Radio Mojo- the Podcast.
Radio Mojo offers the best of eating, drinking and living in Hawaii. Host Jo McGarry brings a Scottish accent and a love of an ever changing culinary scene A show about food, wine and single malts, peppered with interviews with some of the best chefs, distillers, mixologists and winemakers in the world.
Radio MoJo Road Trip: Chef Craig Miller @ 16 West End Restaurant, Fife.
Award-winning chef Craig Miller is the owner of a restaurant in the idyllic setting of St Monan's, Fife. https://www.16westend.com/craig-millar
Working with small producers, farmers and fishermen, he brings a sense of place to a restaurant perched quite literally on the edge of Fife's scenic coastal route. "I'm not using local stuff just because it's local," says Chef , " We use it because it's the best we can find."
Here's a quick conversation with Chef Miller on the importance of great ingredients and getting the small things right.
Enjoy!
Radio MoJo Road Trip : Chef Roberta Hall McCarron. The Little Chartroom, Edinburgh
Chef Roberta Hall-McCarron is an award-winning Scottish chef and the owner , along with husband Shaun McCarron, of The Little Chartroom in Edinburgh. About to open her second restaurant, she takes some time to chat about her menu, working in 'a tiny kitchen' and sourcing amazing local ingredients from fishermen, farmers and even a forager. "It's hard to believe that so many of our ingredients come from just down the road," she says. Innovative and creative, Hall-McCarron's flavors speak of the Scottish land and sea ,with a passionate, seasonal embrace.
VEGAN CITY OWNER DAVID GORMAN ; TIM GOLDEN ON SUMMER BEERS
David Gorman started exploring the world of Vegan food after he met his wife. By adjusting to adjusting to a meatless diet, he realized that the flavors he'd always loved didn't have to change. Vegan City is now open on Kapahulu Avenue and creating a stir.
And Tim Golden joins us for a regular chat about beer.. Father's Day is just around the corner and the team at The Village have a ton of suggestions for Summer sipping - and for gift packs that appeal to novice and educated drinkers alike .
Anderson Le Creative Director Hawaii International Film Festival on EAT. DRINK. FIlm. And Hawaii Ulu Cooperative Co Founder Dana Shapiro in Conversation about the amazing Breadfruit...
Hawaii International Film Festival Creative Director Anderson Le on this month's HIFF offering, EAT. DRINK. FILM . Watch here and eat along with. some exceptional movies now through the end of the month..
And learn more about the marvelous Ulu ( breadfruit) at eatbreadfruit.com where you'll also find a bounty of recipes and creative ways to introduce more Ulu into your diet.
Enjoy!
Kyle Reutner on Ko Hana Agricole Rum
Once Kyle Reutner and the founding team at Ko Hana Rum discovered the depth of Hawaiian heritage sugar cane history , there was simply no doubt that they'd be able to share not just a distillery with Hawaii, but a sense of place and an agricultural industry that showcases sugar cane in a whole new light.
800 years before rum was being celebrated in Barbados, Hawaii already had hundreds of varieties of sugar cane growing on the islands.
Listen here for more on the incredible story of Ko Hana Agricole Rum
A Conversation About Ice Cream Pies... Heather Lukela of Slice by HB Baking
There's a lot to love about this conversation with Heather Lukela - the talented baker/owner of Slice by HB Baking.. with a passion for baking that started early, Heather worked her way through some of the top kitchens in Hawaii before starting Slice - to critical acclaim.
" Being furloughed during the pandemic gave me the opportunity to really launch the business," she says of the bakery she swore she'd never start. " Hell, no... I NEVER wanted to open a bake shop or have my own place," she laughs.
Lucky for us she changed her mind.
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Off The Wall Owner Jota Menoz, and Louis Castro of Castro's share pure passion. ..and Lots of South American Flavors. Don't Miss This Conversation.
We so loved the passion in this episode of both Jota Menoz of Off The Wall and Louis Castro of Castro's... ..
If you want to hear both owners speak with authenticity about what they do - and why they do it - then you need wait no longer ...
Enjoy!
Christian Self of Bevy and Thomas O on Food Finds
Thomas Obungen of Frolic Hawaii and Slug Media joins us to chat about Ice Cream Pies from Slice by HB Bakery - a pie shop with a twist from baker Heather Lukela. What's not to love about that ?
And Christian Self, the owner of Bevy Bar and TacoAko joins Jo for an ex-pat chat ( he's from Liverpool , England and she's from Fife, Scotland ) about the world of craft cocktails. If you're a fan of craft cocktails and cool accents then you'll enjoy this episode!
In Conversation with Chefs Keaka Lee and Sheldon Simeon in this 'Locally Grown' Episode
It's no secret that our favorite cook book of the year is Cook Real Hawaii, Sheldon Simeon's tribute to his beloved Hawaii . It's a collection of recipes, born from his own multicultural background and the foods he grew up with on Maui, plus stories he's collected along the way. An awesome Father's Day gift if any of the men in your life love to cook...
And Keaka Lee, owner of Kapa Hale joins us to chat about a culinary journey that's taken him from the Culinary Institute of the Pacific, through stage-internships at Benu in San Francisco, Le Be...
A Quick Chat About Boba Tea
Alice Chan, co owner of Rabbit Rabbit Tea Hawaii talks a little about the quality of tea in the company's range of drinks.
Sourced from 100's of varieties from dozens of regions, Rabbit Rabbit Tea has picked just 8 teas for their Aiea and S King Street locations. Each of them unique. And all of them so good.
And this Mother's Day - May 9th - Take your mom in for a delicious drink and she'll be gifted a free scoop of gourmet ice cream.
Enjoy!
