Saturday, May 30, 2009 @ 11:13am
May 30th

Summer is nearly here, and we've been feeling it lately with all this sun! Tomatoes are in the ground, carrots have been seeded and the farmers are hauling their loot over the mountain from eastern washington to bring us seasonal goodies a bit earlier than we could ever grow on our own. Yeah for farmers markets (!) most of which opened this month. For a full schedule, make sure to check out these twosites.

On today's show, we're celebrating all that is local, kicking off with Teatro Zinzanni actor Joe De Paul who plays Ricky, the spoiled but big-hearted son of the owner of the tent. Teatro Zinzanni recently added brunch on the weekends and Ricky is set to tell us all about his breakfast shenanigans under the tent.

We are happy to welcome back Kelsey Kozak, formerly a teen cheesemaking sensation from Vashon Island and now a first term student at the Culinary Institute of America.

As always we'll have our weekly wine pairing with Michael Teer of Pike and Western Wine Shop, a Recipe of the Week, and What's Your Special? - followed by an hour long call-in Ask the Chefs. Thanks for listening this week, In the Kitchen with Tom & Thierry!

Thursday, May 21, 2009 @ 10:29am
Homemade Goodness

If you've ever been curious about the homesteadin' kitchen, this is the show for you.

We have on food writer and author, Eugenia Bone, with her new book Well Preserved - Recipes and Techniques for Putting Up Small Batches of Seasonal Foods. Knew you could make jam, but never considering preserving peas? Tune in to hear some tips!

We'll also sing the praises of homemade bread, pancakes and more when we talk with Jill Lightner, Editor of Edible Seattle about yeast and starter for baked goods.

We'll have our weekly wine pairing with Michael Teer of Pike and Western Wine Shop, a Recipe of the Week, and What's Your Special? - this week with Homegrown - a new sustainable sandwich shop in Fremont.

Saturday, May 9, 2009 @ 8:34am
May 9th

Can you believe we are already in May? Seems like only yesterday we were mulling over tips for braising meats, and now spring has sprung and we have fresh clean food on the tips of our tongues.

This week on the show, Chef & Author Scott Uehlein chat with us about making "indulgently healthful" meals at home. His years in the spa kitchen at Canyon Ranch in Tucson, Arizona shine through in his new book Canyon Ranch: Nourish, a great one to add to the kitchen cookbook line up.

Tom and Thierry continue the 'fresh' theme with our ingredient spotlight on RHUBARB this week. Rhubarb is just up in the Pacific Northwest and a sure bet if you're looking to eat local. This vegetable (yes, it's a vegetable!) is often thought of for pies and tarts, but how about alongside pork or pate? Delicious.

In the last hour, chefs offer suggestions for Mothers Day this week and answer your calls for Ask The Chef, an open food forum from our kitchen to yours. We have our weekly wine pairing with Michael Teer of Pike and Western Wine Shop, Artichoke Fritters for Recipe of the Week, and What's Your Special?

Thank you for listening & we'll see you in the kitchen!

Saturday, April 25, 2009 @ 11:15am
On the radio.....

Today on the show is chef and author Takashi Yagahashi from Chicago on to talk with us about the many Asian noodles we can use in our kitchens - udon, soba, rice & ramen. Listen in as he demystifies these traditional ingredients in Asian cooking.

In the studio is local cook & author, Kathleen Finn. Kathleen is running a home-cook study on how people really cook at home. She'll walk us through a quick an easy homemade mac-n-cheese (buh bye Kraft!) and give home made substitutions for other processed food home cooks typically rely on. It's a great subject to listen in and learn from!

As always, our last hour, call in and join Tom and Thierry for Ask The Chef, an open food forum from our kitchen to yours. We'll have our weekly wine pairing with Michael Teer of Pike and Western Wine Shop, a Recipe of the Week, and What's Your Special? - this week with Chef & Owner Leo Varchetta of LIST in Belltown - a cozy new dig from the owner of Barolo.

See you in the kitchen!

Sunday, April 12, 2009 @ 6:58pm
Back in the Studio

We have LOTS of delicious food-talk happening this week 'In the Kitchen'.

Join Tom & Thierry back in the studio as they catch up on the many pies they've got their hands stuck in as of late.

We hosted author Gerald Hirigoyen of the fabulous book PINTXOS - a great one to add to the collection, as it covers the basics in tapas and small plates. We're also joined in the studio with Barnaby Dorfman of Foodista - the online encyclopedia anyone can edit. Barnaby shares his grandmothers diary and cookbook - you can see a copy of the scans over at Foodista.

In the last hour, join Tom and Thierry for Ask The Chef, an open food forum from our kitchen to yours. As always, we'll have a wine pairing with Michael Teer of Pike and Western Wine Shop, a Recipe of the Week, and What's Your Special? - this week with Chef Jordi at Cafe Lago in Montlake - a favorite of both Tom & Thierry's. See you in the kitchen!

Wednesday, April 1, 2009 @ 9:58am
April Fools

No jokes here, but this week on the show, while the cats away the mice will play! Tom Douglas is in NY for the day, and the show will be hosted by Chef Thierry Rautureau, and producer Amy Pennington.

