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CERTIFIED HUMANE | AMERICAN HUMANE

You may have seen American Humane certification logos on a number of foods that you have purchased, but may not have known what that meant. We took some time to chat with Dr. Robin Ganzert President and CEO of the first and oldest organization that focuses on animal welfare whether it's in the movie and film industry or when you're selecting your proteins for your next meal!

Their focus is to ensure that ranchers and farmers are abiding by the standards that they have set with scientists and ethicists that they work with. This job focuses on over 1 billion animals in the world and they continue to look for ways to ensure that they have a humane and better life. In addition, they recently released a cookbook The Humane Table: Cooking with Compassion which not only has a number of recipes to enjoy during the holiday or everyday, but it features producers who have this certification which you can make note of as you shop for your next meals.

ATHLEISURE MAG: You are the President and CEO of American Humane, the country’s first national humane organization and the world’s largest certifier of animal welfare. Can you tell us about what this organization is and what the focus is?

DR. ROBIN GANZERT: Well American Humane was actually founded way back in 1877 so we’re almost 150 years old for our nation’s oldest national humane organization and you know us through our rescue work, our work with the military for service dogs and in particular, with Wounded Warrior – you know us through our work to protect animals in Hollywood’s Film and Television sets.

But you also know us through our farm animal program which was the very first of its kind and the largest in the entire world! We have uplifted the humane treatment of farm animals by ensuring that scientists and ethicists are actually providing standards for farmers and ranchers to aspire to and that’s part of the animal humane certified program!

AM: Wow! What are your roles and responsibilities that you do?

DR. RG: I am the CEO of American Humane, so I get the pleasure of actually overseeing this incredible organization. I wear that heavy mantle of responsibility to ensure that animals around the world have a better and more humane life. So when people, ask me what I do, I lead the compassion movement around the world! I have the opportunity to actually motivate and inspire people to be a voice for the animals. That’s one of the reasons why we created The Humane Table: Cooking with Compassion, so that we could open up that conversation about what it means to be humane on our nation’s farm and ranches and now we can celebrate every season being humane.

AM: What does it mean to be American Humane Certified?

DR. RG: To be American Humane Certified means that farmers and ranchers voluntarily agreed to subscribe to over 200 point standards for each type of animal in food production. So when you think about this, it’s 200 standards that ensure animal welfare is uplifted and is determined to be humane. Those standards are coming from the world’s top leading scientists and ethicists who actually determine what it is to be humane. So it’s rooted in solid science and then American Humane ensures that those standards are upheld on farms and nations around our great country. Again, this is the #1 program of its kind and in fact, if you eat a caged free egg which I hope you do enjoy, 90% of the entire cage free egg marketplace is American Humane Certified and we just recently did a survey and we wanted to see if this was a value set – cooking with compassion – that consumers connected with. So we did a survey and we found that 67% of those respondents said that they would want humanely raised products and 70% said that they would choose an American Humane Certified product over one that wasn’t certified. So it tells me that many people and families are coming across their dining room table and are sitting there having discussions about whether or not their protein is ethically sourced and humanely raised. That’s why this program exists and it provides consumers with assurances that animals were humanely treated and importantly, I think that it shows values across our entire civilization and indeed our communities.

AM: Well, I know from a personal standpoint, I have always wanted to make sure that I was eating things that were raised responsibly and having that element.

Obviously it’s always been something that we have promoted! I had no idea that what you guys do, also goes into the film industry as well! This is a massive job!

DR. RG: Yes, we’re the largest certifier of animals around the entire world. I go to bed every night worries about 1.2 billion animals under our care through certification programs, through rescue and other initiatives that we do around the world. 1.2 billion. But yet, my wonderful mother always reminds me there are billions more that need to be certified by American Humane, protected by our science and evidence programs and that’s my mission and that the mission of everyone who works at American Humane.

AM: Tell us about the Humane Table: Cooking with Compassion and what are some of the recipes that are in there that are perfect for the upcoming holiday season?

DR. RG: Thank you for asking! Many of the recipes are from my home, so it’s a very personal effort and I love to cook and entertain and I always love to bring up the topic of what it is to be humane by what we are enjoying on our dining room tables. It’s an important value set and to be able to have those conversations across generations is critical.

