The Connected Table Live
Talk 4 Radio
Food and beverage industry insiders Melanie Young and David Ransom connect you to leaders and legends in wine, spirits, food and hospitality as they travel the world. Hear from vintners, restaurateurs, chefs, distillers, educators, authors, farmers and more. Melanie and David are the insatiably curious culinary couple who are always in search of a great story to share with their listeners. They bring a fresh approach to spotlighting industry movers and shakers and exploring the pleasures of the palate. Connect and visit www.theconnectedtable.com Instagram@theconnectedtable Like on Facebook@connectedtableThe Connected Table is among Feedspot’s top 20 food and beverage podcasts https://podcast.feedspot.com/food_and_beverage_podcasts/The Connected Table is broadcast live Wednesdays at 2PM ET and Music on W4CY Radio (www.w4cy.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com). The Connected Table Podcast is also available on Talk 4 Media (www.talk4media.com), Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com), iHeartRadio, Amazon Music, Pandora, Spotify, Audible, and over 100 other podcast outlets.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-connected-table-live--1277037/support.
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Jan 26, 2017 • 50min
Critic Tom Sietsema and Chef Sam Hazen
Tom Sietsema has been Food Critic at the Washington Post since 2000, and now, four Presidential administrations. He dishes on dining in the nation's capital, where to eat next, restaurant neighborhoods to check out, and the role of the critic. With a pedigree earned in some of the nation's most renowned restaurants (e.g., TAO, Tavern on the Green, La Cote Basque, Quilted Giraffe, Veritas) Chef Sam Hazen oversees the many fish house for BR Guest Hospitality from sourcing to menu planning.This show is broadcast live on Wednesday's at 2PM ET on W4CY Radio – (www.w4cy.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (http://www.talk4radio.com/) on the Talk 4 Media Network (http://www.talk4media.com/).Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-connected-table-live--1277037/support.
Jan 19, 2017 • 50min
Jennifer English and Joanna Pruess
James Beard Award winning radio host and culinary expert Jennifer English discusses the enduring popularity of radio, her show Fong on Food, the growth of online food games like Kitchen Craze, and why tea production, like fine wine, starts with terroir. Food writer and culinary historian, Joanna Pruess, discusses the role our nation's "Founding Mothers," Martha Washington, Abigail Adams and Dolley Madison, held in the White House as culinary arbiters and dishes enjoyed by the Founding Fathers.This show is broadcast live on Wednesday's at 2PM ET on W4CY Radio – (www.w4cy.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (http://www.talk4radio.com/) on the Talk 4 Media Network (http://www.talk4media.com/).Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-connected-table-live--1277037/support.
Jan 12, 2017 • 50min
Dr. Timothy Harlan and Johnny Iuzzini
Dr. Timothy Harlan is Executive Director for Tulane University's Goldring Center for Culinary Medicine, an innovative program that teaches hands-on cooking skills and nutrition to medical students and health care practitioners as well as the local community. Pastry Chef Johnny Iuzzini shot to fame working at Cafe Boulud, Restaurant Daniel and Jean Georges. The globetrotting motorcyclist has found his sweet spot with his books, TV appearances and plans to create a bean to bar chocolate factory.This show is broadcast live on Wednesday's at 2PM ET on W4CY Radio – (www.w4cy.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (http://www.talk4radio.com/) on the Talk 4 Media Network (http://www.talk4media.com/).Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-connected-table-live--1277037/support.
Jan 5, 2017 • 50min
John Mariani and Michael Bauer
Restaurant critics John Mariani and Michael Bauer have each covered dining in America for over 30 years and share their top picks and trends. John reported on restaurants for Esquire Magazine for 35 years, currently publishes Virtual Gourmet Newsletter and has written many books including "How Italian Food Conquered the World." Longtime restaurant critic for the San Francisco Chronicle, Michael Bauer reflects on how dining in his city has evolved, the role of the critic and restaurants to watch.This show is broadcast live on Wednesday's at 2PM ET on W4CY Radio – (www.w4cy.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (http://www.talk4radio.com/) on the Talk 4 Media Network (http://www.talk4media.com/).Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-connected-table-live--1277037/support.
