The Table Rock

The Tablerock duo, Alex and Julie wrap-up by chatting about people they have met and foods they have shared over three seasons of the podcast.  Season 1 was the State of Food, Season 2 focused on Neighborhoods and in Season 3, the duo interviewed Influencers.  The podcast endsas Alex heads to Massachusetts. Listeners can join Julie on her new podcast, Dame Julie, playing on all podcast platforms.  Thank you for your time. We've loved having you listen in. Recorded and produced by TMA Studios --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-table-rock/message

The Table Rock duo Alex and Julie meet with Alex's new cleaner. We talk about women owned businesses and mess free food. Recorded and Produced by TMA Studios --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-table-rock/message

The Table Rock duo (TR) chat about what's been on their plate lately. Tune in to hear about Alex applying to Love is Blind on Netflix and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-table-rock/message

In this episode, the Tablerock duo, Alex and Julie, rock the table with Royd Carlson, The Teff Company Marketing and Agriculture Manager. Alex also works with Teff as the marketing coordinator. Teff is the national food of Ethiopia and one of the earliest domesticated plants. Teff seeds were found in a pyramid in 3350 B.C. Teff planting and distribution was started in Idaho by Royd's father in Caldwell. Today, Royd and his brother Gareth, who is CEO, mill the seeds and distribute Teff flour as well as grain across all fifty states. Join us as the Tablerock duo talks about Teff, a super-food. Where to sample it and buy it in Idaho. Learn how to start a business with just a vision and a Washington D.C. phone book. Why would Royd like Idaho to become known as one of the largest Teff distributors in the country. Teffric! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-table-rock/message

Table Rock Podcast talks with Alex's private chef Clean Cuisine by Gina. They go over her influences as a chef while sampling a salad. Eating the rainbow is discussed. Boiseans will want to tune in to hear about the Treasure Valleys most sustainable meal service (Boise, Meridian, Eagle). It's all about crudités darling. Her cooking is healthy and soulful and so is her story. The duo as usual stirs up the pot to see what's cooking. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-table-rock/message

Table Rock Podcast looks at the nature of influencers. Everyone has some impact or influence on another but only a very few make money as influencers. Alex and Julie discuss influence from their individual perspectives. What does it mean to be an influencer? The answer seems to be some combination of changing the behavior, attitudes, of values of another person. With influence comes power and morality. Social Media has greatly expanded the platform for influencers to make money for themselves and the products they push. The duo also discuss their personal influencers and power influencers in Boise focusing on food and the social safety net. Join the Tablet Rock duo as they shake up a glass of marbles to see what ideas fall out on the topic of influencers. While munching on lettuce wraps from Clean Cuisine by Gina. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-table-rock/message

Newbie foodies, professional content creators, career influencers and the current Idaho Statesman food contributor chat about their purpose in focusing their time on highlighting local food. They also discuss how the lack of understanding of the importance of social media marketing is limiting local brands and restaurants. This episode is released in collaboration with the “The Table RockLocal food influencers are effecting real change in the current food culture. Recorded live at Treefort, seven of these such foodies discuss their thoughts on Idaho food, restaurant marketing and hopes for the growing Treasure Valley food scene. ” Podcast Host - Julie Robinson of Table Rock Podcast Guests: Alex Milles - Food blogger/ Table Rock Podcast Natalie Plummer of The Boise Bubble Podcast and Hello Meridian Tyler Grant - Tastefully Tyler Instagram Mike Wallace - Boise Food Critic Instagram Lauren Henry - Treasure Valley Treats and Eats Scott Wink - Boise's Best Bites --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-table-rock/message

Alex talks with @TastefullyTyler and Chef Reno of Anthonys Seafood in Boise, inviting Natalie from @HelloMeridian on the stage.

