Food About Town

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, we’re kicking off an audio version of the new http://Rochesterfoodnet.com (Rochester Food Net). https://twitter.com/vlpress?lang=en (Vince Press) started things off and we talked through his background, restaurant reviewing, cooking, and how he’s passing the time. If you want more from Vince, check out the https://www.foodabouttown.com/2018/interviews/f-a-t-podcast-episode-96-vince-press/ (earlier episode) I recorded with him in 2018. We recorded this episode on March 21 in the time of the Coronavirus COVID-19 here in Rochester so please keep in mind that there will be some talk about that but we tried to bounce around to a lot of more fun topics as well. This episode is brought to you by the newly launched https://rochesterfoodnet.com/ (RochesterFoodNet). I am very happy to be a part of the group of well established voices in the Rochester food scene talking on our own terms. Check out what we have going on so far on the website and we’

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, https://twitter.com/Jill_Chodak (Jill Chodak) from https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/community-health/patient-care/jill-chodak.aspx (URMC) called into the studio remotely to talk about nutrition and balance. We recorded this on March 21 in the time of the Coronavirus COVID-19 here in Rochester so please keep in mind that there will be some talk about that but we tried to bounce around to a bunch of nutrition topics as well. This episode is brought to you by the newly launched https://rochesterfoodnet.com/ (RochesterFoodNet). I am very happy to be a part of the group of well established voices in the Rochester food scene talking on our own terms. Check out what we have going on so far on the website and we’ll be dabbling in podcast episodes in the future as well! I really enjoyed this episode with Jill and hope to talk with her again about nutrition when times are a little brighter than they are today. Stay tuned to the podcast this week as I p

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, my good friend Bryan Chue from Boston came to Rochester for NYE 2020 and we recorded a wide ranging episode before he left town. This is the first episode I’ve posted in a while and I hope to be around a bit more now that life has calmed down somewhat. Stay tuned for more episodes I have saved up! This episode is brought to you by the newly launched https://rochesterfoodnet.com/ (RochesterFoodNet). I am very happy to be a part of the group of well established voices in the Rochester food scene talking on our own terms. Check out what we have going on so far on the website and we’ll be dabbling in podcast episodes in the future as well! We covered a bunch of topics including: Around town experiencesNYE Dinner at https://restaurantgoodluck.com/ (Good Luck) Dinner at https://www.iloveverns.com/ (Vern’s) Eating at bars https://rocholidayvillage.com/ (ROC Holiday Village) https://www.barmecca.com/ (Bar Mecca)/https://www.facebook

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, Chris Spinelli from http://rocbrewingco.com (ROC Brewing) came over to the studio to talk about the beginnings of ROC and where it is today , local beer and an overall great conversation. This episode is brought to you by http://www.phrankly.com (Phrankly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people find their food. I have been following ROC since their early days and a few of my friends and I were regulars for a couple years during the earlier days of http://phrankly.com (Phrankly). They consistently have a solid selection of beer and diversity enough to keep you interested no matter how frequently you stop in. Please be advised that this interview is a bit dated but the conversation is still valid. Let me know if I need to add any other corrections based on anything that is time sensitive. If you enjoyed this episode please share this on soc

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, https://twitter.com/ChronsOfNon (Chris Thompson) from http://www.chroniclesofnonsense.com/ (Chronicles of Nonsense) and https://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/author/chris-thompson (his writings in the City Newspaper) came over to the studio to talk about his writings around black owned restaurants in Rochester and all about his path.  This episode is brought to you by http://www.phrankly.com (Phrankly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people find their food. I have been following Chris online and on his appearances on https://www.wxxinews.org/programs/connections (Connections with Evan Dawson) for a while and was thrilled to have him live in the studio. As is somewhat typical, I hadn’t met him in person before he showed up and I was very happy with how the whole interview went. It’s always great when your expectations are met with pe

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, Ryan Pierson and Ben Tolhurst from the https://thegoodfoodcollective.com/ (Good Food Collective)/https://www.headwaterfoodhub.com/ (Headwater Food Hub) came over to the studio talk about their custom share options and the current state and future of the Hub. My fellow http://phrankly.com (Phrankly) co-founder Brandon Vulaj joined as well to discuss local food sourcing and our experiences with the Custom Share.  This episode is brought to you by http://www.phrankly.com (Phrankly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people find their food. It was great to catch up with Ryan and learn about custom shares where you can get a CSA like offering while still choosing your own items. I’ve been using the shares for a while now and it’s a flexible option that has worked well for us so far. If you enjoyed this episode please share this on social media or l

