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  • West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Blue Moon Spirits Fridays 19 Dec 25
    Dec 19 2025
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    Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Republicans abandoned Trump in DC as they shut down Congress on the day Trump feared the most when the Epstein files are required to be released by law. Except it won’t, as required by the King.

    Then, on the rest of the menu, CBS News staffers were spared an end-of-the-year all-hands meeting with MAGA Bari Weiss, after the much-hyped town hall with Merry Widow Erika Kirk produced poor ratings and criticism from conservative news outlets; an unvetted ICE leader has been locked up in the same jail where he’d sent ICE prisoners after attempting to strangle his girlfriend earlier this month; and, the head of the US agency for enforcing workplace civil rights urged white men to come forward if they have experienced race or sex discrimination at work.

    After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the British government said it is investigating a “cyber incident” following news reports that hackers linked to China have gained access to thousands of confidential documents held by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office; and, Brazil’s lower house removed Bolsonaro’s son and a former intelligence agency head from their seats.

    All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

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    “Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy profession, and a large number of its practitioners spend many nights drowning their sorrows in Ouisghian Zodahs.” ― Douglas Adams "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"






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  • West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays 18 Dec 25
    Dec 18 2025
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    Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump's political crash test dummy and head of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, imploded under sworn testimony.

    Then, on the rest of the menu, Amazon has been conning school districts out of millions of dollars; the Trump-caused national penny shortage has one Washington state local government seeking a federal fix; and, days after an MIT nuclear plasma physicist was murdered, Trump Media is set to merge with a nuclear fusion company in an all-stock deal valued at more than $6 billion, coincidence?

    After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where German prosecutors charged eight members of a right-wing extremist group with attempted murder; and, with Opus Dei-adjacent Dolan stepping down, Pope Leo named fellow Chicagoan, Bishop Ronald Hicks, as the new archbishop of New York.

    All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

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    “Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue their own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.” -- The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 5, 1851










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  • West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Smothered Benedict Wednesdays 17 Dec 25
    Dec 17 2025
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    Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, polls show Trump’s popularity is 'in the toilet.'

    Then, on the rest of the menu, five Oregon farmworkers were released after their ICE detentions were deemed unlawful; the head of California’s Department of Motor Vehicles said that if the carmaker does not correct its “misleading” branding of “Autopilot,” Tesla will be blocked from selling cars in the state; and, absences at a Texas school system soared to almost sixty percent when a measles outbreak hit.

    After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Britain launched a review into foreign financial interference after a British former member of the European Parliament was jailed for taking Russian bribes; and, a Brazilian cardinal ordered a popular Catholic priest to go offline following right-wing attacks.



    All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!

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    “It may be safely averred that good cookery is the best and truest economy, turning to full account every wholesome article of food, and converting into palatable meals what the ignorant either render uneatable or throw away in disdain.” - Eliza Acton ‘Modern Cookery for Private Families’ (1845)






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  • West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays 16 Dec 25
    Dec 16 2025
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    Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Judge Kollar-Kotelly issued a late night order excoriating the Trump DOJ for gaming the system and filing late arguments at the last minute to avoid complying with her order concerning the capricious prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey.

    Then, on the rest of the menu, California has hired ex-CDC leaders who were purged under Trump; a Trump Media deal with a crypto firm exposes his major conflicts of interest; and, Trump says the White House ballroom construction is a matter of undisclosed national security and the lawsuit by the National Trust for Historic Preservation has no standing.

    After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a US judge ordered the release of an Iranian bodybuilder after nearly five months in ICE detention; and, a Dominican judge ordered prison for seven officials accused in a $250 million government corruption scheme.

    All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

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    “As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.” -- Ernest Hemingway "A Moveable Feast"





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  • West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy River City Hash Mondays 15 Dec 25
    Dec 15 2025
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    Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a federal judge ordered the Trump Administration to explain by 5pm ET today, how it can demolish the East Wing and build a 90,000 square foot golden ballroom in its place, without obtaining any public comments, Congressional approval or approval from four different boards.

    Then, on the rest of the menu, US tariffs are having an uneven effect on holiday prices and purchases; Affordable Care Act enrollees say expiring subsidies will hit them hard; and, Utah repealed the ban on collective bargaining for teachers, firefighters and police unions.

    After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Serbia organized crime prosecutors charged a minister and others in connection with a Kushner-linked project; and, a Russian court declared the punk protest group Pussy Riot is an ‘extremist organization.’All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

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    "I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help." -- Julia Child





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  • West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Blue Moon Spirits Fridays 12 Dec 25
    Dec 12 2025
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    Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, “we are ALL Abrego Garcia and this is a fight over due process and the power of a federal judge to provide a remedy for constitutional injuries.”Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump’s plot to put an image of his favorite president on National Park passes turns ugly; the Oregon Nurses Association alleges ICE is allowed to dictate patient care at Portland’s Legacy Emanuel Hospital; and, a small school district in Vermont was hit with racist death threats after a Somali flag was put up in response to Trump referring to Minnesota’s Somali community as “ garbage.”

    After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Chinese whistleblower now living in the US is being hunted by Beijing with help from US tech; and, cut off by their banks and even iced out by Alexa, International Criminal Court staffers sanctioned by Trump remain resolute.

    All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

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    “Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy profession, and a large number of its practitioners spend many nights drowning their sorrows in Ouisghian Zodahs.” ― Douglas Adams "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"






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  • West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays 11 Dec 25
    Dec 11 2025
    Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays is now available on the Spreaker Player!

    Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Canada is building an army reserve force of 300,000 to protect its homeland as Trump’s threats accelerate.

    Then, on the rest of the menu, a federal judge temporarily blocked enforcement of a DHS order prohibiting "unusual noise" near a government building in Eugene, Oregon; Open AI and Microsoft face a lawsuit over ChatGPT’s role in a Connecticut murder-suicide; and, Trump has purged so many government statisticians, informed decisions about everything from the nation’s economy to its demographics is at risk.

    After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Zelenskyy will hold urgent talks with 30 countries as Trump pushes for an unconditional surrender with Russia; and, a strike called by Portugal’s two main trade unions has severely disrupted travel, forcing the cancellation of medical appointments, school classes along with government and municipal services, including trash collection.







    All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

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    “Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue their own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.” -- The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 5, 1851









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  • West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Smothered Benedict Wednesdays 10 Dec 25
    Dec 10 2025
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    Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump gave a terrible speech in front of a tiny crowd at a casino ballroom in Pennsylvania.

    Then, on the rest of the menu, a federal judge vacated Trump’s January 20 executive order blocking wind energy projects and declared it unlawful; Trump got a participation award from FIFA and then his MAGA DOJ decided to abandon a soccer TV rights corruption case; and, a Wisconsin judge refused to step aside as requested by Trump’s former attorney who faces a felony election forgery charge from the fake electors scheme in the battleground state.

    After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Cuba sentenced a former economy minister to life in prison for espionage; and, Google faces a new antitrust probe in Europe over content it uses for Artificial Intelligence.



    All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

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    “It may be safely averred that good cookery is the best and truest economy, turning to full account every wholesome article of food, and converting into palatable meals what the ignorant either render uneatable or throw away in disdain.” - Eliza Acton ‘Modern Cookery for Private Families’ (1845)

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