Wednesday April 21, 2010

Heirloom Meals Radio:
Giulia Melucci’s Love Affairs with Food and Men - All Revealed in her Memoir

Giulia Melucci's book dedication: For my mother, who taught me how to cook and how to love. That sums up Giulia - a passionate Italian-American who loves food, cooking and family. Giulia shares her quest for love through the meals she cooks for her boyfriends in her memoir, "I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti." It is a witty, self-effacing, often funny account of Giulia's love life and the food she cooks - for love, to assuage a broken heart, and for pure joy.

Wednesday April 14, 2010

Heirloom Meals Radio:
How Christopher Blair’s Love of Food Chemistry Translates into a Lifetime Joy

Christopher Blair grew up in Connecticut in the 1950's in a typical home where Mom always served home-cooked meals. But it was Chris's time in college that helped him evolve into an intuitive cook, a bread baker and lover of seasonal ingredients. One of Chris's favorite books: The Cook Book Decoder or Culinary Alchemy Explained by Arthur Grosser, helps him think about how different foods interact with seasonings from chemistry point of view.

Thursday April 08, 2010

Heirloom Meals Radio:
Red Lion Inn Chef, Brian Alberg Shares His History

Make no mistake about it Brian Alberg's innovative comfort food derives its roots from his upbringing, which was closely connected to the land and farmers in Copake, NY. He broadened that connection through his apprenticeships in restaurants since the age of 14 and his degree from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY.

Brian was a true advocate of slow food and the locavore movement way before they became "movements!" Here is the interview.