BBQ is becoming more and more popular in South Jersey. Below is what I had:
1/2 rack ribs, mac and cheese, greens, and corn bread. Service was really friendly and layout of restaurant is nice.
05-06-18 Small Bites with Glenn Gross and Derek Timm of Bluejeanfood.com
05-06-18
http://wildfireradio.com/small-bites-episode-83/
05-06-18
http://wildfireradio.com/small-bites-episode-83/
LIVE this Sunday, May 6th at 635pm Small Bites with Glenn Gross and Derek Timm of Bluejeanfood.com on Wildfire Radio with Cinco de Mayo! on most Americans minds this weekend, we are happy to welcome Chef Eddie Hernandez who was born in Monterrey, Mexico and is the executive chef of Taqueria del Sol. He and his business partner, Mike Klank , were nominated for a 2017 James Beard Foundation Outstanding Restaurateur Award. His recipes have appeared in Bon Appétit Magazine, Food & Wine, Southern Living, and Garden & Gun Magazine. He joins us to talk about his new cookbook “Turnip Greens & Tortillas: A Mexican Chef Spices Up the Southern Kitchen” from Rux Martin and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt written with Susan Puckett. USA TODAY called Taqueria del Sol “a runaway success.” Bon Appétit wrote: “Move over, Chipotle!” The fast-casual food of Eddie Hernandez, the James Beard-nominated chef/co-owner of the restaurant, lands on the commonalities of Southern and Mexican food, with dishes like Memphis barbecue pork tacos, chicken pot pie served in a “bowl” of a puffed tortilla, turnip greens in “pot likker” spiked with chiles, or the “Eddie Palmer,” sweet tea with a jab of tequila. Eddie never hesitates to break with purists to make food taste better, adding sugar to creamy grits to balance the jalapeños, or substituting tomatillos in fried green tomatoes for a more delicate texture. Throughout, “Eddie’s Way” sidebars show how to make each dish even more special. What a treat!
Then coming on the show will be Ray Sheehan the Event Organizer of the 2nd Annual Philadelphia All Star Craft Beer & Wine Festival at Citizens Bank Park. After a sell-out crowd last year, thousands of beer enthusiasts and wine lovers will return to Citizens Bank Park on May 19, 2018 for the The Philly All-Star Craft Beer, Wine, and Cocktail Festival. Guests will be treated like ballpark royalty with exclusive giveaways, activities, and amazing craft beer and wine samples from around the world. This year, the festival area has expanded by 50% to provide attendees with more space to walk around, hang out with their friends, and have fun! With over 100 craft beer and wine vendors, food vendors, and live musical entertainment, guests are guaranteed the experience of a lifetime. Ticket holders will also receive free parking, a voucher for two (2) tickets to a Phillies game at Citizens Bank Park, and get a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get their picture taken in the Philadelphia Phillies dugout after walking the bases and warning track! This year, “The Yard” will also be open for attendees to take swings at the Phillies new whiffle ball park, and enjoy a variety of games throughout the entire concourse, such as giant bocci, fowling, cornhole, and even shoot some hot dogs from the Hatfield hot dog launcher. Four DJ’s, and two Acoustic Duo’s will also amp up the crowd, and keep the party going. Additionally, the Phillies vs. Cardinals will be airing LIVE on the giant 1,500” screen and dozens of screens throughout the ballpark to provide a true all star experience. The event runs from 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm and VIP ticket holders will have access to the Hall of Fame Club/VIP Area with one-hour early entry at 2:00 p.m., and additional select beer & wine samples. The All-Star Craft Beer and Wine will benefit the Phila FOP Lodge 5 and Michael Barkann‘s The Barkann Family Healing Hearts Foundation uniting a sense of community in the Philadelphia region. The Foundation provides financial assistance to families who are in need, due to recent adversity or tragedy and are immensely grateful to be a part of the festival. Planning to take the festival across the nation, Dennis Gaudenzi, owner of Upcoming Events.com is thrilled to host the annual festival in the City of Brotherly Love for its second year. He says “We are so excited to have this Festival at one of the best Ballparks in the Majors – the Home of the Phillies! It is certain to be a “can’t miss” event with entertainment and great craft beer and wine, both local and from around the world!” It’s an event that should not be missed!
For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit: www.BallparkFestival.com.
Also joining us will be Domenick Crimi the General Manager of Cappuccio’s Meats Old World Butcher Shop a Family Affair Since 1920 in the heart of 9th Street Italian Market. Cappuccio’s Meats has been providing authentic Italian sausage and curated meats for almost 100 years. They have more sausage flavors than anyone in the region, and as an added bonus you can get dry aged steaks and a variety of other gourmet meats from them. They are great!
