Not A Single Fork

Do you rely on gadgets to get you through your kitchen routine? If the answer is, "yes", then this is the season for you! Season 7 is all about the good,the bad and the ugly of the kitchen gadget world. And, yes, Natalia and I have some pretty strong opinions about the whole gadget thing. We open this season with the most ridiculous ones so get ready for the worst of the worst. Courtesy of the web...

It's been another fun season of interviewing and with this episode, we wrap it all up and briefly revisit and review, hitting the high points. Or what we consider the high points. The biggest takeaway? People realized that the food you put in your body really does make a difference. When you have a chance to slow down a bit and pay attention to what you're eating, you just feel better. Cooking at...

KC Lupp is the kind of guy you just want to hang out with. He's funny, smart, charming...all those qualities you want in someone who you spend time with plus he's just a super nice guy! KC and I got to know each other while working together on a local TV variety show called "Great Day Green Country" and then later it was known as "Tulsa Live" on FOX23 in, yep, you guessed it, Tulsa. KC is the morn...

KC Lupp is the kind of guy you just want to hang out with. He's funny, smart, charming...all those qualities you want in someone who you spend time with plus he's just a super nice guy! KC and I got to know each other while working together on a local TV variety show called "Great Day Green Country" and then later it was known as "Tulsa Live" on FOX23 in, yep, you guessed it, Tulsa. KC is the morn...

Sourdough, frankly, does not set my world on fire BUT I know that for many people, making a successful sourdough is like finding the Holy Grail. So if you are that person, this is the episode for you. When we started the interview with Elizabeth and Dan Martin, I knew that Elizabeth had been doing a lot of sourdough bread baking. This was of interest to us for Season 6 because this was a new activ...

Sourdough, frankly, does not set my world on fire BUT I know that for many people, making a successful sourdough is like finding the Holy Grail. So if you are that person, this is the episode for you. When we started the interview with Elizabeth and Dan Martin, I knew that Elizabeth had been doing a lot of sourdough bread baking. This was of interest to us for Season 6 because this was a new activ...

She's one of those people who you don't expect. She looks younger than she is, sweeter than she is and definitely has a mouth on her. Susan Yeh and Natalia began their friendship while working together. They consider each other "wives". I think that happens under dire and stressful working conditions where you have to pull together as if you are joined like a married couple. Their friendship conti...

She's one of those people who you don't expect. She looks younger than she is, sweeter than she is and definitely has a mouth on her. Susan Yeh and Natalia began their friendship while working together. They consider each other "wives". I think that happens under dire and stressful working conditions where you have to pull together as if you are joined like a married couple. Their friendship conti...

Want a positive spin on the pandemic and the stay at home order? Let us introduce you to Colton Edwards. Colton is a bartender and manager at one of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma's most popular restaurants and also happens to be a person with a story we thought you'd like to hear. I won't give away the whole interview but when the shutdown began last year, he was in a new relationship and they were toget...

Want a positive spin on the pandemic and the stay at home order? Let us introduce you to Colton Edwards. Colton is a bartender and manager at one of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma's most popular restaurants and also happens to be a person with a story we thought you'd like to hear. I won't give away the whole interview but when the shutdown began last year, he was in a new relationship and they were toget...

Let the interviews begin! And, we're starting off with a super entertaining one. She does A LOT! Alesha Brandt, aka Ginger is an accomplished trainer of some serious dogs She produces a podcast called Working Dog Radio and she is the co-owner of Torchlight K9 where she and her partners provide the most progressive training and services in Oklahoma. That means they train a lot of dogs for the milit...

Let the interviews begin! And, we're starting off with a super entertaining one. She does A LOT! Alesha Brandt, aka Ginger is an accomplished trainer of some serious dogs She produces a podcast called Working Dog Radio and she is the co-owner of Torchlight K9 where she and her partners provide the most progressive training and services in Oklahoma. That means they train a lot of dogs for the milit...

