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- The Only Thing I Don't Like to Eat? Peas. Also... Nato Beans.
A true icon in Maine's diverse and ever-growing restaurant scene, Yarmouth native Joe Ricchio wears many hats: he is the food editor at Maine Magazine, wine and beverage specialist at SoPo Wine Company and now the host of successful web-based series Food Coma TV.
Through experience, dependability and his gregarious personality, Joe is a well-known and respected presence in the food community. In 2007 he founded the legendary Portland Death Match—a series of dinner parties where local restaurant notables cook together around a theme—for themselves. His relationships in and out of Maine have put him on the radar of Andrew Knowlton, restaurant editor of Bon Appétit, Andrew Zimmern host of Travel Channel’s "Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern," and Anthony Bourdain, author of “Kitchen Confidential” and host of “No Reservations.”
But Joe's passion for service transcends his work in restaurants. Alex Steed, founder of the sustainable dinner series Why Food Matters and producer of Food Coma TV writes: "Joe is an extremely thoughtful, wonderfully generous character who bends over backwards to accommodate, give, and go out of his way to be charitable."
Joe's latest venture, 'Food Coma TV' sprang forth from his well-received blog 'Portland Food Coma'. The new web miniseries follows Joe and a rotating cast of friends through various locations within Maine. The show, which just wrapped its first season, has already gained major attention and guest appearances by world-renowned chefs Anthony Bourdain and Eric Ripert.
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- I'm excited to say that I've got a new show in the works called "Off the Wagon with Joe Ricchio." Here we go Boston......
- Rewatching The Wire is not the most effective method of time management..
- There is simply nothing more painful to watch than actors and actresses who attempt to use their characters' singing parts as a chance to show off what a great vocalist they are in "real life." Its amazing how what was formerly a decent film can turn into American Idol in a matter of minutes..
- Just the sound of the show "Girls" coming from the other room is enough to make me want to jump out of our 4th floor window....
- My advice to those with food trucks? Never own a restaurant that you can get a DUI in..
- One wrong turn = 15 minutes out of the way and a $5 toll to get back? Fuck you Fuck You Fuck You Fuck You
- Ice Cream & Klonopin... Feeling just fine..
- "The first duty of everybody in life is to realize that they're a piece of shit. Selfish and self-centered and not very good. You're willing to sacrifice 20 thousand people in another country just so you can go to a Wings concert. You sacrifice the lives of a hundred thousand Chinese female babies just so you can rent this f'ing camera and do your stupid art project. No problem! You're a piece of shit. Once you realize you're a piece of shit it's not so hard to take. Because then you don't have this feeling that you're a good person all the time. And let me tell you something, feeling that you're a good person all the time is like having a brand new car with no scratches on it. It's a real responsibility which is almost impossible to live up to. Being a piece of shit and then occasionally doing something that's good and true is a much easier place to be. I think that's really important and I always try to raise my kids to understand that they're not that terrific. And that not being that terrific, that's okay 'cause most people who say that they're terrific, Bill Clinton, Cardinal Egan, anybody you want to talk about, they're not so terrific. Martha Stewart, they're not so beeping terrific either. And there's nothing wrong with being not-so-terrific. In fact, it's what the whole ballgame is about, being not-so-terrific... and accepting it." - Kenny Shopsin
- Fairies Wear Boots..
- The worst thing about Game of Thrones is that any episode has to end.....