We are also thrilled to welcome Nancy Sirianni a singer, songwriter, actor and producer from Long Island, New York. Her long-time group, recording artists the scoldees, released two critically acclaimed CDs of original music that received nationwide airplay: MY PATHETIC LIFE and NIGHTCAP WORLD (OHR Records ©2000 and 2003). Band credits include Woodstock ’99, Mountain Stage New Song Music Festival, The Bottom Line (NYC),The Whisky A Go-Go (LA), and Jazz in Duketown – Café De Smidse in Leiden, The Netherlands. Solo credits include a recent performance at the famous Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, and opening for American Idol Taylor Hicks at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, NY. You can hear Nancy’s original songs National Lampoon’s One Two Many (available on DVD), as well as six independent films and MTV reality shows MADE and MY SUPER SWEET 16. She is coming on to talk about her appearance playing an acoustic set with guitar player extraordinaire Jon Lauter at Susan Robbins Rhythm & Verse: A Literary and Music Salon Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting on Friday night, May 18th in Philadelphia. We can’t wait!
We are all about having quality family time here at Small Bites and as such we welcome Jen Chiou the CEO of CodeSpeak Labs. They have recently released CodeSpeak Books. These are Children’s Story Books for kids to learn computer coding concepts. For our kids’ generation, coding– the language of computers and technology– is going to be a necessary literacy. Like learning any language, it’s easiest for kids to start learning the fundamentals early on, in age appropriate ways. How to Turn Your Grown-Up into a Robot and Other Coding Stories is our hardcover Children’s Book with 3 fun stories for kids in grades PreK-2.
You can order a copy of the book on their website: http://www.codespeaklabs.com/hour-of-code
Small Bites Radio correspondent Actor John DiRenzo is out and about with his valuable insight and experience in the culinary world so be sure to catch him on QVC selling the high quality Copper Chef products and getting ready for his new show Regional Eats.
You say you STILL NEED MORE!!! Don’t forget we still have our regular weekly segments from Courier-Post nightlife correspondent and The New York Times recognized John Howard-Fusco for his news of the week and please remember that John’s book “A Culinary History of Cape May: Salt Oysters, Beach Plums & Cabernet Franc” from Arcadia Publishing The History Press is now available to buy, Chef Barbie Marshall who is a Chef Gordon Ramsay Hell’s Kitchen Season 10 finalist and appeared on Season 17 of FOX Hell’s Kitchen #AllStars, and Chef Barbie was named Pennsylvania’s most influential chef by Cooking Light will delight us with her tip of the week, and a joke of the week from legendary joke teller Jackie Martling of The Howard Stern Show fame and Jackie “The Joke Man” Martling with his autobiography “The Joke Man: Bow to Stern” from Post Hill Press with foreword by Artie Lange available to order on Amazon.com. Fat Jack’s BBQ and Bluejeanfood.com hope you will use the TuneIn app to listen worldwide or also catch Small Bites Radio syndicated LIVE Sundays on KGTK 920AM, KITZ 1400AM, KSBN 1230AM, KBNP 1410AM, distributed by satellite through the Salem Radio Network, ScyNet Radio, Stitcher Radio, PodOmatic, and TryThisDish Radio which is the only independently owned and operated international chef-driven foodie and lifestyle radio network in the world! Also repeats of our shows are available to be listened to daily on the above platforms 5:30pm-6:30pm and on Mondays at 10am on Wildfire Radio, and as usual the newest episodes are available the following day on iTunes and PlayerFM.
The Toothsome Chocolate Emporium & Savory Feast Kitchen – Orlando, FL
The Toothsome Chocolate Emporium & Savory Feast Kitchen – Orlando, FL
This place is quite a sensory experience, and in a good way. Steam punk fans will go gaga for this place. The milkshakes are well worth a trip here alone. Lots of fun. Brownie milkshake with chocolate ice cream brownie mixed in and chocolate syrup
04-29-18 Small Bites with Glenn Gross and Derek Timm of Bluejeanfood.com
04-29-18
http://wildfireradio.com/small-bites-episode-82/
http://wildfireradio.com/small-bites-episode-82/
LIVE this Sunday, April 29th at 635pm Small Bites with Glenn Gross and Derek Timm of Bluejeanfood.com on Wildfire Radio Derek returns from I LOVE NEW YORK and Visit Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and the show has a foodie wonderland and feast for the ears with one of our biggest lineups ever. In honor of National Grilled Cheese Month (April), we are thrilled to welcome Chef Katie Lee, the ultimate comfort food expert and co-host of the Emmy nominated Food Network’s The Kitchen and the Cooking Channel’s Beach Bites with Katie Lee. She shares ways to elevate your comfort food experience with delicious grilled cheese sandwich mashups that are easy to make at home. Lee is a member of the Feeding America Entertainment Council, an ambassador for 96 Elephants, on the board of the Food Bank of New York, works closely with the Wildlife Conservation Society, and she has also volunteered for Les Dames d’Escoffier Int’l (LDEI), an organization that educates and mentors women in the culinary profession. What an honor!
