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CMN Video: Cocktail Hour - Cachaça We explore the uses of Cachaça, the national spirit of Brazil, and learn how to make 2 cocktails, the classic Caiparinha, and the Empire Cooler, with Sagatiba Brand Manager and mixologist Jamie Terrell. A production of The Culinary Media Network. www.culinarymedianetwork.com

ReMARKable Palate #153: Cachaça - The Spirit of Brazil This week, we talk about the National Spirit of Brazil, Cachaça. I attended a party hosted by Sagatiba, a premium Brazilian Cachaça, and had the chance to sit down with Jared Brown and Anistatia Miller, cocktail, spirits, and liquor experts who happen to be married to each other! You heard them recently on All You Can Eat #52, speaking with our mutual friend Don Genova. Well today, they give us the benefit of their vast knowledge and research into the history of Cachaça and other New World spirits. Exposition Universelle des Vins et Spiritueux Sagatiba Cachaça Theme Song: "Go Fish", by Big Money Grip, from the Podsafe Music Network. ReMARKable Palate is a production of The Culinary Media Network. www.culinarymedianetwork.com

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CHIC Podcast #134: Herbs Herbs are great with most foods whether they are dry or fresh. Wook and I talk about how to grow them, how to use them and what to pair them with. Be sure to check out Wook's blog at www.kangskorner.blogspot.com Thanks for listening! www.culinarymedianetwork.com

CMN Video: Fork in The Road - Sicily Jennifer and Chef Mark speak with Tony May and Gianfranco Sorrentino from GRI, or Gruppo Ristoratori Italiani, about GRI's mission to promote the image of Italian Cuisine in the United States. Each year, they visit a region of Italy to learn about fresh artisanal products. This year, the destination was Sicily, and the Culinary Media Network came along to join in on the fun! From ancient Greek ruins, to sumptuous feasts in rustic farmhouses to Medieval Palazzi and winery tours, we took a big bite out of Sicily! A production of The Culinary Media Network. www.culinarymedianetwork.com Mara Eli, Francesco Cafiso "Sicilia" (mp3) from "Made in Sicily The Songs" (Alfredo Lo Faro) Buy at Napster Buy at GroupieTunes Buy at mTraks Download More On This Album

ReMARKable Palate #152: A Powerful Taste of Wales This week, I take a trip to the west of the UK and get a taste of Wales! I wish it were really so, but actually I spoke with a bunch of Welsh food producers at the Fancy Food Show here in New York. From cheddar cheese, to beer, sea salt and flavored pates, the foods of Wales reflect the Gaelic roots of these warm people, and I'm sure you'll agree that the ones I met are a fun lot. Collier's Cheese Cwrw Haf Halen Mon Seasalt Patchwork Foods ReMARKable Palate is a production of The Culinary Media Network. www.culinarymedianetwork.com Theme Song: "Go Fish", by Big Money Grip, from the Podsafe Music Network.

CMN Video: Chef Rick Bayless at NY Times Travel Show, Part 3 The conclusion of our 3 part series. Chef Rick Bayless, of Chicago's Frontera Grill and Topolobampo speaks at the NY Times Travel Show. He finishes his Shrimp in Green Mole Sauce, and teaches us about chayote. www.rickbayless.com A production of The Culinary Media Network. www.culinarymedianetwork.com

CHIC Podcast #133: Citrus Flavor and Equipment Roundup Wook Kang and I decided to talk about our favorite flavors today. We both love citrus in all it's incarnations. Of course we love lemons but limes are what really blow us away. We even give equal time to grapefruit. Then we take some time to talk about specialty pans one might buy. Do you have an omelette pan? How about a scone pan? We navigate through our favorite types and brands of pans. Thanks for listening. Also, check out Chef Wook's blog at Wookie Cookie. www.culinarymedianetwork.com

CMN Video: SpeckFest Jennifer visits SpeckFest, the Annual festival celebrating Speck, a cured ham product of the SudTirol-Alto Adige region of Northern Italy that is both smoked and air cured. She then takes us to a factory, where we see the modern way that Speck is produced. A production of The Culinary Media Network. www.culinarymedianetwork.com

All You Can Eat #52: I Need a Cocktail! Solid bartending tips for making the perfect Bloody Caesar and other Clamato-based drinks, followed by a chat with two of my oldest drinking buddies! (they are cocktail experts...)

