Interviews with...
Jurgen Gothe
 DiscCookery
Jurgen Gothe
The DiscDrive: 20th Anniversary Cookbook from CBC Radio. For
CBC Disc Drive lovers, a great opportunity to come and celebrate with one of
radio's
most beloved hosts.
CB: The
first album/CD/eight track you bought?
JG: My first 45 was Rebel Power by Dwayne Eddy, first 78 was Orange
Blossom Special, and first album was Strings by Starlight. All bought
a Flemy's Music Shop in Medicine Hat.
CB: What was your first car?
JG: A black 4-door 1945 Chevy
CB: Your favourite junk food?
JG: Sausage and Egg McMuffins
CB: What kitchen
gadget or piece of equipment can't you live without?
JG: A corkscrew!
CB: Your favourite ingredient,
or food?
JG: I could never give up cheese.
CB: Most over-rated ingredient, or food?
JG: Extra-virgin olive oil, also truffle oil.
CB: What was the first cookbook you used?
JG: The Joy of Cooking
CB: Your favourite authors, doesn't have to be cookbook
authors?
JG: Christopher Moore, Lee Child, Carl Kiasson
CB: Your favourite city?
JG: For restaurants: London England. Sir John's for meat,
French House in Soho, Fiona's on Church Street. For food: Tuscany.
CB: What is your greatest extravagance/indulgence?
JG: Vintage Port, and really ridiculously good expensive single
malt whisky.
CB: Your favourite movie?
JG: Breakfast a Tiffany's.
CB: What was your first job?
JG: On the radio in the American sector of Berlin in 1952. I
was sporadically on a kids program on Saturdays, it wasn't
really regular.
CB: What kind of music do you like?
JG: Yes! I mean I have 15,000 CD's. I just bought The Little
Willys, new Neil Young.
CB: Your favourite sports team?
JG: The Vancouver Canucks
CB: Your pet peeve when dining out?
JG: The service - it's either too attentive or
not attentive enough
CB: Your favourite drink?
JG: A Gin Martini, made with Hendricks or Plymouth gin flavoured
with rose petals.
CB: If you could change one thing in the food & wine
industry what would it be?
JG:
CB: Who
has been the biggest influence on your career?
JG: Which career? I was in radio at an early age so it was trial
by fire. For writing, MFK Fisher and Supper of the Lamb by Robert Capon.
CB: What four people, alive or dead, would you invite to
dinner? (assuming you would invite your significant other to have six around
the dinner table!)
JG:
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