Then we are so happy to welcome Siri Daly of food blog Siriously Deliciousto talk about her new cookbook “Siriously Delicious: 100 Nutritious (and Not So Nutritious) Simple Recipes for the Real Home Cook” from Oxmoor House Books. Like many of us trying to feed our families, Siri Daly is a very busy cook. As a mother of three under the age of 10, Today Showfood contributor, and wife of a bicoastal traveling man, Carson Daly (“The Voice” host and TODAY show co-host), Siri often doesn’t know which end is up. Siri is not a serious cook, but she is serious about her food—and what she serves her family, friends and loved ones. Siriously Delicious is organized by how a busy mom gets through her day—breakfast, lunch, happy hour (her favorite!), dinner with sides, and dessert. Siri’s recipes are created with three goals in mind: to create food that is delicious and satisfying for both kids and adults, to prepare dishes packed with traditionally comforting flavors and ingredients (think cheese, avocado, chocolate!), and to make each recipe approachable for even a novice cook—no trips to specialty food stores are required. Whether you’re looking for easy-to-cook recipes your kids will devour, such as mouth-watering Bacon Pizzadillas, or you’re dying to relax with a Spicy Grapefruit Cocktail when the days feel too long, this cookbook has a recipe for every occasion. Siri also includes extra tips to make your time in the kitchen easier: Siriously Simple offers a hack or time-saving tip, Siriously Sinful details how to make something even more indulgent, Siriously Nutritious explains how to make something healthier, and Siriously Mini advises how to satisfy the kiddos. Filled with Siri’s often hilarious anecdotes, Siriously Delicious will not only feed your family’s bellies but hopefully deliver a belly laugh along the way. We can’t wait!
Keeping the fun going, joining us as well is Justin Chapple the Culinary Director of Food & Wine and host of Food & Wine’s video series Mad Genius Tips to talk about his new book “Just Cook It!: 145 Built-to-Be-Easy Recipes That Are Totally Delicious” from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Time Inc. Books. Before joining FOOD & WINE, he graduated from the The French Culinary Institute and worked under Chef Alain Allegretti in New York City, but Justin Chapple knows how people really cook at home. He grew up with a large family, first learning kitchen tricks from his grandmother who made do with whatever they had, and she made the food delicious. In his job as the Culinary Director of the test kitchen, he’s often asked to take recipes from superstar chefs (think David Chang and Thomas Keller) and simplify them for home cooks. Now he is putting all of his expertise to good use in Just Cook It!, a collection of 125 mouthwatering recipes like Avocado Pizza with Dukka and Stovetop Mac-n-Cheese with Bacon Breadcrumbs, with Justin’s signature time-saving tips and hacks throughout. AMESOME!!!
All this cooking has us needing a drink. Tim Herlihy, the United Staed Ambassador for Tullamore Dew will be on to talk about their latest innovative release: Tullamore D.E.W. Caribbean Rum Cask Finish. Available now in the U.S. market, the new variant consists of the brand’s signature Irish whiskey, Tullamore D.E.W. Original, finished in barrels previously used to age Demerara rum. Tullamore D.E.W. Caribbean Rum Cask Finish is inspired by the brand’s new global vision, “Beauty of Blend,” which champions the ways in which blends of all kinds impact our whiskey and our world for the better. In the 16th and 17th centuries, more than 50,000 Irish immigrants settled in the West Indies where a tradition of Irish whiskey distilling blended with local rum production and expanded the business globally. Reflecting this unique history, the product’s packaging is inspired by antique Caribbean trade maps, passport stamps and travel journals. Tullamore D.E.W. Caribbean Rum Cask Finish is a permanent addition to the Tullamore D.E.W. collection and joins an impressive innovation line-up, including the Tullamore D.E.W. Original, 12 Year Old Special Reserve, 15 Year Old Trilogy and 14 and 18 Year Old Single Malts as well as the seasonal Tullamore D.E.W. Cider Cask. What a treat!
Let’s top all of this food and drink greatness with a treat. This treat will be a little different as a robot will serve it to us. Joining us to talk about this technology advancement is Reis and Irvy’s’s Chaiman Nick Yates. Reis & Irvy’s a subsidiary franchise concept of Generation NEXT Franchise Brands, Inc. (OTCB: VEND) announced that the world’s first frozen yogurt robots will arrive at select grocery retailers in 16 US states this spring. The Reis & Irvy’s Frozen Yogurt Robots provide a fun and delicious experience to the shopper. Savvy grocers recognize the value of front-of-store services like Reis & Irvy’s frozen yogurt robots, offering shoppers a unique service and product. To check this concept out for yourself; it can be seen in Pennsylvania at The The Fresh Grocer Reis & Irvy’s- Philly. We hope they just serve frozen yogurt and a Blade Runner 2049 will not be needed to keep them under control 😉
Then to give us a peek of a blogger life we are happy to have in studio Chetna Macwan the founder of Spice Culture Blog, an Indian Cooking instructor, and award winning chef for her Butter Chicken where she recently won 2nd place at a cooking challenge at Rowan University. She believes in lots of fresh ingredients, lots of traditional Indian flavors/spices, but easier steps to cook. Her dream is to have a successful cooking show on a TV Network to allow audiences to see that Indian food is very flavorful and accessible. The program would show people that Indian food it is not as intimidating as it seems when steps are simplified, can be done without sacrificing flavor, and share how wonderful Indian food really is. Chetna is proud of her culture and the dishes offered, and we couldn’t be happier that she is joining us.
