Lots of festive seasonal topics today…Our favorite ways to enjoy caviar // Chocolate Cheer - Yule logs and crinkle cookies // Dissecting Bruce Aidells’ recipe for a standing rib roast so Producer Pam doesn’t mess it up // Woodchuck Warmers and other cocktail ideas to leave for Santa // Jackie Cross trials a new recipe for the gingeriest gingerbread // Lastly, we play Rub with Love Trivia Challenge!!

One of our favorite bakers, Brittany Bardeleben joins us to talk about her new menu at Hot cakes and some holiday baking inspiration // Local coffee legend, and former CEO of LaMazocco, Kent Bakke is here to talk coffee and give us a preview of a new coffee museum // Why we love shrimp for fast and fancy weeknight meals // The new Cheetos grinder is all the rage but we have better ideas for bringing the crunch // Lastly, we play Rub with Love Food for Thought Tasty Trivia!!

Vicky Bennison joins to talk about her highly successful Pasta Grannies book and You Tube series // The always gracious Armandino Batali joins us to share holiday food memories // And we are so happy that Lara Hamilton, owner of the must visit cookbook store, Book Larder will join us to run down new releases for your shopping and gifting needs // Tis the season for roasting vegetables – some of our favorites // Lastly, we play Rub with Love Food for Thought Tasty Trivia!!

Allecia Vermillion, Executive Editor of Seattle Met magazine joins us and gives us some background on how she keeps up with the Seattle dining scene // We learn all about oysters from Robert Spaulding, executive chef of Elliot’s Oyster House // Shallots and how to best utilize them // And of course, We play Rub with Love Food for Thought Tasty Trivia!

One of our very own chefs at Hot Stove, Kelty Clark Mahoney, was a contributing author to the 2-volume book set “Food and World Culture" // Mike Salvatore from 58 Stars travel entices us with details about trips with Thierry in 2023 // We have invited our enthusiastic audience to submit their burning culinary questions // Recap of Thanksgiving – highlights and inspiration for leftovers // Our recommendations on Christmas gifts for the food obsessed friends on your list

Today is all about the feast of Thanksgiving - celebrating traditions and embracing new trends. We go through the main players – turkey, gravy and dressing and save some room for vegetables, and pie of course // Otilia Baraboi, executive director of Alliance Francaise drops by to tell us about how to connect with the enthusiastic local French community.
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The dynamic website Chef Steps has a fantastic feature on potatoes // Advice on how to get the most flavor from a pork tenderloin // What about them apples – asking our guests to taste 6 varieties with us // It’s time for spicing up great lentil dishes // We are crazy excited to talk with Linda Skeens, who rocked the culinary world as America’s Favorite County Fair Champion with 30 ribbons at the Virginia Kentucky summer competition!

For fall baking the satisfying ease of quick breads // Tasting Panel - soy, tamari and shoyu // Looking for an alternative protein? - Check out the cheeks! Halibut, cod, pork, beef // Know your Beaujolais classifications // How to assemble a stunning cheese board // Turn your cocktail into a meat brine

We finish up National Seafood Month with cod fisherman Adam Hosmer // The James Beard foundation is hosting Taste America November 3rd at the 4 Seasons and Dick Stevens will tell us more about all the talented chefs that will be there // Angela Stowell, CEO of Fare Start joins us to talk about celebrating their 30th anniversary and welcoming students back for in person training // Last week we teased you with the subject of gratin but today we are really going to do it! // Lastly, we play our Rub with Love Food for Thought Tasty Trivia!

National Seafood month continues, and we embrace the goal of increasing our seafood consumption. Today we visit with Kelli Goodwin of Maritime Operations at Port of Seattle and Bri Dwyer, a Bering Sea Crabber // Thierry’s trip to Morocco and all the delicious dishes he enjoyed // Pike Brewing’s new head Brewmaster, Leslie Shore joins the show to tell us about her role and their new beers // Lastly, we play Rub with Love Food for Thought Tasty Trivia!!