Faturday Omaha

Cooking Pizza On Izzy’s Pizza Bus

What’s it like to be in a live lunch service and cook pizza on Izzy’s Pizza bus? You’re about to find out as we complete our adventure from dough to customer with head pizza dude Brett Geiger on Vincent the Bus.
In the process you’ll learn the inside the bus details on ingredients, topping methods, and experience a day in the life of a food bus owner. You’re about to hang with Cherish, Marcus, Lauren, Steve, Brett, and me as we make things happen, oh… and I got to create my own pizza the Redline!  
Hang on to your fork and listen if you’re hungry!

Ryan Barry of WillieDogs

Hyper-local, this is a word that I heard on National Hot Dog Day back in 2022 and that term was heard from the voice of Ryan Barry of Willie Dogs. At that time Wille Dogs was a cart/popup concept focusing on creating a hot dog to represent Omaha. Since that time Ryan has gone to culinary school, kept the cart going, and more recently opened a brick and mortar location. He has continued to focus on using local ingredients to make his food embracing his concept of hyperlocal and love for his city of Omaha and he’s on our show!
Hang on to your fork and listen if you’re hungry!Find more info after you listen at https://www.williedogs.com/ 

Making Dough With Brett Geiger of Izzy’s Pizza Bus

Do you like pizza, cheese, a crispy edge, fluffy inside, and want to know how Detroit style pizza dough is made? You’re in luck because on this episode you are in the kitchen with myself and Izzy’s Pizza Bus owner Brett Geiger as we put together his signature dough.
Brett’s dough is an open book, literally, his notebook with the recipe was open the whole time and he shared details, ingredients, and technique with me and therefore with you! Step into where the magic starts for this crafted crust featured on Diners Drive-Ins and Dives and now on our podcast.
 
Hang on to your fork and listen if you’re hungry!

Making Pancit with Maria Villegas of Ono Pinay Kitchen

Learn how to make pancit with me! Let’s say you enjoy Filipino food like I do, but you don’t have a Filipino friend or relative to help you learn how to make this delicious food. Don’t worry, you and I are going to learn how to make pancit, the filipino noodle dish, with Maria Villegas the owner and chef at Ono Pinay Kitchen located at 2221 Madison St, Bellevue, NE. 
Maria, provided her time and expertise to help you and I learn how to make pancit. She trusted me with her traditional style wok and offset spatula in hand, so...
Hang on to your fork and listen if you’re hungry!

Making Donuts At Square Donut

We are making donuts! We took the mics to Square Donut located at 15825 W Maple in Omaha to learn from owner Elizabeth Pooley, son Jack Pooley, and the Square Donut crew of AJ and Victor for behind the scenes on how they make that signature glazed, raised square. You’re right there with us from mix to mouth, because you know I got one fresh off the line, and learn with me along the way. There’s a lot of work by many people in the night time hours to make sure you have a fresh sweet with your coffee in the morning.  
 
Hang on to your fork and listen if you’re hungry!

Virtuoso Pizza

TJ and I have had this food many times, we’ve even had the owner on the show, but somehow we haven’t had a food overview of Virtuoso Pizza yet. Let’s fix that right now. Virtuoso is found at 6056 Maple St. and we are talking pizza of course, topping load outs, eating strategies as there are many ways to plan your visit or don’t plan at all and choose your own adventure.
Speaking of that I created quite the curated single slice eating move. Come along with us to the slice, pasta, and Italian beef shop that is Virtuoso and of course...
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Eidref Laxa of the What’s Good Dough? podcast

We've got Eidref Laxa from the What's Good Dough? podcast on the show!
He has taken on a journey focusing on his own gathering of knowledge of all things round, rectangle, flat, puffy, stretched, and panned. More than that Eidref, has created something that has contributed beyond himself sharing, as he says, Pizza. Business. Life. with the world.
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Like Faturday Omaha, he is connecting with food and there is a lot more here than just a tasty pizza. This is a fantastic conversion so, hang on to your fork and listen if you’re hungry!Find more about us on social (FB, Instagram, X, TikTok, Threads) or at https://www.faturdayomaha.com/
 
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Mi-Ya Mata of Dry Spokes

Ice, ingredients, cocktail shaker, then that sound of my na-cktail at Dry Spokes being shaken my Mi-Ya Mata. She along with Leah Wright own this bar at 1901 Leavenworth in Omaha serving up a full suite of non alcoholic drinks or na-cktails as they are known at Dry Spokes.
We are at the bar and we are going to get into how these drinks are created, mixed, and throw back three right on the show and you are right there with us!
Hang on to your fork (and your glass) and keep listening if you’re hungry!

Faturday Omaha at Lincoln’s Pub

We’ve got a tasty stop to bring to you today located in Council Bluffs and that is the wood fired goodness that is Lincoln’s Pub 157 W Broadway, Council Bluffs.
Having enjoyed the food at Lincoln’s numerous times from dining in early on, then parking lot dining during tougher times, it was nice to step back in and experience the food within.
Lincoln's, has a fun vibe with interest at every table, attention to ingredients, and that living breathing oven in the back. TJ and I are going to get into apps, pizza, and sandwiches and I look forward to you joining us.
 
Hang on to your fork and listen if you’re hungry!

Jamil Bah-Traore House Of Bah Foundation

I first encountered Chef Jamil Bah-Traore when I read his kind words about fellow Omaha Chef Wilson Calixte of Le Voltaire . This episode and conversation reveals Jamil’s heart, connection to his family, and sincere passion for helping raise awareness of African food in addition to helping immigrants succeed in finding a career in food and hospitality. Not only that, but in our hub of food excellence that is Omaha, Chef Bah-Traore’s House of Bah foundation has received a grant from the Jacques Pepin foundation in recognition of his mission of helping others. I learned so much and I’m happy to bring our talk to you. 
Hang on to your fork and listen if you’re hungry!