Small Bites Radio’s resident Vegan Chef Christina Martin of Cooking To Nourish will also be back in studio for some fun and food talk with us and our guests.
Small Bites Radio correspondent Actor John DiRenzo is out and about with his valuable insight and experience in the culinary world so be sure to catch him on QVC selling the high quality Copper Chef products.
You say you STILL NEED MORE!!! Don’t forget we still have our regular weekly segments from Courier-Post nightlife correspondent and The New York Times recognized John Howard-Fusco for his news of the week and please remember that John’s book “A Culinary History of Cape May: Salt Oysters, Beach Plums & Cabernet Franc” from Arcadia Publishing The History Press is now available to buy, Chef Barbie Marshall who is a Chef Gordon Ramsay Hell’s Kitchen Season 10 finalist and appeared on Season 17 of FOX Hell’s Kitchen #AllStars, and Chef Barbie was named Pennsylvania’s most influential chef by Cooking Light will delight us with her tip of the week, and a joke of the week from legendary joke teller Jackie Martling of The Howard Stern Show fame and Jackie “The Joke Man” Martling with his autobiography “The Joke Man: Bow to Stern” from Post Hill Press with foreword by Artie Lange available to order on Amazon.com. Fat Jack’s BBQ and Bluejeanfood.com hope you will use the TuneIn app to listen worldwide or also catch Small Bites Radio syndicated LIVE Sundays on KGTK 920AM, KITZ 1400AM, KSBN 1230AM, KBNP 1410AM, distributed by satellite through the Salem Radio Network, ScyNet Radio, Stitcher Radio, PodOmatic, and Try This Dish Radio which is the only independently owned and operated international chef-driven foodie and lifestyle radio network in the world! Also repeats of our shows are available to be listened to daily on the above platforms 5:30pm-6:30pm and on Mondays at 10am on Wildfire Radio, and as usual the newest episodes are available the following day on iTunes and PlayerFM.
Bob Marley–A Tribute to Freedom – Orlando, FL
Bob Marley–A Tribute to Freedom – Orlando, FL
With live music, friendly service, a nice vibe in the restaurant and pretty decent food this is a good spot in the City Walk. Here is the dish, Reggae Jamaican Jerk Chicken, Half chicken char-grilled, chopped, rice and peas, sweet plantains
Hot Dog Hall of Fame – Orlando, FL
Hot Dog Hall of Fame – Orlando, FL
Detroit Hot Dog – Koegel® dog, Abbott’s Coney chili, diced onions with an order of fries. It was yummy and would for sure try the many other varieties of hot dogs they have there.
Belgium and Netherlands Eats
Belgium and Netherlands Eats
So here are just a few pictures of easy to grab meals in and around Brussels, Belgium and Eindhoven, Netherlands. They were all tasty and a joy to visit. These were not all the places we ate at, but just the places I felt like or remembered taking pictures. Some places were better than others. The highlights were the liege waffles, warm fresh made stroopwafels, and the amazing herring. Also Kapsalon which is a popular Dutch fast food dish as literally means ‘Barbershop’ and consists out of french fries, kebab, garlic and sambal sauce, melted cheese and salad. It’s called a Kapsalon because it was regularly ordered by a barbershop in Rotterdam. Thank you to the amazing Eijkemans family for such a GREAT time!
Hong Kong Delight, Gaufre de Bruxelles, Kluitmans stroopwafels, Efteling Theme Park Resort, Restaria de Hoek, New Oriental Food City, and Pizza – Shoarma – Oriental.
