GREAT TASTE presents four courses of Italian delights in a live broadcast from the At Home Store.  The show features one hour of a cooking class sponsored by SOFIA-the Society of Fairfield Italian Americans.

Here's a rundown of the menu:

Antipasto-Herbed fresh cheese balls in a roasted tomato sauce

Primo-Pasta with chard, kale, and beet greens

Insalata-Raw kale and braised beets with toasted pecans and orange segments

Dolce-Parmigiano Reggiano "gelato" with aged balsamic vinegar, apple slices, and toasted nuts

We may add a dish or two as the show goes along.  Catch us on the live stream if you aren't local by clicking in the "Playing On Air Now" box at the top left of the KRUU home page. 

WARNING:  EAT BEFORE LISTENING AS THIS SHOW WILL DEFINITELY CAUSE HUNGER PAINS.

James Moore talks with Koplant_ No saxophonist Joel Vanderheyden on a live call-in interview Thursday at 1pm CST.

Based out of Iowa City, Joel and Koplant_No, will be performing in Fairfield this Saturday, March 13th at 8pm in Morning Star Studio on the square.

The group is a forward-thinking ensemble that incorporates elements of jazz, electronic music, and progressive rock, and whose influences include Radiohead, Telefon Tel Aviv, Michael Brecker, Beck, J Dilla, Garbage Factory and Happy Apple.

Michael Linenberger is being called the "Efficiency Guru". He's a renowned speaker, teacher, and consultant, and author of four top-selling productivity books, including Total Workday Control Using Microsoft Outlook, the #1 bestselling book on Microsoft Outlook for four years running.

His new Master Your Workday Now! Proven Strategies to Control Chaos, Create Outcomes & Connect Your Work to Who You Really Are focuses on managing email and task lists, maximizing productivity, and finding your "life's work". Monica Hadley and Caroline Kilbourn are looking forward to welcoming Michael Linenberger this Friday at 1pm on KRUU.

William Butler Yeats

From Wikipedia

Inspiration is a funny thing: It can appear out of nowhere, at any time. If you were ever wondering what it would be like to listen to two hours of radio that was specifically designed for listening while in a hot tub, well, now you have it. I cannot say that there are any songs about bathing, there are not. Nor are there any songs about jacuzzi's, or bubbling water, or crowds of people drinking wine...uh, in a, uh, pool. Nevertheless, I have gleaned a spark of inspiration from the thought of sitting with key individuals in my life, in a swirling bath of 102 degree water, sipping a hydrating bevarage of some form or another. After my opening theme song of 'All Around You', we will kick it into high gear with 'When I'm 64', by The Beatles. Listen also for Fleetwood Mac, Badly Drawn Boy, Elvis Costello, and Cracker to highlight suite one. After a lubricious first half, suite two will commence with 'Show and Tell' by Al Wilson, an old r&b classic.

(Read below for URL link to play list) World-class UK musicians William Orbit and Zero 7 band and its affiliated artists will take center stage for the entire program.  DJ Andy Bargerstock has been zealousy cherishing this week's program for three years.  If you have followed Fringe Toast, you may recognize some of these tracks.  But, on this night, they are assembled into a marvelous fabric of endorphin-rich flavors.  DJ Andy first discovered William Orbit (photo) around 1990 when he purchased a used LP by the group, Torch Song, Orbit's early collaboration with vocalist Laurie Mayer.  The first hour of this program will display the electronic music mastery of Orbit through his solo work and work with vocalists, Laurie Mayer and Beth Orton.  In the

This weeks show highlights music from the 2010 Academy Award winning and nominated Scores. 'UP' by Michael Giacchino, to my surprise, was awarded the best score. You'll also hear selections from the nominated scores: Best Picture Film Winner 'THE HURT LOCKER' scored by Marco Beltrami, Hans Zimmer's 'SHERLOCK HOLMES', Alexandre Desplat's 'FANTASTIC MR. FOX' and James Horner's 'AVATAR'.  A selection from 'DISTRICT 9', 'STAR TREK' and 'JULIE & JULIA' will be included and as an added bonus Danny Elfman's 'ALICE IN WONDERLAND' score will be previewed.

Tune in and catch the best film music choices over the last year and go out & catch the films in the theaters or DVD. Wed 3-4pm right here on KRUU.

1pm / According to Food Democracy Now's Dave Murphy, decades of biased farm policy and unchecked corporate mergers have driven independent family farmers out of business and created powerful corporate factory farms and agribusiness giants that now dominate the market. Today our food system is controlled by only a handful of multinational corporations - corporate giants like Monsanto, Dupont, Cargill, Tyson and Smithfield. Without little or no competition, these giants determine what kind of food you buy and how farmers produce it.

It's hard to believe, but Jimi Hendrix, one of the most influential guitar players of all time, only released three albums of studio material plus one live album in his lifetime.  Since then, of course, at least a dozen times that many albums have been released, mostly bootlegs of live recordings and unfinished odds and ends.  Hendrix himself called it:  "It's funny how people love the dead.  Once you're dead, you're made for life."

This week brings us Valleys of Neptune, the first officially released Hendrix studio album in forty years, featuring twelve tracks recorded mostly between February and May of 1969, including new arrangements of signature Hendrix songs "Fire" and "Stone Free" and a studio version of live favorite, "Sunshine of Your Love."

Robert and Daphne Cook. Mr. Robert Cook is the President of the National Indian Education Association and is the Principal of Pine Ridge Reservation High School in Jackson County South Dakota. Ms. Daphne Cook is the Executive Director of the Alliance of Tribal Tourism Advocates.

Mr. Kevin Clawson is the president of the non-profit, Reach the Children. Reach the Children provides underprivileged children opportunities for self-reliance by strengthening families and communities. They operate in fourteen countries throughout Africa. http://www.reachthechildren.org/