This week, I head to the Annual Fancy Food Show, where thousands of food producers show their wares to buyers, chefs, journalists, and gourmands who can’t get enough. Next week, I”ll have a couple of interviews with NEW discoveries from the show, but this week, I catch up with people I’ve interviewed in the past, and see what’s new and how they’ve grown their business since the last time we spoke.

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Here’s the video from last year’s show where I interviewed Isela Hernandez of Kekua: Chef Mark’s Quick Bites

ReMARKable Palate #152: A Powerful Taste of Wales

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Jennifer and Chef Mark pop in for a spot of afternoon tea at the Lower Slaughter Manor in the Cotswolds. One of the fine hotels of the Relais & Chateaux network, they know how to put out a spread!

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ReMARKable Palate #227: Christmas Food Traditions

On this week’s show, Jennifer and I discuss our family holiday traditions, and what it was like growing up making our favorite holiday foods. I grew up in New Mexico, and talk about my love of posole, tamales, and biscochitos, and Jennifer talks about making both lasagna and Cloutie Dumpling for Christmas growing up in an Italian and Scottish household!

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Jennifer and Chef Mark pop in to the Jesse Smith Butcher Shop in Cirencester, England, which has been in business since 1808. Manager Perry Meredith gives us a tour of this historic shop.

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Chef Mark takes one last look at Wales through the grounds of the Cardiff Castle, a gem at the center of the old town of Cardiff.

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Jennifer and Chef Mark enjoy a tour of the Stroud Brewery in the Cotswolds. Greg and Ian show them how they make their small batch craft brew, and tell some stories of the historic location they’re in.

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There’s a whole lot happening in this episode, from my trip to BlogWorld & New Media Expo in Las Vegas to my journey through the Cotswolds in the UK. I’m also continuing my Sex on a Plate adventures, so please do join me for a little stimulating conversation.

Among other things, I was invited to see Zumanity in Las Vegas — the sensual side of Cirque du Soleil. Suffice it to say, the show’s sumptuous, erotic display gave me much inspiration for what is ahead. Today’s show also features interviews with Sally Jarrett from Prince Charles’ Highgrove shop and Chef Shane Kisby from The Priory Inn, both in Tetbury, England.

I’m also sharing a little love for my dear friends C.C. Chapman, Laura Fitton and Jen Kushell, who were all with me for some tasty meals in Las Vegas.

And hey, have you purchased your signed copy of the Gilded Fork cookbook? (shop.gildedfork.com)

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ReMARKable Palate #218: Stroud Brewery

This week, it’s back to the Cotswolds region of England, where we recently had the pleasure of meeting Greg Pilley from the Stroud Brewery. The Stroud brewery is truly a local microbrew, making small batch craft beer in the village of Thrupp in Gloucestershire. Greg tells us about his unlikely path to running a brewery, and we also learn about why the spot in which they brew has a unique place in history.

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ReMARKable Palate #217: The Cotswold Food Store

This week, I speak with Richard Brooks from the Cotswold Food Store & Cafe, a new business in the UK which brings together dozens of local and artisanal food products made in the region, and which serves as an example of how a local business can bring specialty foods together and make being a “locavore” an easy task. Richard took me through his shoppe and introduced me to so many local specialty products, so get ready for a quick intro to the foods of the Cotswolds!

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It’s back to Cardiff for an unexpected extra day of exploration. Chef Mark runs around the town discovering the covered 19th Century arcades, then stops in for a bite at the Victorian-era Central Market.

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ReMARKable Palate #215: Rob Rees, The Cotswold Chef

This week, Jennifer and I speak with Chef Rob Rees, who is known as The Cotswold Chef because he is a champion for the foods of this adorable region in the UK. Rob helped us to get acquainted with the foods of the Cotswolds by arranging for a number of visits with local food producers, cheesemakers, and brewers. But first, we stopped in to Rob’s cottage on a rainy day and he made us lunch! His cute little girl even got in on the act!

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ReMARKable Palate #214: The Foods of Wales

This week, I take you back to Wales, which I visited earlier this summer, for a taste of the traditional foods of this distinct country in the United Kingdom. First, I speak with Carol Watts, whose family has been selling cockles and laverbread in the Swansea Market for generations, and then Jennifer Iannolo and I speak with Angela Grey, one of the foremost experts in Welsh cookery, whose BBC program takes her all around Wales to show Welsh chefs cooking traditional foods

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During our trip to Scotland, I sat down with Chef Jason Henderson from Knock Castle to talk about his approach to fine dining. I posted my initial impressions about Knock Castle, but this takes a little behind-the-scenes look at how Jason thinks about food, and what he wants people to experience in his dining room. His able staff left me with one of my best hospitality experiences to date, so if you are going to be in the vicinity of Crieff, Scotland, I highly recommend staying here. He didn’t pay me to say that, though he is awfully cute.

I’ll also fill you in on my world of Sex on a Plate, and a peek at where I’m headed with it.

Don’t forget that our Gilded Fork: Entertaining at Home cookbook is now available! You can find it at https://shop.gildedfork.com.

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We stop in at the Vin Sullivan Food Company in the Brecon Beacons in Wales, and get a special cookery demo from Angela Grey, one of the experts in Welsh cuisine. You’ll see the recipes we cooked later on CMN, but for now we chat with Angela about some of the special local products made in Wales, like Carmarthenshire Ham, Cockles, and Laverbread.

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Video of our visit to the National Botanic Garden of Wales in Carmarthenshire. We glimpse the Welsh Black cattle, and tour the unique double walled garden.

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ReMARKable Palate #211: National Botanic Garden of Wales

While in Wales last month, we got a chance to learn about the great ranching and gardening programs going on at the National Botanic Gardens of Wales in Carmarthenshire. First we speak with Tim Bevan, Estate Manager, about the program he leads raising the Welsh Black breed of cattle, and then we speak with Malcolm Berry, the head gardener, about the unique double walled garden, which produces a number of heritage plants and trees, including a children’s allotment.

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We stop in at The Codfather, an authentic chip shop in Abergavenny, Wales, and we have some fish n’ chips, as well as a taste of Welsh Faggots, Wales’ answer to haggis, served with chips, gravy and mushy peas! Paul Harris from www.seewales.com explains this unique regional dish.

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ReMARKable Palate #210: Chef Tom Lewis from Scotland’s Monachyle Mhor

One of our favorite guests here at CMN has been Chef Tom Lewis, chef and innkeeper at the Monachyle Mhor Hotel in Scotland. We met him several months ago when he did a cooking demo in New York, and we recently had the pleasure of visiting him at his hotel in Scotland. He took us on a wild foraging adventure followed by a cooking demo, with some moments which we’ve already released on video on CMN, and more to come as he shows us some wonderful recipes. Here’s the conversation Tom and I had while on a slightly bumpy ride down the mountain to his fish restaurant.

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We stop in at the Penderyn Distillery, the only working distillery in Wales, which is working to revive the Welsh Whisky tradition. Keith Tench gives Jennifer a taste of a VERY special brew, and we head on down the road having a good time after the tasting.

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We pay a visit to Rhosilli Harbor, home of one of Wales’ most unusual natural features, The Worm’s Head, a rock outcropping off the coast. Our tour guide, Paul Harris from www.seewales.com, gives us the lowdown on the site, and then we enjoy a local brew with a great view!

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