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[Video] Home Brew Hits Total Wine This Week with a Splash of Cheek

What do you get when Florida’s brown rice and sugarcane gets in the hands of Back Forty Beer Co.’s craft brewers in Gadsden? Michael’s Genuine Home Brew, of course! But what does it really take to make our home-grown American Ale? To share a thing or two about the process, we gathered the ingredients and concocted a demo of our own, captured and edited with a splash of cheek and finesse by Giovanny Gutierrez of Chat Chow TV.  Watch and get inspired to Drink Like a Local with us at the following new events and appearances:

Home Brew By the Glass:  Beverage Director Ryan Goodspeed and I head to the By The Glass Show hosted by Ed Roberts on SoFla Radio to talk Home Brew and more.  We look forward to tasting four or so beers and beverages as curated by Mr. Goodspeed for the Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink bar.  Please join us right here on Thursday November 8 at 6:00 p.m. EST to listen or watch live. The replay will be posted shortly after the live broadcast. You can also subscribe for free as a podcast on iTunes.

Total Wine & More: If you live south of Palm Beach county, you will conveniently have nine more outlets to find Michael’s Genuine Home Brew as of this week when Total Wine & More begins to stock the product.  For store locations, visit the website here, and stay tuned for a fun classroom event we’re planning for December at the North Miami Beach store!

Harry’s Beer Brunch with Pubbelly: Please join us for a Sunday Brunch with Pubbelly chef Jose Mendin and partner Andreas Schreiner on November 18 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.  When we heard about Brown Distributing Company’s Drink Like a Local program, we immediately jumped onboard by serving more local beers on tap and in the bottle at Harry’s Pizzeria. Now our menu gets to play, too, as Michael has been inviting local chefs from Whisk’s Brendan Connor to The Federal’s Cesar Zapata, all of whom support Florida’s craft breweries at their own restaurants, to come over to Harry’s and cook brunch in our kitchen. You’ll find their dishes integrated into our menu in a special section all their own, along with their favorite beers on tap and in the bottle. Some menu items will come with beer, too. This is not a ticketed event, just some good ol’ a-la-carte fun on a Sunday with good friends, good food, and good beer. And more eggs! Expect creative, beer-loving, meaty small plates and maybe a cocktail or two… After all, it’s brunch. Stay tuned for the menu!

[UPDATED] [VIDEO] Congratulations Hedy on Your Sweet Day!

Update: Watch Hedy & Al make their fortunes come true on the TODAY Show.  Click here for this morning’s segment!

Hedy’s juggling a lot! (photo credit: Michael Pisarri)

Hedy is going national with the release of Baking Out Loud today, Tuesday, October 2!  First things first, if you are in Miami or Grand Cayman, you will be able to purchase books (signed as of Thursday lunch, when Hedy gets back from NYC!) from Harry’s Pizzeria and Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink.  Please note, to celebrate the release we have a special bundle of sweetness on MGFD’s dessert menu including books and treats at a great price (see the updated Miami menu here!)

Hedy has a big week in NYC starting today with Martha Stewart Radio’s Morning Living Show on Sirius/XM hosted by Betsy Karetnick and Brian Kelsey.  Hedy is on-air at 10:30 a.m. EST, until about 10:50 a.m. so give a shout to @hedygoldsmith via @martharadio on Twitter and Facebook at Martha Stewart Living Radio on their wall. You can also call in with questions to the listener hotline at 1-866-675-6675!  Don’t forget if you are in NYC that tonight Hedy is being hosted by the delicious Marcus Samuelsson at Red Rooster Harlem.  Full event details including menu and link to tickets, which are –gasp–still available, are here.

Tomorrow there is even bigger news and exposure as Hedy is on TODAY on NBC for the first time! Hedy will be demo-ing her Giant Sesame fortune cookies, and they’ll have Overstuffed Nutters & O’s, Popcorn + Peanut Bark and Basil Panna Cotta on set as beauties. We won’t have the exact airtime until the morning of, but it will be towards the end of the 9 o’clock hour (i.e. 9:55 a.m.) Hedy will likely do teasers at approximately 9:30 and 9:45!

Continue to stay tuned to the events page for the entire list of Hedy’s October tour, with November to come soon…

CONGRATS HEDY!!!!

[UPDATED] [VIDEO] Save the Date: Let the Baking Out Loud Countdown Begin Continue!

The eagle has landed!

If you haven’t seen the buzz bubbling like sugar jamming in her non-reactive pot, listen up! Baking Out Loud: Fun Desserts with Big Flavors, Hedy Goldsmith’s first cookbook, officially releases October 2, and there are plenty of ways to be a part of the sweetness being planned to celebrate. First things first: Miami, please mark your calendars for week one of fun, specifically Hedy’s launch party and Q&A at hometown independent bookstore Books & Books. The fun begins at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 7 at the Coral Gables store with a welcome cocktail featuring Hedy’s favorite spirit, Bourbon of course! There are plenty of spirited recipes in the book around this important ingredient, including her Chocolate Bourbon Pie Esquire.com took note of this week.  Then, at 5:30, join Hedy and Miami Herald columnist Lydia Martin for a Q&A, and at 6:15 it’s panini pressing time in the courtyard, a signature Goldsmith easy-enough recipe included in the cookbook. Guests who purchase a copy of Hedy’s book that evening will be treated to a bag of treats to take home. Stay tuned to our events page on the blog, as well as Hedy’s Twitter, as more exciting news is announced in the weeks to come for the #BakingOutLoud circuit home and away.  In the meantime, please enjoy Hedy’s cookbook promo video hot off the cutting room floor!