So the Humane Table for Thanksgiving holidays would include an incredible Butterball turkey that I will be serving. It’s actually roasted with a beautiful whole butter and citrus sauce. It’s gorgeous, herbs are on the side and it’s a beautiful centerpiece for anyone’s dinner table. I love love love the roasted vegetable and tomato souffle! This features Eggland's Best eggs in it. It’s gorgeous and it makes a great vegetable offering. For every night, there are incredible recipes such as Crispy Pan Roasted Chicken – it’s easy to make and gorgeous. I also again, love to have appetizers like these Pesto Deviled Eggs that I love to make, Sheep Cheese Bruschetta that’s delicious and makes for a great tray when you have guests over during the holiday season for cocktails and beautiful appetizers. The Sheep Cheese Bruschetta is incredible! But this holiday season, I’m changing it up! No more Pecan or Pumpkin Pies for my house! We’re going to do a Carrot Cake so that everyone gets their own mini cake. They’re gorgeous and it’s American Humane certified in terms of the butter and all of the goodies in that beautiful Carrot Cake. So for our Humane Table, we love to celebrate cooking with compassion and having those conversations with people that we entertain – families and friends.

AM: Why was it important for you to create this cookbook and although this is the 1st one, will there be future ones as well?

DR. RG: You betcha on future cookbooks! Actually, there are so many recipes that we want to share with our families and friends and again, it’s about celebrating what is humane and ethically sourced and raised proteins. So there will definitely be more and more cookbooks. But as I look at this wonderful opportunity to celebrate the holidays, we see this as a way to celebrate every holiday season and every day with what it means to be humane. So there are great recipes that are here and there will be another volume in a year or two or so and there’s much for us to do that we can celebrate.

AM: What is the process of giving certification to farmers, ranchers and food producers? If someone is in the food space/food supply chain and wants to have this certification, how do they go about getting that from you?

DR. RG: I love that question, thank you! Farmers and ranchers volunteer to be American Humane Certified. They come to us, they agree to comply to the 200 point standard sets that are created by leading scientists and ethicists. They contact our farm team and our farm team is happy to schedule conversations to showcase what those 200 point standards are and you can visit our website at AmericanHumane.org to see our standards for the Humane Heartland, for our Farm Program and you can actually see what it is to be humane for a chicken, for a cow and it’s wonderful. We’ve also recently launched Aquaculture. There’s a lot of fish in our diet recently and so we do have some salmon recipes in the Humane Table and we’re looking forward to certifying Aquaculture! Those animals and all animals deserve humane life and that’s our mission and we’re here to oversee and to make sure that that happens.

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AWARDS SEASON | CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS 2023

The nominations are in for the 28th Critics Choice Awards takes place on Jan 15th which will be hosted by Chelsea Handler on The CW. We always enjoy seeing what takes place during Awards Season as we get into the thick of things. As always, we’re sharing our predictions which are italicized, those that are the winners are in bold and those that we guessed correctly that won, they will be italicized in bold.

BEST PICTURE

"Avatar: The Way of Water"

"Babylon"

"The Banshees of Inisherin"

"Elvis"

"Everything Everywhere All at Once"

"The Fabelmans"

"Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery"

"RRR"

"Tár"

"Top Gun: Maverick"

"Women Talking"

BEST ACTOR

Austin Butler -- "Elvis"

Tom Cruise -- "Top Gun: Maverick"

Colin Farrell -- "The Banshees of Inisherin"

Brendan Fraser -- "The Whale"

Paul Mescal -- "Aftersun"

Bill Nighy -- "Living"

BEST ACTRESS

Cate Blanchett -- "Tár"

Viola Davis -- "The Woman King"

Danielle Deadwyler -- "Till"

Margot Robbie -- "Babylon"

Michelle Williams -- "The Fabelmans"

Michelle Yeoh -- "Everything Everywhere All at Once"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Paul Dano -- "The Fabelmans"

Brendan Gleeson -- "The Banshees of Inisherin"

Judd Hirsch -- "The Fabelmans"

Barry Keoghan -- "The Banshees of Inisherin"

Ke Huy Quan -- "Everything Everywhere All at Once"

Brian Tyree Henry -- "Causeway"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Angela Bassett -- "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever"

Jessie Buckley -- "Women Talking"

Kerry Condon -- "The Banshees of Inisherin"

Jamie Lee Curtis -- "Everything Everywhere All at Once"

Stephanie Hsu -- "Everything Everywhere All at Once"

Janelle Monáe -- "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery"

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS

Frankie Corio -- "Aftersun"

Jalyn Hall -- "Till"

Gabriel LaBelle -- "The Fabelmans"

