Ariana Lovato is founder and principal of Honeycomb Home Design in Arroyo Grande California, and kitchen design is her specialty. She talks here about what people get wrong about building kitchens, how growing up Iranian-American influenced her life choices, and about the ten-thousand-dollar rug that nearly broke her.
Read MoreNan Cole is a foraging expert based in San Luis Obispo, California, and the resident forager for Ventana Big Sur. She leads foraging walks, both urban and rural, she educates people about the do’s and don’ts of wildcrafting, and she cooks and bakes with her finds. (Recorded on Cerro San Luis in San Luis Obispo.)
Read MoreAmanecer Eizner and Wes Cooke are two of the minds and hearts behind Hidden Kitchen in Cambria and Cayucos, California. We talked about blue corn waffles and smoothies, Esalen Institute in Big Sur, permaculture, systems, and more.
Read MoreArtist and food illustrator Anna Takahashi talks about salt, travel, sharing a table, and more. (Recorded at Mee Heng Low Noodle House in San Luis Obispo.)
Read MoreFani and Peter Gau own and operate the San Luis Oriental Market, a specialty and import grocery store in San Luis Obispo, California. I learned about how they took over the business from Peter’s parents, how they’ve made it through the pandemic thus far, and how the recipe for Mom’s crab dish is strictly off-limits.
Read MoreA self-professed “plant person,” winemaker Matt Dees stops by to talk about chardonnay, cocktail parties, and music. (Recorded at Highwater in San Luis Obispo.)
Read MoreMateo Rogers and Brittney Yracheta are the chef-owners behind Momotaro Ramen, a noodle restaurant in the Paso Market Walk in Paso Robles, California. They share about how Mateo was homeless for a while, how he won Brittney’s heart with grits, and how Brittney’s pescatarian lifestyle informs the wonderfully meat-free dishes they make together.
Read MoreAli Rush is a certified sommelier, wine educator, and owner of 15 degrees C wine shop in Templeton, California. She is particularly knowledgeable in (and obsessed with) Spanish wines and food, and visits Spain regularly, as she has since she was a child.
Read MoreRancher Daniel Sinton of Avenales Ranch & Winery and Jensen Lorenzen of Larder Meat Co. come on the podcast to talk about their personal experiences with the imminent unsustainability of the nation’s meat supply chain, and what we as consumers can do to move markets.
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Cameron Alarcio swings by to talk to Jaime and Matt about forging knives, how a person gets into such a hobby, how reality TV intersects with bladesmithing, and tricks for buying a good knife.
Read MoreJason Gable and Eric DeMatteo sat down with me and Matt to talk about their humble beginnings, how they’re raising a generation of employees, and how Californians are different from East Coasters.
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Donovan Schmit talks about the Paso Robles restaurants and bars he owns with his partner, Troy Larkin: Pappy McGregor’s Gastropub, Fish Gaucho Restaurant, Eleven Twenty-Two Cocktail Lounge & Speakeasy, and the new Cane Tiki Room.
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Janell Dusi is the winemaker and owner of J. Dusi Wines, and a fourth-generation farmer in Paso Robles. She discusses studying Global and International Studies at UC Santa Barbara, the ins and outs of growing zinfandel, and how she came up with the name Paper Street for her new vineyard.
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Ann Albert Wines’s Eric and Cait Johnson come over to talk about gamay, statistics, and Egg McMuffins.
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Molly Cano is the Tourism Manager for the City of San Luis Obispo. Here she talks about promoting SLO to visitors and ensuring that our city’s most valuable assets like bars and restaurants get lots of visitors.
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Registered Dietician and Certified Diabetes Educator Sherry Elliston gets person with me and Matt Cross about diabetes, cholesterol, alcohol, and moderation, moderation, moderation.
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Eric Olson is a chef and distiller who has lived about 1,000 lives in one. He talked with Matt and me about the 1992 riots in L.A., his mother cooking on TV, and how he was completely surprised to win a double gold medal for his Forager Rum.
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Maggie Przybylski and Morgan Murphy are the married team behind Two Broads Ciderworks, a cidery in San Luis Obispo that they launched in 2017. They discuss the cider-making process and we taste a few of their bottles together.
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The Fields’ chat with Matt and me about their family-friendly brewhouse, the beers they name after local spots, “Atascamazing,” and Honey Buns., their RV
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Jason Gable and Eric DeMatteo of Ash Management sit down with Jaime and Matt to discuss hospitality, humble beginnings, and how each of them has complementary strengths in restaurant and bar management.
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