34 episodes

The Dine One Six podcast is focused on the Sacramento food scene along with the people and culture that make it special. The show features interviews with chefs, farmers, journalists and anyone else with a great Sacramento food story to tell. Hosted by Max Connor, an award winning journalist and podcaster as well a long time restaurant worker and dedicated home cook. Max will take you behind the scenes of some of Sacramento’s best restaurants, dive into how your food gets from ”farm to fork” and follow trends and interesting stories of how food can connects us all. Everyone in Sacramento has great food stories to tell and this show is dedicated to sharing them.

The Dine One Six Max Connor

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    • 5.0 • 17 Ratings

The Dine One Six podcast is focused on the Sacramento food scene along with the people and culture that make it special. The show features interviews with chefs, farmers, journalists and anyone else with a great Sacramento food story to tell. Hosted by Max Connor, an award winning journalist and podcaster as well a long time restaurant worker and dedicated home cook. Max will take you behind the scenes of some of Sacramento’s best restaurants, dive into how your food gets from ”farm to fork” and follow trends and interesting stories of how food can connects us all. Everyone in Sacramento has great food stories to tell and this show is dedicated to sharing them.

    Billy Ngo of Kru

    Billy Ngo of Kru

    Billy Ngo of Kru Contemporary Japanese Cuisine got his start at an old-school Japanese restaurant on Broadway in Sacramento, spending hours washing dishes and painstakingly preparing shrimp for the week’s service. After a stint at Mikuni he understood how sushi could become something that mixed his passion for creativity and attention to detail. 
    Billy headed to culinary school in San Francisco and came back to work at The Kitchen for a year, where he learned the importance of good ingredients and good relationships with purveyors of fish and produce. 
    Then, at just 23 years old, Billy opened Kru on J street, which quickly became recognized as one of the best and most creative sushi spots in town. A decade later Billy moved Kru into its current, much larger home on Folsom Blvd. and it remains one of the hottest restaurant reservations in town. 
    Billy fills us in on sushi eating etiquette, talks about his early attempts at a Michelin star, why he loves cooking japanese and french cuisine, how he seeks to let the ingredients speak for themselves and how a burger permanently ended up on the menu at one of Sacramento’s most acclaimed sushi restaurants. 
    Recently, his high level of skill and execution, matched with his creativity and drive to please his guests has garnered Billy a finalist nomination for the James Beard Awards “Best Chef in California.”
    Visit the podcast website at dineonesix.com
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    Comments, questions or suggestions? Email us at max@dineonesix.com or neill@dineonesix.com

    • 1 hr 3 min
    Jody Bogle on family history and producing award winning wine in Sacramento

    Jody Bogle on family history and producing award winning wine in Sacramento

    It all started when a disastrous failed potato crop led Jody Bogle’s grandfather, Warren Bogle to try planting wine grapes on the acreage he purchased on Merritt Island. In 1968 he planted 10 acres of Petite Syrah and 10 acres of Chenin Blanc. He got the Chenin Blanc clippings from a guy named Skinny in Lodi!
    Today, Bogle has grown to become the Bogle Family Wine Collection, a brand that stretches worldwide, which includes several different labels, styles and price points of wine.
    We talk to Jody about how the unexpected death of her father led her to leave her job as an English teacher to come back home to Sacramento and take on a new role with the family business, how she and her two brothers have grown the business into the massive and respected brand it is today, and how family values, small lot wine making and sustainable growing practices are the fuel that still power Bogle’s business today. 
    So grab a glass of one of Bogle’s award winning wines and listen to the history of one of Sacramento’s great business success stories.
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    Comments, questions or suggestions? Email us at max@dineonesix.com or neill@dineonesix.com
     

    • 46 min
    Greg Gearhart and Victor Mihalchuk talk about the show Breaking Bread

    Greg Gearhart and Victor Mihalchuk talk about the show Breaking Bread

    Greg Gearhart and Victor Mihalchuk were sipping coffee and having lunch with their colleague Cameron Tyler of Moonracer films when they thought, “the food scene in Sacramento is so amazing…what if we filmed it.” That nugget of an idea launched what is now one of the most beautiful celebrations of Sacramento and its food you will ever see called Breaking Bread. 
    On Tuesday September 5 there was a very special premiere of the amazing limited series and the next day we sat down with Greg and Victor to talk about how the project came together, their experiences filming it and the amazing food they got to eat. 
    Breaking Bread gives you wonderful, open conversations with some of Sacramento’s best chefs and takes you behind the scenes of what makes the culinary scene in Sacramento so special. 
    You will laugh, cry, get goosebumps and get that warm feeling of awe and appreciation when you watch this series. It is absolutely stunning, and we are proud to bring you a conversation with two of the gentlemen who made it happen. 
     
