Episodes
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Fresh Produce TASTE- 068
Becky Fox Marshall, Spokesperson for Town & Country (T&C) Markets and Joe Pulicicchio, Director of Produce and Floral join us today on Tastes of Bainbridge to discuss how T&C on Bainbridge Island is dealing with COVID-19. They remind us that food and other supplies remain in good supply and that...
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Fish, Squash, Satsumas & Beef (TAST-067)
Joe Pulicicchio, head of Produce and Floral, and Michael Fodness, head of Meat and Seafood for T&C Markets, join Bob Ross in this episode of Tastes of Bainbridge to talk more about the many foods associated with the Christmas and New Year’s season. Squash varieties, a wide selection of citrus…
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Holiday Meats and Produce TASTE- 066 -
Two directors of the Town and Country Markets leadership, Joe Pulicicchio, head of Produce and Floral and Michael Fodness, head of Meat and Seafood, join us in this episode of Tastes of Bainbridge to consider the kinds of things we might find on our holiday tables. Joe and Michael engage in a...
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What about those pumpkin stems? (TAST-065)
Joe joins Tastes of Bainbridge host, Bob Ross to talk about important fall produce that we should all be thinking about. He discusses very early sumo mandarins, the extraordinary 2019 chanterelle mushroom crop and a new up and coming apple called the ‘Sugar Bee.’ He discusses the appealing tastes...
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064 Joe Puliccicchio talks late summer produce (TAST-064)
Joe Pulicicchio, Director of Produce and Floral for T&C Markets returns to Tastes of Bainbridge with host Bob Ross to explore what’s happening in fresh produce as we head into late summer in the Pacific Northwest. He has a sweet spot for peaches but shares some wonderful insights about...
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Meet Matt Glenn of Highside Distilling at the Farmers Market (TAST-063)
Matt Glenn, one of the proprietors of Highside Distilling, joins BCB host Bob Ross on Tastes of Bainbridge to discuss his family’s decision to move full time into the craft beverage industry. Inspired by a trip to the Highlands region of Scotland, the idea for starting this new business with his...
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Finnriver Ciders now at Farmers Market (TAST-062)
Fans of the Finnriver Cider Garden in Chimacum will be thrilled to hear their fabulous ciders are now available at the Bainbridge Island Farmers Market. Listen here to learn more about their organic farming and fermenting activities. In this podcast Molly Fallon, one of the Cider Garden managers,...
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Meet Russell Lawson of Patchwork Gardens (TAST-061)
If you're a big fan of mushrooms, you need to visit the new Patchwork Gardens booth at the Bainbridge Farmers Market. Listen here to learn more about Russell Lawson and the many varieties of mushroom he sells at the market. Whether you're in the mood for a giant oyster, king or shaggy mane...
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Joe Pulicicchio talks winter produce (TAST-060)
Challenged by the winter snows? So are our grocery stores! Listen here as Town and Country's Joe Pulicicchio describes the best of winter produce, stocking challenges during snow events, and T&C's recent decision to MOVE THE PEPPERS! This month's big news is that T&C's peppers and chilies have...
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Holiday meats, seafood, and produce (TAST-059)
Listen here as T&C's Joe Pulicicchio joins Bob Ross and Michael Fodness, Director of Meats and Seafood for Town and Country Markets to talk about seasonal meats, seafood and produce items. In this rich interaction about popular cuts of meat, seasonal seafood, and traditional holiday items from…
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T&C's Joe Pulicicchio on preparing produce for Thanksgiving (TAST-058)
Purple brussel sprouts, peeling parsnips, and perfect potatoes: T&C's Joe Pulicicchio is back to tell us about the best produce for your holiday meal. Our old Tastes of Bainbridge friend, Joe Pulicicchio, Director of Produce and Floral for T&C Markets, returns to the BCB studio this week to talk...
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Fishgirl at the Farmers Market (TAST-057)
Meet one of the newest additions to the Bainbridge Farmers Market: Frank Ralph, the Owner of Fishgirl, a company solely dedicated to the harvesting of wild and sustainable seafood. In conversation with BCB host Bob Ross, Frank discusses his 30 years of experience and what he has discovered is the...
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4H Chicken Pageant at the Farmers Market (TAST-056)
It's time for the annual 4H Chicken Pageant at the Farmers Market, and Tastes of Bainbridge producer Bob Ross is on hand for the festivities. The 4H Chicken Pageant is a delightful event in which 4H members and their respective fowl dress up in costumes and parade for the audience. Host Bob Ross...
