Episode 144

Small Bites Radio

D and L Coffee Service Inc. presents the #1 listed “Food Radio show Philadelphia” and #1 listed “Food Radio show South Jersey”, Small Bites on Wildfire Radio returns this Sunday, March 21st at 635pm EST with an fantastic lineup! #SmallBitesRadio was named #14 out of the Top 30 Best Hospitality Shows on the planet for 2020. With spring arriving this weekend and plants blooming and sprouting up we figured who better to talk to than Jim Magner the Vice President of Sproud in the US and Explore Cuisine vegan pasta. Sproud’s mission is to make it easy for everyone to choose climate-friendly vegan products that tastes good and is the next level of plant-based products bringing taste and sustainability together and their list of ambassadors include Avant-Garde Vegan by Gaz Oakley Chef Gaz Oakley, FIVESEC HEALTH Alexandra, and Peloton Robin Arzon. With a natural creamy texture and neutral taste, our planet-first family of products bring you dairy-free milk alternatives with the closest taste to regular milk. Sproud is the non-dairy alternative that blends with the food and drinks you love. Creamy and foamy in coffee, perfect in tea, in smoothies and on cereals. It’s just like milk. Powered by peas and developed in Sweden using the yellow split pea protein, we have one mission: to be the best tasting plant-based and non-dairy milk you could ever experience. Then with Explore Cuisine they create foods using clean, organic, plant-based ingredients of the highest quality. All the pastas are USDA Certified Organic, Non-GMO, Gluten-Free, Vegan, and Kosher. They are committed to trading fairly and organic farming. Through their “Food to Thrive” Foundation they provide education and empowerment to communities in the developing world to farm sustainably and to prosper. Give them try as their pastas cook just like regular pasta, making it perfect for easy vegan or vegetarian family meals. Everyone has Easter Eggs on the mind so the perfect person to talk all about eggs is Lisa Steele. With an audience of nearly a million followers on social media that spans the globe, 5th generation chicken keeper Lisa Steele is well-recognized as the creative force behind Fresh Eggs Daily with Lisa Steele, the most popular destination for natural poultry keeping advice on the internet. From her beautiful farm in Maine, Lisa has contributed to the backyard chicken keeping community for more than a decade and host of the Boston/New England Regional Emmy®-nominated TV show “Welcome to my Farm”. Lisa Steele has been featured on dozens of national and local television and radio shows including NPR, HGTV, PBS, Good Day Sacramento, San Antonio Living, and The View. She's also been featured in numerous print publications including the The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, The Saturday Evening Post, Farmers' Almanac, Country Living Magazine, Down East Magazine, USA TODAY, and AP. Since age 10, President Joe Biden has called Wilmington and the Brandywine Valley home, and #46 President Joe Biden has left quite a footprint on the First State of Delaware. To chat about Greater Wilmington and the Brandywine Valley in the heart of the Mid-Atlantic region, less than a two-hour drive from both New York City and Washington DC is Jennifer Hastings Boes the Director of Marketing Communications and Media Relations for Greater Wilmington and the Brandywine Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau. The President has visited plenty of cool places to see and shop and eaten at foodie destinations that you can too from places like The Queen, Bardea Food & Drink, HOTEL DU PONT, Le Cavalier at the Green Room from Chef Tyler Akin, Piccolina Toscana from Dan Butler, Capriotti's Sandwich Shop, The Inn at Montchanin Village and Spa, Krazy Kat's, Janssen's Market, Brew Ha Ha, Whimsy, Pizza by Elizabeths, Houppette, Buckley's Tavern, Peter Kate, Claymont Steak Shop, Charcoal Pit - Original & Big Restaurants, and Wilmington Brew Works. Just because Mari Gras was cancelled this year doesn’t mean you can’t have the flavor and flair of Mardi Gras into your own home. We will talk to Brian Theis author of ‘The Infinite Feast: How to Host the Ones You Love’ (Pelican Publishing). The cookbook is inspired by New Orleans and Brian Theis presents a well-rounded cookbook that takes us back to the mid-twentieth century and the foods that fed the nation’s craving for comfort and world travel. In seasonal chapters from New Year’s to the winter holidays, he provides curated and themed menus, easy to follow recipes, and kitchen tips. From casseroles and comfort foods, a Mardi Gras Jamboree, and a Polynesian Luau to a Goblin Feast and Thanksgiving Bons Temps Rouler, the dishes are just as delicious as they are picturesque! Interviews with celebrity chefs and restaurateurs, including Gabriele Corcos and Phillip L. Lopez. You say you STILL NEED MORE!!! Don’t forget we still have our regular weekly segments from author, Courier-Post nightlife correspondent and The New York Times recognized blogger John Howard-Fusco for foodie news of the week, Chef Barbie Marshall who is a Chef Gordon Ramsay Hell's Kitchen Season 10 finalist and has appeared on Season 17 of FOX Hell’s Kitchen #AllStars as well named Pennsylvania’s most influential chef by Cooking Light will delight us with her observation of the week, highly acclaimed and respected Vegan Chef Christina Martin will delight with her ‘Healthy Bite’ of week giving nourishing and wholesome advice, and a joke of the week from legendary joke teller Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling of The Howard Stern Show fame. D & L Coffee Services Inc. and Bluejeanfood.com hope you will use the TuneIn app to listen worldwide or also catch Small Bites Radio syndicated on KGTK 920AM, KITZ 1400AM, KSBN 1230AM, KBNP 1410AM, iHeartRadio, Salem Radio Network, ScyNet Radio, Stitcher Radio, PodOmatic, Indie Philly Radio, Player FM, iTunes, Pandora, and TryThisDish Radio which is the only independently owned and operated international chef-driven foodie and lifestyle radio network in the world. D & L Coffee Services has an expert staff of highly qualified, certified, and experienced office, technical, and sales personnel. D & L Coffee Services are able to provide your business, home, or special event the absolute best from the beans they sell, vendors they work with, Italian delicacies available for delivery, catering on-site for any sized affair, hands-on barista training, equipment available for purchase, and maintenance/repair services for your espresso and coffee machines. You can stop by their warehouse at 7000 HOLSTEIN AVE, SUITE 3, Philadelphia, PA 19153 during business hours or call the office at 215-365-5521 for an appointment, consultation, or any questions. #FoodRadioShowPhiladelphia #FoodRadioShowSouthJersey #TopListedHospitalityShow #BestFood #BestPod