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The FAMILY? Cast: Food & Music Is Life, Yes? Host, Dogwood & Saint Didacus Frontman Chef Josh Kemble "Cooks Up" Punk/Food & Drink Pairings (Tasting Menu, Part Deux)

Chef Josh Kemble at W.D. Dickinson: Farm, House, Mercantile (CREDIT: Epicurean San Diego)

I recently read and thoroughly enjoyed an interview NO ECHO founder Carlos Ramirez conducted with San Diego Punk/Hardcore frontman turned chef, business owner, and podcaster Joshua "Josh" Kemble. I was almost instantly intrigued and gave Josh a Follow on both Twitter (@thegrexican) and Instagram (@joshkemb,) who soon Followed me back. Before too long, Chef Josh & I connected on Twitter talking about potential food and drink pairings to accompany Praise's then-just released album, All In A Dream, which I was listening to one night whilst cooking dinner for my family. Chef Josh & I quickly started swapping ideas (and recipes) back-and-forth and soon landed on a scrumptious ideas for a collaborative feature for The Witzard.

I sent Chef Josh a Punk/Hardcore Spotify playlist I've been compiling in recent months, let him pick a handful of favorites, and, then, did some unique Punk food pairings, much like on his The FAMILY? Cast: Food & Music Is Life, Yes? otherwise known as The Punk Chef Pairing Podcast (@thefamilycast.) So, go check out Chef Josh's one-time band, Dogwood—featuring former Yellowcard bassist Sean O'Donnell—and his new Punk/Dadcore band, Saint Didacus. Cue up Chef Josh's second round of hand-picked tunes by EXCIDE, Knelt Before, The Callous Daoboys, SAMIAM, ILL COMMUNICATION & KOYO and enjoy his one-of-a-kind Punk food and beverage pairings down below the break!


EXCIDE - "PERDITION NOW" (New Mortality 'zine)

Appetizer: "Brunch Shots & Cones"

Savory waffle cone, sweet potato mash, fried chicken, beet honey.

"Brunch Shots & Cones" - CREDIT: Sam Wells (@swellscreative)

Beverage: Shot of milk (or almond milk) in an iced-over glass, chaser of Old Harbor Ampersand [Cold-pressed] Dark Coffee Liqueur.

Moving on to the full menu...


KNELT BEFORE - " 生 き る しか ない (LIVE WITH MYSELF)" (Earache Distribution/Wrecking Crew Records)

Menu Item: "The Ultimate Spread"

Charcuterie and artisanal cheese board, persimmons, rosemary crackerbread, togarashi-spiced almonds, pickled watermelon rind, fresh rambutan, roasted bell pepper and feta spread, multigrain baguette, honeycomb, marigolds, [and] barleywine mustard.

"The Ultimate Spread" - CREDIT: Jimmy (@gideonphoto)

Beverage: Burning Beard Brewing's New Fang American Pale Ale
N/A: Prickly Pear Arnold Palmer


THE CALLOUS DAOBOYS - "A BRIEF ARTICLE REGARDING TIME LOOPS" (MNRK Heavy/Modern Static Records)

Menu Item: "They Shouldn't Look Like Octopus Tostadas (Vegan)"

Compressed watermelon poke, mirin and sake reduction, citrus-poached golden beets, tamari-glazed persian cucumber, scallion, toasted sesame seeds, brown rice vinegar, calrose rice, garlic wontons.

"They Shouldn't Look Like Octopus Tostadas (Vegan)" - CREDIT: Sam Wells (@swellscreative)

Beverage: Beverage: Ketch Brewing Kamakura Rice Lager or Hitachino Red Rice Ale
Wine: Luis Pato Baga Natural


SAMIAM - "LIGHTS OUT LITTLE HUSTLER" (Pure Noise Records)

Menu Item: "Something There Between You"

White truffle risotto, kalamata, butternut squash, and pine nut-stuffed portobello, grana padano, truffle and maldon sea salt, bay leaf oil, parsley, [and] candied lemon peel.

"Something There Between You" - CREDIT: Chef Stevie G. (@herb_slayer)

Beverage: Burning Beard Brewing [Beard Blue Ribbon] (B.B.R.) Lager, tallboy can
Wine: Oaked Chardonnay


ILL COMMUNICATION - "A LECTURE IN SURVIVABILITY" (Safe Inside/Another City Records)

Menu Item: "Failures & M'Steaks"

30-day dry-aged ribeye, parsley and cilantro compound butter, confit garlic yukon gold smash, micro-amaranth, sherry vinegar and garlic-grilled broccolini, micro-chives, [and] shallot oil.

"Failures & M'Steaks" - CREDIT: Sam Wells (@swellscreative)

Beverage: Torched Citrus Old Fashioned, San Diego Distillery's 18 YR Canadian Rye [Whiskey]
Wine: Pick any red wine you've ever heard of; this dish has all the pairings!


KOYO - "TEN DIGITS AWAY" (Pure Noise Records)

Dessert: "Chef's Kiss"

Sugar Kiln Cookies: Dark chocolate black Oaxacan mole, mazapán Snickerdoodle, sea salt.

"Chef's Kiss" - CREDIT: Chef Lea Marie Dennis (@chefleamariedennis)

Beverages: Provecho! [Coffee Co.] Roasters Cafecito, Mezcal de Armadillo Negro Wild-grown Ancestral

Instagram: @sugarkiln, @provechocoffee, [and] @mezcales_armadillo_negro


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