Tammany Stern “BestofGuide.com” on Wining and Dining with Jim White February 28, 2019
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Guide to the good life
Tammany Stern and Jim White
Tammany Stern’s BestofGuide.com offers us a great wining, dining and shopping resource. She’s also the biggest cheerleader anywhere for the Dallas-Fort Worth restaurant industry. She shares her love of dining, business and people on this week’s “Wining and Dining with Jim White”. Watch our show on VOKALnow.com, YouTube and Vimeo. Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes. And, remember. If anybody asks you what you’re making for dinner…tell ’em reservations!
Jean-Charles Boisset “Wining and Dining with Jim White” 02-21-19 February 21, 2019
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Hedonic adventurer
Jim White and Jean-Charles Boisset
Jean-Charles Boisset, vintner and proprietor of the worldwide Boisset Collection joins us on this week’s “Wining and Dining with Jim White”. It is no hyperbole to say that Jean-Charles is the epitome of joie de vivre. Find out about his new collectors’ book The Alchemy of the Senses, his new collection of JCB Spirits made from the finest grapes in Burgundy, and his ambitious plans for gourmet lifestyle centers in Napa and Sonoma. But there’s more on this week’s program to entertain and delight your senses with this amazing Frenchman who has a passion for America. Watch or listen on VOKALnow.com. You can also catch all of our episodes on YouTube and Vimeo. And, you can subscribe to our podcast on iTunes. Remember. If anybody asks you what you’re making for dinner…tell ’em reservations!
Tiffany Derry “Wining and Dining with Jim White” 02-14-19 February 14, 2019
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Southern fried comfort
Chef Tiffany Derry is boundless energy. Along with her Roots Chicken Shak in Legacy Food Hall, TV projects and consulting gigs,
Jim White and Tiffany Derry
she is preparing to open a new restaurant dedicated to her South Texas roots and home cooking. Sounds like Roots Southern Table is the perfect name, and maybe the all-time best place to find good ole Southern fried comfort food like mama, or grandma, used to make. Tiffany’s not ready to announce the location of the new restaurant just yet, preferring to remain in the coming soon mode. Hear the details she can provide when you join us on this week’s “Wining and Dining with Jim White”. Restaurant industry booster and marketer supreme Tammany Stern from BestofGuide.com joins us again as our very special “Guest Gourmet”. Watch all of our episodes on VOKAL, YouTube or Vimeo. Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes. And, remember. If anybody asks you what you’re making for dinner…tell ’em reservations!
Patrick Esquerre, La Madeleine “Wining and Dining with Jim White” 02-07-19 February 7, 2019
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C’est si bon!
Patrick Esquerre
Patrick Esquerre displays a youthful exuberance and zest for life that is remarkable at any age. That the founder of La Madeleine French Bakery & Cafe is a successful businessman, entrepreneur, consultant, and philanthropist with a successful track record spanning multiple decades makes his joie de vivre even more enviable. He believes in listening to his customers. He has a profound respect and regard for women. His ideas and imagination are inspiring. Join us for a delightful conversation with this amazing thought leader on “Wining and Dining with Jim White”. Watch our show on VOKALnow.com, YouTube or Vimeo. Listen and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. And, remember. If anybody asks you what you’re making for dinner. Tell ’em, reservations!
Chad Houser “Wining and Dining with Jim White” 1-31-19 January 31, 2019
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Meaningful momentum
Jim White and Chad Houser
Chad Houser found his passion project when he was the chef at Parigi in Dallas. With support from his then partner, Janice Provost, and tons of hard work and a heaping helping of community support, Chad developed a restaurant that has become a model for assisting juvenile offenders. Cafe Momentum trains and mentors these young people upon their release from the system. Cafe Momentum is a fine dining 501C3, that puts “his kids”, as Chad says, into every conceivable working role in an upscale restaurant and gets them on track for a better life ahead. Oh, by the way, the food and service are great too. Get the Cafe Momentum story from Chef Houser and find out what’s ahead for the celebrated program on this week’s edition of “Wining and Dining with Jim White”. Chad also shows you how to make a fabulous side dish for your Super Bowl party: pickled jalapeños. You’ll love ’em! Thanks for joining us on the program devoted to introducing you to the people who make the eats and drinks you love. You can watch or listen to all of our shows on VOKALnow.com, YouTube, Vimeo, or iTunes. And, remember. If anybody asks you what you’re making for dinner, tell ’em reservations!
John Tesar “Wining and Dining with Jim White” 01-24-19 January 24, 2019
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Burger nailed. Steak slammed.
