Into the Fryer- Ramblings From the Kitchen

Calabama, aka Cara is a fascinating lady with a great story behind her brand and her hot sauce.  Please enjoy the journey of how she came to be Calabama and how she got from Alabama to LA.  If you're in the Southern California area or happen to be passing through on a random weekend be sure to look her up.  You can find her @calabama on Instagram!

I took a few minutes to ramble on what I've been up to lately.  A little family vacation and a couple of weeks traveling for work.  Shout outs to the crews at Certified Angus Beef, Daniel & Diana Clark and Wes Zimmerman in particular, and Broadleaf Game- Mark, Annie & Tim Mitchell.  Thank you to all of you that helped educate me and help me gain knowledge in my field... Also for feeding me a lot of kick ass meals during the time I got to spend with each of your teams!

On July 20, 2019 I was given the opportunity to speak in honor of a great human being, Henry "Hawk" Levendusky.  Hawk was the father of one of my best friends, David Levendusky, and through the almost 35 years that I knew Hawk he treated me like one of the family.  David had asked me to read the beautiful words he'd written and to account in my own words the memories I had with his father.  This is the recording of that.  I was completely humbled and honored to be able to use my voice and memories as a conduit for my friend and his wonderful family.  Hawk was one of the best people I've ever known and I am a better man for having had him in my life.

I was joined awhile back by my good friend and brother from another mother, Jeff Foehr.  We had talked about getting back together and furthering our food and life discussion, but after I listened to our conversation several times I decided we had a pretty great chat.  Jeff shared some great stories and we had some great laughs.  His love for food and the food industry really come through.  I hope you enjoy this episode.

Wishing a great big HAPPY FATHER'S DAY to my dads- Lou and Jim and all the men who helped raise me.  Also a big shout out to all of my friends that are now fathers doing the best they can to raise the next generation.  Much love to all!

I just wanted to say HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to my wife, mom, stepmom and the special women in my life that have helped raise me along the way.  I am grateful to all of you for all that you have done for me throughout life.  I am grateful to my wife for being a fantastic mother to our children... I don't know what they'd(we'd) do without you.  Much love to all!

Yolanda has such a fascinating story.  I was completely in awe of her honesty, candor and willingness to share about some very intimate details of her life.  From the loss of her grandmother when she was seventeen to the ups and downs of motherhood.  Her story is an inspiring one and she definitely knows where she is heading.  I really think you're going to enjoy her and you can follow her on Istangram: @ymonic

I had a freaking blast taking with Chef Jordan Miller in the first live episode of the podcast.  Jordan got his first exposure to kitchens at a very young age and has had an awesome journey to get to where he is today.  Born in Texas, but moved to New Jersey at an extremely young age...Why don't I just let him tell you about his life?  I hope you enjoy this episode!

I can't begin to tell you how excited I am and how on fire I am with life!!! I have been formulating and marinating an idea for a documentary for a little while and it is coming to fruition.  American Food will examine the lives of immigrant workers in the restaurant & food industries.  My plan is to bring to light the people behind the scenes and behind the food that we eat on a daily basis in our favorite establishments.  I want to dispel the myths that immigrant workers are taking jobs from people and actually how vital immigration is to our economy.  I hope you get a sense of how passionate I am on this topic and join me on the journey.  If you like this or any episodes of the podcast remember to subscribe.  If I could ask for a favor- please give me a review and rate the show... I would greatly appreciate it!  If you really like what I'm doing, then by all means, share it with friends and your inner circle.  Thank you, Matt

This is part 2 of 3 of the interview I did with long time friend, Cori Cauble.  Nowadays, Cori is a personal coach, pattern healer and Kundalini yoga instructor.  In this portion of the interview we cover many things Long Beach like Jack of None and how we possibly crossed paths well before I turned 20.  However, most importantly we discussed how she used her life's experiences to get her where she's at today.