Friday Found Treasures KRML Radio Broadcasts – 2023
Edible Monterey Bay contributing editor Mark C. Anderson and KRML general manager Jeff White discuss the local food scene every Friday at noon on KRML, 94.7FM.
You know how it goes. Two great things come together and elevate one another further.
Maybe it’s beer and barbecue, Santa Cruz beaches and gourmet deli sandwiches, or Monterey Bay sea bass and Salinas Valley Chardonnay.
Here it happens with KRML 94.7 and Edible Monterey Bay, with a regular radio collaboration that airs every Friday after 12pm noon to discuss all of the above combinations and a whole bunch more.
It’s a lot of fun, with a lot of great food-and-drink news, tips and revelations built in. Here appear archives of the FFT spots to date.
Friday, December 22
Found Treasures goes on a Puppy Santa mission, then pawses to talk best new non-restaurant restaurants of 2023.
Friday, December 15
The free flow on this Friday lacks a lot of sleep, but features awards that make FFT’s team proud.
Friday, December 8
If you can only grow one, what fruit or vegetable would you want to have on your island?” and other key epicurean queries, including, “When is it a good idea to be at a liquor store before noon?”
Friday, December 1
Wherein the Friday foodie crew cannonballs into a love for hot dogs and the top 6 frankfurter houses in the tricounty field.
Friday, November 17
The FFT squad takes it hard to the paint with a special Santa Cruz Warriors spotlight (and special SCW guest). That comes paired with where to eat around the arena and how to win free ice cream at the game.
Friday, November 10
Cheech and Chong have introduced a brand new made-in-Santa-Cruz vodka that transforms into a bong. This is not a drill (but it does come with a drill bit).
Friday, November 3
Talk turns centuries back, to November’s Native American Heritage Month, and ahead on how to eat in indigenous ways.
Friday, October 27
What would you cook in a kitchen showdown for your soul? (And how it connects Santa Cruz to our correspondent in the Big Apple.)
Friday, October 20
The power of great patio dining, tasty Esteban updates and double pizza news scoops make for only part of a loaded FFT.
Friday, October 13
#EmpanadasARElife by way of Fonda Felix in the Swift Street complex + other thoughts on the food to save us from alien invasion (plus Balefire Brewing debuts on East Cliff).
Friday, September 29
The most exciting play in baseball might surprise you, because it’s all about food. That’s the heart of this FFT, but it comes with four additional culinary curveballs.
Friday, September 15
Wait—lion’s mane lime pie popsicles? Santa Cruz Fungi healthy and unexpected flavors feature in prominently with this FFT, as does a goodbye to a DJ and farewell to a chef legend.
Friday, September 8
A special holiday installment of FFT. What’s the holiday? The arrival of the fall print edition, starring Chez Noir.
Friday, September 1
Breaking bread news for downtown Monterey and talking food-fueled road trips.
Friday, August 25
A report from a beach near the border hits on breakthrough sea moss products available at local farmers markets, plus a sandwich shop closure.
Friday, August 11
The #TreasuresTeam cracks open a major week of craft beer news (highs and lows are real), plus a look at the lost art of local Sunday brunch buffets.
Friday, August 4
Exploring the hidden world of Bigoli Pasta, tucked into an industrial street in Sand City and doing a wonderland of fresh ravioli, rigatoni and much, much more.
Friday, July 28
Who wants to eat at in a retirement community today?! Nobody? What if it was one of the cooler setups, and interesting new restaurants—yes, open to the public—of the last half year?
Friday, July 21
Toasting 2023 California Craft Beer Week with a look at some standouts, plus a flashback to Michelin awards night and local winners.
Friday, July 14
A tasty plunge into: deli sandwiches the size of battleships, community institutions, and the gift of not taking treasures for granted.
Friday, July 7
The FFT duo discusses what it’s like to have your favorite actor in a show get swapped out, and how that applies to an adored Monterey restaurant with new leadership.
Friday, June 30
Independence weekend leads to lessons on marriage, free beach concerts and tasty smoked fish in Santa Cruz. Great pizza and brunch too.
Friday, June 23
Treasure talk turns to fabulous adult watermelon popsicles, Moss Landing revelations and a blockbuster summer issue now on newsstands.
Friday, June 16
Wherein talks go to the dumps, and out to a breakthrough farmers market in Seaside, California, 93955.
Friday, May 12
A look at the art of the picnic, in honor of Mother’s Day, plus another Aptos news nugget and Fried Chicken Fridays.
Friday, May 5
A question for Jeff White and the congregation: What’s your favorite obscure kitchen tool? Answers to that and how a family-owned supply company presents a treasure accessible to the entire tri-county area.
Friday, April 26
How a hippie enclave 3,000 miles from California led to a tiny and hidden chocolate shop in Carmel-by-the-Sea.
Friday, April 21
A case will be made for the restaurant with the best salad selection in the entire tri-county area.
Friday, April 14
This installment testifies dreams can come true, by way of billiard hall cafe, restaurant rebirth and soil-to-spoon dining in Soquel.
Friday, April 7
The Found Treasures team talks drag brunch athleticism, Cannery Row changes and Dolores Street updates.
Friday, March 31
Great craft beer news for Carmel—starring synergies to salivate over—plus notes on a rebirth in Seaside.
Friday, March 24
The Treasures Hunt goes to a contender for the Best Restaurant Block on Monterey Bay for a surprising slice of cake.
Friday, March 17
Found Treasure talk turns toward clever home culinary tips and big-picture educational philosophy inspired by California Restaurant Foundation’s ProStart Educator of the Year, Imogen Erickson of Pacific Grove High.
Friday, March 3
JW and MCA talk about the many benefits of travel, three new Monterey Bay eateries and one great foodie newsletter by an Edible contributor.
Friday, February 24
A remote report ranges from pupusas to the incredible new Honey B Market to Ramen & Rolls in Seaside.
Friday, February 17
A double dose of community gems, one an Oldtown Salinas pizzeria-to-be with inspiring additions—namely, a banquet hall + tiki bar + concert venue (!?)—and the oldest of old school sandwich shops in Monterey.
Friday, February 10
Exploring the revelation that is Rudolfo’s Cafe in downtown Pacific Grove, where knockout desserts, sublime chicken and homemade pastas shine.
Friday, February 3
Golf somehow provides a way to introduce a glorious momo spot(?!) in Santa Cruz—River Cafe—where impressive salads, craft beer and authentic chai join the headlining Tibetan dumplings on the menu.
Friday, January 27
Seaside has a new taqueria with deep Salinas roots, which is good news for the “little town” and Fresno-like spots everywhere, as KRML’s JW and EMB‘s MCA discuss.
Friday, January 20
Friday, January 13
Wherein Jeff White and EMB’s MCA blaze through 17 news items, including opening restaurants, two pizza place debuts, a great place to get crab and real life in Capitola.
Friday, January 6
This one moves fast! Because the 18 Best Non-Restaurant Restaurants of 2022 present a lot to digest in a short—but mucho tasty—timespan. With bonus quick bites to boot.
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