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Delightful Melty Cheese Dishes, Beautiful Wine, and Cocktails

Connecticut Public Radio | By Faith Middleton
Published April 8, 2015 at 10:05 AM EDT
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On the menu this week… The Cabot Creamery Cookbook, chock full of cheesy goodness straight from the local farms who supply Cabot… Anthony DeSerio's cocktail is The Carrot-Ginger Beer Boat Rocker… and we have some winning wine to tell you about, to go with all those lip-smacking cheese recipes.

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GUESTS:

  • Chris Prosperi – chef and owner of Metro Bis restaurant in Simsbury, Conn.
  • Alex Province – wine expert and food enthusiast 
  • Margarita Martinez – from Cabot Creamery

MUSIC:

  • “Gne Gne,” Montefiori Cocktail
  • “RC Cola & a Moon Pie,” NRBQ
  • “Beans and Cornbread,” Louis Jordan and The Tympany Five 
  • “Caramel,” Suzanne Vega
  • "She's Putting Something in My Food," Bobby "Blue" Band
  • "Everybody Eats When They Come to My House," Cab Calloway

Lori Mack and Jonathan McNicol contributed to this show.
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For more than 25 years, the two-time Peabody Award-winning Faith Middleton Show has been widely recognized for fostering insightful, thought-provoking conversation. Faith Middleton offers her listeners some of the world's most fascinating people and subjects. The show has been inducted into the Connecticut Magazine Hall of Fame as "Best Local Talk Show".
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