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Decolonizing Cuisine with Chef Shane Chartrand

Tasting Together – Season 2 – Episode 8 Miroki and André are big fans of Top Chef Canada – seeing great cooking coming from all corners of the country is inspiring. This season one chef stood out – and that is Indigenous Chef Shane Chartrand. Shane joins Tasting Together to...

A Look at Some of the Highlights of 2024

Michael and André spent a lot of time together in 2024. But they also enjoyed some great bottles of wine together. They do some clean-up of topics for the end of the year and set the table for 2025. Thanks for listening in 2024!

NOT Another Turkey Wine & Food Pairing Podcast

Tasting Together – Season 2 Episode 7 Let’s face it – André is old… and he has been doing the writing about wine thing for awhile… So this year he said he’s not going to do the wine and holidays writing. Can Miroki make his heart grow three times bigger...

The Epic Wine Tasting We're Glad We Didn't Miss

Tasting Together Season 2 Episode 6 On a nice October day – during the week Miroki was due to be wed – André forced her to drop all her plans to attend the grand cru culinary wine festival in support of UHN programs hosted by Halpern. 2024 was the 20th...

The Best Wines For The Holidays - Toronto Life

Michael and André have once again written the Toronto Life gift guide – here are some highlights. They also had a chance to dive into some killer bottles of wine over the past month – including a stellar dinner with the wines of Joseph Phelps. You can support Two Guys...

Frank Family Vineyards - What's going on in Napa Valley?

This fall Michael and André got the opportunity to sit down with Leslie and Rich Frank of the Napa Valley winery that bears their name. They enjoyed the wines so much – they needed to get in touch with Todd Graff the man behind the delicious wines in the bottle....

Miroki Tastes Her Way Through Cuba - Yes, The Food IS Good!

Tasting Together – Season 2 Episode 5 Miroki booked a last minute mini-moon with Eric, and chose to discover Cuba for the first time. While the beaches are nice, she learned of Cuba’s notorious reputation for having bad food. But is it all it seems? On one side, cigars, rum,...

Wines of Greece

Michael and André sit down with the folks from Alpha Estate and Wine Art Estate to get a crash course in greek wines. They taste through a bunch as well … https://alpha-estate.com/ https://wineartestate.com/ with thank to the Kolonaki group for providing the wines and heading down to the Hamilton studio....

Simu Liu vs. Bobba - Miroki's Wedding Food Rocked!

Tasting Together – Season 2 – Episode 4 While Miroki was busy getting married a French Canadian Startup was busy appropriating Asian culture by creating a ready to drink bubble tea. This came to light on CBC during a segment on Dragon’s Den where Canadian/Chinese actor Simu Liu raised concerns...

Ed Madronich of Flat Rock convinces us to Drink Blended White

Two Guys Talking Wine – Episode 365 Michael and André sit down with Ed Madronich of Flat Rock Cellars. Ed invited us to visit the winery to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of Twisted. Michael and André were lukewarm about going down to taste this wine … Ed was undeterred. So...

How Did You Fall In Love With Cooking?

Tasting Together – Season 2 – Episode 3 André enlists some help from his friends to keep the lights on while Miroki is off getting married. They talk about Gilbert Proulx’s appearance on Wall of Chefs, their love of the original Iron Chef, and Japanese cuisine. They are joined by...