Radio interview - cooking with vanilla
Gloria Minott* presents Chef Natasha MacAller where they chat about everything Vanilla.
A Live radio interview from Monday, August 17, 2015, WPFW 89.3 FM Washington, DC - approx 9 mins.
*Gloria Minott is a Journalist, Radio Personality, Parent, Foreign Places & Foods, Lover of Arts, Culture, and Justice.
Sausal to Bring Nuevo Rancho Cuisine to El Segundo
By Crystal Coser • May 13, 2015
The South Bay is booming.
The South Bay has been consistently stepping up its culinary game, what with Manhattan and Hermosa Beach's exploding restaurant scene with heavy hitters such as Love & Salt, Steak & Whisky, and upcoming Arthur J dominating the beach cities. Neighboring El Segundo is ready to get in the game, with a major build out going on at 219 Main St in the old Indian Summer spot, reports Toddrickallen.
The upcoming eatery will be called Sausal, and, according to chef/owner Anne Conness and managing partner Sorin Costache, will feature "Nuevo Rancho" cuisine, a sort of homage to the Mexican and Spanish flavors of the California rancho days. An ABC notice reveals the upcoming South Bay restaurant will definitely have booze.
Sausal
219 Main St
El Segundo, CA 90245
Sausal Facebook Page Live
Sausal on Facebook is live! Building, plastering, painting all coming together! Grand opening late August-check back for updates!
Cooking With Vanilla
The Arts Institutes - my alma mater - has just written the loveliest blog about Cooking with Vanilla. Please check this out!
Five Star Sensation Weekend
More than 2,500 turned out for the Annual Five Star Sensation held on Saturday, June 27 at the Cuyahoga Community College's Eastern campus. The event raised $2.3 million for the University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center.
Thank you to Malika, Matt and Michelle for sharing their photos.
Chicago Goings-On
Enjoy by clicking on the images and viewing the captions by hovering at the bottom of the photos!
Book Launch and Cocktail Party at The Meadow
Join Natasha and friends at The Meadow “Book Launching Party” on Thursday, June 4, 6-8 p.m. Sample vanilla dishes from the book, join in a memory tasting experiment, learn little known facts about vanilla, sip some bubbly, chat with the author and then please join us for a very special signing Cocktail Party from 8-9:30 p.m. A secret location will be provided at the launch. RSVP appreciated, questions welcomed: pegalter@gmail.com
Barbara-Jo's Books To Cooks
Welcomed with open arms to Vancouver Canada, I discovered one of my favorite bookstores in the world! Three paces into Barbara-Jo’s magical cookbook shop, I was hugging the bookcases saying, “I want to live here!”
Two days of events #vanillatabletour and had the most wonderful time, I’ve never laughed so hard talking about vanilla; there was a lot of vanilla love in the room. The amazing help from Chef Jen, Mark, Janice and #BarbaraJo made my visit so much sweeter.
Radio Hour - Live to tape interview while making Heirloom Tomato Bisque with Green Pea Pesto, the vanilla caramelized onions cooking in the skillet “sounded” great! The local Canadian Chefs Dominique and Cindy Duby of Wild Sweets and contributors to Vanilla Table book, joined the crowd as I was interviewed by the lovely Sheryl and producer Sheila of CBC for #North by Northwest, a Saturday morning radio show broadcast nationwide.
All copies of Vanilla Table sold out! Lovely friend and former neighbor Lillian flew all the way from Calgary to be there, so with Barbara-jo’s recommendation we had a beautiful small plates dinner at the newly opened Anna Lena starting with cocktails! Los Bravos was our fav and had the most beautiful Garlic confit lobster and speaking of bisque, a beautiful take on classic lobster bisque! The Waygu Short Rib with sunchoke puree, mushrooms and peppercorn jus, a divine dish I can't stop thinking about!
Next morning stopped into the local culinary school – Pacific Institute of Culinary School to sample delicious baked goods and meet some of the students in Christine Beard’s class for a 10-minute vanilla total immersion talk…the students were speechless!
Granville Island tour, tasting #smokedsablefishcandy a local delicacy-so delicious! Spent the morning scouring the Granville Public Market for all sorts of delicious tastes from sausages and spices to berries. A beautiful visit to a beautiful and welcoming city; I can’t wait to return.
Barbara-jo McIntosh, the store's owner.
Milken Institute
I had the great privilege to be chosen to do a book signing for the Milken Institute Global Conference a few weeks ago. They had a gorgeous walk around “Wine Tasting Passport Night” at Two Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills. Copies of Vanilla Table, wine tastings and little tastes were offered at the iconic Jimmy Choo right there on Rodeo Drive – it was VERY tempting to try on a pair or two! Michael Aust from Barnes & Noble Santa Monica helps with books as I chat with Milken speakers and guests. An absolutely delightful evening!
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