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, Chris Clemens from https://exploringupstate.com/ (Exploring Upstate )came over to the studio to talk about our recent road trip from Rochester to Lewiston taking (mostly) Route 31 on the way. Chris wrote a https://exploringupstate.com/a-route-31-ramble-rochester-to-lewiston/ (great accompanying recap) on his website that you should check out! He did a much better job than I would covering all of our stops and I highly recommend heading over to take a look. This episode is brought to you by http://www.phrankly.com (Phrankly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people find their food. I made a list of all the places we went on our trip below but for written details you have to check out https://exploringupstate.com/a-route-31-ramble-rochester-to-lewiston/ (Chris’ post)! https://www.yelp.com/biz/lorenzos-mexican-products-albion (Lo

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, https://www.instagram.com/magnusapollo/ (Magnus Apollo) (John Magnus Champlin) came over to the studio to talk about his work on the radio, his path and we also talked movies toward the end. My friend https://twitter.com/chue_on_this (Bryan Chue) and my wife https://crazdude.com/ (Carrie Lindstrom )also chimed in! Happy New Year! Make sure to subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast app or platform and leave a review if you can. This episode is brought to you by http://www.phrankly.com (Phrankly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people find their food. Magnus is someone I love running across as I go to events all around Rochester. He is one of those people that engages with Rochester and is putting his mark on the city and all the people he interacts with. What impresses me most is the time he takes to talk to everyone and try to learn so

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, I recorded my second conversation with Chef Jeffory McLean who is a regular guest on the podcast and a man with knives who travels to wherever he is needed. Happy Holidays to all of the listeners to the podcast and we’ve got some great episodes recorded for the next few weeks as well as interviews scheduled I’m very excited about. Make sure to subscribe to the show on your favorite podcast app or platform and leave a review if you can! This episode is brought to you by http://www.phrankly.com (Phrankly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people find their food. In this episode we talked about how his culinary concierge work, his help with my cooking at Joe Bean, local food and some pitfalls to avoid in your holiday cooking efforts. It’s always great to have Cheffory over to bounce around different topics and it lets me not have

Picture from Brian Jackson on FB On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, I recorded my second conversation with Donny Clutterbuck from http://curebar.net/ (Cure) and his updated http://www.donnyclutterbuck.com/pour-cost/ (Pour Cost app). Thanks for everyone’s patience with the delay since the last episode. In between, Food About Town won Best Podcast in the https://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/best-of-rochester-2018/Content?oid=8485750 (City Newspaper Best of Poll) for the 3rd year in a row! Thanks to everyone who continues to listen and supports what we’re trying to do here on the podcast. More great interviews, discussions and new topics to come. This episode is brought to you by http://www.phrankly.com (Phrankly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people find their food. Picture from DonnyClutterbuck.com In this episode we talked about the current state of Cure, random

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, I talked to Will Cleveland from the https://www.democratandchronicle.com/ (Democrat and Chronicle) to talk about what has been going on in the local beer scene. Today is the last day to vote in the https://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/vote-now-best-of-rochester-2017-final-ballot/Content?oid=8038561 (City Newspaper Best of Poll for 2018) so please go and vote for Food About Town for best podcast before 5pm! Thanks for listening! This episode is brought to you by http://www.phrankly.com (Phrankly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people find their food. It was great to have Will over to break down what has been going on in the local beer scene over the last year or so. We touched on new openings, https://otherhalfbrewing.com/ (Other Half) and https://untappd.com/MortalisBrewingCompany (Mortalis), some of Will’s favorites, the potential of

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, I talked about my experience cooking for the last three days of the http://www.joebeanroasters.com/ (Joe Bean) kitchen a little while back with my buddy Bryan Chue from Boston. Thanks for listening! This episode is brought to you by http://www.phrankly.com (Phrankly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people find their food. It was an honor and a privilege to be involved in the last few days of Joe Bean the way it was and I learned a lot from the cooking experience. It was my first time cooking in a commercial kitchen and I hope to get the chance to try it out again in the future. I ended up making some Mexican-Asian cross over tacos with 3 different sauces and a miso tinged corn salad. Sure not everything was perfect but I’m proud of my efforts and it turned out to be a successful first go around. Cheers to the whole Joe Bean crew and I can’t

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, Joe McBane from https://www.tapandmallet.com/ (Tap and Mallet) came over to the studio to talk local beer, http://rochesterrealbeer.com/ (Rochester Real Beer Week) and the Expo, his path in Rochester and trends in the industry. Thanks for listening! This episode is brought to you by http://www.phrankly.com (Phrankly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people find their food. It was fantastic spending an evening chatting beer with Joe. I hadn’t had the opportunity to have a ton of conversations and this was a good chance to get to know him better and learn about some of his perspectives on running a good pub (clean glassware!), his tastes in beer (time to explore Belgians I suppose) and his thoughts on our local scene. Now I very much want to drop by https://twitter.com/mortalisbrewing?lang=en (Mortalis) to check them out and I’m always happy to t