Bella Ramsey -- "Catherine Called Birdy"

Banks Repeta -- "Armageddon Time"

Sadie Sink -- "The Whale"

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

"The Banshees of Inisherin"

"Everything Everywhere All at Once"

"The Fabelmans"

"Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery"

"The Woman King"

"Women Talking"

BEST DIRECTOR

James Cameron -- "Avatar: The Way of Water"

Damien Chazelle -- "Babylon"

Todd Field -- "Tár"

Baz Luhrmann -- "Elvis"

Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert -- "Everything Everywhere All at Once"

Martin McDonagh -- "The Banshees of Inisherin"

Sarah Polley -- "Women Talking"

Gina Prince-Bythewood -- "The Woman King"

S. S. Rajamouli -- "RRR"

Steven Spielberg -- "The Fabelmans"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Todd Field -- "Tár"

Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert -- "Everything Everywhere All at Once"

Martin McDonagh -- "The Banshees of Inisherin"

Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner -- "The Fabelmans"

Charlotte Wells -- "Aftersun"

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Samuel D. Hunter -- "The Whale"

Kazuo Ishiguro -- "Living"

Rian Johnson -- "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery"

Rebecca Lenkiewicz -- "She Said"

Sarah Polley -- "Women Talking"

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Russell Carpenter -- "Avatar: The Way of Water"

Roger Deakins -- "Empire of Light"

Florian Hoffmeister -- "Tár"

Janusz Kaminski -- "The Fabelmans"

Claudio Miranda -- "Top Gun: Maverick"

Linus Sandgren -- "Babylon"

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Hannah Beachler, Lisa K. Sessions -- "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever"

Rick Carter, Karen O'Hara -- "The Fabelmans"

Dylan Cole, Ben Procter, Vanessa Cole -- "Avatar: The Way of Water"

Jason Kisvarday, Kelsi Ephraim -- "Everything Everywhere All at Once"

Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy, Bev Dunn -- "Elvis"

Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino -- "Babylon"

BEST EDITING

Tom Cross -- "Babylon"

Eddie Hamilton -- "Top Gun: Maverick"

Stephen Rivkin, David Brenner, John Refoua, James Cameron -- "Avatar: The Way of Water"

Paul Rogers -- "Everything Everywhere All at Once"

Matt Villa, Jonathan Redmond -- "Elvis"

Monika Willi -- "Tár"

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Ruth E. Carter -- "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever"

Jenny Eagan -- "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery"

Shirley Kurata -- "Everything Everywhere All at Once"

Catherine Martin -- "Elvis"

Gersha Phillips -- "The Woman King"

Mary Zophres -- "Babylon"

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP

"Babylon"

"The Batman"

"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever"

"Elvis"

"Everything Everywhere All at Once"

"The Whale"

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

"Avatar: The Way of Water"

"The Batman"

"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever"

"Everything Everywhere All at Once"

"RRR"

"Top Gun: Maverick"

BEST COMEDY

"The Banshees of Inisherin"

"Bros"

"Everything Everywhere All at Once"

"Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery"

"Triangle of Sadness"

"The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent"

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

"Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio"

"Marcel the Shell with Shoes On"

"Puss in Boots: The Last Wish"

"Turning Red"

"Wendell & Wild"

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

"All Quiet on the Western Front"

"Argentina, 1985"

"Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths"

"Close"

"Decision to Leave"

"RRR"

BEST SONG

"Carolina" -- "Where the Crawdads Sing"

"Ciao Papa" -- "Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio"

"Hold My Hand" -- "Top Gun: Maverick"

"Lift Me Up" -- "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever"

"Naatu Naatu" -- "RRR"

"New Body Rhumba" -- "White Noise"

BEST SCORE

Alexandre Desplat -- "Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio"

Michael Giacchino -- "The Batman"

Hildur Guðnadóttir -- "Tár"

Hildur Guðnadóttir -- "Women Talking"

Justin Hurwitz -- "Babylon"

John Williams -- "The Fabelmans"

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KITCHEN THERAPY | KATIE LEE BIEGEL

It's all about the approach to food whether you're making it or enjoying it. We've been fans of Katie Lee Biegel for a number of years as we love how she simply enjoys telling her story through food. With a hectic holiday season upon us, we wanted to chat with her to talk about her love of food, being a co-host on The Kitchen, partaking in Kitchen Therapy as a form of self-care and her thoughts on her bestselling book being turned into a film on the Hallmark channel!