04-15-18 Small Bites with Glenn Gross and Derek Timm of Bluejeanfood.com
04-15-18
http://wildfireradio.com/small-bites-episode-81/
http://wildfireradio.com/small-bites-episode-81/
LIVE this Sunday, April 15th at 635pm Small Bites with Glenn Gross and Derek Timm of Bluejeanfood.com on Wildfire Radio, Derek returns from Europe, and Small Bites has an AMAZING lineup. We are thrilled to welcome Chef Devin Alexander. Chef Devin Alexander is joining us to talk about her new cookbook “You Can Have It!: More Than 125 Decadent Diabetes-Friendly Recipes” from American Diabetes Association. From the New York Times bestselling author of the Biggest Loser Cookbook series, an indulgent comfort cookbook filled with recipes for anyone who wants to be healthy, whether they have diabetes or not! Whether you’re managing diabetes, want to lose weight, or just plain want to be fit while eating insanely scrumptious meals, weight-loss expert Devin Alexander is here to assure you, “You Can Have It!” The celebrity chef on the hit series, The Biggest Loser, and the author of the New York Times bestselling The Biggest Loser Cookbook series and The Most Decadent Diet Ever!, Devin Alexander, has created a collection of easy diabetes-friendly recipes that seem simply too good, and too decadent, to be healthy. Using her chef secrets, tips, and techniques that helped contestants on the hit show lose weight and that wowed customers in her restaurants, Devin Alexander has crafted more than 125 easy diabetes-friendly recipes that bust the myth that eating well means giving up the comfort foods you love. Best of all, Devin is living proof that these meals work—even as a chef, around food all day, she’s lost 70 pounds and kept it off for close to 30 years! With beautiful photographs, doable tips, simple techniques, affordable ingredients, and mouthwatering meals, this is the cookbook every person who cares about their health (whether they have diabetes or not!) will want to own. Inside you’ll find hundreds of decadent and simple-to-prepare dishes. Even if you’re managing diabetes, heart health, or trying to lose weight, no type of meal is “off limits” and no favorite is forbidden. With small tweaks and the right approach, Devin is here to show that, yes, You Can Have It! Devin has shared her Devinly™ Decadent secrets as the host of Healthy Decadence on Discovery Life Channel and Fit Tv from 2007-2011, as Host of “America’s Chefs on Tour” on PBS Food and through frequent appearances on Today Show, Good Morning America, The Biggest Loser, Dr. Oz, Access Hollywood Live, The Doctors, Dr. Drew, The View, OMG Insider, Dr. Phil, FOX, CNN, HGTV, USA, Style Network and others as well as through over 500 magazine features including Prevention, Women’s Health, Men’s Health and Shape. She’s served as Culinary Advisor to Men’s Fitness Magazine and as Cooking Expert to Women’s Health in addition to penning columns in Clean Eating, Muscle & Fitness, Muscle & Fitness Hers, American Fitness and others. After 9 years as the Owner and Executive Chef of Café Renee Catering, Devin now travels the country lecturing and consulting for major U.S. food and cookware companies. She’s a proud Ambassador of the American Diabetes Association, a Blogger for The American Heart Association, served on the Advisory Board of the American Culinary Federation’s Chef Child Foundation and spent years as Larry King Foundation’s Go-To-Chef to speak on “Obesity in America”. Her dessert line, Devinly Delites™ is heading to mass market soon. It will be an honor to talk to Chef Devin!!
Then Small Bites is happy to be joined by Scott Cronick of the immensely popular show Off The Press with Scott Cronick on News Talk 1400 WOND. Scott is an award-winning journalist and is the The Press of Atlantic City, At The Shore, and Atlantic City Weekly director of entertainment publications. On his show, “Off the Press” it is a program consisting of entertainment, music, food, casinos, politics, local issues and government spotlighting mostly Atlantic City. Being the go to authority of all things related to Atlantic City, Scott will also be joining us to talk about the highly anticipated Tennessee Avenue Renaissance Project, a concept that will not just be something new for Atlantic City, but for the state of New Jersey. The first to open was The Leadership Studio, the area’s first yoga studio in the Fall of 2017 founded by Grace & Glory Yoga Enterprise Founder Allie Nunzi and yoga instructor Kathy Whitmore. Next up will be MADE Atlantic City Chocolate Bar opening April 27, providing an awesomely sweet spot on Tennessee Avenue that will appeal to everyone who loves chocolate, cocktails and wine from Deborah Pellegrino and Mark Pellegrino. Then after MADE will be Hayday Coffee Atlantic City’s Coffee Shop, by Evan Sanchez, Zenith Shah and Loryn Lyn Simonsen. Sanchez says it will become “Atlantic City’s go-to-coffee shop and a center of community” featuring quality coffee and espresso drinks and baked goods from Kizbee’s Kitchen. This will all be topped off with the centerpiece of the project which will be the Tennessee Avenue Beer Hall expected to open early summer of 2018, that will be a fun, hip alternative to the Atlantic City bar scene that will feature dozens of craft beer options, video games and pinball, pool tables, the best jukebox in town and a “down and dirty menu” conceptualized and executed by Charles Soreth of Sublime Seafood Company and BR Guest Hospitality fame. The menu will feature the best hot dogs in South Jersey, greasy burgers, German-style hot pretzels, creative takes on the classic grilled cheese and more. The Beer Hall, which will have a giant outdoor beer garden, is a joint partnership between Scott and Mark Callazzo the CEO of Alpha Funding Solutions and founder member of Atlantic City Bottle Company and The Iron Room. Sounds great!!