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The Market at Bay Hay (TAST-055)
Meet Carolyn Goodwin, food buyer for the Market at Bay Hay, and learn about the challenges and excitement of keeping a small market stocked with exclusively local food products. In this podcast, Carolyn joins host Bob Ross to tell us about the Market's evolving identity. From a tiny non-profit...
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Joe Pulicicchio talks summer produce (TAST-054)
Joe Pulicicchio, Director of Produce & Floral for T&C Markets returns to Tastes of Bainbridge to share his insights on the best produce for summer. Talking about everything from berries to avocados to red potatoes, Joe provides a keen insight about some of the challenges of making sure produce...
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Christoph Schuler's pretzels at the Farmers Market (TAST-053)
In this podcast Taste of Bainbridge host Bob Ross talks with Christoph Schuler, the creator and owner of D’Bäck German Bakery, about his tasty organically baked pretzels. You'll want to listen closely as Christoph reveals the secret southern German technique that produces the warm brown crust and...
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Glass artisan Isaac Swanson (TAST-052)
Isaac Swanson is an artisan whose hand blown glass is regularly featured at the Bainbridge Farmers’ Market. In this podcast, Isaac joins host Bob Ross to share the story of his work and talk about what motivated him to enter the unusual craft of creative glass blowing. It's a curious story of...
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Meet the new proprietors of the Heyday Farm Store! (TAST-051)
Listen here as Tad Mitsui, life long island foodie and chef on Bainbridge Island and his new partner, Jess Goldwater, tell us about their taste-tempting plans for their new Heyday Farm Store venture. Talking with Tastes of Bainbridge producer Bob Ross, these new owners of the well loved local…
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Joe Pulicicchio walks the aisles of T&C (TAST-050)
This week Tastes of Bainbridge host Bob Ross discusses the season's produce with Joe Pulicicchio in Joe's native habitat: the Town and Country produce section in Winslow. Walking through the aisles, Joe introduces us to fruits like the cute Rockit apples (a perfect size for Christmas stockings!),...
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Joe Pulicicchio talks Thanksgiving treats (TAST-049)
From Brussels Sprouts, garlic and green beans to squash, mushrooms and citrus, this is the time of year when we really count on particular varieties of fruits and vegetables to make our holiday meals a feast. With this podcast, BCB's Bob Ross is back from Italy to talk with T&C's Joe Pulicicchio,...
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Butler Green intern Rachel Bubb (TAST-048)
Why would a UC Berkeley grad choose to intern on a Bainbridge Island farm? Meet Rachel Bubb and learn why growing healthy food became a priority for her. Rachel Bubb is a 2017 farm intern for Bainbridge Island's Butler Green Farms. In this episode of Tastes of Bainbridge, she joins us at the...
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The Flowers and Fruits of Autumn (TAST-047)
In this episode of Tastes of Bainbridge, Joe Pulicicchio, Director of Produce and Floral of Town and Country Markets, brings his associate Melaine Cherry, manager of the T&C Floral department, to the BCB Studio. Melanie, who manages the day to day operations of all things floral for each store,...
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Bainbridge Island Blueberry Company (TAST-046)
The clatter of metal buckets and the squeals of children: everyday sounds, this time of year, at Bainbridge Island's u-pick blueberry farm. Listen here as Bainbridge Island Blueberry Company owner Stacy Lewars joins us on Tastes of Bainbridge to tell the story behind her surprising venture into…
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Tom Clark of Clark Farms (TAST-045)
This week BCB's Bob Ross welcomes Tom Clark, who along with his wife Holly owns and operates Clark Farms, purveyors of pork and beef at the Bainbridge Island Farmers Market. Located just north of Sequim, Washington, Clark Farms dates back to the late 1800's, and is the longest running…
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Joe Pulicicchio on summer produce and melons (TAST-044)
Summertime, and the produce is ripe! Wondering which fruits and veggies to pick up for your summer picnics? Listen here as Joe Pulicicchio, Director of Produce and Floral for Town & Country Markets Inc. returns to Tastes of Bainbridge to discuss the mid summer produce scene. In this podcast we...
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Cookbook author Kathryn Lafond (TAST-043)
In this episode of Tastes of Bainbridge, author Kathryn Lafond talks with BCB's Bob Ross about her new cookbook, Seasoned with Gratitude. Unlike the many other cookbooks currently flooding the market, Kathryn's book focuses upon the sacredness of all life, both plants and animals, and it is that...
