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The Bite Goes On – Deb Rock, Sonoma Hot Sauce Jan 31, 2020

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We learned about Deb Rock and Sonoma Hot Sauce on a previous episode with Eileen Gordon of Barnraiser and wanted to learn more about the journey of a woman who likes it hot – really hot. Deb Rock grew up with hot sauce and it was an important part of seasoning the meal as well as the conversation. After 20 years of giving her special recipe to friends and family she was determined to create a business around her passion and share her version of Tabasco 2.0 with the rest of us. Deb explains why Sonoma Hot Sauce is as good as it is and with just a few distinguishing methods that separate her sauce from the commercial versions; the peppers spend a minimum of 100 days on the vines, it takes at least a year from seed to bottle, and there are easily one pound of peppers per 5 fluid ounce jar. With her 4 ingredient sauce, her enthusiasm about being an agripreneur and her seed saving process, her field blend Sonoma Hot Sauce is a winner. [EP65]

Follow Deb and Sonoma Hot Sauce on Instagram @sonomahot

You can purchase hot sauce on her website at www.sonomahotsauce.com

The Bite Goes On – Flora Coffee Jan 24, 2020

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Emily Reber and Jeff Alona share their passion for everything coffee. They spend their free time driving miles to find new coffee shops anywhere they can find them and revisit some of their favorites. They have learned about coffee shop culture by asking a lot of questions, listening, watching videos, classes and drinking coffee. Their coffee of choice and what they use for Flora Coffee is Dune Coffee Roasters out of Santa Barbara. They loved it so much, they want to share this with Sonoma Valley and visitors to the area. If you are in Sonoma Valley you can taste their pour over coffee at the roadside Flatbed Farm produce stand on Saturdays from 10 – 12 in Glen Ellen. Not only will you have a good cuppa but you will enjoy these two and their enthusiasm for their craft. Emily and Jeff are grass root business owners figuring it out as they go. Such a fun listen to hear these two share their vision. [EP64]

Follow their Instagram feed @floracoffee_sonoma

The Bite Goes On – Mexico City Recap Jan 17, 2020

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Follow along the conversation while looking at photographs from Sondra’s recent trip to Mexico City (www.thebitegoeson.com/copy-of-gallery). Get ready to book your trip to Mexico City just from hearing about the food. Sondra talks about her taco tour, neighborhood markets including the Jamiaca Mercado and Pujol (the #12 of the 50 Best Restaurants in the world), a special meal with a friend from Mexico City, mezcal and more. [EP63]

The Bite Goes On – Steve Zimmerman Jan 10, 2020

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This was a thoroughly educational show filled with family history, unions, tips on how restaurants are valuated and sold and more. Steve walks us through his journey in a restaurant family, where he started in the kitchen washing dishes at the age of 15. As he works through the ranks, he finds himself being called in to his Reserve status and cooking for the 500 – 600 airmen (breakfast and lunch each day). When relieved of his duty, he went back into the family business and worked his way to the very top at a point of having over 35 restaurants, 20 of them being their signature Zimm’s. You will hear how Steve makes a radical decision to leave the family business and reinvent himself to be the largest premiere restaurant business broker and realtor. Restaurant Realty Company is the largest California restaurant brokerage specializing in sales, acquisitions and leasing of restaurants, bars, nightclubs and related commercial buildings with local representation throughout Southern and Northern California including the San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento, Central Coast, Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego markets. The conversation delves into the hardships of owning a restaurant, the pitfalls of buying and selling, and an interesting look at the near future of restaurants.

Want to sell or purchase a restaurant or nightclub or to find our more about Restaurant Realty Company or Steve Zimmerman? Visit the website at https://www.restaurantrealty.com and email Steve at steve@restaurantrealty.com. You can also purchase Steve’s Book; “Restaurant Dealmaker” on Amazon at
https://www.amazon.com/Restaurant-Dealmaker-Steve-Zimmerman-ebook/dp/B00CCVW5JY.
Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/restaurantrealty

The Bite Goes On – Thaddeus Palmese Jan 03, 2020

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Among other things Thaddeus Palmese is an amazing storyteller and we found him so descriptive and interesting that we recommended that he write a book or two. His cooking experience starts at 15 years old. Even though he grew up in Pasadena, he wound up in New Orleans where he worked through the ranks in some pretty incredible restaurants. When he wound up in Sonoma County years later, he was a partner in a winebar cooking creole food in Sebastopol called the Starlight that was housed in an old train club car. Sonoma residents are most familiar with Thaddeus from his tenure on Tips Tri Tip trolleys, the bright red food trolleys that can be found at farmers markets, wineries, festivals and more. At the same time as cooking and managing the trucks, he worked with Owners Susie and Andrew Pryfogle to open their brick and mortar restaurant in Kenwood. Finely received by the neighbors, Tips Roadside has been an excellent addition to the Sonoma Valley. In the midst of a transition, we hear about some plans for the future and the beginning of a new chapter. If you want to see what Thaddeus Palmese is up to you can follow him on Instagram @thaddeuspalmese. [EP61]

The Bite Goes On – The Moms Show Dec 27, 2019

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It is only fitting that Episode 60 is a show with our Moms. This was a fun to have our moms as this week’s guests. They shared stories of when we were kids and we questioned them about things we couldn’t quite remember. The conversation highlights the differences between Brian and Sondra’s food upbringing, Skippy or Jif, Miracle Whip or Hellmans and lots more fun tales.

