Food & Friendship

<p>This episode features our friends, chef Jasper White & chef and author, Annie Copps. They’ll each share a cranky yet funny story about food and friendship––and sealing the deal over a wonderful meal. </p><p><strong>Jasper White </strong><i>- How A Cranky Diner Became My Best Friend</i></p><p>Chef Jasper White is credited nationally with reviving and re-inventing the regional traditions of New England Cooking. He spent much of his childhood on a farm near the Jersey Shore and credits his love of good food to his Italian grandmother. </p><p>In 1983 Jasper's Restaurant opened on Boston’s historic waterfront. Both Chef and restaurant received numerous awards and were featured extensively in national and local media. In 1990, Jasper was given the James Beard Award for Best Chef, Northeast. Jasper took time to spend with his three young children, as well as write two cookbooks: Lobster at Home (Scribner 1998) and Fifty Chowders (Scribner 2000). His first book, Jasper White's Cooking from New England, had been published in 1989.  All three books received various awards and critical acclaim. </p><p>In 2000, Jasper White surprised people. He opened <a href="https://www.summershackrestaurant.com/"><i>Jasper White's Summer Shack</i></a><i>, </i>in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Where <i>Jasper's Restaurant </i>had been quietly elegant and formal, <i>Summer Shack </i>is a loud, energetic clam shack.  – a Mecca for seafood lovers. After more than 45 years in the hospitality and seafood business, Jasper has recently hung up his apron and retired. He now lives most of the year in Cape Cod with his wife, Kathleen, and dog, Buster. </p><p><strong>Annie Copps </strong>- <i>Singles Awareness Day</i></p><p>"Valentine’s Day can be a real clunker for a single person. Twenty years ago I made the mistake of going out for Sunday brunch the morning after Valentine’s Day. You’ve heard of a marijuana haze? This was a post-coital haze. Everyone else in the restaurant had just rolled out of bed with their partner. That’s when I decided to start