Warm weather and the shore have us thinking BBQ. Well also coming on the show will be Chef Ray Sheehan the founder and owner of BBQ Buddha, an award winning line of healthy-minded BBQ sauces and seasoning rubs. Under his close supervision, the products are crafted at the famed Brooks’ Bottling Co., Oneonta, NY. They are made with only premium ingredients, never using additives or anything artificial and are packed with flavor! Chef Ray states “I’ve been around the food business all my life. At an early age I would spend endless hours at my grandfather’s farm where he gifted me an appreciation for hard work and honest good food. I want to use my skills to create products made free of additives, artificial flavors and colors – all good for you and your family. It is that promise that guides everything we do at BBQ Buddha.”
Awards:
All BBQ Buddha products have finished in the Top 10 National BBQ News awards
2017 NBBQA Awards of Excellence 1st Place Memphis Mop BBQ sauce Vinegar/Mild Category
2017 Scovie Awards 2nd Place All Natural BBQ sauce, 2nd Place Vinegar BBQ sauce Memphis Mop
2018 World Hot Sauce/BBQ sauce awards 1st Place Grand Champion Memphis Mop Vinegar BBQ sauce
Chef Ray finished 21st in the world at the World Food Championships 2016 Orange Beach Alabama
Qualified for World Food Championships for 2018
Chef Ray is the Pitmaster for the BBQ Buddha Competition Team and a certified Kansas City Barbecue Society Judge. He or his products have been featured in numerous publications including: The National Barbecue News, Industry Magazine, NJ Monthly, and Edible Jersey Magazine. BBQ Buddha recipes have appeared in The Asbury Park Press, 2520Fitness.com, and numerous food blogs. He currently is a monthly contributor to National Barbecue News, a chef ambassador for Gunter Wilhelm Cutlery and Cookware, Cuttingboards2go.com, and The Perfect Draft BBQ Blower. Wow we can’t wait!
Our next guest will not only CRACK you up, but she may pluck you away from the way you thought about eggs and have you cluck and try your luck with her blog and books. Lisa steele will join us to talk about her books such as Let’s Hatch Chicks, Fresh Eggs Daily, Duck Eggs Daily, and Gardening with Chickens. In addition to being a bestselling author Lisa Steele is the darling of the backyard chicken keeping community. She is the founder of the Better Homes & Gardens award-winning blog Fresh Eggs Daily, the most well-respected and well-known chicken keeping brand, and one of the very few that focuses entirely on natural chicken keeping. In addition to authoring books and touring the country speaking and making public appearances, Lisa writes for Hobby Farm, Backyard Poultry and Chickens magazines, HGTVGardens and the Old Farmers Almanac, among others, and has been featured on the front page of the Wall Street Journal, as well as in American Farmhouse Style, The Cottage Journal and Down East (the special “Martha Stewart” edition) magazines. Having appeared on several national radio and television programs including the Hallmark Home and Family show, P. Allen Smith’s Garden Style on PBS, NPR, Good Day Sacramento,Good Morning Maine and Bill Green’s Maine, most recently Lisa is hosting her own chicken lifestyle television show “Fresh Eggs Daily with Lisa Steele” on the CW (WPXT/WPME-TV) in the local Portland, Maine viewing area.
To send Small Bites off with a ROCKING finale this week, we also welcome US doom metallers Vessel Of Light (featuring Nathan Opposition of Ancient VVisdom and Dan Lorenzo of HADES) who have released their new single taken from the forthcoming full length album. The song “Son of Man” is an impressive step forward compared to the already highly acclaimed self-titled EP. By commenting the single, Doomed and Stoned says: “I can’t get enough of the new material and I suspect you’ll take to its brand of badassery quite well, too. Fans of Danzig, Corrosion of Conformity and Alice in Chains, give eye and ear to ‘Son of Man’. “Son of Man” is taken from the forthcoming full-length “WOODSHED”, to be released by Argonauta Recordson CD/LP/DD in September 2018.
Small Bites Radio correspondent Actor John DiRenzo is out and about with his valuable insight and experience in the culinary world so be sure to catch him on QVC selling the high quality Copper Chef products. See him Tuesday, April 17th at #BourbonBash2018 at Bank & Bourbon’s Loews Philadelphia Hotel 4th Annual Bourbon Bash from Executive Chef Thomas Harkins who will be preparing some of his signature dishes including Corn Cakes with Tomato Marmalade, Beef Tartare on Crispy Fingerling Potato and Crab Fritters with Spicy Remoulade. Guests will also enjoy multiple carving stations with accompanying Bourbon as well as a Singe Barrel tasting bar with bourbon-aged lager brewed by Flavor Philadelphia partner Saint Benjamin exclusively for Bank & Bourbon. Proceeds from Bourbon Bash benefit DonorsChoose.org, an organization that supports educational needs and programs in the Tri-State area. In the last three years, Bank & Bourbon has donated over $50,000 in supplies to our local school teachers and students to improve the quality of education and touched over 15,000 students!
