Join guest host Amanda Simpson and myself as we chat about science experiements that can save your fruit and eating our way through Chicago together. We highly suggest you pair this podcast with your favorite gourmet hot dog of choice, a nice local brew (we reccommend Half Acre beer to Chicagoans).

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Chicken 'n Waffle Show Notes

Deep Fried News bits

Amanda: Harold McGee tests a new theory on preserving berries. Read about it: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/dining/26curi.html

Leena: Illinois passes law that requires state institutions to purchase a certain percentage of locally grown produce by 2020. Read about it: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-quinn-localfarmer,0,4460141.story"

Amanda Eats Chicago segment!

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And call our voicemail: 206-339-6901. First actual legit voice mail caller gets a free lollipop!


~LTG!

Join me this week with newly married guest host Claire Fitzpatrick Gould as we chat about our latest CSAs, virtual gardens in Italy and our zucchini recipe smackdown. We highly suggest you pair this episode with a nice locally grown piece of lamb, maybe some heirloom tomatoes from the farmers market, and a cold local brew.

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Chicken 'n Waffles Episode #21 CSA With CFG!
Show Notes

Deep Fried Newsbits

Claire: Mexican corn fungus delicacy. Read about it: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111789560

Leena: Virtual Gardens in Italy. Read about it: http://www.springwise.com/food_beverage/delmioorto/"

CSA Smackdown: Summer squash and zucchini

Claire's dish: Summer squash quick bread

Recipe coming soon!

Leena's dish: Zucchini BBQ Relish

Adapted from Small Batch Preserving by Ellie Top & Margaret Howard

Makes 3 1/4 cups

Ingredients:
2 cups zucchini, finely chopped
2 cups summer squash, finely chopped
1 cup onion, finely chopped
1 medium green bell pepper, finely chopped
1/2 cup celery, finely chopped
2 Tbsp pickling salt or Kosher salt
1 1/2 cups white vinegar
1 Tbsp celery seed
1 tsp mustard seed
1/2 tsp dry mustard
1/2 tsp ground cloves

Place zucchini, summer squash, onion, pepper and celery in a stainless steel bowl, sprinkle with salt and cover with water for 1 hour, then drain, pressing out any extra moisture.

Bring vinegar sugar, mustard seed, celery seeds, cloves and dry mustard to a boil over high heat in a saucepan. Add veggies, return to a boil and then simmer gently until mixture is thickened, 20-30 minutes.

Remove hot jars from canner and put relish in with 1/2 inch of rim space. Process 10 minutes for a half pint jar and 15 minutes for a pint jar.

Store for a few weeks before eating.

~LTG!

Join us this week as guest host Dan Gould and I chat about San Fran’s new take on urban gardens, a podcast covering street food, what the f to do with kohlrabi, and we have our second CSA smackdown with cauliflower. We suggest you pair this with a local brew (if in Chicago, we highly enjoy the dark ale Half Acre brews) and anything with cauliflower. Mainly because we got a 4 pound head of it in our current CSA. Eat up, bitches!

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Chicken n Waffles Episode #20 CSA Podcast Leena Get Jalapenalized

Show Notes

Deep Fried Newsbits

Dan: San Fran's Mayor suggests new plan for urban gardens. Read about it: http://www.infrastructurist.com/2009/07/10/sf-mayor-wants-to-turn-highway-medians-into-organic-gardens/

Leena: VendrTV--new video podcast that covers street food around the world. Read about it: http://www.springwise.com/media_publishing/vendrtv/

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CSA Smackdown: Cauliflower

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Dan's Curry Cauliflower a la Tyler Florence

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Leena's Caramelized Cauliflower with Salsa Verde a la Orangette

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~LTG!

Join us this week as guest host Bobby and I chat about the Tang of the wine world, fancy fast food, and teaching kids with and about food. We highly suggest you pair this episode with bacon. And maybe a beer.

Chicken n Waffles Episode #19 Kids n Food n Bobby Magoo!
Show Notes

Deep Fried Newsbits

Bobby: German powdered wine pisses off the Italian. Read about it: http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,635113,00.html

Leena: Fancyfastfood.com

What did you eat?

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Big segment- Teaching kids with food and about food

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~LTG!

Join us this week with guest host Claire as delve into the exciting and delicious world of CSAs! We highly recommend you pair this episode with a buttload of greens (since that is all we are getting in our CSA at the moment), maybe a bit of bacon, and a nice, crisp bio-dynamic wine. Mmmm. Organic-y.

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Chicken 'n Waffles food podcast, episode #18: CSA A-Ok!
Show Notes

Deep Fried Newsbits


Claire: City Garden feeds homeless in Baltimore
Read about it :http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/home-garden/bal-md.hg.garden28jun28,0,193403.story

Leena: Guerilla Gardening
Read about it : www.guerillagardening.org and http://blogs.pitch.com/plog/2009/06/guerilla_gardener_targets_kc_h.php

What did you eat recipe smackdown: Garlic scapes

Claire's dish: roasted potatoes with scapes

Leena's dish: tomato soup with garlic scape pesto

~LTG!

