NC F&B Podcast

Episode 29 - Kim Hammer of Bittersweet & Raleigh Provisions - Warning, we get a little political in this episode. On the anniversary of the HB2 law, we sit down with Kim Hammer, owner of bittersweetraleigh.com & Raleigh Provisions. Kim chats about her businesses, family and political views. We eat & drink merrily as we learn about Kim's times in NYC and how she got her start. It's a charged up episode!

Episode 28 - http://michaelsenglishmuffins.com owner Annabelle Comisar speaks to us about her self-made business, selling wine for http://sourgrapeswine.com to the Triangle in NC, growing up in a restaurant family (her father, Michael Comisar, ran The Maisonette in Cincinnati for 41 years https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Maisonette). Her muffins have become popular among some of the best chefsand community in NC. Get'em while they're hot!

North Carolina Food & Beverage Podcast, Episode 27 - Jacob Boehm, the chef of SnapPeaUnderground.com sits down with Max & Matt to chat about popup dinners, getting lost in Malaysia, doing college popup dinners at Stanford and dabble about music.

Episode 26 - Andrea Weigl - Writer, Cook, Voice Andrea leaves 17 years of writing law and food for the newsobserver.com to focus on producing Vivian Howard's PBS show, A Chef's Life http://apple.co/2o79w50 via http://www.markaymedia.com We talk food, food critics, court reporting, documentaries, local drama with food writers and great local food. We learned to eat at Heron's, Fearrington and the Cardinal, for chili dogs and beer. Andrea has shaped the beauty of the food industry in the Raleigh/Durham area through her writing and will continue with the PBS program, A Chef's Life.

Episode 25 - Steven & Sam Goff of @Brinehaus Provisions Food Truck https://www.facebook.com/Brinehaus/ We get all up in the butchering side of the food world with Chef/Butcher Steven Goff and his wife Sam as they embark on their new venture Brinehaus Provisions - a food truck with a butcher's attitude... if that butcher was punk rock and didn't give a fuck... except for making delicious food and hospitality. Huh, who knew that existed? We spend way too much time on the old Northern California music scene, i.e. Primus, Journey, Huey Lewis and sadly... Smashmouth. But we also chat about food. And how Chef Goff is cooking NC with inspiration from all over the world. Be entertained... we were.

Episode 24 - Durham Distillery's Melissa & Lee Katrincic Durhamdistillery.com For Show Notes: http://bit.ly/2ngCM91 Join us on a Gin-Soaked pleasure ride with our favorite booze builders, Durham Distillery! Listen to how they put Melissa's crazy idea of making Gin into action. Lee and Max bro-out through mutual http://adamcarolla.com podcast admiration. We also talk cocktail recipes, distribution, and our favorite state liquor laws! AND support the Brunch Bill a.k.a Senate Bill 155 http://bit.ly/2lt5zpx If passed, YOU can drink a gin martini at 10am on Sundays AND purchase 5 bottles of liquor from your local distilleries, rather than the current 1 bottle. Who loses? NO ONE>>> Vote> We dare you.

Episode 23 - Inez Ribustello, co-owner of http://www.onthesquarenc.com & http://www.tarborobrewingcompany.com SHOW NOTES: http://bit.ly/2mJyCH3 In this episode, we chat with Inez about life at the top... of the World Trade Center, Windows On The World to be exact. That's where she became beverage director where she also met her future husband, Stephen. We geek out on wine, taste her TBC beer, her transition back to her native NC and get to know why everyone loves Inez. She just good people, and you'll learn a thing or two. Sponsored by food-seen.com

Episode 22 - Architect Louis Cherry http://www.louischerry.com speaks with us about the restaurants he's designed in NC and working alongside James Beard Award winning Chefs, Ashley Christensen & Andrea Reusing. Louis is a well-versed musician and pizza maker and shines a little light on his once-great-resaturant, Enoteca Vin. We talk concept, restaurant, wine, pizza & really just get to know a local legend, Louis Cherry.

Episode 21 - Piedmont Restaurant's Chef John May & GM Crawford Leavoy. http://piedmontrestaurant.com Click Here for Show Notes: http://bit.ly/2ljVMpE In this episode, we chat with John May & Crawford Leavoy. We talk coffee, toothpicks and doors... you know, the hard hitting questions. After all that hot talk, we get into the craft of farm to table cuisine, wine pairings and hospitality. Both John & Crawford give us their picks for the best places to eat across the nation. This episode brought to you by food-seen.com

Episode 20 - Valentine's with our wives: Felicia Perry-Trujillo & Sarah Weiss. CLICK THE LINK FOR SHOW NOTES: http://bit.ly/2kvjbjv Love is in the air and we wanted to spend our Valentine's Day with the one's we love the most, our wives.... So corny... But our wives brought their A-game to the show. Felicia is the owner/CEO of Food-Seen.com, a food photography/social media company and Sarah remotely works for New York-based Price Waterhouse Coopers in marketing/business development here in NC. FOR TICKETS TO LES DAMES D'ESCOFFIER 'DAMES IN THE KITCHEN' CLICK HERE: http://bit.ly/LDENCEvent Today's show is revealing and honest, but it will also make you laugh. Max & Matt definitely got the better end of this whole marriage deal.