Connoisseur’s Corner is a segment hosted by broadcasting legend Jordan Rich (www.jordanrich.com) that appears on weekend mornings (Saturdays at 7:25, 8:25, 9:25, and 11:55 AM and Sundays at 7:25, 8:25, 9:25 AM) on WBZ (wbznewsradio.iheart.com), a 50,000-watt station in Boston that reaches 38 states and Canada in its terrestrial form and about 500,000 total listeners through its partnership with iHeart Radio.
Matt’s segments for “Connoisseur’s Corner” usually air on WBZ (1030 AM) 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.
Also, please follow me on Twitter @MattsMeals73.
Thanks for listening and thanks for supporting our friends and neighbors in the food-service industry!
Matt’s segments for “Connoisseur’s Corner” usually air on WBZ (1030 AM) 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.
Also, please follow me on Twitter @MattsMeals73.
Thanks for listening and thanks for supporting our friends and neighbors in the food-service industry!
Matt’s segments for “Connoisseur’s Corner” usually air on WBZ (1030 AM) 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.
Also, please follow me on Twitter @MattsMeals73.
Thanks for listening and thanks for supporting our friends and neighbors in the food-service industry!
Matt’s segments for “Connoisseur’s Corner” usually air on WBZ (1030 AM) 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.
Also, please follow me on Twitter @MattsMeals73.
Thanks for listening and thanks for supporting our friends and neighbors in the food-service industry!
Matt’s segments for “Connoisseur’s Corner” usually air on WBZ (1030 AM) 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.
Also, please follow me on Twitter @MattsMeals73.
Thanks for listening and thanks for supporting our friends and neighbors in the food-service industry!
Matt’s segments for “Connoisseur’s Corner” usually air on WBZ (1030 AM) 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.
Also, please follow me on Twitter @MattsMeals73.
Thanks for listening and thanks for supporting our friends and neighbors in the food-service industry!
Matt’s segments for “Connoisseur’s Corner” usually air on WBZ (1030 AM) 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.
Also, please follow me on Twitter @MattsMeals73.
Thanks for listening and thanks for supporting our friends and neighbors in the food-service industry!
During the pandemic, many of us have been experimenting with new recipes and new diets. Among the most popular have been the vegetarian and vegan lifestyles.
That is why it is so good to know that, on Saturday, October 23 from 10 AM to noon, the Boston Vegetarian Socierty will host the 26th Annual Boston Veg Food Fest, all of which will be presented free and online so that people can learn about and even try new foods without leaving their home kitchens!
In fact, the Festival will be taking full advantage of the remote scenario by including not only Boston-area producers but people and products from around the world in a festival they are appropriately entitling “Bringing the World to Boston.”
The Festival will feature chefs and industry leaders from all over the world who will share recipes and discuss food production, nutrition, the environment, and other vital issues. There will even be a virtual vegan marketplace where vegans and the vegan-curious can learn about the many options available not only for food but for fashion and lifestyle as well!
Among the sponsors are our friends at Boston Organics, and many vendors will be offering special discounts and promotions for Festival participants, so be sure to go to https://bostonveg.org/foodfest/ to find out more.
An Vegan Restaurant Week is in the works, and there will surely be enough online to comnvince even the most ardent veggiephobe to try something new and to wow the produce lover in every family.
Matt’s segments for “Connoisseur’s Corner” usually air on WBZ (1030 AM) 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.
Also, please follow me on Twitter @MattsMeals73.
Thanks for listening and thanks for supporting our friends and neighbors in the food-service industry!
In recent months, we have discussed beer and whiskey without alcohol and kombucha and coffee with it.
Adding to the bevy of bewitched beverages is Sovi, a sparkling non-alcoholic wine that uses the same grapes from Napa Valley as many of your favorite “hard” vintages yet allows even the teatotalers among us to enjoy more of it!
Founded by former sommelier Julia Littauer (who calls her progressive product a “dealcoholized” wine) and her wine-minded husband Alex, Sovi is made from sustainably-grown grapes that are harvested by Sovi’s partners just east of Napa using traditional methods to achieve the flavor and texture of more traditiona wines. Sovi then uses a state-of-the-art technology to remove the alcohol while preserving the delicate aromas and flavors that make each varietal unique. Each serving has just 25 calories and, as there are no unnecessary added sugars or flavors, the premiere sparkling rose lets the armomas and flavors of pink grapefruit, cherry, and watermelon bubble through.
Whether you want a refreshing drink that will not alter your brain chemistry or just a great tasting glass of wine regardless of whatever may or may not be in it, Sovi could be your new fave!
Matt’s segments for “Connoisseur’s Corner” usually air on WBZ (1030 AM) 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.
Also, please follow me on Twitter @MattsMeals73.
Thanks for listening and thanks for supporting our friends and neighbors in the food-service industry!
Like many, I have gotten on the kombuchaa train in recent months. Even if the research about the health benefits of this fermented drink are speculative at best, the taste can be justification enough to at least try it!
For those who want a bit more bang for their beverage buck, a new set of spiked kombuchas have been emerging that may be able to help both your gut and your vibe.
A few months ago, I raved about Flying Embers hard kombucha. More recently I was introduced to June Shine. If Flying Embers is a hearty red, June Shine is an equually tasty but lighter white or rose, with fun flavors like hopical citrus, blood orange mint, and their head-turning, Tiki-inspired midnight painkiller, all of which are made with organic, probiotic, and gluten-free alcohol and with low sugar.
If you can’t decide or just want to find a fave, June Shine also comes in a hnady sampler pack that is great for entertaining or just chilling as your digestive system grooves on,
Based in California (natch), JuneShine is heading east with events and tasting rooms. But if you just can’t wait (and I recommend not), just go to https://juneshine.com and see what all the buzzy brewing business is about.
Matt’s segments for “Connoisseur’s Corner” usually air on WBZ (1030 AM) 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.
Also, please follow me on Twitter @MattsMeals73.
Thanks for listening and thanks for supporting our friends and neighbors in the food-service industry!
Though many took the opportunity of lockdown to open up their ovens and learn new cooking skills, many others may by now be done with all of their cookbooks and left to while away the days playing with their food.
Fortunately, there is a new way to play that may even help develop other creative skills!
Watercolor Snacks is a beautiful collection of food-inspired art projects that have been created and compiled by famed food illustrator and animator(!) Volta Voloshin-Smith who also has a delicious website called Color Snack (www.colorsnack.com).
After helping assemble your ingredients (i.e., paints) and utensils (e.g., brushes, paper, and hair dryers), Voloshin-Smith introduces such creative (and culinary) concepts as carrot-based color theory, cauliflower formation, mixing and blending, and how to deal with kitchen glitches.
Once those are set, it is off to the refrigerator to look for inspiration!
From pancakes and donuts to pizza and tacos to popsicles, cupcakes, fruits and veggies, and even drinks (including a signature rainbow cocktail that brings all the colors to the bar), Voloshin-Smith has a guide for every taste that will eventually result in images that look as good as their real-life models taste (if not better!).
So even if your cooking experiments did not come out picture-perfect, now you can paint pictures of what you dream them to be and hopefully inspire yourself and others to keep trying!