ATHLEISURE MAG: When did you realize you wanted to work in food?

KATIE LEE BIEGEL: I don’t consider myself a chef, I consider myself a home cook that likes to share what I know. I grew up in my Grandma’s kitchen. I’ve always been cooking my whole life and I realized that I could make it a career, probably 20 years ago when I was in college. I started thinking that this was what I wanted to do and I have been fortunate enough to be able to make it my life’s work and it’s also my hobby and I love to cook!

AM: Which is awesome and we always love seeing you in different shows as you make food so approachable. Love seeing you on The Kitchen, what drew you to want to be on that show?

KLB: Oh gosh, The Kitchen is a dream come true! We’ve been doing that show for almost 10 years now! It’s the best thing that ever happened to me professionally. Those are my people and we have such a good time, we have become family. But it’s also our viewers as well. We have such a loyal following and I love hearing from our viewers on social media. Especially at this time of year, the holidays are when everyone is in the kitchen, everybody is cooking and it's our busiest time. I really believe in making and cooking with an enjoyable experience with people. It doesn’t have to be stressful. I teamed up with Sub-Zero, Wolf and Cove for this Kitchen Therapy initiative which I am so into. I like during the holidays to carve out some me time and to go to the kitchen. It's actually my form of self-care by having those moments of peace in the kitchen when everything else about the holidays can be chaotic.

AM: I love that you say that. I never thought of self-care happening in the kitchen so when I heard about it, I knew that I wanted to know more about this as we’re all about wellness and bringing self-care to other areas, so why not here? Tell me more about your partnership with Sub-Zero, Wolf & Cove.

KLB: I learned that 95% of Americans find cooking to be calming. That actually surprised me because you hear a lot of people getting stressed out about food and what they are cooking. I think when it comes to holiday cooking especially, it’s about making a game plan and carving out that time in your schedule as opposed to waiting until the last minute. I always wait to the last minute to buy gifts and then I’m totally stressed. I got the kitchen part down, I just need to get the gift buying part down and maybe I would have a stress free holiday!

I think that when you can carve out that time and get in the kitchen, whether you’re putting on your favorite music or turning on a holiday movie that you love to watch while you cook or open a bottle of wine if you like. It’s about having that time that’s yours. For me, I get that sense of contentment that I am cooking for my family and loved ones. It makes me feel good, especially if I’m not in a rush.

AM: Why do you think it’s so important that we all need to find ways to do Kitchen Therapy?

KLB: Well I mean, food is what nourishes our bodies right? When you’re taking the time to cook good nourishing food, I think that you’re going to feel good about it. I just did a renovation and I’m here in my kitchen in NYC.

AM: Which is beautiful!

KLB: Thank you! I got my favorite appliances. I got my Sub-Zero fridge, I got my Wolf Range Oven and my Cove Dishwasher. I think that having those appliances that really do their jobs effectively and efficiently makes me feel a sense of ease as well in the kitchen.

AM: Well how can we make cooking an escape from the stress? What are tips that you suggest? Someone such as yourself has already adopted it, but what can people do that makes it a lot easier for them?

KLB: I’m a big believer in making lists. If it’s not written down, I don’t remember it. So I write out my menu, I write out everything that I am going to need to buy at the store and I shop in advance. I know that the refrigerator is going to keep things fresh so I do a lot of cooking in advance as well. Whether it’s making my dressing a couple of days ahead of time and storing it in there. I have a bread pudding back there on the stove. Bread pudding is a fantastic dessert to make in advance, to keep it in the fridge and then to pop it in the oven before dessert time. I can’t stress enough to plan ahead before the holidays.

AM: What are some of your favorite recipes to make especially with these amazing appliances that you have?

KLB: Oh some of my favorite recipes! I’ve got so many! I always look forward to making my Thanksgiving turkey. Some people are intimidated by the turkey, we always joke that it’s a big chicken! Again, allow yourself some time with the turkey.If you have a frozen turkey, allow yourself 1 day for every 5lbs to thaw in your refrigerator. Then I like to do an herb butter under the skin and I do a dry brine and put it back in the refrigerator and then I let it sit out for an hour to come to room temperature before putting it in the oven. Then it’s going to need a good hour to rest after it has come out of the oven. So think about what time you want to start serving your Thanksgiving dinner and work backwards from there.

AM: What plans do you have for the holiday season and what does Katie Lee’s kitchen serving and doing?

