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Well Fed Guide To Life Episode 97 – Tastes Like Baby

wellfed@fancypantsgangsters.com (The Fancy Pants Gangsters) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:45:38 +0000

I’ll be a little honest here, I’m pretty surprised we’ve gone 97 episodes without using that title.

Neither rain, nor sleet, nor drifting fish flakes will keep us from our appointed rounds, but closings might. Disproving the notion that second place is the first loser, True Thai made an fine substitution for our prefered choice (I’m not telling you where it is, in case we do it later). Dave tries something with a face, Evan eats the official sweet and sour dish of the St. Paul School System, and both of them discuss the importance of youthful bounceback in eggroll wrappers. And it could be the cabin fever, but the guys also discuss pork vs Viagra and the supposed 10 hottest women in food. Now how much would you pay?

The Well Fed Guide To Life is brought to you in part by The Four Firkins specialty beer store.

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The Well Fed Guide To Life Episode 96 – Hhhhoh-mas

wellfed@fancypantsgangsters.com (The Fancy Pants Gangsters) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:54:39 +0000

It’s funny that for all the guff (that’s right, I said guff. We are in PG rated territory people) that the boys give Giada for overpronouncing words (we called the Trebek Effect), they have no problem butchering other cultures’ native tongues. Hypocrisy, thy name is Well Fed Guide!

It’s not often Minnesota is thrust onto the world stage (at least, not when it doesn’t involve some crazy local politician), so it was with great honor that Saffron head chef Sameh Wadi was recently pitted against Masaharu Morimoto in Iron Chef America. While I won’t spoil the ending for you, mostly because even Evan and Dave haven’t seen the episode yet, we can say that Saffron’s deft usage of spices and cute baby animal parts will more than likely win over the only 2 judges that matter. Now if we could only get Ted Allen on the show…

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The Well Fed Guide To Life Episode 95 – HopChart

wellfed@fancypantsgangsters.com (The Fancy Pants Gangsters) — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:37:38 +0000

Sure we didn’t give this show the always cleaver witticisms present in the minds of your more sexy podcasters, but we decided to clamp down on the raw charisma you normally expect in our show postings to make sure you know about HopChart.com.

This week, HopChart.com’s creator Andrew Kaiser joins us at the Town Hall Brewery to discuss the site and how it can be used by beer lovers to rate, track, and discuss thier favorite beers with other like-minded people. We also get him to talk a little about his personal relationship with beer, we talk about Four Firkin’s proprietor Alvey way more than is healthy, and Evan brings a disgusting and largely confusing recipe for sloppy joes. Why would you not want to listen?

Also, urgent notice on the HopChart.com Winterfest drawing: you only have until midnight, Wednesday January 20th to join and rate beers to get a chance to win two highly coveted Winterfest tickets. Check out this link to find out more.

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The Well Fed Guide To Life Episode 94 – Little Davey Needs A Nook

wellfed@fancypantsgangsters.com (The Fancy Pants Gangsters) — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:37:03 +0000

And I’m not talking Barnes And Noble’s E-reader. Because books scare him.

Through the magic of not-planning (which is the only kind of planning we do here at The Well Fed Guide), this is the second time we have revisited a location under new ownership. Unlike last time, the cuisine really didn’t change much. Which is good, because Red’s Savoy’s Uptown location (formerly Galooney’s) will always mean punk and pizza to me.

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Well Fed Guide To Life Episode 93 – Hey Ma! Can I Get Some Meatloaf?

wellfed@fancypantsgangsters.com (The Fancy Pants Gangsters) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:19:03 +0000

The title is an homage to the Who Asked You? guys. You should check them out to see why they are worthy of a Farrelesque homage.

One could call this part 2 of our Golden Bacon Awards special, covering both the Listener’s Poll (and it’s lucky winner) as well as addressing a grievous oversight in our awards. Luckily, this brings our total Golden Bacon Awards to 7 this year, up from 6 last year, which is less a commentary on our indecisiveness but more the amazing of the local food scene. Give yourselves a pat on the back, foodies! All this under the blues-infused vibe of the Newsroom, as the guys continue their way through Downtown (since it’s so close to Evan, and the less time they spend outside, the less chance of frostbite and an Alive situation)

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Well Fed Guide To Life Episode 92 – The 2nd Annual Golden Bacon Awards

wellfed@fancypantsgangsters.com (The Fancy Pants Gangsters) — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:40:17 +0000

Sure, those other shows on Fancy Pants Gangsters may be taking the holidays off, but not the Well Fed guys! Cataloging the best of Twin Cities dining waits for no man!

On the last Well Fed Guide of 2009, Evan and Dave check our newbie Subo and briefly cover their respective Christmas (including detailed rundown of gifts both given and received) before diving right into this years winners of the coveted Golden Bacon Awards. You can find a complete rundown in our forums. Also, due to a technical glitch (Evan is dumb), the Listener’s Choice award was delayed a week because the poll was down. Here is where to go to vote as well as enter for a meal on us!

Congratulations to all the winners, and we look forward to more great dining adventures in 2010.

The Well Fed Guide To Life is brought to you in part by The Four Firkins specialty beer store.

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Merry Christmas from Fancy Pants Gangsters!

wellfed@fancypantsgangsters.com (The Fancy Pants Gangsters) — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:35:40 +0000

You might notice the shows are a bit light this week, as most of the Gangsters are off visiting family, eating too much, and looking back on their lives with regrets. Or as Dave calls it, Tuesday.

Be sure to vote in our Well Fed Guide To Life Listener Choice poll. You can win a night out on us!

On behalf of all of us, have a great holiday and we will get back to putting out shows next week!

Well Fed Guide To Life Episode 91 – A Cute Couple

wellfed@fancypantsgangsters.com (The Fancy Pants Gangsters) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:13:32 +0000

Sure they spent their Monday night seated in the warm romantic glow of the Oak Grill, deep red and dark wood surrounding us as they discuss their day. And yes, they exchange gifts, made all the more special from the thought put into them, thought buoyed by years of togetherness and and caring. But that doesn’t mean they are dating. I hear Evan doesn’t put out.

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Well Fed Guide To Life Episode 90 – Girly Drinks and Man Burgers

wellfed@fancypantsgangsters.com (The Fancy Pants Gangsters) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:00:07 +0000

While Dave decided to go with the sophisticated approach towards tonight’s excursion to Vincent’s with Pate and Bordeaux, Evan proves he is not tied down by mere convention or sanity, pairing a very pink (he says orange, but we all know better) drink with one of the best iterations of the Juicy Lucy ever concocted by man or beast. Which is interesting, since the Buffalo Herd 3A of western North Dakota are rumored to make a fantastic wild rice stuffed burger. Ask for One-Horned Joe, and tell them Fancy Pants sent you.

The Well Fed Guide To Life is brought to you in part by The Four Firkins specialty beer store.

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Well Fed Guide To Life Episode 89 – Support Your Local Monger

wellfed@fancypantsgangsters.com (The Fancy Pants Gangsters) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:44:15 +0000

We like mongers of all kind: fish, cheese, meat, war, even iron (that Jeff Bridges was just poured into that mechanical suit).

The boys (I would say men, but, well, you know) decide to venture into the unknown wilderness of St. Paul to take a pull on the old Groveland Tap. They discuss mongers (of course) as well as Dave’s catering excursion and Evan’s new toy.

We’ve also got a new opening theme, in accordance with the Netcast Intro Music act of 2009. Let us know what you think!

The Well Fed Guide To Life is brought to you in part by The Four Firkins specialty beer store.

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