Faturday Omaha

Brady Hess of Lazy Buffalo BBQ located 3924 1/2 Farnam St in Omaha, a half you say? Well it’s a small place, but there are plenty of seats next door where you take your BBQ at Scriptown brewing, but anyway. At the time of this conversation Lazy Buffalo is right about 1 year old and longtime listeners will remember Brady’s voice as we have followed his food journey from 2021 and now have caught up to present day where he now has his...

The doors unlocked at Bohemian Gardens after hours to allow Chef Jamil Bah Traore and Chef Fatima El Qasby to teach you and I all about North African Dolma. Chef Jamil and I have been talking about cooking together for a while and the timing was just right as the House of Bah’s upcoming Indigo Table event at Bohemian gardens is coming up April 26th and 27th and this dish is a candidate for the plate.  Listen in on how to get this r...

2025 James Beard Nominee David Utterback of Yoshitomo is on the mic! Heart, craft, attention to detail, David shows all of this on the plates he serves. He’s also a busy guy, ya know running three restaurants, traveling to Japan to keep up to date and learn from other Chefs, bringing in the top tier seafood to Nebraska, oh and also cooking to benefit charity.

Dave took time out from his day to talk with me about all of these thing...

Art and Soup March 9th, 2025! How does food help? It nourishes the heart, mind, and body. Art has its impact to the senses and mind as well. Combine the two and you get Art and Soup!

This is the "VNA’s 28th annual event supporting nursing services in domestic violence shelters, homeless shelters, and maternity homes.” On the show is Carole Patrick who heads up Art and Soup and Chef Brian O'Malley of MCC who leads the culinary side...

If you’re a person that knows me well then you know that a cup of coffee is not far from my hand. We have great coffee shops around our area and I am thankful for small shops from Hawaii to Lebanon right back to Omaha.

Our guest is Autumn Pruitt owner of Hardy coffee which of course started as a bakery….. um what, yep bakery to coffee, cake to cup, and on the show we will talk about all of those things. Pour yourself a cup of wha...

There is a lot packed in this episode, get ready to get an overview of Rotisserie Urban Bistro from chicken to empanada, saffron rice, plantains and more. We are going to talk about one of my favorite cookbooks and two of my preferred recipes therein.

I’m going to get personal * GASP * with my cooking journey and I would love to hear about yours as well and we will close out our show with a quick note regarding an event at MCC Ins...

It's a new season and with a new season comes growth and as you know farmers make things grow. Growing is what Tim Fonfara of Omaha Urban Farmer does be that in the outdoors in his city surrounded ¾ acres or inside where microgreens pop up all year.

We're checking in on how the farm weathered the …um...weather. We talk a bit about how a person would get going on growing these greens and I learn about the difference between microgr...

Ok, ok, I may have been a bit greedy when seeking our guests on the show today. I’ve become quite curious on how cottage food production and pop-ups differ with rules and certifications etc. Additionally, our local food trucks and industry folks brought No More Empty Pots to my attention. We’ve had CEO Talia McGill on the show before to give us an overview of No More Empty pots. This episode also features Alisha Waugh who is the Ki...

Cups Cafe is BACK and No More Empty Pots is here to stay! Taila McGill is the President and CEO of No More Empty Pots a non-profit that provides an array of food based services to our community.

Rayn Tot heads up an extension of No More Empty Pots with the newly relaunched Cups Cafe. Talia and Rayn joined in studio to talk education, assistance and opportunity as well as what the brand new launch of Cups Cafe will entail. We had a...

Shaheen’s Afghan Cuisine brings the flavors of Afghanistan to Omaha, Nebraska and they now have two locations serving up Mantu (ground beef dumplings), Kabobs, Kabuli Pulao with its basmati rice and lamb shanks and more.

Shahen Shah leads this family centered restaurant and grocery. His two sons Omed and Waheed joined me in studio to talk about this flavorful cuisine and about Shaheen’s approach to serving its customers in a way t...

Sarah Baker Hansen recently wrote an article for the Flat Water Free Press titled “As food costs rise, local restaurants — and diners who support them — adjust to paying more” At a time when we’ve seen a lot of restaurant closures, this article might just ring true with a lot of owners and diners. Coincidentally, just hours before we went in studio a noted local restaurant that was even featured on Food Network announced it was clo...

When you hear Jordan Caniglia you might think that there is a good chance he has worked at or owns a restaurant in Omaha and you would be right! Caniglias A Mano has been serving up a thin crust style pizza for about 5 years and made a move to a larger location close to 72nd and highway 370 since their initial start.

Jordan joined us in studio to talk about pizza of course, but also challenges, and some of his influences. I like t...

How do you pack all of Naples Italy into a food truck? Well, you can start with a motivated Brazilian with Italian parents who found food was his passion, cooked at several restaurants, moved to the US to learn English then went over to Italy to study VPN pizza.

That person is John Anthony St. Patrick and that food truck is Spacca Naploi. I encountered this hot and fresh pizza and John Anthony when I went out for dinner and we con...

Cake! Stacey Leick of Buttered Marshmallow has reached quite a milestone for her bakery and for anyone in the restaurant/food industry and that is 5 years! She joined us in studio and per usual there were delicious treats in tow and an as of yet brand new item for a taste test.

We are going to talk about her progress, and maybe profiterole, oh and Paris too as Stacey took vacation but rolled that into learning about pastry. Stavcy...

You thought Candy Land was cool, well on this episode we’re heading to the candy lab! That candy lab is Sprinkk and the person that created Sprinkk is Tessa Porter and she is a candy scientist, engineer, business owner and she took time out of her day to allow the microphones in the lab.

This episode was a ton of fun to make as I really love to learn and each room of the lab offered that opportunity. This is a sweet episode indeed...

When Chef Jamil Bah-Traore reaches out and says something is happening you know it’s something good. Something good that somehow I was not aware of but we fixed that right up quick and that is Afro Fest! Afro Fest 2024 was held Labor Day weekend and brought food, culture, connection, and happiness to downtown Omaha. To give you the inside info about the start of Afro Fest and where the future is headed we have Chef Jamil of the Hou...

Take a moment and envision what you imagine you would see on the menu of a cafe in a car dealership…and then throw that right out the window the ‘63 split window. The Corvette Cafe, yes it’s located inside of a car dealership, but the menu is anything but stock. This more like the ZR1 customized version of as it travels the roads from scratch bread, and pizza, to in house made enchilada sauce as well as breakfast. We have Chef Ryan...

It’s a karate studio, it’s a legion, no it’s a BBQ brick and mortar serving brisket, ribs, sausage, mac and cheese, and more. We’ve got James Hawk, owner operator for J’s Smokehouse that you can find at 4725 S 96th street in Omaha on the show. I’ve been following along with J’s journey for a while, but this is the first time we’ve had James on the show.  We learn how he seasons his brisket and ribs, how long it takes to make one of...

Momo, the delicious Nepali dumpling, where’s a person to find one….or 12 in Omaha. That’s Kathmandu Momo station and on the show we have Sagar Gurung the man behind the momo in the Innerrail food hall and now a new location at 16th and Farnam downtown that is co-located with Cattle Call kitchen and cocktails . Additionally Sagar is a partner in Saffron Indian kitchen which has a beautiful interior paired with tasty food. We are goi...