KLB: We’ve got a jam packed holiday season! We moved into our new place in the city and we invited my husband’s family to come for Thanksgiving. He has a big family and we’ve got a lot of plans! So, I definitely have to cook in advance. We’ve got plans to go to the Museum of Natural History, we’re going to do a pizza party at one of our favorite places the night before Thanksgiving so that I’m not cooking the night before Thanksgiving. We’re going to the Thanksgiving Day Parade and then we’ve got plans to see the Radio City Rockettes. We’ve got all kinds of plans. We’re going to do a Chinatown night – super excited for it! But I’ve been thinking a lot about our meal and how I am going to time that out. I’m actually going to start cooking on Mon of Thanksgiving week.

AM: Wow! That’s smart!

You’re also the Executive Producer for the Hallmark film, Groundswell which is based on your bestselling debut novel. How exciting has this been for you to be part of this and to see your book become this whole other thing?

KLB: I enjoyed working with Hallmark so much. It was really a dream come true to see my book become a film and it had been a really long time. That book came out in 2011 and I certainly wasn’t expecting that in 2022, to have it become a movie! So it just goes to show that anything can happen!

AM: Exactly!

What are you excited about for the upcoming year as we’re closing this one out which seems crazy to say! Is there anything that we should keep an eye out for?

KLB: I’m really focused on my daughter, I have a 2 year old and she’s going to nursery school this year, so I’m really enjoying all of the things with her school and participating in holiday events with her. As far as professionally, continuing on with The Kitchen, we are in production all year long so I’m constantly writing recipes for The Kitchen and I’d like to do something again in the scripted world. So we’ll see if it’s another movie or if I start writing another book. I’m not exactly sure, but I want to be able to get those creative juices flowing again! I think that when we first become moms, it’s like that part of your brain turns off, because you’re so focused on your child, your baby and now she’s getting to the point where I can begin to start thinking of other things!

AM: Does she help you in the kitchen as well?

KLB: She loves to be in the kitchen and she definitely helps a lot in making messes!

AM: Every little bit helps and that’s why you plan as you know there will be 20mins of “uh-oh!”

KLB: There’s definitely some extra clean up, but it’s so worth it and so much fun!

Katie Lee Biegel is known for having the perfect recipe and especially during the holiday season, she wanted to share her Pumpkin and Chocolate Croissant Bread Pudding that she was talking about that could be made ahead and then heated up when friends and family come over for holiday festivities!

PUMPKIN AND CHOCOLATE CROISSANT BREAD PUDDING

Ingredients

• Nonstick cooking spray, for the baking dish

• 6 large eggs

• 3 cups half-and-half

• 1 cup canned pumpkin puree

• 1/2 cup sugar

• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt

• 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

• 6 chocolate croissants, cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces

• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

• Whipped cream or vanilla ice cream, for serving (optional)

• Hot fudge sauce

• Caramel sauce

Directions:

1. Spray an 8-inch square baking dish with nonstick cooking spray; set aside.

2. In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, half-and-half, pumpkin, sugar, salt, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon and vanilla. Add the croissant pieces and chocolate chunks and toss to coat. Transfer to the prepared baking dish. Press the mixture down into the pan. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour to overnight to allow the liquid to be absorbed.

3. Preheat the oven to 350° F.

4. Bake until golden brown, 40 to 45 minutes. Serve hot with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream, if desired. Drizzle with hot fudge sauce and caramel sauce.

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TALES OF THE MOCKTAIL | CHEF JORDAN ANDINO

We always love catching up with Chef/Restaurateur Chef Jordan Andino of big Flip Sigi here in NYC! In addition to bringing Filipino flavors and a great personality that you can see on a number of his shows, he is always working on his latest project that is bound to be exciting!

We caught up with him ahead of his newest show he's hosting on Netflix, Cook at All Costs on Dec 16th, to talk about his partnership with Allstate! The rise of mocktails has increased for those that don't drink alcohol or are the designated driver. He shares a recipe with us as well as how you can enter to win a limited-edition Allstate Good Sips mocktail kit with ingredients, tools and more. The kits are available in limited quantity via sweepstakes now through Dec 8th and you can enter and find out more on their Instagram post!

ATHLEISURE MAG: Obviously you know we are fans of yours and we loved having you as our NOV ISSUE 2018 cover as well as other times you’ve popped up! What is it about the holiday season that you love?

