It’s Chili season! From the New York Times to the streets of uptown West Chester Pennsylvania, bold, flavorful, hearty chili is on the menu. Co-host Marnie Mills (owner of Monsoon Nectar and Yoga in Sedona) joins me to talk all things chili and support our WCHE 1520AM 95.3 FM team Barry D, Steve and Erick who will be competing in the Fiorenza’s Food for Friends 2025 F4 West Chester Chili Cook-Off and fundraiser to end hunger. The streets of West Chester will be heating up Sunday, October 12th with music, community and thousands of tastes the greatest chili cook-off competition!

If you love food, the 44th Annual Chester County Restaurant & Food Truck Festival is where you wanted to be. To get a taste of food sun and fun, Marnie Mills (Yoga In Sedona and Monsoon Nectar), cohost and field reporter reports live from the streets of West Chester. And later, a culinary trip to Poland takes center stage, …and if your looking for some instant fun, as they say, “just add water”…On Saturday September 27th the classic rock band, Just Add Water , will play at the Polish American Citizen’s Club in Phoenixville Pennsylvania from 6-10 PM. Keeping the beat, Rich Burns drummer of Just Add Water joins us to take us back stage to meet the band and get an exclusive in the the positivity you don’t want to miss.

Into a large bowl, empty Polish traditions, culture and food, stir in a whole lot of conversation, then Just Add Water….today we’re serving up music and food baked into a whole lot of fun!

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The act of hunting and gathering food, ingredients and medicine seems so ancient, yet we still have to hunt and gather every day…or at least once a week when we do our weekly shopping. For most people, finding aromatics like 🌿herbs and garlic, 🍄gathering mushrooms for a cacciatori, or 🍵selecting a tea for a scratchy throat…. is a drive to the local supermarket. But for foragers, these ingredients are freely available in nature.

But could HOW we go about getting these necessities— from the supermarket or nature, make a difference?

If the gap between the supermarket and foraging seems vast and and foreign, todays guest Horace Sheffield—👨‍🍳forager and chef, will help you explore the world of foraging which is deelpy rooted in the human experience.

Joined by my sister Marnie, we explore turning foraging finds to culinary creations with passionate forager and chef Horace Sheffield. Horace's youtube chanels are passionate forager and passionate forager 2. And be sure to check out Marsnie's Yoga In Sedona and Monsoon Nectar Chakra Aroma Skin and Hair Care.

We think we are cooking healthy, but is our cookware be as clean as our food choices? Learn what the differenc clean cookware can make and why it might make a difference. And impressinve that the small community of Kennet Square Pennsylvania and the surrounding areas produces about half of the nation's mushrooms, you have to hear my conversation with Tim Page of Lmabert Spawn. Have fun!

If you love mushrooms, check out Marnie and my follow up to the Kennet Square Mushroom Festival and enjoy our teaser interview with Horace Sheffield, who will be my guest next week venture deep into foraging.

Curious, learning or committed…experience the vegan lifestyle through two sisters celebration of Vegandale, Philadelphia. Music, art and innovative animal-free foods came together, and vegans and non-vegans from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and New York, Washington DC brought high vibes to the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Experience the excitement, diversity and food through our Vegandale recap. And don’t miss Vegandale Toronto on September 6th and New York September 27th.

Don't miss Vegandale August 23, 2025 in Philadelphia! Ticket available here. Alexandra Allred, first U.S. women’s Olympic bobsled champion, 4th degree black belt and now author of Damaged Goods talks about air quality and health. And, Joan McGregor, Professor of Philosophy at Arizona State University explains how food choices reveal your ethics. And Tonya McNabb celebrates the flavors of Belize.

As I look back on my summer pictures…digging the garden and capturing the progress of the herbs I grew from seed…first the little sprig poking through the soil, their first leaves …all that growth just to get to their first harvest… Pictures of family together, the grilled veggies—zucchini, corn, onions, eggplant on the grill… That salad I made with the white peaches—blushed with rose colored ripening, goat cheese and mustard vinaigrette…

My summer photos document all the fun times I have has with my sister Marnie and my Mom Liz. The shore, trips to China town, gardening, dinners… It seems all my photo always include food…And now as we savor the days of summer and even begin looking toward the fall, what better time for a recipe round up!

During the hot, sticky Dog Days of Summer, nothing cools you off better than a tall refreshing glass of iced tea. Black, green or herbal tea, Steve Smith reads the tea leaves for the best glass of iced tea. And, if you are waiting for the sun to go down along with the temperature outside, find out why some people are looking up to the sky instead. Anthony Nicastro, Professor Emeritus at West Chester University says it’s all in the stars. Tea can be much, much more than a brewed beverage, don’t miss how to use tea in marinades and rubs to flavor up your grilling!