The “Odessey” of Periple Wines...

Angie Riff describes herself as the “chief cook and bottle washer” of Periple (PAIR-e-plah) Wines, whose French name translates as “odessey”. While Angie’s journey may not be as labyrinthine as her winery’s label suggests, it certainly has been an interesting one. Born in Boise, Angie learned the craft of wine making in Caliifornia, primarily in the Golden State’s Russian River AVA. When she and her family...

Meet Janie Burns, Local Food Champion...

At Behind the Menu, we pride ourselves on keeping it “light enough to travel” when it comes to our podcast and vidcast episodes. But while we certainly want to entertain, we also want to inform. In keeping with the latter objective, we bring you this podcast interview with Janie Burns — a local food personality who many people know from the Capital City Public Market as the owner of Meadowlark Farms. But Janie also...

Au Pair: Yin & Yang and a “Tranny-nillo”...

 In this latest Au Pair episode with John Berryhill, John manages to work sex into the conversation in record time as we explore the yin and yang of pairing a Sawtooth Vineyards’s tempranillo with a new herbed chicken dish on the Berryhill & Co. menu. Read...

Porterhouse Will Make You a Kitchen God...

There comes a time in every relationship when a man must face the hard truth that raw virility, lavish gifts, and romantic getaways may no longer fuel the fires of passion he once kindled in the object of his affection. I speak from experience when it comes to this epiphany. But I also know what it means to be a Kitchen God. Imagine the look of rapture on my wife’s face not long ago when she came home to find, arrayed upon...