ReMARKable Palate #151: Greek Cheese with the Greek Gourmand This week, I chat with Sam Sotiropoulos, the Greek Gourmand, who shares recipes and reflections on Greek food, culture, and history on his blog at greekgourmand.blogspot.com. Sam gives us a primer on Greek cheeses, helping us to go beyond feta, and distinguish between the many fine cheeses that come from the cradle of Western Civilization. More on Greek Cheeses: Greek Cheese Page ReMARKable Palate is a production of The Culinary Media Network. www.culinarymedianetwork.com Theme Song: "Go Fish", by Big Money Grip, from the Podsafe Music Network.

CMN Video: Fancy Food Show Highlights A visual montage of some of the beautiful and mouth-watering displays of food products at the 2008 NASFT Summer Fancy Food Show. A production of the Culinary Media Network. www.culinarymedianetwork.com A production of The Culinary Media Network. www.culinarymedianetwork.com

CHIC Podcast #132: My Parents and Food For the independence day holiday, we traveled East to visit my parents, Joe and Sally. They infused a love of food in me and I wanted to know a little bit about their experience with food. I talk to them individually in their home and on a walk with my mother. Thanks for listening! www.culinarymedianetwork.com

ReMARKable Palate #150: Fancy Food Show Hot Picks Today, it’s my annual wrap up of highlights from the Fancy Food Show. Each summer the NASFT, the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade, hosts a huge show at the Jacob Javits Center, showcasing food producers from around the world. Many countries sponsor national trade pavilions to show off their traditional and innovative products, and also many entrepreneurial Americans take the opportunity to introduce new specialty products for the American Market. Today it’s a quick wrap up of a few of the products that caught my eye. ReMARKable Palate is a production of The Culinary Media Network. www.culinarymedianetwork.com Theme Song: "Go Fish", by Big Money Grip, from the Podsafe Music Network.

CMN Video: Action Against Hunger Benefit We attend the Benefit party for the Restaurants Against Hunger campaign, to raise funds for Action Against Hunger, an International agency devoted to fighting hunger in over 43 countries in the world. Their aid helps children and adults with severe malnutrition and in many cases brings them back from the brink of death. Please take a moment to donate at www.actionagainsthunger.org A production of The Culinary Media Network. www.culinarymedianetwork.com

CMN Video: Tasting Speck Alto Adige Jennifer visits the Johannser Hof in Chiusa, Sudtirol to learn the traditional way that Speck is made. She speaks with Franz Mitterutzner, Director of the Speck Alto Adige Consoritum, about the methods and careful regulations that govern this traditional cured meat of Northern Italy. She then tastes some of Herr Brunner's farmhouse Speck with Lou Di Palo of Di Palo's Fine Foods. A production of The Culinary Media Network. www.culinarymedianetwork.com

CHIC Podcast #131: Summer Music Podcast Sometimes you just have to take some time out to listen to some music. This year I dip into the Podshow.com bag of music to bring you what I'm listening to. Podshow has attracted some very up and coming bands. Secret Machines, British Sea Power and Midlake are newly added to the roster. They are bands that I have heard on NPR on shows like Sound Opinions with Greg Kot and Jim De Rogatis and All Songs Considered with Bob Boilen. Let me know what you think of the music. This is stuff I love to listen to. I hope you do too. We'll be back next week with some more food related items but right now, it's time to rock. Thanks for listening! www.culinarymedianetwork.com

CMN Video: How to Make the Perfect Latte Barista Heather Perry from the Ultimate Barista Challenge shows us how to make the perfect latte, with tips on milk temperature, rolling the steam, and how to make those cool designs that seem impossible! www.ultimatebaristachallenge.com A production of The Culinary Media Network. www.culinarymedianetwork.com

ReMARKable Palate #149: Italian Food Expert Julia Della Croce On today’s show, I visit with Julia Della Croce, one of the pre-eminent authorities on Italian food. Julia has written 11 cookbooks, each focusing on regional Italian cookery, from Rome to the Veneto to Umbria, and books on pasta, antipasti, and even vegetarian Italian dishes. I met Julia on a recent trip to Sicily, and we shared such wonderful conversations about fresh seasonal food, I wanted to have her on the show to share some of that with you. We met again recently on a beautiful day in New York, and in addition to talking about the issues of local eating vs. importing, she shares with us some of what she’s been doing to teach school-children about growing and making food. ReMARKable Palate is a production of The Culinary Media Network. www.culinarymedianetwork.com Theme Song: "Go Fish", by Big Money Grip, from the Podsafe Music Network.

