Chef Ivan Flowers is the Five-Star Executive Chef of Top of the Market in San Diego, California. On this  Eat, Drink & Be Merry segment, he chats with Big Blend Radio hosts Nancy J. Reid & Lisa D. Smith about keeping the momentum and balance in a busy kitchen, and his Warm Spring Salad that features fresh raw peas, piquillo peppers, king trumpet mushrooms, fresh baby spinach, and cooked asparagus. Chef Ivan Flowers is a frequent guest on Big Blend Radio. Watch for his Warm Spring Salad Recipe in the upcoming April issue of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine.

This interview originally aired on March 15, 2015, on Big Blend Radio's Champagne Sundays variety show!

On this Quality of Life episode, fashion designer Aggie Garcia chats with Big Blend Radio hosts Nancy J. Reid & Lisa D. Smith about her recent visit to Italy, along with the fashion and clothing finds she discovered there. Aggie traveled to Rome, Florence and Venice. As owner of Illusions by Aggie,  Aggie creates custom high quality bikinis and figure competition suits. She is a frequent guest on Big Blend Radio, and her article about Italy's Fashion Trends will be in the upcoming April issue of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine.

This interview originally aired on March 15, 2015, on Big Blend Radio's Champagne Sundays variety show!

Join Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith – publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine, for Big Blend Radio’s Champagne Sundays variety show, airing live from the historic Coronado Motor Hotel in Yuma, Arizona.

Featured Guests:

- Janna Graber – Award-winning travel journalist and editor of ‘Adventures of a Lifetime: Travel Tales from Around the World’.

- Travel writer Linda Kissam ‘Food, Wine & Shopping Diva’ discusses Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona.

- Adam Roberts – CEO of Born Free USA wildlife organization talks about Safe Trails and Trapping.

- Yanna Kruse & Catherine Reeves - Sanguinetti House Museum & Gardens in Yuma, AZ.

- Fashion designer Aggie Garcia of Illusions by Aggie chats about Fashion in Italy.

- Five Star Chef Ivan Flowers of Top of the Market in San Diego talks Spring Cooking.

Join Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith – publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine, for Big Blend Radio’s Champagne Sundays variety show, airing live from the historic Coronado Motor Hotel in Yuma, Arizona.

Featured Guests:

- Janna Graber – Award-winning travel journalist and editor of ‘Adventures of a Lifetime: Travel Tales from Around the World’.

- Travel writer Linda Kissam ‘Food, Wine & Shopping Diva’ discusses Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona.

- Adam Roberts – CEO of Born Free USA wildlife organization talks about Safe Trails and Trapping.

- Yanna Kruse & Catherine Reeves - Sanguinetti House Museum & Gardens in Yuma, AZ.

- Fashion designer Aggie Garcia of Illusions by Aggie chats about Fashion in Italy.

- Five Star Chef Ivan Flowers of Top of the Market in San Diego talks Spring Cooking.

Join Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Spirit of America Magazine, for Big Blend Radio’s Vacation Station travel show. This episode focuses on Tonto National Monument and Globe in central Arizona, a destination Nancy & Lisa visited as part of their Big Blend Spirit of America Tour of all 408 National Park units.

On This Episode

- Libby Schaaf- Chief of Interpretation, Tonto National Monument

- Ellen Kretsch – Executive Director Globe-Miami Chamber of Commerce

- Kip Culver - Historic Globe Main Street Program & Cobre Valley Center for the Arts

- Leana Asberry - Supervisor, Besh-Ba-Gowah Archaeological Park

- Rebecca Williams – Dream Manor Inn

- Phil Smith– Copper Country Renezvous

- R. Michael Wilson – Author ‘Crime & Punishment in Early Arizona’ & ‘More Frontier Justice in the Wild West: Bungled, Bizarre, and Fascinating Executions’

Join Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Spirit of America Magazine, for Big Blend Radio’s Vacation Station travel show. This episode focuses on Tonto National Monument and Globe in central Arizona, a destination Nancy & Lisa visited as part of their Big Blend Spirit of America Tour of all 408 National Park units.

