Category Archives: Podcast

From Cacao to Craft Chocolate Stories from the past, Sustainability for the Future

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Presented by Valerie Beck,
Founder, Chocolate Uplift, and Valerie’s Original Chocolate Tours

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CNN Cocoanomics

According to Chicago native Valerie Beck, “chocolate can change everything, from our mood, to the world.” So passionate is Valerie about chocolate, that after graduating from Harvard Law school, and practicing in the United States and Europe, she followed her heart and founded Chicago Chocolate Tours in 2005, to introduce chocolate lovers to small-batch chocolate shops and bakeries. Continue reading →

Swedish American Museum Tour

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Discussion overview with Don Ahlm, Docent

Podcast of our tour at the Swedish American Museum. There was a security or medical device present but not identified until played back. The worst was removed.

The Swedish American Museum has been active for 40 years in the heart of Andersonville, a traditionally Swedish area on the north side of Chicago. Andersonville, the “Little Sweden” of Chicago, is one of the most concentrated areas of Swedish heritage in the United States, with Swedish roots dating back to the 19th century. Tourists visit the area continually to sample Swedish food, buy gifts, visit the Museum, and partake in traditional Swedish holidays such as Midsommar and Julmiddag. Continue reading →

Old Husbands Tales: Barbecue Myths That Deserve to Die

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Presented by Meathead 
Barbecue Maven and New York Times Best-Selling Author,
“Meathead, the Science of Great Barbecue and Grilling

The barbecue world is rife with rules and concepts that modern food science has proven wrong, and our speaker, reverently known in BBQ-land as Meathead, will debunk a bunch of them and teach concepts and techniques that can be applied to cooking indoors as well. He will also serve up a side order of some delectable barbecue history, along with a small barbecue sampling. Continue reading →

Big Scoop! Ice Cream Maven Gives Chilling Tale

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Presented by Dana Cree
Executive Pastry Chef, Publican Restaurants
Author,  Hello, My Name is Ice Cream

According to pastry chef and Ice Cream College-educated Dana Cree, if you ask anyone their favorite flavor of ice cream, it will undoubtedly bring a smile to their face. (Add some whipped cream, and you’re talking about ecstasy!) Continue reading →

Crossing Into Cuba: Two Chicagoans Take Us On a Cultural and Culinary Journey

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Presented by Dan Goldberg and Andrea Kuhn
Authors, Cuba! Recipes and Stories from the Cuban Kitchen
 
 
Friends Dan Goldberg and Andrea Kuhn fell in love with Cuba at first sight, on their first visit three years ago. They decided to write a cookbook to celebrate the spirit of the country and visited Cuba three times during their journey to document a place they have grown to love so much. Their book, Cuba! Recipes and Stories from the Cuban Kitchen, details their adventures, the food they ate, and the recipes they were inspired to create back home.

Join them as they chronicle their travels in Cuba and taste some of their favorite dishes like crispy- twice cooked lamb, to the Mojito Cake with Rum-Infused Whipped Cream. Their book is filled with colorful portraits of the home kitchens in Havana, that they were invited into with big smiles and open arms. 

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