In this final Neighborhood episode, the Table Rock Duo, Alex and Julie, introduce the audience to their neighborhoods. Julie has lived in the East end over 25 years and Alex lives in Meridian near Kuna. On their tour, the duo visits some of Boise’s most iconic eateries such as Fancy Freeze, Flying M Coffee, the Flicks and Lucky 13. The duo also reviews many of the events coming up in September that make Boise such a great place to live like Bronco Football, Art in the Park, and Pride. Alex and Julie are pleased to be invited to appear at Treefort. They will be conducting a live podcast with Gemma Gaudette, host of Idaho Matters on Boise Public Radio on Saturday, September 25th at 1 pm at the Boise Centre on the Grove. #Treefort #Idahomatters

The Table Rock duo, Alex and Julie, share a Tony G’s pizza from Crave. Tony G originated in San Francisco. Named after the owner, Tony G has won all sorts of awards for his pizza dough. Alex has had the privilege of seeing Tony toss a pizza in Boise. While munching on great crust, Julie gives Alex a set of Kitchen Tarot cards. There are 22 cards created by Susan Shie and Dennis Fairchild. The cards are intended to provide soul nourishing readings to go with great food. Alex does tarot readings for friends and at parties. During this podcast, he does a reading of the future of the Table Rock podcast by drawing three cards “past,” “present,” and “future”. Listen in as the Table Rock Duo goes mystical by consulting the tarot cards about the future. #tarot, #kitchentarot, #food #TonyG

In this episode, Alex and Julie, the Table Rock duo, are joined by Katie Hestead, a beverage professional. Katie has brought Julie a mocktail, Strawberry Green tea, while she and Alex sip on Strawberry Margaritas she shook up in the Speak Boise studio. The gorgeous salmon-colored drinks are featured on Boifood. Katie takes the duo on a tour of west Boise eateries starting with Nampa for Mexican food, Eagle for Italian and ending the evening at a dive bar on Fairview. While chatting up food and beverages, the group talks about the complex role of bartending and etiquette in bars. Join us to learn where to go and how to behave to have a great night out on the town in West Boise.

The Table Rock duo, interview Aaron and Anna from Hudson’s Baking Company committed to accessible food. The Hudsons first became interested in food when they lived in Hawaii with the military. In Hawaii, they were able to buy fresh, locally grown food year around. Later, in college at Evergreen State, they both majored in food policy. Today, they are putting their commitment to activism and food to work as they build their baking company. Aaron is a food activist first and being a baker allows him to be a food advocate. The Hudsons have a new store front in Kuna but they will also deliver product to you for free. Making fresh food accessible is an important value. If listeners are interested in transforming the food chain, Anna recommends that a place to start is joining a CSA (community supported agriculture). The CSA model establishes a direct, human connection between the people growing the food and the people buying it. Make sure to subcribe and follow us @boifood

Julie takes a break this week from the podcast to visit her son Scott in Washington. Alex invites over his long time friend and colleague in the influencer world Sara Stewart to talk again about the state of food and ultimately nutrition, while eating some flowerless muffins. From talking romance to whats on their plates you'll want to dive into the conversation. If you want more from Sara, go check out here amazing instagram page @sara.haven

This episode Alex and Julie celebrate Boifood gaining 7,000 plus followers with their Table Rock Podcast guest Dr. Kelly Pennings. Kelly is the social media volunteer managing #mydeportbench postings. She is also a busy family medicine physician at a St Lukes clinic in Meridian. Penny takes the duo on a tour of some of her favorite bench places starting with Petite 4 and ending with the new Stil on Latah. The Stil location has a gorgeous mural showcasing everything we love about the Treasure Valley (created by Sector 17). All three podcasters share a love of the Spirit of Boise Balloon Classic coming up September 1. The bench affords prime real estate for viewing balloons as they rise out of Ann Morrison Park. Alex takes the opportunity to visit with a Kelly about the Delta variant and what the public should know. We are seeing the variant increasing in the Treasure Valley and the vaccines do work. Join us as we do a bench press (pardon the pun) on the Table Rock neighborhood tours.