CHEF JORDAN ANDINO: Well listen, I love a lot of things obviously hearing your voice and seeing you again! But really for me, the best thing about the holidays is the fact that you get to be with people and you know, just really celebrate life and celebrate relationships that have really been building throughout the year. Because of that, a lot of people don’t realize that you’re sharing a lot of these times together and you really want to keep the roads safe and that’s why I’m here because Allstate has this legacy for safe driving advocacy and we’ve seen a big growing rise in popularity of mocktails. So they took that and used this climate to help promote safe driving for the entire holiday season.

AM: That’s great to hear and it’s crazy how the mocktail scene has just increased in general whether it’s restaurants adding more interesting cocktails or destinations that only serve them. What can you tell us about mocktails in general for those that may not be familiar with this?

CHEF JA: Ok, so everyone, mocktails is a cocktail without the alcohol. So let’s just put that out there. So then everyone says, why would you have a cocktail without the alcohol? Because! What a lot of people don’t realize is that you drink a cocktail because it will give you a head buzz and it will make you feel all loopy and whatever, but you know what? That’s not the main point! It’s because it’s a social drink and it’s fun to have a cocktail and to be out with people. So now, the alternative to cocktails and in this case, mocktails, are being made so that people can still be out, socialize, enjoy everything that is around you with other people, but all the while ensuring that you will get home safe.

So here, the Allstate Mocktail Collection gives people non-alcoholic options to enjoy not just now during the holidays, but year around as well.

AM: I know that you have created some signature mocktails. What do you suggest that we can have with our friends and family?

CHEF JA: There’s 3 of them that I created. So the 1st one is the 10 and 2. It’s an alcohol free version of an Old Fashioned. Then there’s the Silver Sage, a festive gin inspired one with cranberry, sage and a serrano pepper simple syrup, soda water and of course a sage leaf as a garnish. But the one that I am going to show you is the most important one which is this one right here. This is the Safetini. It’s like a non-alcoholic take on a classic Martini in this beautiful Allstate Blue.

I’m going to make it for you and it’s pretty simple! All you have to do is start with this lovely shaker which I need you to ask me about later so that we can touch on this. You have this shaker with a little bit of ice in it and what we’re going to do is we are going to take one measurement of the blue Curaçao syrup – this is going to give you the sweetness that you need in a drink and it also gives you that blue and a bit of aromatic. Then you're going to have another pour of the lime juice. The lime juice is really going to help you balance the entire drink and to make it delicious and then we’re going to take some mint. The mint has some elements that is two fold it will keep you concentrated, but not just that. It will also keep your drink minty fresh and delicious. So now we’re going to put on the lid and we’re going to shake and now it feels like I’m just the bartender making you drinks like we did before when you came to the restaurant. So take the lid off after shaking and you get that amazing Allstate Blue. Now we’ll top it off with a bit of soda water and there’s your drink with some cranberries right inside and of course a nice sprig of mint to really drive that home – it’s so delicious.

AM: Definitely looks like a fun drink and it’s great that you brought the point home that grabbing a drink is a social type of thing and whether you don’t drink alcohol at all or you are the designated driver, you still want to feel like you have something fun and Instagramable that you can take a picture of but knowing that there isn’t alcohol in there.

You were talking about this shaker – what’s going on with that?

CHEF JA: Ok I appreciate that pitch right there! Starting today, you can visit Allstate’s Instagram page for a chance to win a limited edition Good Sip Mocktail Kit. It comes with all of the ingredients and of course, the highlight of it is this amazing golden shaker! It’s so pretty and it’s perfect for the holidays. You can mix everything and anything in here and it’s a great way to serve up drinks and all the while, there’s no booze in here which means all of the roads are going to be safe thanks to Allstate.

AM: Love that and because I know you’re always on the move and have something going on – you have Flip Sigi, you’ve opened up various locations and you’re always on Food Network as a judge or a host, you’re hosting Cook at All Cost which is coming up on Netflix next month, what can you tell us about this show?

CHEF JA: That’s right! I’m very fortunate, very happy, very grateful! It’s called, Cook at All Costs and it airs on Netflix on Dec 16th – 8 episodes that will be released internationally to every Netflix account in the world! It’s a cooking competition, 3 home cooks are given $25,000 to start at the beginning. They go through 2 rounds that are 45 mins each and they use that money to bid on ingredients that will help them elevate their dish. Then the trick is, whatever money they don’t spend is the money that they take home if they win! It’s a fun kind of strategic part of it. I’m the chef and I go into auction mode so – I’m the chef, I’m the host, I’m the auctioneer and it’s so much fun and I can’t wait for y’all to see it.

