Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts

Monday, 24 October 2016

Episode 159 - October 22, 2016

Explaining Halloween to new Canadians...it's ok to take candy from strangers one day of the year.

Find out how you can meet some of your favourite designers and bid on a one-of-kind piece of furniture decorated by some of the city's best...including Norm Kelly! All to support the great work done by the Furniture Bank.

Food + Film = the Eatable Film Festival...in its second year, the festival co-founder explains what delicious things there are to eat and drink along with the screenings.

Toronto Star food writer Karon Liu visits the newly opened Poop Cafe. Yep.

Monday, 9 November 2015

Episode 119 - November 7, 2015

Nutritionist Lianne Phillipson-Webb does some myth busting when it comes to winter health care. Does loading up on Vitamin C beat that oncoming cold? Can you get Vitamin D in your meals? Find out as she sets the record straight and learn what you need to boost your immunity as germ season rolls out.

Food writer, Corey Mintz, joins the show to talk about his recent story for the Globe and Mail where he uncovers a hidden secret in the restaurant industry. Why are the expensive restaurants barely paying their kitchen staff minimum wage and how do they get away with it? Think you can boycott those unfair employers? Well, good luck. Listen to find out what to ask the next time you eat out.

Monday, 2 November 2015

Episode 118 - October 31, 2015

New day and new time! The Pay Chen Show moves to Saturday at 3pm.

TV Host, cookbook author and chef, Mary Jo Eustace, co-hosts the show and chats about her days hosting "What's For Dinner?" with Ken Kostick, cooking on radio, and what inspired her to launch her latest cookbook. "Scared Wheatless" is a gluten-free book that won't make you crazy.
Mary Jo's 10-year-old daughter, Lola joins the show to chat best and worst things during Halloween, and her experience losing her hair.

Plus, find out about the bake sale being put on by Bonnie Gordon College to benefit the family that Pay is helping to sponsor from Syria!

Monday, 26 October 2015

Episode 117 - October 25

It's the last Sunday night show!
Next week Pay's show moves to Saturday's at 3pm but you can still catch the podcasts here.

Hassel Aviles (Toronto Underground Market) and Trish Magwood (author, Dish Cooking Studios) join Pay on the show to talk about their new project that will change the way you get lunch and dinner on the table. What's it like being an entrepreneur working on a start-up and how is this decision influenced by their kids?

Cognitive Neuroscientist Dr. Colin Ellard talks about the psychology of haunted houses and why we love to be scared! Plus, how to create the best spooky and haunted experiences. What makes us love ghost stories and jumping out of our skin?

Monday, 27 October 2014

Episode 72 - October 26, 2014

Pay is back from Scottsdale, Arizona and is plumper than when she left. There's more than spas and golf...there's great food. And if there's great food, Pay will find it.

Matt Basile from Fidel Gastro food truck and Lisa Marie restaurant pops into studio to talk about his new cookbook, "Street Food Diaries" and what lead him from a desk job as a copywriter to creating a food brand that has resulted in a food truck, restaurant, TV show, catering company and now a book in only three years.

Pay asks, "what's the worst thing you've ever received while trick-or-treating?" See if you agree with the answers. By the way, someone said, "potato".

Nutritionist Theresa Albert was once an evil woman who gave out whole wheat crackers at Halloween but is now trying to redeem herself. Theresa has tips on making Halloween less junky for parents and kids.

And chef Matthew DeMille (Drake Devonshire) talks about the Drake Hotel's new spot in Prince Edward County. A perfect spot for a getaway by car.

Monday, 4 November 2013

Episode 27 - November 3, 2013

A 22-year old Michigan girl had the dumbest Halloween costume ever. But didn't deserve death threats because of it.
Film critic, Thom Ernst, stops by to give us his movie picks for November, and nutritionist Theresa Albert tells us why carbs are NOT the bad guy...and bugs in your spices? Oh yes.
Plus, a UK man who got kicked out of his house for commenting on a model's sexy photo.