[EP60]

The Bite Goes On – Liza Hinman, Spinster Sisters Dec 20, 2019

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The Astro Sondra and Brian on the road this week with Liza Hinman, who is one of the hardest working Chef/Owners in Santa Rosa. Her Spinster Sisters restaurant opened in 2012 and took Santa Rosa by storm. She has paid her dues working in some fantastic kitchens fine-tuning her trade. Originally from the East Coast, she eventually ventured west, landed in San Francisco, met her future husband and moved back with him to Sonoma County where his family is from. She is a creative entrepreneur and a visionary that cares deeply about THE LORE. She was able to see a neighborhood that she could reinvigorate – dived in with Spinster Sisters and continues to invest in the community (with her business partner, Eric Anderson) – most recently with the Astro Motel and another project in the works. She shares some of her visions for the future, her desire to be a balanced human with her business and family. One of the best parts of this podcast was the smells that were coming out of her kitchen the whole time we were there – can’t wait to go back to eat there!! [EP59]

Spinster Sisters
http://thespinstersisters.com/
@thespinstersisters on instagram
401 South A Street, Santa Rosa CA 95401 Closed Mondays

The Astro
https://theastro.com/
323 Santa Rosa Ave – Santa Rosa, CA 95404

The Bite Goes On – Miracle Plum Dec 13, 2019

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What a pleasure to have limited expectations for a place and be totally blown away. That’s what happened when I walked in to meet Gwen and Sally -the owners, founders, master curators and adventurers’ store called Miracle Plum. This is an episode of hurdles and triomphs, perseverance and joy and about a friendship that came about from a shared passion of food, cooking and wine. They have finely curated a store that not only has a long history in Santa Rosa, but has an eclectic inventory that will fuel any food enthusiast, blow away any natural wine lover (largest collection of natural wines) and a they have sharp eye for artistic pottery and wares. Needless to say, we begged them to let us shop after the show and I could have purchased so much more but I did not want to impose on their time – so I will be back! Lots of great segments in this episode as we hear from both of them as they share their journey, their plans and the future. We hope you enjoy the show and if you are in the area – visit!

Miracle Plum – www.miracleplum.com – 208 Davis Street, Santa Rosa CA – 707-708-7986 Open Tues through Sunday at 10 am @miracle.plum on instagram

The Bite Goes On – Manuel Azeveda Dec 06, 2019

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Chef Manuel Azevedo’s signature Cozinha Nova Portuguesa – “New Portuguese Cuisine” – celebrates the varied and complex flavors of his native Portuguese homeland while adapting them to the immense offerings of top-quality ingredients from his current home in California. Manuel is a local, living in Sonoma County his whole life, fell into his passion for different reasons than most chefs. He has two restaurants in Sonoma now and an incredibly beautiful cookbook that is simply a masterpiece and a love story to Portuguese cooking. He is an advocate for teaching young people how to cook. Listen in to Manuel as he describes his journey and a path that has led him to success.

www.lasaletterestaurant.com – 452 First Street East, Suite H Sonoma, California – Open lunch and dinner daily

www.tascatasca.com – 122 West Napa Street – Sonoma, California 95476
Open lunch and dinner daily

The Bite Goes On – Heather Irwin & Fran Meininger Nov 29, 2019

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EP56: Sonoma Family Meals & Kitchen Table Project

Chef Made Meals for Fire Survivor Families, Served Weekly Since October 2017. SFM is a 501c3 non-profit.

More than 160,000 meals served…and counting. During the 2017 wildfires, more than 5,000 homes were destroyed in a matter of hours. Thousands remain displaced, living in RVs, mobile homes, with friends, or in vacation rentals nearly a year later. We continue to serve those families four nutritious meals, packed up and ready to go each week.

Heather is the dining editor for Sonoma Magazine and the Press Democrat and the founder of BiteClub. Fran Meininger joined the board of Sonoma Family Meal in 2019. She is now focused on helping Sonoma Family Meal grow and move beyond disaster relief into a strong and vital community organization.

To learn more about Sonoma Family Meals visit www.sonomafamilymeal.org

Kitchen Table Project is a culinary center, training kitchen and cafe dedicated to teaching, supporting and empowering women through mentorship, business development and real-world experience.

The ktp mission is to provide a pathway to employment, career advancement and entrepreneurial success in the food, beverage and culinary services industry for women of all ages, backgrounds or financial circumstance. The official launch date is January 2020.

To learn more about this visit www.kitchentableproject.org

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