AM: That’s super exciting is there anything else that you want us to keep an eye out for? I’m waiting to see when you’re going to be making a cookbook!

CHEF JA: Ok listen, unfortunately cookbooks take 2 years! Believe me, cookbook is in the works! If you really want to know, I have another restaurant opening in the West Village it’s called Carriage House. I’m really excited and it’s actually American Home Style fine dining and we’re launching that right after Thanksgiving! So stay tuned for that as well. It’s a busy busy year!

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AWARDS SEASON | GOLDEN GLOBES 2023

The nominations are in for the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards. The awards will takeplace on Jan 10th on NBC and Peacock. As always, we’re sharing our predictions which are italicized, those that are the winners are in bold and those that we guessed correctly that won, they will be italicized in bold.

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

ELVIS (Warner Bros)

THE FABELMANS (Universal Pictures)

TÁR (Focus Features)

TOP GUN: MAVERICK (Paramount Pictures)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

CATE BLANCHETT   TÁR

OLIVIA COLMAN   EMPIRE OF LIGHT

VIOLA DAVIS   THE WOMAN KING

ANA DE ARMAS   BLONDE

MICHELLE WILLIAMS   THE FABELMANS

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

AUSTIN BUTLER   ELVIS

BRENDAN FRASER   THE WHALE

HUGH JACKMAN   THE SON

BILL NIGHY   LIVING

JEREMY POPE   THE INSPECTION

BEST MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

BABYLON (Paramount Pictures)

THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (Searchlight Pictures)

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (A24)

GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY (Netflix)

TRIANGLE OF SADNESS (Neon)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

LESLEY MANVILLE   MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS

MARGOT ROBBIE   BABYLON

ANYA TAYLOR-JOY   THE MENU

EMMA THOMPSON   GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE

MICHELLE YEOH   EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

DIEGO CALVA    BABYLON

DANIEL CRAIG    GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY

ADAM DRIVER    WHITE NOISE

COLIN FARRELL    THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN

RALPH FIENNES    THE MENU

BEST MOTION PICTURE – ANIMATED

GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S PINOCCHIO (Netflix)

INU-OH (GKIDS)

MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON (A24)

PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH (Universal Pictures)

TURNING RED (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

BEST MOTION PICTURE – NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE (FORMERLY FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT   (GERMANY)  (Netflix)

ARGENTINA, 1985   (ARGENTINA)  (Amazon Prime Video)

CLOSE   (BELGIUM / FRANCE / NETHERLANDS)  (A24)

DECISION TO LEAVE   (SOUTH KOREA)  (MUBI)

RRR   (INDIA)  (Variance Films)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE

ANGELA BASSETT    BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER

KERRY CONDON    THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN

JAMIE LEE CURTIS    EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

DOLLY DE LEON    TRIANGLE OF SADNESS

CAREY MULLIGAN    SHE SAID

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE

BRENDAN GLEESON   THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN

BARRY KEOGHAN   THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN

BRAD PITT   BABYLON

KE HUY QUAN   EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

EDDIE REDMAYNE   THE GOOD NURSE

BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE

JAMES CAMERON    AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER

DANIEL KWAN, DANIEL SCHEINERT    EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

BAZ LUHRMANN    ELVIS

MARTIN MCDONAGH    THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN

STEVEN SPIELBERG    THE FABELMANS

BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE

TODD FIELD    TÁR

DANIEL KWAN, DANIEL SCHEINERT    EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

MARTIN MCDONAGH    THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN

SARAH POLLEY    WOMEN TALKING

STEVEN SPIELBERG, TONY KUSHNER    THE FABELMANS

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE

CARTER BURWELL   THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN

ALEXANDRE DESPLAT   GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S PINOCCHIO

HILDUR GUÐNADÓTTIR   WOMEN TALKING

JUSTIN HURWITZ   BABYLON

JOHN WILLIAMS   THE FABELMANS

BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE

“CAROLINA” — WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING
    Music by:    Taylor Swift
    Lyrics by:    Taylor Swift

“CIAO PAPA” — GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S PINOCCHIO
    Music by:    Alexandre Desplat
    Lyrics by:    Roeban Katz, Guillermo del Toro

“HOLD MY HAND” — TOP GUN: MAVERICK
    Music by:    Lady Gaga, BloodPop, Benjamin Rice
    Lyrics by:    Lady Gaga, BloodPop

