Run the Dish with Mario Bosquez

Singer/Entertainer Lee Cadena has quite a story to share. This Texas-born singer tells Run the Dish about his career and life, including a life-threatening condition that threatened him with never singing again. Learn how he overcome those health challenges to pick up the microphone and continue entertaining audiences around the world with his music. Hear Lee's music and learn how a singer anaylyzes a song. Lee shares his very unusual career start with a first job you will simply not believe. On this musical Run the Dish. Plus, in our Fruit, Vegetable & Nut in the Spotlight:  The often ignored but very delicious and versatile Rutabaga. In our Teaspoon of Trivia learn how to de-bone a chicken the easy way. Food, LIfestyle, and Other Kitchen Witchery With James Beard Nominated Host Mario Bosquez and the delightful, Uber-Talented, Allie the Announcer.

Run the Dish visits with Globe Trotting Latina Chef Marisel Salazar. Chef Marisel talks about her Latina Roots, her childhood in Japan, her world travels, and how that all combines to her great work in the kitchen now. We also visit with a sometimes misunderstood root vegetable, the Radish, in Our Fruit and Vegetable of the Week,  And, some tips on indoor, smokeless grills. Plus, Allie the Announcer spills the beans on the type of cookies Mario eats while he obsessively reads Cookbooks for fun.

The scion of a legendary restaurant... A family that pioneered... elegance, service, and of course... top flight food...grandson of the famous restaurateur Oscar Tucci of Delmonico's Restaurant The one and only Max Tucci... Now, author of... "The Delmonico Way: Sublime Entertaining & Legendary Recipes from the Restaurant That Made New York!" Recipes, the stars that dined there and tips to make you the ultimate host at home... OUR HOST, MARIO BOSQUEZ... Shares his love for waffles and discovers a waffle maker you do not have to plug in! In our "Fruit, Vegetable, and Nut in the Spotlight,"We will visit with... a fruit in a class all by itself, The custard apple... Also known by its elegant name.... The Cherimoya      

ON THIS EPISODE OF RUN THE DISH... A TASTY VISIT WITH COOK AND ENTERTAINER, EXTRAORDINAIRE, SHAVONNE CONROY... WHO IS EQUALLY AT HOME IN THE KITCHEN, AS SHE IS ON STAGE. WE'LL EXPLORE HER COOKBOOK: "Shavonne's Holiday Cookbook: Easy and delicious Thanksgiving and Christmas recipes that save time and trouble. Including traditional and non-traditional delights! A COOKBOOK PERFECT FOR EVERY HOLIDAY PLUS EVERDAY DISHES THAT ALSO GRAB THE SPOTLIGHT. IN OUR TEASPOON OF TRIVIA... OUR HOST, MARIO BOSQUEZ...   SHARES HIS FAVORITE WAY TO MAKE COFFEE, HE SAYS A PERCOLATOR AND A DASH OF CINNAMON ARE THE WAY TO GO. In our "Fruit, Vegetable, and Nut in the Spotlight," THE OFTEN-DEBATED, OFTEN MALIGNED AND ALSO FOR MANY, MUCH LOVED BRUSSEL SPROUT!

  A DELIGHTFUL VISIT WITH AUTHOR CAROLINE BALL, WHO JOINS US FROM ENGLAND TO TALK ABOUT HER WONDERFUL NEW BOOK,  "A Cornucopia of Fruit & Vegetables Illustrations from an Eighteenth-Century Botanical Treasury" Plump apricots, juicy mangoes, crisp lettuce.as viewed through eighteenth-century eyes, AND ARTISTS.. YOU WILL BE SURPRISED TO HEAR ABOUT THE UNEXPECTED CONNECTION BETWEEN Lettuce, the Romans, and Beatrix Potter's FLOPSY Bunny. Also:' IN OUR TEASPOON OF TRIVIA... OUR HOST, MARIO BOSQUEZ...   SHARES HIS FAVORITE WAY TO COOK A STEAK... MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE STOVE VENT FULL SPEED AHEAD! AND, In our "Fruit, Vegetable, and Nut in the Spotlight," THE MYSTERIOUS AND YET APPROACHABLE, AND DID WE MENTION DELICIOUS?  WATER CHESTNUT... WITH ALLIE THE ANNOUNCER!    