Dec 22, 2016 • 50min
Alexander Smalls and Elizabeth Falkner
An owner of highly acclaimed NYC restaurants, The Cecil Harlem and Minton's, Restaurateur/Chef/Singer Alexander Smalls is considered the creator of southern revival cooking and is a scholar of the African culinary diaspora. Chef/Pastry Chef/Artist/Activist Elizabeth Falkner wowed customers at her San Francisco restaurants, Citizen Cake and Orson, has consulted on many other restaurants and is a star participant on some of Food Network's and BRAVO TV's most successful competitive cooking shows. This show is broadcast live on Wednesday's at 2PM ET on W4CY Radio – (www.w4cy.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (http://www.talk4radio.com/) on the Talk 4 Media Network (http://www.talk4media.com/).Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-connected-table-live--1277037/support.
Dec 15, 2016 • 50min
Elena and Karoline Walch and Mark Oldman
Architect-turned-vintner Elena Walch restored the vineyards at her husband, Werner Walch's family property, Castel Ringberg, in Italy's Alto Adige and turned it into one of the top wine estates in the region. Daughters Karoline and Julia now work with their mother. Award winning author, wine writer and lecturer, Mark Oldman, believes you can drink richly without spending extravagantly. He shares tips from his new book, "How To Drink Like a Billionaire: Mastering Wine with Joie de Vivre."This show is broadcast live on Wednesday's at 2PM ET on W4CY Radio – (www.w4cy.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (http://www.talk4radio.com/) on the Talk 4 Media Network (http://www.talk4media.com/).Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-connected-table-live--1277037/support.
Dec 8, 2016 • 49min
Ella Brennan, Ti Martin, Franklin Becker
The Brennans of New Orleans are America's dining dynasty and ambassadors of great hospitality and food. Matriarch Ella Brennan, age 91, and daughter Ti Adelaide Martin, discuss the book and documentary, "Miss Ella's of Commander's Palace" and share stories about family, community and the restaurant business. Diagnosed at age 27 with type 2 diabetes Chef Franklin Becker changed his diet. It changed his life. He created Hungry Root, offering fresh, flavorful, ready-to-eat vegetable based foods.This show is broadcast live on Wednesday's at 2PM ET on W4CY Radio – (www.w4cy.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (http://www.talk4radio.com/) on the Talk 4 Media Network (http://www.talk4media.com/).Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-connected-table-live--1277037/support.
Dec 1, 2016 • 50min
Alice Paillard and Ann Ogden Gaffney
Alice Paillard's ancestors have been growers in Champagne since 1704. In 1981 her father, Bruno Paillard, broke with tradition to found his own Champagne house to produce wines known for their complex blending and longer aging. Alice now works with Bruno as Co Director. Cooking was always a passion for fashion executive, Ann Ogden Gaffney, but after surviving two bouts of cancer it became a mission. She created non- profit Cook for Your Life to teach healthy cooking to people touched by cancer.This show is broadcast live on Wednesday's at 2PM ET on W4CY Radio – (www.w4cy.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (http://www.talk4radio.com/) on the Talk 4 Media Network (http://www.talk4media.com/).Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-connected-table-live--1277037/support.
Nov 25, 2016 • 50min
Paulette Satur, Historian Paula Johnson
Paulette Satur started Satur Farms on Long Island's North Fork in 1997 after a career in wine. Today, with her husband, Chef Eberhard Muller, she oversee farms in New York and Florida which produce sustainably grown lettuces, herbs and other vegetables sold to discerning chefs and consumers. Food Historian Paula Johnson curates culinary exhibitions at Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington DC. She discusses developments that have shaped how Americans eat and drink todayThis show is broadcast live on Wednesday's at 2PM ET on W4CY Radio – (www.w4cy.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (http://www.talk4radio.com/) on the Talk 4 Media Network (http://www.talk4media.com/).Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-connected-table-live--1277037/support.
Nov 17, 2016 • 51min
Faouzi Issa and Taylor Parsons
Faouzi Issa is winemaker at Lebanon's oldest commercial winery, Domaine des Tourelles (est. 1868) located in the Bakaa Valley. Faouzi's family acquired the winery in the late 1990s. He joined as winemaker after studying enology in France and working at Chateaux Margaux in Bordeaux. Faouzi takes a natural approach to making wines. Sommelier Taylor Parsons of Republique Los Angeles discusses the wines of Georgia, a country with an 8000 year old winemaking tradition and over 500 native varietals.This show is broadcast live on Wednesday's at 2PM ET on W4CY Radio – (www.w4cy.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (http://www.talk4radio.com/) on the Talk 4 Media Network (http://www.talk4media.com/).Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-connected-table-live--1277037/support.
