Countdown to Chanukah

Matt’s segments for “Connoisseur’s Corner” usually air on WBZ Saturdays at 7:25, 8:25, 9:25, and 11:55 AM and Sundays at 7:25, 8:25, 9:25 AM.

Recent samples can be found at https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1002-Connoisseurs-Corner-28654273/.

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As a kid, I remember visiting friends and seeing their Advent calendars prominently displayed. When I inquired I was told that the family would open one window per day and reveal wither a figurine that would later be added to their family crèche or a sweet treat!

Now, I know that my folks get eight nights of fried foods, but a candy a day for 24 days- Come on!

Fortunately, our friends at Sugarfina have come up with an ecumenical solution. In addition to their Merry Christmas and Holiday Cravings eight-piece Bento boxes and the famed 24 Tastes of Christmas set, they are also offering the new 8 Nights of Light box.

Designed to look like a traditional channukiah(the nine-branched candelabra used at Chanukah), this handsome set reveals a quartet of Kosher-certified cookies and candies on each night of (or leading up to) the Festival of Lights. Among the offerings are such Sugarfina faves s Robin’s Egg Caramels, Champagne Bubbles,Heavenly Sours, Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Caramels, andBlueberry Jelly Beans, so there are sure to be favorites for all of your friends and family members.

So if you relate to the contemporary chestnut “Lonely Jew on Christmas,” at least you no longer have to be left out of the countdown to your winter holiday. And who knows? When they see you enjoying Sugarfina treats, your friends may want to spin the dreidel too! 

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Let’s Talk About Food podcast / Readable Feast Awards Dec 9

Matt’s segments for “Connoisseur’s Corner” usually air on WBZ Saturdays at 7:25, 8:25, 9:25, and 11:55 AM and Sundays at 7:25, 8:25, 9:25 AM.

Recent samples can be found at https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1002-Connoisseurs-Corner-28654273/. 

If you have ideas for future segments, please send them to Matt@Matts-Meals.com. 

The following is a “script” for one of Matt’s segments:

As much as I have come to know about the food scene, Louisa Kasdon knows far more! As a food writer and broadcaster on WBUR and The Boston Globe and the creator of the cookbook celebration known as the Readable Feast, Kasdon has covered events and talked to people that I still dream about.

That is why it was no surprise to me to learn that her latest delicious venture – the fun food podcast “Let’s Talk About Food” (www.letstalkaboutfood.com– has become a weekly podcast on the Heritage Radio Network.

Drawing on decades of her own experience and a full 10 years worth of first-person stories from foodie friends, Kasdon’s show demonstrates the power of food to elicit memories and to bring people together  (and couldn’t we all use a bit more of that these days?).

While many of Kasdon’s culinary interlocutors are well-known writers and chefs, she wisely realizes that everyone has food-related stories to tell and so invited listeners of all sorts to suggest and offer their own stories to enrich and enliven the radio stew.

As if that weren’t enough, Kasdon and her colleague and friend Annie Copps will be presenting the fifth annual Readable Feast New England Cookbook Awards (which also include other kinds of food-related writing) December 9 at 5 PM. Voting is open and information is available at www.thereadablefeast.com. It is sure to be a fun and inspiring event, especially for newly-minted home cooks who have taken up the spoon to keep Covid madness at bay.

Corn-y things are pop-ping up at Vegan Rob’s

Matt’s segments for “Connoisseur’s Corner” usually air on WBZ Saturdays at 7:25, 8:25, 9:25, and 11:55 AM and Sundays at 7:25, 8:25, 9:25 AM.

Recent samples can be found at https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1002-Connoisseurs-Corner-28654273/.

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Bringing a Bagel/Donut Union to the Table

Matt’s segments for “Connoisseur’s Corner” usually air on WBZ Saturdays at 7:25, 8:25, 9:25, and 11:55 AM and Sundays at 7:25, 8:25, 9:25 AM.

Recent samples can be found at https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1002-Connoisseurs-Corner-28654273/.

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True Made comes to Fenway!

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Scout and Cellar offer “adult” Advent

Matt’s segments for “Connoisseur’s Corner” usually air on WBZ Saturdays at 7:25, 8:25, 9:25, and 11:55 AM and Sundays at 7:25, 8:25, 9:25 AM.

Recent samples can be found at https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1002-Connoisseurs-Corner-28654273/.

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Sam Adams and Kane’s walk into the Angry Orchard (YUM!)

Matt’s segments for “Connoisseur’s Corner” usually air on WBZ Saturdays at 7:25, 8:25, 9:25, and 11:55 AM and Sundays at 7:25, 8:25, 9:25 AM.

Recent samples can be found at https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1002-Connoisseurs-Corner-28654273/.

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Poppi brings the Mother

Matt’s segments for “Connoisseur’s Corner” usually air on WBZ Saturdays at 7:25, 8:25, 9:25, and 11:55 AM and Sundays at 7:25, 8:25, 9:25 AM.

Recent samples can be found at https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1002-Connoisseurs-Corner-28654273/.

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Going Nutsola (and ENJOYING it!)

Matt’s segments for “Connoisseur’s Corner” usually air on WBZ Saturdays at 7:25, 8:25, 9:25, and 11:55 AM and Sundays at 7:25, 8:25, 9:25 AM.

Recent samples can be found at https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1002-Connoisseurs-Corner-28654273/.

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Anoush’ella family brings NU Burger to Time Out

Matt’s segments for “Connoisseur’s Corner” usually air on WBZ Saturdays at 7:25, 8:25, 9:25, and 11:55 AM and Sundays at 7:25, 8:25, 9:25 AM.

Recent samples can be found at https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1002-Connoisseurs-Corner-28654273/.

If you have ideas for future segments, please send them to Matt@Matts-Meals.com.

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