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Joe Pulicicchio advocates avocados (TAST-042)
Looking for the inside scoop on avocados? Check this out! Joe Pulicicchio, Director of Produce and Floral for Town & Country Markets, once again joins Tastes of Bainbridge host Bob Ross in the new Media Arts & BCB Studio at the BARN to discuss the current produce scene. In this session, Joe...
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Joe Pulicicchio on a wet winter's produce (TAST-041)
In this interview, Joe Pulicicchio, Director of Produce and Floral for Town and Country Markets, begins by reminiscing about 2016, one of the best years ever for produce. But 2017, with its cooler temperatures and unprecedented rainfall, presents some significant challenges. Listen here as Joe...
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Peter Weber, Farmhouse Organics, and the 2017 Farmers Market (TAST-40)
Peter Weber, president of the Bainbridge Island Farmers’ Market and co-owner of Farmhouse Organics, joins us on Tastes of Bainbridge to talk about Farmhouse Organics and the 2017 Market Season. Farmhouse Organics has been a long time major anchor for the Market. In this lively interview, with…
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Opening Day at the Farmers Market (TAST-039)
We know winter's finally coming to an end when we gather to watch the mayor toss the cheese! Yes, it's time again for the opening of the Bainbridge Island Farmers Market, and the annual ceremonial Tossing of the Cheese -- this year by island mayor Val Tollefson. Join BCB host Bob Ross as he chats...
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Forrest Nichols' Wild Society (TAST-038)
Who would think that a chance meeting in a ferry engine room would lead to a whole new way of looking at food! BCB's Bob Ross, host of BCB's Tastes of Bainbridge series, met Forrest Nichols, Executive Director for the Wild Society, while on a guided tour of a Washington State ferry. Somehow Bob…
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BARN Kitchen Arts with Anne Wilhoit (TAST-037)
In this edition of Tastes of Bainbridge, meet Anne Willhoit, one of the key ‘behind the scenes’ players in the development of the Kitchen Arts Program for BARN (Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network). Anne joins host Bob Ross to discuss some of the exciting new Kitchen Arts plans being put in place...
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Through the holidays with Joe Pulicicchio (TAST-036)
From BCB... https://www.bestofbcb.org/tast-036-holidays-with-joe-pulicicchio/ In this podcast Joe Pulicicchio and Bob Ross talk with T&C Markets Becky Fox about the past year's adventures in produce and what to expect in 2017. Becky, who serves as Web Content, Social Media and Advertising Manager...
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Neapolitan Pizza with Hitchcock's Brendan McGill (TAST-035)
From BCB... https://www.bestofbcb.org/tast-035-pizza-with-brendan-mcgill/ Join BCB's Tastes of Bainbridge host Bob Ross as he talks with Brendan McGill, chef/owner of Hitchcock, and pizzaiolo Brandon Thompson, his partner in their new venture: Bruciato. Bainbridge residents have been watching…
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Talking Turkey with Joe Pulicicchio (TAST-034)
From BCB... https://www.bestofbcb.org/tast-034-talking-turkey-with-joe-pulicicchio/ Did you know that Thanksgiving isn't the best season for green beans? or that what we sometimes call yams are really sweet potatoes? This month Joe Pulicicchio, Director of Produce and Floral for Town & Country...
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Friends of the Farms (TAST-033)
From BCB... https://www.bestofbcb.org/tast-033-friends-of-the-farms/ Heather Burger, the Executive Director of Friends of the Farms, is our fun and informative guest on this edition of BCB's Tastes of Bainbridge series. Heather talks about growing up in the midwest, its influence on her attitudes...
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Meet Farm Intern Catherine Nguyen (TAST-032)
From BCB... http://bestofbcb.org/tast-032-farm-intern-catherine-nguyen/ In this podcast BCB host Bob Ross introduces us to Heyday Farms intern Catherine Nguyen. Nguyen, a recent college graduate, stopped by our booth at the Bainbridge Farmers Market to discuss her interest in food and the deep...
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BIMA Bistro Chef Melinda Lucas (TAST-031)
Under the guidance of chef Melinda Lucas, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art’s bistro has evolved into a full service, full menu restaurant popular with both museum visitors and local residents. Listen here as chef Lucas shares the story behind the Bistro's evolution from grab ‘n go food bar (making...
