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This week we do a deep dive into Brian's favorite childhood cartoon, Exosquad.  What did you look for in your childhood cartoons?  If it was serious wartime plot developments, the failures of humanity, death, personal tragedy & sacrifice then Exosquad was for you!  Sit back, relax, and hear about the best cartoon you probably never heard of... you little Jonas Simbaca. 

Last year, Magnus Nilsson closed his world-acclaimed restaurant Fäviken, a decision he was able to make on his own terms and timing. This week, Phaidon published Magnus's new book Fäviken: 4015 Days, Beginning to End, which documents the restaurant's life via catalogues of dishes; painstakingly detailed recipes; essays; and beautiful photographs. From his home in Sweden, Magnus joins us to talk with Andrew about the value of memorializing a restaurant after its closing, what he's doing now, whether or not he experiences nostalgia or regret, and how he thinks the industry will fare once we surmount the current pandemic. 

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Andrew Talks to Chefs is a fully independent podcast and no longer affiliated with our former host network; please visit and bookmark our official website for all show updates, blog posts, personal and virtual appearances, and related information.

THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW:

Andrew is a writer by trade. If you'd like to support him, there's no better way than by purchasing his most recent book, The Dish: The Lives and Labor Behind One Plate of Food (October 2023), about all the key people (in the restaurant, on farms, in delivery trucks, etc.) whose stories and work come together in a single restaurant dish.

We'd love if you followed us on Instagram. 

Please also follow Andrew's real-time journal of the travel, research, writing, and production of/for his next book The Opening (working title), which will track four restaurants in different parts of the U.S. from inception to launch.

For Andrew's writing, dining, and personal adventures, follow along at his personal feed.

Thank you for listening—please don't hesitate to reach out with any feedback and/or suggestions!

Life was hard, and short, as a samurai. In battle, at home, at their work desk, death was always right around the corner, even after Japan had entered a long period of peace. But their stoicism is to be loved. Show host Kyota Ko describes the tight-rope walks samurais lived during the Edo Period.

For more discussion on this topic, visit The Metro-classic Japanese blog.

Also find The Metro-classic Japanese on Instagram. 

We gathered ten favorite Andrew Talks to Chefs moments from 2019 for a fast-moving, pod year-in-review episode to close out the decade. Tom Colicchio recounts the origins of Top Chef; New Orleans's Kelly Fields shares the hidden meaning in her restaurant Willa Jean's chocolate chip cookie; pastry legend Claudia Fleming recounts her migration from dancing to cooking; Inn at Little Washington's Patrick O'Connell shares the methods he and his team employ to make every guest happy; Preeti Mistry discusses her roots as a theater kid; Kwame Onwuachi talks about the mission of his book Notes from a Young Black Chef; LA'S Genevieve Gergis and Andrew unpack their respective struggles with ADD; and we revisit a conversation with the late Anthony Bourdain ... these and other moments jumped out at us as we thought over the last 12 months, and we wanted to share them in one place before turning the page to 2020.

Thanks for listening and Happy New Year!

EPISODE GUIDE

0:00 - 6:20     Intro

6:20 - 49:15     Segment 1 (Patrick O'Connell, Kelly Fields, Kwame Onwuachi, Preeti Mistry, Tom Colicchio, Anthony Bourdain)

49:15 - 53:40     Show Notes & Updates

53:40 - 1:16:10     Segment 2 (Genevieve Gergis, Claudia Fleming, Jeremy Stephens, Christine Muhlke & Michael Laiskonis)

1:16:10 - end    Outro

***LINKS***

Andrew Talks to Chefs OFFICIAL website

Inn at Little Washington

Willa Jean

Kith/Kin

Notes from a Young Black Chef

Preeti Mistry

Top Chef

Crafted Hospitality

Parts Unknown

Bavel

Bestia

Galatoire's

S.Pellegrino Young Chef Competition

North Fork Table & Inn

Signature Dishes that Matter

Michael Laisonkis

Christine Muhlke

Phaidon

THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW:

Andrew is a writer by trade. If you'd like to support him, there's no better way than by purchasing his most recent book, The Dish: The Lives and Labor Behind One Plate of Food (October 2023), about all the key people (in the restaurant, on farms, in delivery trucks, etc.) whose stories and work come together in a single restaurant dish.

We'd love if you followed us on Instagram. 

Please also follow Andrew's real-time journal of the travel, research, writing, and production of/for his next book The Opening (working title), which will track four restaurants in different parts of the U.S. from inception to launch.

For Andrew's writing, dining, and personal adventures, follow along at his personal feed.

Thank you for listening—please don't hesitate to reach out with any feedback and/or suggestions!

Sound of the Kootenays Episode 5
*Explicit Content = Language

Feature Interview - Ferdy Belland

Ferdy is a Cranbrook based bass player and journalist who has recently been tapped to join Canadian rock icon Bif Naked's band.  They have already toured across Canada once and are gearing up for multiple gigs at sea aboard the Trailer Park Boys Cruise in March.  Ferdy also brings his bass to the fore in other Kootenay based bands such as Phaeton and Garuda.  He tells many tales of his experiences in the music scene over the past 30+ years.
Bif Naked
Garuda
Phaeton

Giveaways!!

Enter to win a 2 CD package from Heather Gemmel.  
Email soundofthekootenays@gmail.com with "Free CD's" in the subject line, and share your favourite Kootenay live music venue and who you last saw there for your chance to win!  3 draws will be made from all available entries on February 11 2019.  Winners will be notified by email reply, and announced on the Sound of the Kootenays Facebook page.

Enter to win 1 ticket to see Shakey Graves at Nelson's Capitol Theatre March 22.  Presented by On The Road Productions and the Kaslo Jazz Etc. Festival.
Listen to this episode to hear what you need to do to enter, then email your answer to soundofthekootenays@gmail.com for your chance to win!  Draw will take place on February 28 2019.  For more chances to win, visit the Sound of the Kootenays Facebook page!

*More information including Photos, Videos, and Links to artist websites and music available at www.AlWoodman.com

Track listing (In order of appearance):

(Intro) Deep Valley - The Big 48

Heather Gemmel - Slow Down

Al Woodman & Barry Jones - BA Electro

Shred Kelly -  Stay Gold

Bif Naked - Spaceman

The Feminists - 21st Century Ghosts

Bif Naked - I Love Myself Today

Phaeton - March of the Synthetics,  Siege Engine

Garuda - Ancient Chains

Gentle Infidels - March Where You Stand

Shakey Graves - Roll The Bones

Immune 2 Cobras - Moon With No Sun

SES & Dazza - Feeling Alright

Brett Wildeman - Silver Lining

Al Woodman - UC Groove

Total running time 1:35:16