“LIFT ME UP” — BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
    Music by:    Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Göransson
    Lyrics by:    Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Göransson

“NAATU NAATU” — RRR
    Music by:    M.M. Keeravani
    Lyrics by:    Chandrabos

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

BETTER CALL SAUL   AMC+/AMC

THE CROWN   NETFLIX

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON   HBO MAX

OZARK   NETFLIX

SEVERANCE   APPLE TV+

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

EMMA D'ARCY   HOUSE OF THE DRAGON

LAURA LINNEY   OZARK

IMELDA STAUNTON   THE CROWN

HILARY SWANK   ALASKA DAILY

ZENDAYA   EUPHORIA

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

JEFF BRIDGES   THE OLD MAN

KEVIN COSTNER   YELLOWSTONE

DIEGO LUNA   ANDOR

BOB ODENKIRK   BETTER CALL SAUL

ADAM SCOTT   SEVERANCE

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

ABBOTT ELEMENTARY    ABC

THE BEAR    FX

HACKS    HBO MAX

ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING    HULU

WEDNESDAY    NETFLIX

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

QUINTA BRUNSON   ABBOTT ELEMENTARY

KALEY CUOCO   THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT

SELENA GOMEZ   ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING

JENNA ORTEGA   WEDNESDAY

JEAN SMART   HACKS

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

DONALD GLOVER   ATLANTA

BILL HADER   BARRY

STEVE MARTIN   ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING

MARTIN SHORT   ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING

JEREMY ALLEN WHITE   THE BEAR

BEST TELEVISION LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

BLACK BIRD   APPLE TV+

DAHMER - MONSTER: THE JEFFREY DAHMER STORY   NETFLIX

THE DROPOUT   HULU

PAM & TOMMY   HULU

THE WHITE LOTUS   HBO MAX

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES, OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

JESSICA CHASTAIN   GEORGE & TAMMY

JULIA GARNER   INVENTING ANNA

LILY JAMES   PAM & TOMMY

JULIA ROBERTS   GASLIT

AMANDA SEYFRIED   THE DROPOUT

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES, OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

TARON EGERTON   BLACK BIRD

COLIN FIRTH   THE STAIRCASE

ANDREW GARFIELD   UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN

EVAN PETERS   DAHMER - MONSTER: THE JEFFREY DAHMER STORY

SEBASTIAN STAN   PAM & TOMMY

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

JENNIFER COOLIDGE   THE WHITE LOTUS

CLAIRE DANES   FLEISHMAN IS IN TROUBLE

DAISY EDGAR-JONES   UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN

NIECY NASH   DAHMER - MONSTER: THE JEFFREY DAHMER STORY

AUBREY PLAZA   THE WHITE LOTUS

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

F. MURRAY ABRAHAM   THE WHITE LOTUS

DOMHNALL GLEESON   THE PATIENT

PAUL WALTER HAUSER   BLACK BIRD

RICHARD JENKINS   DAHMER - MONSTER: THE JEFFREY DAHMER STORY

SETH ROGEN   PAM & TOMMY

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL-COMEDY OR DRAMA TELEVISION SERIES

ELIZABETH DEBICKI   THE CROWN

HANNAH EINBINDER   HACKS

JULIA GARNER   OZARK

JANELLE JAMES   ABBOTT ELEMENTARY

SHERYL LEE RALPH   ABBOTT ELEMENTARY

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL-COMEDY OR DRAMA TELEVISION SERIES

JOHN LITHGOW   THE OLD MAN

JONATHAN PRYCE   THE CROWN

JOHN TURTURRO   SEVERANCE

TYLER JAMES WILLIAMS   ABBOTT ELEMENTARY

HENRY WINKLER   BARRY

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On today's Athleisure Kitchen, when it comes to celebrating a major moment or the fact that you just got through the day, sparkling wine and Champagne is our go-to. There's something about opening the bottle and the act of pouring it for yourself or others. Just in time for the holiday season, we caught up with Jen Pelka who knows a thing or two about this beverage. We chatted with her to find out how she found her way into food and her path to this bubbly beverage. She shares how she came about launching her much talked about The Riddler which had locations in San Francisco and NY and her latest venture, Une Femme. We dig into how this wine empowers, collaborates with others and gives back to charities that benefit women. She also gives us some tips on how we can pair these wines with dishes and how we can purchase them when gifting it to others as a gift or a thank you for inviting us to dinner.  

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