You say you STILL NEED MORE!!! Don’t forget we still have our regular weekly segments from Courier-Post nightlife correspondent and The New York Times recognized John Howard-Fusco for his news of the week and please remember that John’s book “A Culinary History of Cape May: Salt Oysters, Beach Plums & Cabernet Franc” from Arcadia Publishing The History Press is now available to buy, Chef Barbie Marshall who is a Chef Gordon Ramsay Hell’s Kitchen Season 10 finalist and appeared on Season 17 of FOX Hell’s Kitchen #AllStars, and Chef Barbie was named Pennsylvania’s most influential chef by Cooking Light will delight us with her tip of the week, and a joke of the week from legendary joke teller Jackie Martling of The Howard Stern Show fame and Jackie “The Joke Man” Martling with his autobiography “The Joke Man: Bow to Stern” from Post Hill Press with foreword by Artie Lange available to order on Amazon.com. Fat Jack’s BBQ and Bluejeanfood.com hope you will use the TuneIn app to listen worldwide or also catch Small Bites Radio syndicated LIVE Sundays on KGTK 920AM, KITZ 1400AM, KSBN 1230AM, KBNP 1410AM, distributed by satellite through the Salem Radio Network, ScyNet Radio, Stitcher Radio, PodOmatic, and TryThisDish Radio which is the only independently owned and operated international chef-driven foodie and lifestyle radio network in the world! Also repeats of our shows are available to be listened to daily on the above platforms 5:30pm-6:30pm and on Mondays at 10am on Wildfire Radio, and as usual the newest episodes are available the following day on iTunes and PlayerFM.
03-25-18 Small Bites with Glenn Gross and Derek Timm of Bluejeanfood.com
03-25-18
https://wildfireradio.com/small-bites-episode-80/
https://wildfireradio.com/small-bites-episode-80/
LIVE this Sunday, March 25th at 635pm Small Bites with Glenn Gross and Derek Timm of Bluejeanfood.com on Wildfire Radio returns with another stellar lineup. Some might even say a ROCKING lineup. We welcome Paul Green A.K.A the Godfather of Rock School Education and founder of School of Rock which was portrayed in the Hollywood movie “School of Rock” played by Jack Black. Paul returns home to Philadelphia to launch the PGRA Philly Paul Green Rock Academy. Twenty years since he opened a modest music school in Philly based on his ardent belief that kids would rather learn by rocking on stage. Well Paul Green has returned home to teach performance-based music again in the city where he founded the original School of Rock en route to revolutionizing music education across the nation. But this time, the Godfather of Rock School Education is starting small – and keeping it that way – to create The Greatest Music School in the Country. Unlike the School of Rock model, Green’s new school is an audition-only “Master’s Program in Rock Music” for kids “with big dreams and the chops to back them up.” In other words, serious musicians who need to already have “the gift of rock” before they even meet the man who gave it to an entire generation. The Paul Green Rock Academy is located 6183 Ridge Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19128. Serious musicians, aged 10-18, who are interested in auditioning should write to info@paulgreenrock.com. Complete information at www.paulgreenrock.com.
Another well-known name around Philadelphia was Ben Franklin. We are happy to welcome Rae Katherine Eighmey the author of “Stirring the Pot with Benjamin Franklin: A Founding Father’s Culinary Adventures” from Smithsonian Books. Stirring the Pot with Benjamin Franklin is a remarkable culinary biography that explores Benjamin Franklin’s life through the foods he favored and served. It includes sixty-two kitchen-tested recipes based on period sources from colonial Boston and Philadelphia, England, and France, all deliciously adapted for the modern kitchen. Stirring the Pot with Benjamin Franklin conveys all of Franklin’s culinary adventures, demonstrating that Franklin’s love of food shaped not only his life but also the character of the young nation he helped build. Perfect for inquisitive cooks and history lovers alike, this book will inspire you to never think of Franklin in quite the same way again. Rae Katherine Eighmey is an award-winning author, food historian, and cook. She is the author of numerous books, including Abraham Lincoln in the Kitchen, Soda Shop Salvation, and Food Will Win the War.
Then we welcome Jenn Segal who is the founder of Once Upon A Chef, a popular blog showcasing easy, family-friendly recipes from a chef’s point of view. Her recipes have been featured on numerous websites, magazines, and television programs, including The HuffPost ABC 7 News – WJLA‘s Good Morning Washington, and PARADE Magazine.com. Before starting her blog, Jenn cooked at the acclaimed L’Auberge Chez Francois and was director of marketing for a prominent restaurant group. She is joining us to talk about her new book “Once Upon a Chef, the Cookbook: 100 Tested, Perfected, and Family-Approved Recipes” from Chronicle Books. Jenn cooks dinner for her family every night, and in her book, she shares 100 recipes that will up your kitchen game while surprising you with their ease. With the authority of a professional chef and the practicality of a busy working mom, Jenn teaches you to improve your cooking one recipe at a time, with helpful tips on topics such as how to season correctly with salt, how to balance flavors, and how to make the most of leftovers. This is the book you’ll turn to again and again, and with Jenn by your side in the kitchen, every meal will taste like the best night out!