CHIC Podcast #130: Flavor Enhancers A listener recently wrote the show about some ideas for upcoming podcasts. She mentioned that she wanted to know what “chocolate extract” is and how she would use it. There is no such thing as real chocolate extract unless you count cocoa powder. This got Chef Wook and myself thinking about all the great flavor enhancers professional chefs use everyday without thinking about it. Wook and I talk about infusion, reduction and myriad flavor enhancers that every home cook can take advantage of. Thanks for listening. Also, check out Chef Wook's blog at Wookie Cookie www.culinarymedianetwork.com

In this podcast, hear from MIT's Eric Lander and Li-Huei Tsai about new experiments that are exploring whether "lost" memories can be regained. Podcast produced by David Levin. Interview by Betsey Arledge and Peter Standring. Music by www.animalhospital.com. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Major funding for NOVA is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Additional funding is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0229297. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. For more fun science stories, visit our Web site at http://pbs.org/nova/sciencenow

In this podcast, hear from MIT's Eric Lander and Li-Huei Tsai about new experiments that are exploring whether "lost" memories can be regained. Podcast produced by David Levin. Interview by Betsey Arledge and Peter Standring. Music by www.animalhospital.com. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Major funding for NOVA is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Additional funding is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0229297. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. For more fun science stories, visit our Web site at http://pbs.org/nova/sciencenow

CMN Video: How to Make Lobster Rolls Chef Mark is joined by Chef Alain Bosse from Taste of Nova Scotia, who shows us how to make a simple yet sumptuous lobster roll. www.tasteofnovascotia.com A production of The Culinary Media Network. www.culinarymedianetwork.com

ReMARKable Palate #148: The Foods of Nova Scotia & The Round the World Yacht Race On today’s show, it’s a special visit to the Marina at the World Financial Center where we caught up with Chef Alain Bossé and Pam Wamback from Taste of Nova Scotia, who shared with us some of their great seafood, and showed off their clipper that's participating in the Clipper 07-08 Round The World Yacht Race. I speak with Pam about the foods of Nova Scotia, and then with Anna Wardley of Clipper 07-08. Look for our video demos with Chef Alain Bossé here on the CMN. ReMARKable Palate is a production of The Culinary Media Network. www.culinarymedianetwork.com Theme Song: "Go Fish", by Big Money Grip, from the Podsafe Music Network.

CMN Video: Lobster Sex Jennifer is joined by Chef Alain Bosse from Taste of Nova Scotia, who shows us how to identify male and female lobsters,and also gives us a lesson on the intricacies of lobster sex! http://www.tasteofnovascotia.com/ A production of The Culinary Media Network (www.culinarymedianetwork.com).

Food Philosophy #78: Luscious Nova Scotia Lobster Chef Alain Bosse from Taste of Nova Scotia and Pictou Lodge joins me for a little sassy talk about our favorite crustacean and some of Nova Scotia's other culinary delights. P.S. If you've never known the intricacies of male and female lobsters, the chef has a few insights for you -- including full hips and rigid males. Yes. http://www.tasteofnovascotia.com/ http://www.pictoulodge.com/ Music: Beau Hall (http://www.beaurocks.com/) and George Fletcher's Bourbon Renewal (http://www.georgefletcher.com) Food Philosophy is a production of the Culinary Media Network (http://www.culinarymedianetwork.com/).

CMN Video: Chef Rick Bayless at NY Times Travel Show, Part 2 Chef Rick Bayless, of Chicago's Frontera Grill and Topolobampo speaks at the NY Times Travel Show. He demonstrates how to make a Green Mole Sauce, and explains many of the unique Mexican ingredients that go into it. On Part 3 he finishes the dish, using the mole with Shrimp. A production of The Culinary Media Network. www.culinarymedianetwork.com

CHIC Podcast #129: News and Mailbag I have gathered up several questions that students and listeners have posed over the last few weeks. There are questions covering all different kinds of cooking plus I talk about accuracy in cooking and how it can improve your food experience. I also take some time to reminisce about my time in college and thank folks that make this show possible. Thanks for listening! www.culinarymedianetwork.com

CMN Video: How to Break Down a Lobster Chef Mark is joined by Chef Alain Bosse from Taste of Nova Scotia, who shows us how to break down a lobster, getting all the tasty meat inside. We learn about what parts to avoid, and how to get at all the good stuff! www.tasteofnovascotia.com A production of The Culinary Media Network. www.culinarymedianetwork.com

ReMARKable Palate #146: More Kitchen Tips with the Full Time Mom On today’s show, it’s part 2 of my interview with Stephanie Ravenscraft from The Full Time Mom Podcast. Stephanie is a good friend of mine, and had me on her show to share tips for making family meals more fun and exciting. We talk more about food foibles and getting family members to eat a wider range of food, tips on seasoning a cast iron skillet, and how to properly prepare for going to the grocery store. ReMARKable Palate is a production of The Culinary Media Network. www.culinarymedianetwork.com Theme Song: "Go Fish", by Big Money Grip, from the Podsafe Music Network.