John Tesar is tops with beef (and a lot of other foods, too). It’s just that he has absolutely hit a homerun in the steak and hamburger departments with his Knife and Knife Burger concepts. You like them, too, because they are expanding into different locations–with more planned. And, the Top Chef favorite has other concept plans up his sleeve. Find out what’s going on with John as he joins us on this week’s edition of “Wining and Dining with Jim White”. He also shows you the secret to his much balyhooed Ozersky Burger on today’s show. Watch us at VOKALnow.com, YouTube or Vimeo, or subscribe to the podcast at iTunes. Thanks for listening and/or watching. And, remember. If anybody asks you what you’re making for dinner…tell ’em reservations!
Allison Yoder and Stephen Rogers “Wining and Dining with Jim White” January 17, 2019
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Mom and pop shop
Stephen Rogers, Allison Yoder and Jim White
In the very best sense of the phrase, Allison Yoder and Stephen Rogers run a mom and pop operation for the ages. The owners of Gemma and Sachet have carved out a very loyal and enthusiastic following for their two restaurants in a crowded and competitive DFW restaurant scene while maintaining a work-home balance and healthy upbringing for their two boys. The culinary power couple returned to Dallas for those reasons after enjoying some high-flying recognition with Press Restaurant in Napa Valley. They offer stories about how they’ve managed to create and maintain success while keeping their sanity on this week’s edition of “Wining and Dining with Jim White”. It’s the program devoted to introducing you to the people who create the flavors you love. To listen, click on our podcast here or subscribe on iTunes. To watch, just go to VOKALnow.com, YouTube or Vimeo. And, remember. If anybody asks what you’re making for dinner, tell ’em reservations!
Sofia Partida-Partida Tequila “Wining and Dining with Jim White” January 10, 2019
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True Tequila Taste Test
Sofia Partida and Jim White
The old college ritual of throwing back as many Tequila shots as possible, with copious amounts of salt and lime, are gone, thankfully. Premium producers like Partida Tequila prefer that you savor their delicious creations one sip at a time. Sofia Partida joins us to take us through the process with all of her family’s Tequila styles on “Wining and Dining with Jim White”. It’s the program devoted to introducing you to the people who create the flavors you love. Listen to the “theatre of the mind” podcast version of our tasting here or at iTunes. Watch Sofia guide me (and you) through a tasting on VOKALnow.com, YouTube and Vimeo. Salud! And, remember. If anybody asks you what you’re making for dinner…tell ’em reservations! (You might start, or finish, the evening with a Riedel snifter of premium Partida Tequila!)
Dean Fearing “Wining and Dining with Jim White” 12-20-18 December 24, 2018
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Dean of top chefs is “better than A1”
Jim White and Dean Fearing
I chuckle everytime I think about Chef Dean Fearing’s tongue in cheek description of one of his spot-on delicious, new finishing sauces: Called “D1“. “It’s better than A1!” quips the legendary father of Southwestern Cuisine as he glazes a pan roasted chicken breast with the sauce (it and a campanion line of finishing sauces are available at all Central Market locations in Texas and through the Fearing’s website). It’s a comparison that might be applied to the cuisine created by the famous and affable chef: flavors better than the standard brands; with high quality food that appeals to a wide variety of tastes without becoming mainstream mediocre. Dean is riding high into his 12th year of operation of namesake Fearing’s in the plush Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Dallas, and is sanguine about his legacy from the Mansion on Turtle Creek years, and those heady “Gang of Five” days in the 80’s when he, Robert Del Grande, Stephan Pyles, Anne Lindsey Greer (Anne McCann), and Avner Samuel banded together to rustle up some larrapin Southwestern style grub. Check out our conversation with one of the most likeable people you’ll ever meet on the latest edition of “Wining and Dining with Jim White”. You can also see Dean prepare the aforementioned pan roasted chicken breast when you visit the VOKAL site (“KISS Cooking-keep it simple and straightforward”). Welcome to the program devoted to introducing you to the people behind the flavors you love. Watch or listen on VOKALnow.com, YouTube, Vimeo, or iTunes. And, of course, always here on WineandDineDFW.com. And, remember. If anybody asks you what you’re making for dinner…tell ’em, reservations!
Nikky Phinyawatana-Asian Mint “Wining and Dining with Jim White” 12-13-18 December 13, 2018
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Savoring EnjoyMint
Jim White and Nikky Phinyawatana
Nikky Phinyawatana and her team at Asian Mint-and offspring EnjoyMint-have enjoyed rousing success with their fresh and fun approach to Asian fusion cuisine. They have popularized sophisticated Thai food and made it accessbile to a broader audience than ever before in Dallas-Fort Worth. At the heart of everything is, well, her heart. And, a desire to help, give back, mentor, and provide enjoyment for as many people as she can. Meet “Chef Nikky”, entrepreneur, restaurateur, and teacher on this week’s episode of “Wining and Dining with Jim White”. It’s the program devoted to introducing you to the people who create the flavors you love. Watch or listen to our show on VOKALnow.com, YouTube, Vimeo, and iTunes. And, remember. If anyone asks you what you’re making for dinner…tell ’em, reservations!
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