Restaurant Widow

Video Cooking Podcasts!

I am super stoked to announce that finally, after years and years of wanting to, I have recorded a few video cooking podcasts!  With the help of some Twitter acquaintances, we turned my messy kitchen into a cooking studio (ha.ha) and stumbled our way through 3 recipes! Here's a picture of one:

 
This being the first go, I am sure everything will look very weird and awkward.  Hopefully we will get better after learning a few things from our first session.

If there is anything you'd like to learn how to cook, please don't hesitate to leave a comment!  And if you applied for sidekick status, don't fret.  I am going to have a rotating cast of sidekicks.

You can look for the first video in about a week, depending on how horrible the video is and the size of the task of editing.  I kept forgetting about talking to the camera, so I did a lot of wondering around the kitchen grabbing things while talking.  I'm sure it's going to loads of fun for the editor (sorry Meat!).

Not surprisingly, dishes on the podcast will be very seasonal in nature, and yes, I will post the recipes here of course! 

woohoo! I've been wanting to do this forever.

New WCRS Short! Mushroom Stock - it's Easy & Delicious

I'm using Tumblr for my WCRS shorts for the time being.  It's great because it requires no downloading, and so far I have not had any glitches or breaks in the stream.  Yes, yes, I'm working on the iTunes thing for all of you iTunes folks!

Click for today's short!

Or listen today through Sunday on 102.1 or 98.3 FM!

And . . .

We've just recorded our second podcast, Value Whites!  This one is going to require a pinch more editing than the previous one, but it should be ready in the next few days.

Inagural Podcast, Value Reds with Husband

I have been hoping to add podcasts for about a year now, and finally recorded my first episode.  It was really fun and I plan to have many, many more.

For my first podcast, I decided to take a suggestion from a few readers who answered my recent survey: have Husband talk about value wines.  He isn't as fond of writing as I am, so we thought an interview-style podcast would be perfect, and if we could have some delicious wine while we're at it, even better.

I will spare you all of my self-deprecating analysis on how irritating my voice sounds and how many times I say "excellent," and just pretend I think it's perfect.  Husband is working on adding some background music, so it might be new and improved soon.

If you download and listen to the podcast, can you please provide feedback?  This is our first one, and we do go off on tangents occasionally, but we learned a lot about what to do next time, and hopefully they will get even better.  I have lots of ideas for future podcasts, but I would love to hear your suggestions.  So, please let me know what you think, even if it's an opportunity for improvement.  Please let me know if you have any troubles.  The podcasts will also be available as an RSS feed.  The file takes about 4 minutes to download (sorry).  If you use Google Reader, you can listen the cast directly from my feed.

Next up on the podcast board - Value whites!

Without further ado: Restaurant Widow Podcast #1 - Value Reds with Husband.  I will provide a downloadable list of the wines tried - along with pictures of the labels and shopping information - very soon.

Download Final.mp3