Alex surprises Julie by calling her to introduce one of his best friends, Vanessa Feurguson of the.marketing.model. This week’s podcast is by phone and live. Vanessa lived in Boise for nine years before moving to The Woodlands Texas this spring. She is engaged to well-known Boise State football star Jerad Zabransky. Vanessa is an award-winning swimsuit model and Instagram influencer. The Table Rock duo and Vanessa talk about her road trip through the Southwest en route to Boise. Vanessa reveals that the best food in Boise is made by last week’s Table Rock guest Liz Taylor. Who knew? Vanessa describes characteristics of a healthy marriage. Listen in for a list of marital virtues and reparative work when things go wrong.

In this week’s Table Rock conversation, Alex introduces his podcast partner, Julie, to one of his best friends, Liz Taylor. Liz lives in the North end, the heart of Boise according to true North enders. Liz describes being able to bike or walk everywhere in Boise. No description of the North End is complete without a cruise around Hyde Park. Liz describes drinking and walking home without having to worry about driving. One of her favorite activities is taking her mastiff DJ for morning walks at Sunset Park. As a true north ender, Liz has met and spent time with her neighbors enjoying garage sales and backyard noshes. Liz is on the staff of the Nursing Program in the College of Health Sciences Boise State. As a member of faculty and staff, the BSU community is team focused and a neighborhood all its own. Join us as Liz tips the Table Rock north.

The Table Rock Duo, Alex and Julie, dish with entrepreneur extraordinaire Beth Alpaugh from Simple Bites. Over the past 18 years, Beth has grown Simple Bites from a small coffee shop into a large catering business. Today her team prepares thousands of food items daily in Meridian in USDA certified facilities. Simple Bites offers food delivery in 8 states and catering services throughout the Treasure Valley. Beth loves living in Idaho and rocks the table with descriptions of mint fields and orchards to the west and her own personal backyard Zen complete with pool. Looking to try Crave Delivery? The Table Rock Podcast is sponsorsed by Crave Delivery from Boise, ID. Cooking is time-consuming, and getting “delivery food” usually means you’re settling for something average. That’s where Crave Delivery comes in. Where you can enjoy excellent food, professionally delivered, from 17 award-winning restaurants. Better yet, you can mix and match your favorites from any concept in a single order—giving you the flexibility you need when finding the perfect meal for multiple people. Ordering is easy, too. Just download the Crave Delivery App in the App Store and create an account to get started. Use the Code PODCAST20 for $20 off your first order from Crave. Find out more information at www.cravedelivery.com/welcome Thank you to our amazing sponsor Crave Delievery!

This week the Table Rock duo, Alex and Julie, chowed down with Ryan of Boise’s Speak. The threesome ate enchiladas from Mi Almita delivered by Crave. Ryan will be finishing his last semester at Boise State this fall and he also broadcasts the podcast, ”The Takeover Sports.” Ryan shared college hangouts and fun things for young twenty somethings to do i.e. cool off in McCall. The best way to a college kid’s pocketbook offer two for one drinks. Join us as we discuss all things collegiate. And thank you to our amazing sponsor Crave Delievery! Want to try Crave? Use promo code "Podcast30" to save 30% off your first order.

Are you ever at home and suddenly have a craving for Mai Thai Duck and your spouse is yearning for Tony G’s Pizza from San Francisco? Well now you don’t have to flip a coin. Crave Delivery will provide you both just what you want in a timely manner delivered by a trained server. As Alex and Julie, the Table Rock duo, continue their visit to the Meridian neighborhood they talk with Andry, business development director for Crave Delivery. Andry talks about how Crave is a collective of 17 restaurants in one building located in Meridian. Crave is designed to provide high quality food to meet each person’s specific desires. No more compromises when ordering in. The duo and Andry also talk about what makes “community” in Boise.

Are you ever at home and suddenly have a craving for Mai Thai Duck and your spouse is yearning for Tony G’s Pizza from San Francisco? Well now you don’t have to flip a coin. Crave Delivery will provide you both just what you want in a timely manner delivered by a trained server. As Alex and Julie, the Table Rock duo, continue their visit to the Meridian neighborhood they talk with Andry, business development director for Crave Delivery. Antry talks about how Crave is a collective of 17 restaurants in one building located in Meridian. Crave is designed to provide high quality food to meet each person’s specific desires. No more compromises when ordering in. The duo and Andry also talk about what makes “community” in Boise.

