The Restaurant Guys Mark Pascal & Francis Schott

Mark and Francis welcome Anistatia Miller and Jared Brown to the show to discuss their new book, The Deans of Drink, historic cocktails, cocktail museums, and how Europe is different from the US, not just when it comes to cocktails and cocktail culture....

Mark and Francis open the show with another discussion about photography in restaurants. Their guest is Susan McKenna Grant, owner of La Petraia, in Rada, Chianti and author of the new book, Dinamica. They discuss how eating meat is different when you butcher your own animals, what being an outsider in Chianti is like, and how biodynamic agriculture might actually work, even though no one knows why it does....

Mark and Francis start the show discussing the recent firing of an Applebee's employee after she posted a copy of someone's receipt on her website after that person crossed out her added gratuity and wrote "I only give God 10%, why should I give you 18%?". What's the whole story? The guys welcome Josh Ozersky, Time Magazine's food writer, to the show to discuss his book, Colonel Sanders and the American Dream. They learn fun facts about Harlan Sanders and what he was doing with his life before he was the Colonel. They also discuss Josh's article about the disappearance of the American middle-class meal....

What should a restaurateur do if a guest can't pay? Mark and Francis discuss what happened recently at Smith and Wollensky in New York when an Italian tourist could not pay. What do you think should happen in these cases? Mark and Francis welcome the geniuses behind Destination Dogs in New Brunswick, NJ. Jimmy Cronk, Sean Hosty, and John Durna own a hot dog restaurant based in fresh ingredients and fresh, made daily sausages. What else makes this place so great? Listen and find out....

The Guys are joined today by Cynthia Lauren Tewes. Ms Tewes played Julie McCoy on The Love Boat and is appearing at The George Street Playhouse (right next to The Restaurant Guys restaurants) in Good People by, Pulitzer Prize Winning Playwright David Lindsay-Abaire. Since her time on The Love Boat, Ms Tewes has continued to act but she also acquired a degree in culinary arts. Find out more about Good People and The George Street Playhouse at www.GeorgeStreetPlayhouse.org...

Mark and Francis welcome back Kevin Zraly to the show to discuss the 27th Edition of his best-selling wine book, Windows on the World Complete Wine Course. The new version includes videos by way of QR codes. They discuss how the world of wine has changed since they all started in this business, as well as how they see it changing in the future....