By Dalhousie Gazette Staff
For more than six years Mat Dunlap and Dave Ewenson – co-founders of local record label Just Friends – have invited you into their kitchen, and you’ve invited them into yours. Let’s Get Baked, the cooking show that welcomes you musicians, and hilarity into Dunlap’s Allan Street apartment has been a CKDU staple since 2004. Soon, much to the chagrin of local vegans who crave soup recipes, CKDU will be retiring the show.
“Time to hang up our aprons,” says Dunlap “This has been an extremely busy year for us with some of the others projects we do.”
No kidding. With signed acts such as Brent Randall, The Stance and Laura Peek, the Just Friends label is quickly becoming a local music powerhouse. Add in the fact that Ewenson drums in a fistful of bands, and Dunlap designs websites for some of Canada’s best indie acts, and you’ve got a recipe for more than just soup; you’ve got a recipe for success. But if you love Let’s Get Baked so much that your copy of The Gazette is now stained with eye-brine, relax. Mat and Dave are planning on releasing a cookbook! “We’ve been planning it out for a few years now,” says Dunlap. “Basically, we’re planning on taking all of the recipes, tips, tricks and facts that we’ve learned over the years and putting them together as a book.”
Tips and tricks they’ve picked up from the likes of Brian Borcherdt, Julie Doiron and Buck 65.
“We’ve already talked to many of our past guests, and they’re all game for contributing. We hope to make it action packed.” And what’s more: “We also want to get some talented local artists to help us make it visually mind blowing, so that you can enjoy reading it even if you don’t cook.”
But you’ll want to cook, and what you cook will be primarily vegan – and wholly delicious.
“We’ve made a lot of fun recipes over the years,” says Ewenson. “A fire cracker cookie.” It’s exactly what it sounds like: a cookie strapped to a small explosive. “A chocolate mountain fountain that spits syrup, a skull carved out of seiten that spits sweet and sour sauce. Those dishes would fall under the category of concept recipes.”
There will also be plenty of regular old dishes if your palate hates experiments. Just in case you’re illiterate and have asked your friend to read you this article, CKDU will still air LGB reruns “during the coveted 4 a.m. to 6 a.m. time slot,” Ewenson jokes. “Sorry we couldn’t do it more, but after six years we realized that volunteering is for suckers.”
If that’s not the fond farewell you’ve been looking for, Dunlap offers something a littler friendlier: “Don’t be afraid to have some fun in the kitchen and experiment a bit. And of course,” he adds, referencing a long running joke on the show: “drink more maple syrup.”
You can check out Let’s Get Baked on CKDU 88.1 FM, Thursdays at 5 p.m. Or, look up the Just Friends roster at http://www.justfriends.ca.
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