Join myself and guest host Cari Sanchez this week as we chat about the new movie, Julie/Julia, underground restaurants and farmers markets around the world. We suggest you pair this episode with a salad made from freshly grown baby greens, a piece of perfectly cooked local grass-fed lamb loin, and nice cold bottle of whatever the hell kind of alcohol is made near you. This is one is for the farmers markets of the world!

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Chicken 'n Waffles food podcast, episode #17:The World of Farmers Markets
Show Notes

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Deep Fried Newsbits

Cari: Julie/Julia Movie. Read about it: http://blog.ruhlman.com/ruhlmancom/2009/05/julie-julia-and-nyc-notes.html

Leena: The roaming anti-restaurant. Read about it: http://springwise.com/food_beverage/charliesburgers/

Red Rabbit Supper Club-Chicago underground restaurant Leena talked about. Read about it: http://www.followtheredrabbit.com/

What did you eat?

Cari: leftover pork turned into Cubano sandwiches

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~LTG!

Join us this week for a primer in wine with guest host Mr. Matt (aka Matt Kellie). We chat about wine wipes, and discuss all you need to know about wine before you taste it. We highly suggest you pair this episode with a massive plate of fried chicken & waffles served with a crisp Chenin Blanc.

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Chicken 'n Waffles food podcast, episode #16: A Wine Primer with Mr. Matt
Show Notes

Deep Fried Newsbits

Matt: The French are drinking less wine. Read more about it here.

Leena: Wine wipes. Read more about it here.

“If wine tells truth..and so have said the wise, It makes me laugh to think how brandy lies!”~Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Join guest host Dan and I this week as we sit back and relax with some of our favorite comfort foods, including Jew food and tamales. We suggest you pair this episode with your favorite comfort food and a giant pint of your favorite brew.

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Show Notes

Deep Fried Newsbits

Leena: Felony Frank's Hot Dog Stand. Read about it:

http://www.chicagojournal.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=60&ArticleID=7358&TM=48395.64

Dan: Bee Hotels. Read about it:

http://www.springwise.com/food_beverage/pullmanbees/ 

Comfort Food

Dan: Jew food, banana choc chip pancakes

Leena: Chinese pan-fried pork dumplings, bacon, beef and pickles

From Foodimentary

"Food is good for the nerves and the spirit. Courage comes from the belly – all else is desperation." ~Charles Bukowski

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~LTG!

This week, regular guest host Claire joins me as we chat about fried chicken, food advertising, and take a self-guided hot dog tour of Chicago. We suggest you pair this episode with, uh, hot dogs. Good ones. And beer. Or cider. But no malt liquor. We gotta have standards.

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Deep Fried Newsbits

Claire: Twittering street food vender. Read about it here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101881984

Leena: KFC "Refreshens" potholes around the country. Read about it here: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-090317pothole-kfc-story,0,406116.story

Big Segment: Chicago Hot Dog Tour

Weiners Circle

Drews Eatery

Hot Doug's

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~LTG!

For our 13th episode, I was lucky enough to get new guest host Amanda Simpson to participate! You might know Amanda from such blogs as What We're Eating (www.whatwereeating.com) and Food Porn Daily (www.foodporndaily.com). She's funny, she loves to eat, and most importantly--this bitch can cook.

On this week's episode, we chat about Kellogg dissing Michael Phelps, eating well on a budget, and learning about food (both writing and cooking) on the job. I suggest you pair this week's podcast with a light citrus salad, perhaps some fresh sashimi and a can of Chef Boyardee in honor of Amanda and her California-sized appetite.

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Chicken n Waffles Episode #13: Bitch, Where My Nuggets?
Show Notes

Deep Fried Newsbits

Amanda- Kelloggs give Michael Phelps cereal to a food bank...and finds the on Ebay moments later. Read about it here.

Leena- Can two people eat on $67 a week? Read about it: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/11/MNBT16CRD2.DTL

Bitch, Where My Nuggets? Read about it: http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-stamp11-2009mar11,0,5424533.story?page=2

What Did you Eat?

Big Segment: Learning about food on the job

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Join me as I sit down with regular guest host, Mr. Matt Kellie to chat about Kraft food's new logo, the peanut recall, and the various pros and cons of food education available today. We highly suggest you pair this episode with some serious American comfort food to beat those late winter blues. Mac and cheese, fried chicken, a warm, slightly gooey chocolate chip cookie, and of course, an ice cold Bud beer.

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Chicken n Waffles Episode #12: Food Edumakation
Show Notes

Deep Fried Newsbits

Leena: Kraft Foods changes it’s Logo to compete with private label brands. Read about it: http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/client/e3i0a2ed4a24bf26fb80dae2e2d5f77e0ae

Matt: Peanut recall. Read about it: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28695782/

Big segment:

Food education. Leena and Matt discuss the pros and cons of earning food-related degrees, including culinary school and gastronomy programs.

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~LTG!