On This Episode

- Libby Schaaf- Chief of Interpretation, Tonto National Monument

- Ellen Kretsch – Executive Director Globe-Miami Chamber of Commerce

- Kip Culver - Historic Globe Main Street Program & Cobre Valley Center for the Arts

- Leana Asberry - Supervisor, Besh-Ba-Gowah Archaeological Park

- Rebecca Williams – Dream Manor Inn

- Phil Smith– Copper Country Renezvous

- R. Michael Wilson – Author ‘Crime & Punishment in Early Arizona’ & ‘More Frontier Justice in the Wild West: Bungled, Bizarre, and Fascinating Executions’

Join Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith – publishers ofBig Blend Radio & TV Magazine, for Big Blend Radio’s Champagne Sundays variety show.

On This Episode:

- Texas based singer-songwriter Shelley King will talk about her new album and video ‘Building A Fire’

- Acclaimed baritone/soprano husband-wife duo Beth Donnelly & Doug Feller discuss their latest CD ‘My Heart is For You’

- Howard & Ruth Milstein, author of ‘Cooking with Love: Ventures into the New Israeli Cuisine’ discuss Passover Food & Wine

- Eric Sutter, Executive Chef of Flying V Bar & Grill at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort in Tucson, Arizona.

- Travel writer Eva Eldridge discusses her visit to Bisbee, Arizona.

- Carl Senna discusses co-authoring ‘Never Charged, Never Convicted: My Life in the Boston Drug Trade’ with Marvin Clark

Plus, Hollywood History with Steve Schneickert!

Join Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith – publishers ofBig Blend Radio & TV Magazine, for Big Blend Radio’s Champagne Sundays variety show.

On This Episode:

- Texas based singer-songwriter Shelley King will talk about her new album and video ‘Building A Fire’

- Acclaimed baritone/soprano husband-wife duo Beth Donnelly & Doug Feller discuss their latest CD ‘My Heart is For You’

- Howard & Ruth Milstein, author of ‘Cooking with Love: Ventures into the New Israeli Cuisine’ discuss Passover Food & Wine

- Eric Sutter, Executive Chef of Flying V Bar & Grill at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort in Tucson, Arizona.

- Travel writer Eva Eldridge discusses her visit to Bisbee, Arizona.

- Carl Senna discusses co-authoring ‘Never Charged, Never Convicted: My Life in the Boston Drug Trade’ with Marvin Clark

Plus, Hollywood History with Steve Schneickert!

Join Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith – publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine for Big Blend Radio’s Vacation Station show, focusing on Yuma, Arizona ‘The Great Gateway to the Southwest’. This show airs live from the historic Coronado Motor Hotel in Yuma, Arizona.

On this Episode:

- Rex Ijams – Historic Yuma Theatre and Yuma Art Center

- Bruce Brown – Desert Hills Golf Course

- Tanisha Yee - Yuma Civic Center

- Yvonne Peach - Coronado Motor Hotel,  Yuma Landing Bar & Grill and Casa de Coronado Museum

- Debbie Mansheim  of Basket Creations & More and Bard Date Company talks Medjool Date Nutrition

- Donna George of The Peanut Patch shares Fun Facts about Peanuts

Plus, Yuma Hollywood History with Steve Schnecickert!

Join Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith – publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine for Big Blend Radio’s Vacation Station show, focusing on Yuma, Arizona ‘The Great Gateway to the Southwest’. This show airs live from the historic Coronado Motor Hotel in Yuma, Arizona.

On this Episode:

- Rex Ijams – Historic Yuma Theatre and Yuma Art Center

- Bruce Brown – Desert Hills Golf Course

- Tanisha Yee - Yuma Civic Center

- Yvonne Peach - Coronado Motor Hotel,  Yuma Landing Bar & Grill and Casa de Coronado Museum

- Debbie Mansheim  of Basket Creations & More and Bard Date Company talks Medjool Date Nutrition

- Donna George of The Peanut Patch shares Fun Facts about Peanuts

Plus, Yuma Hollywood History with Steve Schnecickert!