A DELICIOUS VISIT WITH AUTHOR AND PHOTOGRAPHER BRIAN  YARVIN,  AUTHOR OF "Pennsylvania Good Eats: Exploring the State's Favorite, Unique, Historic, and Delicious Foods" FROM THE FOOD OF THE AMISH, TO HALUSKI, TO GIVING BOLOGNA A NEW IMAGE... AND WHERE IN Pennsylvania YOU GET INTO A TOMATO FIGHT! OUR HOST, MARIO BOSQUEZ...  SHARES THE BEST PANCAKE RECIPE EVER... AND HOW, FREEZING THE BATTER IN INDIVIDUAL PORTIONS, SAVES MONEY AND GUARANTEES FRESH PANCAKES ANYTIME YOU WANT! In our "Fruit, Vegetable, and Nut in the Spotlight," WE CRACK THE SECRETS OF THE WALNUT... WHICH IS ITS OWN BEST BODYGUARD.    

DID YOU KNOW A DOGGIE HAS WRITTEN A BOOK FULL OF WORDS OF WISDOM? HERE ON RUN THE DISH, SCOTTISH TERRIER, WINSTON, JOINS US WITH HIS HUMAN CO-AUTHOR, LINDA LOWE-APPLE TO LEARN ABOUT HIS BOOK, WINSTON'S WORDS OF WISDOM, PLUS, CO-AUTHOR, LINDA LOWE-APPLE SHARES HER SOUTHERN CHARM AND SOUTHERN LIFESTYLE TIPS. ALSO: OUR HOST, MARIO BOSQUEZ... TELLS ABOUT THE VERY BEST LIME-ADE ON THE PLANET... THANKS TO OUR FRIENDS IN VENEZUELA. AND, In our "Fruit, Vegetable, and Nut in the Spotlight," WE WILL LEARN ABOUT... THE LIMA BEAN... UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL!

IT'S DUELING PODCASTERS ON RUN THE DISH!  WE VISIT WITH IRREPRESSIBLE PODCASTERS JEFF JENSON AND CAROLINA CADILLO.... THEY ARE A POST MODERN LUCY AND DESI... IN OUR TEASPOON OF TRIVIA, OUR HOST, MARIO BOSQUEZ SHARES WITH US SOME TUDOR TRIVIA FROM THE PAGES OF HISTORY. In our "Fruit, Vegetable, and Nut in the Spotlight," WE VISIT WITH GRAPE, IF GRAPE CAN STAY SOBER LONG ENOUGH...                

  JUDGE ELSA ALCALÁ JOINS US, THIS ESTEEMED RETIRED JUDGE PULLS BACK SOME OF THE CURTAINS OF MYSTERY ON THE JUDICIAL PROCESS, ANSWERING MANY QUESTIONS I'M SURE YOU HAVE ABOUT: HOW DOES THE COURT SYSTEM WORK EXACTLY AND HOW DO YOU PROPERLY ADDRESS A JUDGE? IN OUR TEASPOON OF TRIVIA... OUR HOST, MARIO BOSQUEZ...GOES ON A PILGRIMAGE TO THE UPPER WEST SIDE OF NEW YORK CITY... TO A FAMOUS HOMEMADE CHOCOLATE SHOP THAT WAS A FAVORITE OF SCREEN LEGEND KATHARINE HEPBURN, THEY STILL SELL HER FAVORITE... KATHARINE HEPBURN MIX! In our "Fruit, Vegetable, and Nut in the Spotlight," WE VISIT WITH THE LUSCIOUS APRICOT AND LEARN THIS DELICIOUS FRUIT'S BENEFITS.    

PART TWO OF OUR RUN THE DISH VISIT WITH PRIVATE CHEF, CULINARY ARTS TEACHER, AND RECIPE CONSULTANT FOR RUN THE DISH, CHEF YEXENIA GOMEZ... ON FOOD AND TRAVEL... INSPIRED BY HER RECENT TRIP BACK HOME TO EL SALVADOR WE'LL SAMPLE THE EXOTIC FRUITS FROM THAT MAGICAL PLACE WHERE JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING GROWS AND GET HANDY TRAVEL TIPS... FROM OUR CHEF ON THE GO... IN OUR TEASPOON OF TRIVIA... OUR HOST, MARIO BOSQUEZ... WITH HIS EASY, POPCORN HACK... BUTTERING AND SALTING POPCORN HAS NEVER BEEN EASIER! In our "Fruit, Vegetable, and Nut in the Spotlight," THE FABULOUS JUJUBE STOPS BY FOR A GLAMOROUS VISIT, THE "REAL " JUJUBE...