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F.A.T. Episode 26 – Kevin McCann

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast I sat down in the studio with Kevin McCann from McCann’s Local Meats to talk about his new butcher shop at the Edge of the Wedge complex. We hit a number of different topics including culinary school, different cuts of meats, whole animal butchery and how to start a new business in a new city. Kevin had a lot to say and was very insightful...

F.A.T. Episode 25 – Condiments

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast I sat down in the studio with Chris Clemens from Exploring Upstate and Veronica Volk from WXXI and we talked about condiments! This has been a few months in the making after Chris and I touched on condiments in Episode 16 of the F.A.T. podcast and he explained his distaste for mayonnaise. Twitter came in to the situation a few days ago and Veronica...

F.A.T. Episode 23 – Ask the Gluten Free Chef

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast I sat down in the studio with Calvin Eaton who created The Gluten Free Chef blog and the Ask the Gluten Free Chef podcast. Calvin has a fascinating backstory filled with issues that he has worked hard to overcome and I was impressed with his positive attitude about everything. He lives a gluten free lifestyle and we talked about that among other food...

F.A.T. Episode 22 – Rochester Insomniac

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast I sat down in the studio with Joe Insomniac the main man/Editor In Chief behind The Rochester Insomniac website/magazine/podcasts. We also spent some time talking about true cheap eats around the city, what the Rochester Insomniac is all about, local music and some about Joe’s background. We also touched on Rochester itself here and there among...

F.A.T. Episode 21 – Mad Hatter Tea Room

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast I sat down in the studio with Kristina Dinino of the Mad Hatter Tea Room & Cafe in Webster. This is a follow up interview from the City Newspaper review that I did on the restaurant in April this year. We also spent some time talking what the restaurant is all about including her focus on homemade food despite the limitations, her background in...

F.A.T. Episode 20 – Paul Guglielmo

On this episode of the Food About Town podcast I sat down with Paul Guglielmo from Guglielmo Sauce to talk about the background of the sauce and what drove him to take on this project. We also spent some time talking about radio and comedy which was great for me especially with his experience working as the producer on the 95.1FM Brother Wease Show and his weekly WHAM 1180 Food & Wine Show...