We are thrilled to welcome back in studio Marilyn Johnson of Philly Grub, who is another prolific blogger covering all food related topics around the Philadelphia area. Philly Grub is a Philadelphia food news, reviews, and scene blog showcasing all that is good about eating and drinking in Philadelphia and South Jersey. It is one of Philadelphia’s longest-running blogs. Marilyn will be in studio to chat about “Dish It Up” presented by Women Against Abuse happening Wednesday, March 28th 6pm at Cescaphe Event Group’s Vie. Dish it Up provides delicious culinary delights and a mission focused evening of fun for more than 500 guests in celebration of the movement against domestic violence. Dish It Up is the only fundraising event and food tasting competition in Philadelphia featuring all female chefs. Dish It Up provides women leading the way in Philadelphia’s culinary arts with an opportunity to showcase their skills—and all for a great cause! Marilyn will be a judge for the event joined by other judges; Michael Klein who is a restaurant columnist at the The Philadelphia Inquirer/Philadelphia Daily News and philly.com, Diana Sabater who is Food Network‘s Ultimate Grand Chopped Champion and Owner of Diana’s Spice Cantina, Chef Roberta Pipito an Award winning chef as well as a food and beer/wine connoisseur as well as runs Homemade Delish, Chef Chef Rick Tarantino a Professional chef and media personality with QVC, and Small Bites very own Chef Barbie Marshall.
Last, but certainly not least we welcome Mark Rossi the owner of A Taste of Philly – Ice Cream Parlor/Coffee Shop out of West Deptford, NJ in studio. After winning awards, gaining many fans, and countless television appearances regarding their “pickle nickel” pretzels, it all came to crashing halt when a fire closed their business. Well after rising from the ashes, Mark and partners Keith Rossi and Albert Mastrando have a brand new location and lots of other products they offer to go along with the famed “pickle nickel” pretzel. They are also featuring ice cream, coffee from Revolution Coffee Roasters, baked goods from Summit Cakery & Cafe, java shakes, and pizza bowls and cones. We couldn’t be more proud of Mark and are happy to have him come back better than ever. Picture is of their 1st Annual Chili Cookoff on Saturday, April 14th.
Small Bites Radio correspondent Actor John DiRenzo is out and about with his valuable insight and experience in the culinary world so be sure to catch him on QVC selling the high quality Copper Chef products.
You say you STILL NEED MORE!!! Don’t forget we still have our regular weekly segments from Courier-Post nightlife correspondent and The New York Times recognized John Howard-Fusco for his news of the week and please remember that John’s book “A Culinary History of Cape May: Salt Oysters, Beach Plums & Cabernet Franc” from Arcadia Publishing The History Press is now available to buy, Chef Barbie Marshall who is a Chef Gordon Ramsay Hell’s Kitchen Season 10 finalist and appeared on Season 17 of FOX Hell’s Kitchen #AllStars, and Chef Barbie was named Pennsylvania’s most influential chef by Cooking Light will delight us with her tip of the week, and a joke of the week from legendary joke teller Jackie Martling of The Howard Stern Show fame and Jackie “The Joke Man” Martling with his autobiography “The Joke Man: Bow to Stern” from Post Hill Press with foreword by Artie Lange available to order on Amazon.com. Fat Jack’s BBQ and Bluejeanfood.com hope you will use the TuneIn app to listen worldwide or also catch Small Bites Radio syndicated LIVE Sundays on KGTK 920AM, KITZ 1400AM, KSBN 1230AM, KBNP 1410AM, distributed by satellite through the Salem Radio Network, ScyNet Radio, Stitcher Radio, PodOmatic, and TryThisDish Radio which is the only independently owned and operated international chef-driven foodie and lifestyle radio network in the world! Also repeats of our shows are available to be listened to daily on the above platforms 5:30pm-6:30pm and on Mondays at 10am on Wildfire Radio, and as usual the newest episodes are available the following day on iTunes and PlayerFM.
Bruno’s Restaurant & Pizza – Haddonfield, NJ
Bruno’s Restaurant & Pizza – Haddonfield, NJ
Pictured is Pasta Fagioli and Chicken Marsala. The highlight of the meal was the fresh bread basket (not pictured) which had a delcious variety of bread and slices of Tomato Pie. If went back to Bruno’s I would probably just get the Tomato Pie as it was good enough to skip the meal.
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