And, here we are with Season 6! So excited but also amazed that we have come so far since starting our little podcast almost a year and a half ago! We're still pretty small but mighty, right? We did a lot of thinking about what to do with this season. Not knowing how soon the pandemic may resolve itself, we thought maybe we should address the only constant in life...CHANGE! Being the disruptors th...

And, here we are with Season 6! So excited but also amazed that we have come so far since starting our little podcast almost a year and a half ago! We're still pretty small but mighty, right? We did a lot of thinking about what to do with this season. Not knowing how soon the pandemic may resolve itself, we thought maybe we should address the only constant in life...CHANGE! Being the disruptors th...

This is the trailer or short (very) episode for our podcast. You can listen to this and see if we happen to be your cup of tea.

This is the trailer or short (very) episode for our podcast. You can listen to this and see if we happen to be your cup of tea.

As 2020 draws to a close (THANK GOD!), we are also finishing up Season 5 of Hotline Helplines. The season definitely had its ups and downs. Sometimes we could get someone to talk to us and sometimes not. Always a challenge but always fun which is the way we like things and frankly, the way we approach life and our cooking school business. Because everyday is a NEW DAY! It keeps our lives interesti...

As 2020 draws to a close (THANK GOD!), we are also finishing up Season 5 of Hotline Helplines. The season definitely had its ups and downs. Sometimes we could get someone to talk to us and sometimes not. Always a challenge but always fun which is the way we like things and frankly, the way we approach life and our cooking school business. Because everyday is a NEW DAY! It keeps our lives interesti...

Our pursuit of hotline help continues with the cranberry and the mother of all cranberry producers, Ocean Spray. Who doesn't remember or recognize the distinctive "slurpppp, plop" of the jellied cranberry sauce slipping out of the can onto a plate with it's measured rings for slicing? That is a favorite of so many people although when I was growing up, my mom ALWAYS made her own, of course. So, ac...

Our pursuit of hotline help continues with the cranberry and the mother of all cranberry producers, Ocean Spray. Who doesn't remember or recognize the distinctive "slurpppp, plop" of the jellied cranberry sauce slipping out of the can onto a plate with it's measured rings for slicing? That is a favorite of so many people although when I was growing up, my mom ALWAYS made her own, of course. So, ac...

Hotlines were not needed in the making of this episode, Thank God! Happy to say, Natalia and I made it through the Thanksgiving holiday. My sciatica would disagree but I had a massage after Monday's workout and we're all feeling much better, thank you very much. So what was there to say at this point other than we survived? Well, a lot as usual. And, as usual, we both had very different Thanksgivi...

Hotlines were not needed in the making of this episode, Thank God! Happy to say, Natalia and I made it through the Thanksgiving holiday. My sciatica would disagree but I had a massage after Monday's workout and we're all feeling much better, thank you very much. So what was there to say at this point other than we survived? Well, a lot as usual. And, as usual, we both had very different Thanksgivi...

ICYMI Keep your butt at home for Thanksgiving! We can almost see that light at the end of the tunnel so hang in there, folks! And, we are here to help you navigate this uncommon and un-traditional holiday time. We've got suggestions from virtual dinners to "porch-lucks". It's also an opportunity to start new traditions that you might like even better than what you've done year after year. If you w...

ICYMI Keep your butt at home for Thanksgiving! We can almost see that light at the end of the tunnel so hang in there, folks! And, we are here to help you navigate this uncommon and un-traditional holiday time. We've got suggestions from virtual dinners to "porch-lucks". It's also an opportunity to start new traditions that you might like even better than what you've done year after year. If you w...

Not to be deterred...we found a short-term solution to our holiday hotline dilemma. We're talking to Alexa. And, frankly, one of the things we decided is that maybe hotlines are not so popular anymore because of devices like Alexa and Siri and Google Home. What do you think? Anyway, we decided to talk to Alexa during this episode since no one else has been willing to talk to us "on the record" so...