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T&C's Joe Pulicicchio looks ahead to fall produce (TAST-030)
From BCB... http://bestofbcb.org/tast-030-joe-pulicicchio-on-fall-produce/ Joe Pulicicchio, Director of Produce and Floral for Town and Country Markets, returns to the BCB broadcast studio to talk with host Bob Ross about some of the squashes and other items becoming available as we begin Fall…
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Meet Farm Interns Li Schmidt and Ruven Stein (TAST-029 )
From BCB... http://bestofbcb.org/tast-029-farm-interns/ In this episode of Tastes of Bainbridge, Li Schmidt and Ruven Stein, two of Brian MacWhorter's summer interns at Butler Green, Farms talk about being farm interns. Listen here and learn what motivates them and why they have chosen to pursue...
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A Visit with the Heyday Farm Chickens (TAST-028)
From BCB... http://bestofbcb.org/tast-028-heyday-farm-chickens/ In this, our first in-the-field interview for Tastes of Bainbridge, we talk with Brian MacWhorter about the egg and poultry operation at Heyday Farm. Join BCB host Bob Ross as we walk around the farm, meeting the animals and talking...
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Bainbridge Island Fruit Club (TAST-027)
From BCB... http://bestofbcb.org/tast-027-bainbridge-island-fruit-club/ This week Darren Murphy, president of the recently formed Bainbridge Island Fruit Club, comes to the BCB broadcast table at the Farmers’ Market. Listen as Darren tells BCB host Bob Ross about the newly formed club, its goals...
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T&C's Joe Pulicicchio on chili-roasting (TAST-026)
From BCB... http://bestofbcb.org/tast-026-joe-pulicicchio-chili-roast/ T&C's Joe Pulicicchio returns to the Taste of Bainbridge series as we further explore how a major local grocery business can constantly make top quality fresh produce available on a regular basis through the changing seasons…
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Goats Milk Cheese from Heyday Farm Creamery (TAST-025)
From BCB... http://bestofbcb.org/tast-025-heyday-farm-creamery/ Heyday Farm Creamery proprietors Vicky and John McGarrity visited the BCB Tastes of Bainbridge booth at the July 30 Farmers’ Market. Listen here as the McGarritys explain why they have moved their entire operation to Bainbridge…
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Jon Garfunkel on EduCulture (TAST-024)
From BCB... http://bestofbcb.org/tast-024-jon-garfunkel-on-educulture/ Last week at the Farmers Market BCB host Bob Ross joined EduCulture founder Jon Garfunkel. EduCulture focuses on building bridges between K-12 schools and their community, with an emphasis on edible education, heritage and…
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T&C's Joe Pulicicchio on avocados, melons and more (TAST-023)
From BCB... http://bestofbcb.org/tast-023-joe-pulicicchio-on-melons/ This discussion, the fourth in our series with Director of Produce and Floral for Town and Country Markets, Joe Pulicicchio, is all about berries, peaches, avocados and melons. Now that the berry season is wrapping up, Joe talks...
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Joe Pulicicchio on Fruit (TAST-022)
From BCB... http://bestofbcb.org/tast-022-joe-pulicicchio-on-fruit/ This week T&C Produce and Floral Director Joe Pulicicchio talks about this year's berry, peach, and apricot crops and shares a few favorite recipes. In this, our third interview of a 6 part series, Joe, the knowledgeable and...
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Chef and Cookbook Author Judith Weinstock (TAST-021)
From BCB... http://bestofbcb.org/tast-021-chef-judith-weinstock/ On the scene at Bainbridge Island's May 28 Farmers Market, BCB Host Bob Ross talks with chef and author Judith Weinstock about her history with the Streamliner Diner, her cookbooks, and her tasty baked goods. In this podcast,...
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Uniquely Bainbridge: Founders are also innovators at Heyday Farm (TAST-020)
In this 30-minute podcast conversation with Steve Romein and Ty Cramer, we meet the husband and wife who are the founders and innovators at a uniquely Bainbridge Island farm, store and destination for lodging and farm-kitchen meals, Heyday Farm. This podcast is a combination of personal stories…
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David Adler's FSTOPCAFE (TAST-019)
From BCB... http://bestofbcb.org/tast-019-david-adlers-fstopcafe/ In this chapter of Tastes of Bainbridge in our Farmers Market series we meet David Adler, the official Bainbridge Farmers Market Coffee provider. With three years of being the key provider of a variety of coffee drinks to Market...