50 easy-to-find spices from all over the world
  • Illustrated Guides— showing the perfect food pairings for spices

Recipes in Cooking with Spices include: Chinese Five-Spice Blend, South Pacific Honey Paste, Backcountry Chimichurri Sauce, Harissa Rub, Sicilian Saffron Sauce, and many more!

Set salt and pepper aside and throw some variety into the mix with the savory flavors from Cooking with Spices .

About the Author
MARK C. STEVENS acquired his love for flavor and food from his Italian grandmother. Following his passion around the world, Mark has tested culinary delights on almost every continent. When Mark is not trading recipes with locals or cooking for friends, he works in film and television.

 

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Good Life Guy’s Wine of the Week:
2016 King Estate Pinot Gris
The 2016 vintage is a gorgeous, mouth-watering example from another stellar Oregon growing season. This has a pale straw color with glistening edges. Aromas of ripe pear, fresh cantaloupe and honeysuckle fill the glass. Juicy flavors of just ripe pear, wild honey and pineapple are framed by a balance of viscous texture and clean, racy acidity.   I really like this wine and it shows the fine vintage and the talented wine making at the home of Pinot Gris in Oregon – King Estate.

91 Points “Editors’ Choice” – Wine Enthusiast

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Mar 3 – Eat Cleaner & Outdoor Living & Landscape Show

Posted on March 2, 2018 by Guy

If you missed it LIVE… Click here to listen or download this show!  Show files are listed by date and the 4 segments are in reverse order.

Good Life Guy is LIVE from the Wichita Outdoor Living & Landscape show at Century-II convention center.

My first guest is “the Fit Foodie” Mareya Ibrahim.  Mareya is the driving force behind “Eat Cleaner” All Natural Food wash and she has a great blog with some fine tips, recipes and more.

Mareya Ibrahim is also known as “The Fit Foodie,” a nationally recognized food safety and clean eating expert, an award-winning entrepreneur, television chef, author and inventor. She is the CEO and founder of Grow Green Industries, INC. and the patented co-creator of the eatCleaner®, eatSafe™ and eatFresh™ line of all natural and organic products that help offer cleaner, safer, longer lasting produce. Her book “The Clean Eating Handbook” was released in May 2013 and is being touted as the ‘go-to’ guide for anyone looking to eat cleaner and get leaner.

The Outdoor Living and Landscape Show gives homeowners ideas for landscaping, gardening, yard, and other outdoor projects. Learn from the professionals with our seminars by K-State Research & Extension – Sedgwick County! I’ll be talking to some of the many vendors at this years event and sharing tips for enjoy The Good Life outdoors.

And of course, there will be plenty of opportunities for shopping! Tons of vendors will be there with what you want and need to make your backyard time the best it can be! Shuttle service from Lawrence Dumont Stadium parking lot to Century II available! It’s free and there is very little delay between shuttles.

Good Life Guy’s Wine of The Week: A Inexpensive School Night Red from Spain
2013 Garnacha de Feugo
The grapes come from old vines vineyards, 60-80 years-old, with yields of 2T/Ha and located high on the hillsides, 3,000 ft above sea level, around Calatayud. The vineyards are planted in principally decomposed slate and gravely clay soils. Even though there is very little rainfall in the region (around 350ml per year), the clay is at depth and allows for the vines to obtain moisture and be dry grown.
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Critical Acclaim RP89 Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
The 2013 Garnacha de Fuego Red (a 10,000-case cuvée of 100% old-vine Garnacha) was aged in stainless steel for six months. A Spanish Grenache fruit-bomb, it offers loads of strawberry and cherry fruit intermixed with hints of earth, spice and pepper, silky tannins, and a medium-bodied, delicious, savory mouthfeel. Drink it over the next several years.

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