KRCB-FM: Mouthful

Mark Pasternak of Devil's Gulch Ranch in Nicasio and Dan Goldfield of Dutton Goldfield Winery yuck it up as they chat about pinot noir in western Marin.

Jeffrey Russell and Ariel Dillon of Santa Rosa's Redwood Empire Farm talk about their newly opened farm stand, their happy chickens and the history of their four-acre farm.

Mouthful welcomes Daphne Miller, author of "The Jungle Effect: The Healthiest Diets From Around the World - Why They Work and How To Make Them Work For You," which has just been released in paperback. Dr. Miller is both a board-certified family physician with a private practice in San Francisco and a professor at the University of California.

Mouthful explores host Michele Anna Jordan's latest discovery at the Sebastopol farmers market, Gleason Ranch. The history of the ranch extends back more than 100 years; today it is enjoying a renaissance by producing pastured chickens, heritage turkeys, lamb, pork and beef.

It's all things herbal on this week's Mouthful when Terri Toso of Napa Valley Botanicals and Peg Schafer of Petaluma's Chinese Medicinal Herb Farm join host Michele Anna Jordan to talk about the Herbal Faire and Plant Sale, coming up on June 21 at the Sebastopol Farmers Market. 

Tonight's wide-ranging episode features Jonathan Mortimer, executive chef of Alexander's in the newly renovated Timber Cove Inn, live in the studio and, by phone, Kenny Kohn of New York's famous Katz's Deli, Bryan Bracewell of Southside Market & BBQ in Elgin, Texas and Tony Luke of Tony Luke's, purveyorss of legendary Philly Cheesesteaks, all of whom are heading to California for the Great American Food and Music Festival in Mountain View on June 13.

Food, wine and art intersect again at Santa Rosa's up and coming arts district, South A St., which is hosting another public party on the evening of June 5. Guests include artist Mary Vaughan, chef Brian Anderson of Bistro 29 and Brent Lindsay of the Imaginists Theater Collective.

Mouthful welcomes Ernie Shelton of Healdsburg's Shelton's Market. Ernie has a long history in the county as both a natural products grocer and an accomplished jazz singer.

Tim Warrilow, co-founder of Fever-Tree, talks about what it takes to make premium natural mixers--tonic water, bitter lemon, ginger ale, club soda and the brand new Fever-Tree Ginger Beer--that match the quality and enhance the flavor of the newly-available artisan spirits by boutique producers.

Mouthful welcomes Michael Stusser of Osmosis Day Spa and founder of the Freestone Fermentation Festival, coming up on May 16.

Mouthful welcomes Edouard Rollet, co-founder of Alter Eco USA, who has just returned from a tour of Peru's Acopagro farming cooperative. When Edouard first appeared on Mouthful three years ago, he had just launched his line of fair trade products in the United States. Today, the company has added many new products, including the first-ever Fair Trade olive oil to carry carbon neutral certification. Fair Trade Day is coming up on May 9th.

Host Michele Anna Jordan discusses highlights of her recent trip to Hawaii while Lawrence, Mouthful's engineer, asks lots of questions.

Host Michele Anna Jordan and Lawrence Albert, Mouthful's engineer, explore the philosophy of eating and not eating meat and take listener calls on a variety of subjects. Plus, Lawrence gets a lesson in how to cook asparagus and how to get the slime out of okra.

Mouthful goes to the birds with Dawn Russell of Ranch Hag Hens. If you've been thinking about getting a few chickens and want to know how or if you'd simply like to hear about how it all happens and where to get great eggs

Mouthful hits the road again, with a post-Katrina trip to New Orleans with chef Maria Viegas. And in honor of the grand tradition of street music in NOLA, members of Sonoma County's Jungle Love Orchestra provide live music and address the issue of Santa Rosa's restrictive noise ordance, which prohibits all types of spontaneous street musicianship.