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West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy

By: Roy Justice Putnam
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 West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially Special Daily Specials; River City Hash Mondays, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays & Blue Moon Spirits Fridays!

Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam serves up a cornucopia of abundance in The Bistro Cafe with "All The News That's Fit To Read" and "In This Reporter's Opinion," a lively, humorous and astute analyses on the issues of the day, along with spirited discussions at the "Chef's Table" with politicians, pundits, celebrities, musicians, authors, filmmakers, academics and leaders of the New Media.

Bon Appétit!

First a road manager and occasional back-up singer for the rock group, Cottonmouth in the mid-70's, Justice Putnam then re-emerged with the Laguna Beach Free Poets briefly, part of the Los Angeles Art/ Performance/ Poetry/ Dance/ Punk movement during the early 80's. He then performed solo shows, as a member of Meta-4 and later with Chris Watkins of Hoi Poloi and also Preacher Boy & The Natural Blues, as well as with Jimmy McAllister of Rabbit Choir at such venues as Gorky's in Los Angeles, Beyond Baroque in Santa Monica, Cafe du Nord and Biscuits and Blues in San Francisco, Freight and Salvage and The Bison Brewing Company in Berkeley, The Sweetwater in Mill Valley, and also at music festivals in France, Belgium, Germany, California and Oregon. His poetry and prose has been published in Elektrum Magazine, Vol. No. Magazine, American Poetry Anthology, Literatus World Review, Berkeley Daily Planet and other academic, small press, print and online journals.

A scholar-athlete in his youth, Justice Putnam worked as an orderly, an emergency room technician, a Roustabout and a Production Operator at an oil refinery. He taught History and English in private schools briefly, while coaching football and track. He was a fruit and vegetable inspector for the California State Department of Agriculture and a stone mason building free standing moss stone walls in Marin and Sonoma Counties. He has been a theater light designer, an actor, a surfer, deep-sea fisherman and a Grinder on a racing yacht. He was the co-host with the chanson francaise impresario, Simon Dray, on his "Fm/French Connection Bistro Radio" broadcast from KUSF 90.3 in San Francisco for over a decade.

Justice has also traveled around the world, living for short times in France, Italy, Japan and Mexico.

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  • West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy River City Hash Mondays 14 July 25

    West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy River City Hash Mondays 14 July 25
    Jul 14 2025
    Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, River City Hash Mondays is now available on the Spreaker Player!

    Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, attorney Marc Elias predicts the actual reason for Trump’s bizarre Epstein rant.

    Then, on the rest of the menu, Texas governor Abbott won't release his emails with Elon Musk because they are of a “private nature, not of public interest and potentially embarrassing;” chasing bizarre theories becomes a major White House time suck; and, Trump refused to leave the stage after presenting Chelsea with the FIFA Club World Cup trophy, baffling the London team.

    After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where European Union trade ministers meet to forge a strategy after Trump’s surprise 30% tariffs on America’s largest trade partner; and, the largest-ever war-fighting drills in Australia are underway and expected to attract the attention of Chinese spy ships.

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

    Bon Appétit!

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  • West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Blue Moon Spirits Friday 11 July 25

    West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Blue Moon Spirits Friday 11 July 25
    Jul 11 2025
    Today’s West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!



    Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Japan is furious at Trump and they made a powerful statement rejecting his disgraceful conduct.

    Then, on the rest of the menu, DHS is urging law enforcement to treat even skateboarding and livestreaming as signs of violent intent; DOGE keeps gaining access to sensitive data, so now it can cut off billions to farmers; and, federal officials charged a prominent Georgia Republican with running a $140 million Ponzi scheme.

    After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where TikTok is facing a fresh European Union privacy investigation into user data sent to China; and, Cambodian lawmakers passed a constitutional amendment allowing the government to revoke citizenship
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    All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

    Bon Appétit!

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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 10 July 25

    West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays 10 July 25
    Jul 10 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, furious world leaders like Lula from Brazil, Modi of India, Zelenskky of Ukraine, the foreign minister in Mexico and President Sheinbaum, are taking decisive action to checkmate Trump.

    Then, on the rest of the menu, the ‘oppressive’ Florida State University revenue-sharing deals show continued exploitation of college football players; an “anti-government militia” announced that it is “targeting” Oklahoma weather radars for manipulating the weather, days after an individual vandalized a news station’s radar; and, the Trump administration sued California, arguing animal cruelty laws are the real cause of high egg prices.

    After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the European court ruled that Russia committed widespread human rights violations in Ukraine and was behind the downing of Flight MH17; and, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen comfortably survived a ‘no confidence’ vote.







    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 his own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.” -- The Daily Picayune, New Orleans, March 5, 1851

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