    The first episode aired last night.
     
    You can watch Breaking Bread on KCRA 3 the next two episodes air:
     
    Sunday September 10, at 9 p.m. 
    Sunday September 17, at 9 p.m.
     
    You can also watch on the Very Local app. Download it for free on your phone or streaming device.
     
    Visit Moonracer films website and Instagram 
     
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    Comments, questions or suggestions? Email us at max@dineonesix.com or neill@dineonesix.com

    • 48 min
    Robert Masullo from Masullo’s Pizzeria

    Robert Masullo from Masullo’s Pizzeria

    Before Robert Masullo became a Sacramento pizza icon, he was the son of a Sac Bee journalist and a stay at-home mom. His mom was a major influence on his life as she taught him the values in hard work and making recipes from scratch. 
    His Sacramento food orgin story is epic, with him riding a Vespa to Biba to wash dishes when he was 16. His love of food took him to the CIA in New York and then a little over a decade stop in Minnesota. He worked as a baker, learning the art and craft dough and how to perfect it. 
    With dough still on his mind, he found his way back home to family and Sacramento, met his future wife and luckily for us, opened up Masullo Pizzeria. With many awards and much recognition, Robert has crafted his place in Sacramento history. Take a listen to hear this masterclass on pizza. 
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    Visit the podcast website at dineonesix.com
     
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    Comments, questions or suggestions? Email us at max@dineonesix.com or neill@dineonesix.com

    • 56 min
    Ben Roberts from Pizza Supreme Being

    Ben Roberts from Pizza Supreme Being

    Ben Roberts grew up in Grass Valley where he loved skateboarding and punk rock. He dreamed of getting out of the small town but had no real plan, but after he met his future wife at a record shop, he followed her to Sacramento as she went to UC Davis and he looked to take any job he could find. That is the perfect recipe (pun intended) for a young kid to make his way into a kitchen. 
    He got his start at R15 and then Shady Lady where a mentor showed him the right books to buy and Ben dove in head first. He soon realized that he wanted to cook beautiful, amazing food, and he knew that The Sellands group was a great place to do that. He made his way to Ella, where he worked for several years and became a jack of all trades, including making woodfired pizza for family meals.
    Eventually, he left to start his own mobile pizza business with a trailer and woodfire oven. He grinded in the heat of Sacramento for more than 4 years before he got an opportunity to open the storefront he occupies today. His pizza manages to be both classic and unique at the same time, but it’s without a doubt one of the best slices you’ll find anywhere in Sacramento. 
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    Visit the podcast website at dineonesix.com
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    Comments, questions or suggestions? Email us at max@dineonesix.com 

    • 57 min
    Chloe Booth - dough maven of Pizzasaurus Rex

    Chloe Booth - dough maven of Pizzasaurus Rex

    Chloe Booth got a taste for interesting food at a young age when her mom went to culinary school. But it was years later as a teenager when her grandmother bulldozed a job path for Chloe at Del’s Pizza in Fair Oaks. There she learned the ins and outs of the pizza business, from interacting with the regulars to managing 20 pizzas at a time in the ovens. 
    After a break from restaurants Chloe saw a Facebook post about a new pizza place opening in Midtown. She went in for a stage shift and has never left. Today she is responsible for making most of the dough on a daily basis, sometimes for up to 170 pizzas in a single day. 
    Listen to this episode to hear Chloe talk about the unique style of Pizza at Pizzasaurus Rex, the famed “dino sauce” and her hopes that one day there could be a horror themed bakery in Sacramento.
    Links:
    Pizzasaurus Rex website
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    • 47 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
17 Ratings

17 Ratings

heatherkuku ,

Sacramento Food!

Alaro episode was fantastic! Thank you for bringing awareness to the amazing food and drink available in Sacramento. Keep it coming Max!

lozano89 ,

Great Listen

Each episode has been fantastic! Very interesting insight into the food realm of Sacramento. Look forward to a new episode weekly for my commute

east2westchef ,

Love it

Love the show. Great content, fun and engaging

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