“Hello, Meridian!” Natalie Plummer, Meridian influencer extraordinaire, joins the Table Rock duo, Alex and Julie to kick off the series on Neighborhoods. The discussion covers what makes Meridian such a highly rated family community i.e. Roaring Springs, a new library, lots of parks. We dive into problems of growth forcing housing prices up and traffic jams. Most of all we discover that the Treasure Valley doesn’t have distinct boundaries. Where Meridian ends, Boise and Nampa begin is all from the eyes of the beholder.

Alex and Julie look back at our first seasons of the Table Rock Podcast and what we learned about the State of Food.

Food Editor, mom maven and all-around badass baker brings in funfetti biscuits. The special ingredient in the biscuits is cream. Meghan and A/J dish about Boise’s food culture or lack of one. Meghan gives tips for grocery shopping during COVID-19 and keeping leftovers fresh to live another night. Meghan a critique of instapots and their alternatives for Julie. Meghan worked for more than 10 years with Alton Brown. She shares how she got her start as an intern and kept her position by becoming an expert at all things food. Her podcast, “Didn’t I just feed you?” also provides food for thought. Listen in as The Table Rock Duo learns about all things culinary from one of Boise’s best food media experts.http://boifoodmedia.com/2021/05/04/meghan-splawns-funetti-cream-biscuits-recipe/

The Table Rock Duo, Alex and Julie (A/J), munch on peanut butter chocolate chunk cookies whilechatting with McKenzie, @sproutingvitality. Cookies bring out the best in people and the talk begins with dogs and ends with journaling. http://boifoodmedia.com/2021/05/04/sprouting-vitalitys-peanut-butter-chocolate-chunk-cookie-recipe/

Alex and Julie, are joined by Zoe, manager of Gaston’s Bakery. The duo gushes over rustic bread, fresh from Gaston’s oven. Zoe describes the Kouiyn-Amann buttery sweetness and savory bread sticks she has also brought. Gaston’s biggest seller during the pandemic was the flour they grind in the bakery. The duo and Zoe have a lively discussion about the Today Show feature on Gaston’s frozen croissants. Want to hear how to get on the Today Show, the latest in food trucks and new restaurants opening this spring listen in.

Alex and Julie, are joined by Zoe, manager of Gaston’s Bakery. The duo gushes over rustic bread, fresh from Gaston’s oven. Zoe describes the Kouiyn-Amann buttery sweetness and savory bread sticks she has also brought. Gaston’s biggest seller during the pandemic was the flour they grind in the bakery. The duo and Zoe have a lively discussion about the Today Show feature on Gaston’s frozen croissants. Want to hear how to get on the Today Show, the latest in food trucks and new restaurants opening this spring listen in.

The Table Rock duo, Alex and Julie, visit with Logan, the owner of Capitol Cellars (CC). CC is celebrating it’s 6th year in business at the historic Belgravia Building, downtown Boise. The threesome reviews the Cellar’s award-winning wine selection including the Senator, a Shiraz made with Idaho grapes and a CC exclusive. CC serves up prime rib six days a week and changes the menu seasonally. As a 6th generation Idahoan who grew up in agriculture, Logan emphasizes farm to table in her successful restaurant.

The Table Rock duo, Alex and Julie, graze on a smorgasbord of pastrami, olives, artisan cheeses, house-made meats and much more while chatting up Tara Morgan. Tara and her husband Chef Alex Cardoza are the owners of Wild Plum. Tara and Chef Alex started the catering business in 2015, one year after they were married. With the arrival of Covid in 2020, they had to make a substantial pivot to survive. Their new vision is restaurant-based with a variety of dining styles including patios and intimate greenhouses. Meals include dinners, elegant weekend brunches and their extremely popular lunchettes. Want to know why they chose to call their dining experience “Wild Plum” or how to acquire the best local products? Listen in as one of Boise pre-eminent food writers describe her food journey.