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, Paul Guglielmo from http://www.guglielmosauce.com/ (Guglielmo Sauce), the https://radio951.iheart.com/featured/brother-wease/ (Brother Wease Show) and part of the tag team champions of https://iwfprowrestling.weebly.com/ (IWF out of Brockport) came over to the studio to talk sauce, radio and wrestling! The https://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/vote-now-best-of-rochester-2018-primary-ballot/Content?oid=7676439 (Rochester City Newspaper Best of Poll for 2018) is now open! Head over to their website and answer the poll for all of your favorites including Food About Town for best podcast. Let’s get out the vote and get us on the ballot for the 3rd year in a row. Thanks for listening and see you out there! This episode is brought to you by http://www.phrankly.com (Phrankly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people find their food. It was great

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, John Cannon from https://www.glenedithcoffee.com/ (Glen Edith Coffee Roasters) and every band came over to the studio to talk about his work as their wholesale manager, coffee in general and lots of random topics along the way including music. The https://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/vote-now-best-of-rochester-2018-primary-ballot/Content?oid=7676439 (Rochester City Newspaper Best of Poll for 2018) is now open! Head over to their website and answer the poll for all of your favorites including Food About Town for best podcast. Let’s get out the vote and get us on the ballot for the 3rd year in a row. Thanks for listening and see you out there! This episode is brought to you by http://www.phrankly.com (Phrankly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people find their food. John is another one of those people that I always enjoy talking to and th

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, Chef Jeffory McLean (Cheffory!) came over to the studio to talk about his work over at https://www.nykitchen.com/ (NY Kitchen) (formerly New York Wine and Culinary Center) teaching, his culinary concierge company https://www.facebook.com/FLXFoodies/ (FLX Foodies) and noodling around about food. Thanks for listening and see you out there! This episode is brought to you by http://www.phrankly.com (Phrankly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people find their food. It was great to hang with Cheffory and chat about food and the world in general. I was intrigued about his venture into working as a culinary concierge/private chef and the kinds of interactions he has out in people’s homes. We also dove into his time working in radio and nerded out about terrible radio names and why he left the industry. If you enjoyed this episode please share this on socia

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, my good friend https://twitter.com/cpclemens (Chris Clemens) from https://exploringupstate.com/ (Exploring Upstate) joined me to talk about some coffee related news in Rochester and hit on the coffee scene in general. We also covered some of Chris’ recent travels around Rochester and the Finger Lakes and bounced around talking about some cool food events. Thanks for listening and see you out there! This episode is brought to you by http://www.phrankly.com (Phrankly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people find their food. Of course the big news this week was the big changes happening over at http://www.joebeanroasters.com/ (Joe Bean) and Chris and I gave our thoughts about it. I have spent a ton of hours hanging out at the bar there and did a podcast not that long ago covering the history of the company up until that point. Some of the other topics we

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, my wife https://crazdude.com/ (Carrie Lindstrom) and my friend https://twitter.com/chue_on_this (Bryan Chue) joined me to talk about my experience at https://www.anthrocon.org/ (Anthrocon) and food while traveling and on the road in general. This was my first time at a furry convention and it just so happened to be one of the largest in the US to help Carrie sell her artwork. Thanks for listening and see you out there! This episode is brought to you by http://www.phrankly.com (Phrankly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people find their food. It was a very interesting weekend hanging around while people in mascot costumes paraded around the convention center and I learned a lot about the community and was able to meet a lot of customers that Carrie has been working with for years. Of course I got the chance to eat at a few places in Pittsburgh including:

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, I took the portable rig over to http://sapori-rochester.com/ (Sapori Cafe) to talk with Vinnie Paulino from the http://carlsoncast.podomatic.net/ (Comedy at the Carlson Cast) and Chef Joe from Sapori about the Vinnie Paulino Panini! Who wouldn’t want a panini with cup and char pepperoni pizza as bread? We talked comedy, broke down the mammoth (and delicious) sandwich and learned about how Chef Joe opened Sapori. Thanks for listening and see you out there! This episode is brought to you by http://www.phrankly.com (Phrankly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people find their food. Vinnie is a staple on the Rochester comedy scene, the host of the Comedy at the Carlson Cast and my rival in the Best Of Rochester Podcast wars. You can see him regularly on stage at Comedy at the Carlson and every week interviewing the headliners coming through the club on the

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast, https://www.instagram.com/ktjoebean/ (Kathy Turiano), https://www.instagram.com/denitchka/ (Dena Jones) and https://www.instagram.com/coffeecoffeeben/ (Ben Turiano) from http://www.joebeanroasters.com/ (Joe Bean Coffee Roasters)  came over to the studio to talk through the history of Rochester’s first specialty coffee shop and where they are today. This was a long time coming as I have been a regular customer for just about as long as they have been over on University Ave and it was great to get to record their story from the beginning with three of the owners all at the same time. Thanks to Kathy, Dena and Ben for taking the time to document their journey. Thanks for listening and see you out there! This episode is brought to you by http://www.phrankly.com (Phrankly). Phrankly is working to make sourcing and distribution for restaurants, farms and specialty goods more transparent and change the way people find their food. Personally, this is someth