On the agenda for discussing - Brunch, brunch brunch. This weekend marks the return of brunch service to Rovers Restaurant. Tune in to find out how to make the perfect egg - baked, fried, poached and some egg-for-dinner favorites.

At home, get out of your kitchen and into your garden. It's time to plant PEAS! Call in with your home-grown questions and kitchen gardeners, Thierry & Amy will trouble shoot and get you growing food at home before you can say "summer".

In the last hour, join Tom and Thierry for Ask The Chef, an open food forum from our kitchen to yours. As always, we'll have a wine pairing with Michael Teer of Pike and Western Wine Shop, a Recipe of the Week, and What's Your Special? - this week with A Caprice Kitchen in Phinney Ridge.

Saturday, March 28, 2009 @ 1:44pm
COOKING CLASS Today!

Come on down to BASCO Appliances in Tukwila - a premier NW appliance gallery for builders and designers.

We're cookin' from the kitchen today and giving on-air tutorials for our favorite recipes……..and yours.

We'll have six of the most requested recipes in a pan and on the stove today. Theirry is making his famous Scrambled Egg and Caviar along with both Salmon Morrocan Style with Olive Tapenade and a Grand Marnier Souffle for dessert.

Tom will demo his delicious Chesapeake Bay Classic Crab Cakes, an easy to make at home, Crispy Shrimp Roll with Sweet Chile Sauce and a main course dish of Pan-Roasted Halibut with Toasted Bread Crumb Salad and Green Lentils. Gettin' hungry just thinkin' about it.

Everyone is welcome, you don't need to sign up! Join us today..... IN THE KITCHEN with TOM & THIERRY.

Saturday, March 21, 2009 @ 2:29pm
Key Ingredients at Renton History Museum

We're LIVE from Renton today, as we broadcast from the Smithsonian Institute's Key Ingredients: America By Food installation.

Listen in as museum Director, Elizabeth Stewart, chats about Renton's growing, cooking and eating traditions - they are vast! Following Liz, Stefeny Anderson, Director of Renton's weekly Farmers Market comes on to shed some light on the blossoming Renton food scene.

In the last hour, join Tom and Thierry for Ask The Chef, an open food forum from our kitchen to yours. As always, we'll have a wine pairing with Michael Teer of Pike and Western Wine Shop and a Recipe of the Week, and What's Your Special? - this week with Renton Restaurateur Armondo Pavone of Armondo's Cafe Italiano & the Melrose Grill.

Friday, March 20, 2009 @ 8:56am
Vegetable Garden on the White House Lawn!

As many foodies and food activists have been hoping, a vegetable garden will soon be planted on the White House lawn, according to this article in the New York Times.

Michelle Obama herself will begin digging up a patch of the lawn on Friday to create the first vegetable garden at the White House since Eleanor Roosevelt’s victory garden during World War II. Though some of the food from the garden will be used for the first family’s meals (no beets! The President doesn’t like ‘em) and for formal White House functions, it’s main purpose is to educate children in the importance of fresh, locally-grown foods– a major part of the First Lady’s agenda. Children from Bancroft Elementary school will be helping Michelle dig the garden on Friday. Most of the daily work will be done by the White House grounds crew and kitchen staff, but assistant chef Sam Kass (editor’s note: MY COUSIN!!!!), who used to cook healthy meals for the Obama family when they lived in Chicago, will have the job of overseeing the vegetable garden. More on Tom Douglas Restaurant's blog..........

Sunday, March 15, 2009 @ 11:03am
Scallops & NYC

The show was late this week, due to a Mariners game, so it's only fitting the post comes up late this week, as well.

Snow in Seattle, once again! What better to do in this weather than tuck in with a home cooked meal. On this weeks show, Tom & Thierry chat scallops. A Vancouver BC company is farming west coast scallops now, and we're going to show you how to cook 'em. You can learn more about chefs & scallops from chef Sean Hartley on the Palace Kitchen Blog!

In the last hour, join Tom live from NYC for Ask The Chef, an open food forum from our kitchen to yours. As always, we'll have a wine pairing with Michael Teer of Pike and Western Wine Shop, Recipe of the Week, and What's Your Special? - this week with Chef Mark Fuller of Springhill Restaurant, Dahlia Lounge alum and new owner of this great West Seattle joint!

Tom Douglas, along with his wife and business partner, Jackie Cross, owns five of Seattle's most exciting restaurants: Dahlia Lounge, Etta's, Palace Kitchen, Lola, and Serious Pie. With almost 30 years in the biz, Tom helped put Seattle on the culinary map by cooking global cuisine with regional and seasonal ingredients.

Thierry Rautureau, The Chef In The Hat!!! is the chef/owner of Rover's Restaurant in Seattle, Washington. Rover's is internationally recognized as one of the premier dining destinations in the Pacific Northwest. For 21 years, Rover's has offered cuisine that Rautureau describes as Northwest Contemporary with a French accent.