The Table Rock Duo, Alex and Julie, share pandan ice cream with toasted coconut topping while visiting with Chef Christian Murray of Season and Spice. A major focus of the conversation is food insecurity in Idaho. The discussion revolves around what it means to be food insecure. What tools are available to help those who are hungry. Chef Christina is an activist and working in the Idaho schools teaching how to cook low cost, healthy meals to families. Chef Christina has a unique degree in food politics Her focus is a multi-dimensional approach to the complex issue of budgeting, accessing high-quality food available during appropriate seasons.

The Table Rock duo, Alex and Julie, share a rollicking dinner with Molly Tevis, the registered dietician for Albertsons. The Albertson’s Corporation is headquartered in Boise and has long community roots reaching back to 1939. Molly brought a juicy Chilean lemon plum, firecracker slaw and brisket poutine.  The bakery made huckleberry scones decorated in pink lettering with #boifood.  While the duo gorged, the discussion centered around trying new foods, showing children options for eating and making healthy choices.  Want to know Alex’s and Julie’s spirit food or the way to a man’s heart through food? Listen in.  Molly’s spirit food is green mango.  

In this episode, Katie Baker of FARE Idaho (Food, Agriculture, Restaurants, and Beverage Establishments) chats with Alex and Julie (A&J), while sharing treats from Diabolo & Sons Saloon. FARE was created in March 2020 to help independent food producers including family farmers, ranchers, food and bar owners collaborate on advocacy and promotion in an organized manner. Since March, the organization has grown to 160 independent owner members with a goal of gaining 500 members in 2021. Katie tells A&J that the top priority right now is proposed federal legislation to provide a revitalization fund for hard-hit restaurants. The three also discussed FARE’s sister organization Project Fare, a tax-deductible nonprofit organization focused on educating the public about where food comes from. Join us and FARE Maiden Katie as we learn how doing food right is also the right thing to do.

In this episode the Table Rock duo, Alex and Julie, share sweet, savory, and burning hot nuts with Dan Balluff, owner of the iconic City Peanut Shop, located in downtown Boise on Bannock road. Dan also talks about his recently opened second store on Vista. The Vista location is where the magic happens with Dan roasting up the distinctive nutty flavors and pulling out giant gooey brittle. Dan talks about his original vision 11 years ago and how the shop has grown with more than 20 employees at different times of the year and evolving to an increased web presence especially during the pandemic. The three crunch on some of the shop’s favorites including cashew brittle, maple syrup pecans, and two of the most popular flavors: BBQ Nuts and Wild Lands. Alex accepts Dan’s challenge to try the hottest nut. Listen in to find out the flavor and Alex’s response as we all get a little nutty. Help Support the show and save big with our partners at Ebay! http://ebay.us/bHQup5

Most people know who reigns supreme when it comes to getting macarons in Boise. In this episode, Alex and Julie are joined by Emilee, creator, owner, and baker of Flour Child, an exquisite bakery on Overland road. Emilee has brought colorful Macarons and some bars to share. Not sure of the difference between Macarons and Macaroons? Listen in for a French culinary lesson. While munching on delicious goodies we discuss Emilee’s experience owning a small Idaho business during the pandemic. The conversation also captures the latest big thing for sweet tooths, “hot cocoa bombs.” No discussion of Flour Child would be complete without a dive into flour and signature cakes. The group finishes with a crystal ball peak into Emilee’s future as an entrepreneur. We are proud to announce Speaks newest partnership with Ebay! Follow the link below to save big on exclusive listener deals, some as high as 50% off! Help support the podcast and take advantage of some deals! http://ebay.us/bHQup5

Julie Robinson and Alex Milles discuss how they met and the Table's intention, foodies sharing food while chatting about Boise and the greater Treasure Valley community. In the first season, they're exploring the State of Food. We are proud to announce Speaks newest partnership with Ebay! Follow the link below to save big on exclusive listener deals, some as high as 50% off! Help support the podcast and take advantage of some deals! http://ebay.us/bHQup5