Faturday Omaha

Art and Soup 2025 with Carole Patrick and Brian O'Malley

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 of the roughly 20 restaurants that bring soup for a cause that the public can experience.
Oh, I bug Chef for some cooking tips while we’re at it. Hang onto your fork, listen if you’re hungry, and connect with food!

Hardy Coffee with Autumn Pruitt

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 whatever delicious you dig and then...
Hang onto your fork and get ready to connect with food!

Rotisserie Urban Bistro A Cookbook A Pizza And More

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 Institute for the Culinary Arts that resulted in an award winning Chef and a heartfelt evening of family. 
Hang onto your fork listen if you’re hungry and connect with food!

Omaha Urban Farmer Season Update

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 microgreens and sprouts and taste some carrot and cilantro micros on the mic. 
Hang onto your fork stay , listen if you’re hungry, and connect with food!

Startups and Pop-ups The Commissary Kitchen at No More Empty Pots

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 Kitchen Coordinator of No More Empty Pots’ commissary kitchen. She so kindly addressed all of my questions and I look forward to you listening to our conversation and adding new knowledge to your repertoire.     
Hang on to your fork, stay right where you are and Faturday will be right back. Get ready to connect with food!

Cups Cafe and No More Empty Pots

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 great conversation and I look forward to you enjoying and learning as I did.    
Hang on to your fork, stay right where you are and Faturday will be right back. Get ready to connect with food!

Shaheen's Afghan Cuisine with Omed and Waheed Shah

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 to help them feel welcomed like they would be in Shahen’s home country.
I absolutely love our wide variety of cuisines available right here in Omaha, and right here on our show you are in for great conversation so hang on to your fork and listen if you’re hungry!

Sarah Baker Hansen Food Cost Rise

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 closing.  We talked about the article, the varied factors affecting restaurants, and more including a local spot serving soup dumplings. 
Hang on to your fork and listen if you’re hungry. !

Caniglia's A Mano With Jordan Caniglia

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 that you can try out the pizza a slice at a time to experience all of the toppings and I hope that you…
 Hang on to your fork and listen if you’re hungry.  
You can find Caniglia's A Mano info here https://www.canigliasamano.com/ 
 

Spacca Napoli with John Anthony

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 connected afterward to talk all things pizza. Oh and he does handmade Mozzarella and brought some in studio!
Hang on to your fork and listen if you’re hungry!