Second-generation CEO of Taco Works sits down to talk about the brand’s iconic history—and allllll the comments he gets about that seasoning.
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I had the wonderfully educational Chuck Hiigel over to talk about his background advocating for beer as a beverage as worthy of attention as wine, across the Central Coast and California at large.
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Consumed intern Sophia Pattison interviews the folks behind Quickie, a delivery app specifically made for Cal Poly college students.
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Composer Brook Munro is the wine club director for Claiborne & Churchill Winery in the Edna Valley, as well as a composer with a new record out called “Harvest In Twelve Parts.”
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Denis and Kasey Kehoe are the makers behind Kehoe Carbon Cookware, a small company that produces hand-wrought pans, skillets, and woks.
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Dr. Deb Donig talks tech, ethics, and the evolution of humanity’s relationship to animal meat, lab-grown or otherwise.
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Mike Radakovich of My Friend Mike’s Pizza talks about growing up local, studying photography, and taking the leap to start his pizza joint on Broad Street in SLO.
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Shakira Miracle is the executive Director for the Santa Barbara County Food Action Network, and she came by to discuss the future of the Central Coast’s food system.
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Ziggy’s co-owner Matt Martinez comes over to talk about the hot vegan takeout lifestyle and the path that led him to it.
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FarmsteadEd’s Lynette Sonne swings by to talk about Open Farm Day, the SLO County Farm Trail, and her new gig as Executive Director for the Paso Robles Distillery Trail.
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From Beerwood in Los Osos, Chef Jess Saddoff-Bauer and owner Annie Steinmann came by to talk about their family-friendly and community-centric brewpub and the road that led them both there.
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Author and food writing expert Dianne Jacob shares about her background and expertise in the food writing space, including thoughts on Chat GPT and the recipes it can produce.
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Photographer and creative Alli Wallace brings a couple Happy Meals over and we share a soda, talking over junk food, theme parks, and grief.
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Winemaker Ryan Deovlet and I talked about his growing Deovlet Wines brand, his love for baseball, what it means to be “nice” in the wine industry, and about dipping a toe into the Los Osos wine region.
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This is a re-release of the first Consumed Live episode featuring Matt Brynildson, brewmaster at Firestone-Walker Brewing Company in Paso Robles, Buellton, and Venice Beach; Max Montgomery, brewmaster at There Does Not Exist in San Luis Obispo; and Jack Dyer, founder at Topa Topa Brewing Company in Ventura.
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The Mountain Air owners Josh and Lindsey Haring share their favorite gear and ideas for dining while camping or backpacking.
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John Quint shares about how he left his first career to pursue coffee roasting — and why he chose Oceano to do so.
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Annie Yu swings by to talk about her background and teaching Asian cooking on the Central Coast.
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Rusty Quirk tells me about her background in pastry and graphic design, and shares her vision for historic SLO cafe, Linnaea’s.
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Stephanie Killen talks about functional nutritional therapy and her San Luis Obispo-based business, Sound Body Nutrition.
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