This week the “Pop Life” panel, Master SommelierJennifer Huether, Deli King Zane Caplansky and restaurateur Grant van Gameren, weigh in on the food industry and the expectations among ‘foodies.’
Film critic and pop culture historian Richard Crouse shares a toast with celebrity guests and entertainment pundits every week on CTV News Channel’s all-new talk show POP LIFE.
Featuring in-depth discussion and debate on pop culture and modern life, POP LIFE features sit-down interviews with celebrities from across the entertainment world, including superstar jazz musician Diana Krall, legendary rock star Meatloaf, stand-up comedian and CNN host W. Kamau Bell, actor and best-selling author Chris Colfer, celebrity chef Jeremiah Tower, and many more.
Watch all new shows every Saturday at 8:30 pm on Saturday or 2:30 pm on Sunday on the CTV NessChannel! (channel 1501 on Bell Fibe, 62 on Rogers) AND on CTV midnight on Saturday nights. Also, check your listings for airings on Bravo and Gusto.
Richard welcomes “Top Chef” judge Gail Simmons to “Pop Life.” In this quick excerpt they discuss how she became one of America’s best known food writers.
Film critic and pop culture historian Richard Crouse shares a toast with celebrity guests and entertainment pundits every week on CTV News Channel’s all-new talk show POP LIFE.
Featuring in-depth discussion and debate on pop culture and modern life, POP LIFE features sit-down interviews with celebrities from across the entertainment world, including superstar jazz musician Diana Krall, legendary rock star Meatloaf, stand-up comedian and CNN host W. Kamau Bell, actor and best-selling author Chris Colfer, celebrity chef Jeremiah Tower, and many more.
Watch all new shows every Saturday at 8:30 pm on Saturday or 2:30 pm on Sunday on the CTV NessChannel! (channel 1501 on Bell Fibe, 62 on Rogers) AND on CTV midnight on Saturday nights. Also, check your listings for airings on Bravo and Gusto.
Richard sits in on Zane Caplansky’s “Let’s Eat” radio show with Southern Accent restaurant owner Frances Wood to talk about the legendary restaurant’s new location at 839 College Street in Toronto and his days spent working at the original location as a waiter.
There was a time when there were Jewish delis on almost every street corner in New York. As richly textured as the matzo-ball soup, kreplach and pastrami may have been, they didn’t just provide nourishment for the body, but for the soul as well. These days with fewer than 150 left in the United States director Erik Anjou set out to preserve the culture in a documentary called “Deli Man.”
There are many deli men profiled in the doc, including Canada’s own Zane Caplansky, but the focus is on third-generation deliteur (my word, not his) Ziggy Gruber. He’s a New Yorker through and through who grew up learning at the elbow of his father and grandfather. The twist is that his deli, one of the best in the US, isn’t in NYC but Houston, Texas. Gregarious and passionate about the food, Gruber is an evangelist for the deli tradition and a convincing one. He’s a living testament to the deli rules of buy good food, prepare it well and always be a mensch.
Legendary deli’s like NYC’s Katz’s, 2nd Avenue Deli, Carnegie, the Stage and Los Angeles’s Nate ‘n Al’s round out the picture of a cultural tradition that is about so much more than just food. A visit to Montreal’s fabled Schwartz’s Deli would have been the pickle on top, but as it is “Deli Man” is a delicious look at how delis have influenced not only what we eat, but why we eat it.
This week the “Pop Life” panel, Master Sommelier Jennifer Huether, Deli King Zane Caplansky and restaurateur Grant van Gameren, weigh in on the food industry and the expectations among ‘foodies.’
