Eat Drink & Be Merry!

Join hosts Nancy & Lisa (BigBlendMagazine.com Editors) as they explore the vibrant flavors of Spain and Chile with special guests: Winemaker Aurelio Montes - Montes Winery in Chile; Barcelona Chef Eduardo Balaguer - Author of 'Spanish Cuisine One Region at a Time: Catalonia' published by Folkheart Press; and Spanish Flamenco guitarist Eric Symons.

Join hosts Nancy and Lisa (BigBlendMagazine.com Editors) for this special feature on Earth-Friendly Foods & Wines. Special guests include Cheryl Bennett & Mike Stevens - Lava Lake Lamb; Justin Marx - Marx Foods; Jeremy Shapley of Triton Exports & Stella Organics - South African Organic Fair Trade Wines; and Mathieu Senard – Co-Founder of Alter Eco Fair Trade.

Fire Up the Grill! Join hosts Nancy & Lisa (BigBlendMagazine.com Editors) and guest host Maralyn Hill – co-author of ‘Our Love Affairs with Food & Travel’ and ‘Cooking Secrets – The Why and How’, as they get ready for summer and fire up the grill with Canadian Celebrity Chef Ted Reader dubbed “crazy Canuck barbecue kingpin” by GQ magazine; Chef Jeff Clock from Stockman’s Grill in Southern Arizona; and Chris Perrin ‘The Party Food Dude.’ Learn about what wines to serve at a BBQ party with Joe O’Keefe - ‘The Wine 101 Guy’, and Tracy Ellen Kamens Ed.D., DWS, CWE - Chief Education Officer of Grand Cru Classes.

Join Nancy & Lisa (BigBlendMagazine.com Editors) and special guest co-host Maralyn Hill (co-author of ‘Our Love Affairs with Food & Travel’ & ‘Cooking Secrets – The Why and How’, for another episode of Eat, Drink & Be Merry foodies radio. Focusing on healthy & earth-friendly food and cooking, featured guests include Timothy Fitzgerald Young - President/Chef of Food For Thought; Mimi Wheeler – Owner of Grocer's Daughter Chocolate; Tina Ruggiero, MS RD - The Gourmet Nutritionist will talk about Driscoll’s Organic Berries; Edward Field - Natural Merchants organic wine importer from Spain; and Chef Jernard Wells ‘The Chef of Love’ and author of ‘88 Ways to Her Heart: Cooking for Lovers from the Kitchen to the Bedroom’.

Join hosts Nancy & Lisa (BigBlendMagazine.com Editors) as they chat about Vodka with Kent Rabish - Grand Traverse Distillery; discover the oldest Rum in the world with Chesterfield Browne - Mount Gay Rum in Barbados; Low Calorie Cocktails with Kirk Spahn - Co-Founder of TY KU Premium Liqueur Mix Up some ly Pear Margaritas & Martinis with Joe Bistodeau - Bar Tender at Rancho Los Caballeros in Wickenburg, AZ; and chat with Lynn Gorman Berentson from Great Spirits Baking Co.

Do you want to cook that ultra romantic dinner or give that delicious romantic gift to your loved one on Valentine’s Day? Join Nancy and Lisa, (BigBlendMagazine.com Editors) and their special guests: Amy Reiley - Master of Gastronomy and author of ‘Fork Me, Spoon Me: The Sensual Cookbook’; Chef Jernard Wells 'The Chef of Love' and author of '88 Ways to Her Heart: Cooking for Lovers from the Kitchen to the Bedroom'; Executive Chef Marc Collins - Circa 1886 in Charleston, SC; Don Reha, winemaker at Thornton Winery in Temecula, CA; Philippe Lewis - Edible Love Chocolates; Andrew Schotts - Garrison Confections; and Josh Kaye - Bake Me a Wish!

Join your hosts Nancy & Lisa, Blend Magazine editors, and their special co-host Maralyn D. Hill – co-author of ‘Our Love Affairs with Food & Travel’ and ‘Cooking Secrets – The Why and How’. Special guests include Brenda C. Hill - our co-host Maralyn Hill’s writing partner; Andrea Peterson – Innkeeper of Blue Heron Farm B&B and Peterson Specialty Produce; Rich Sherman - Myrtle Creek Nursery, Fallbrook CA; Jim Walsh – CEO of Intentional Chocolate; Kent Callaghan – Callaghan Vineyards; Debbie Mansheim - Basket Creations and More & Bard Date Company; Donna George – The Peanut Patch, Yuma, AZ; and Kelly Alexander, author of ‘Hometown Appetites: The Story of Clementine Paddleford, the Forgotten Food Writer who Chronicled How America Ate’.

It's all about food, beverages, cooking and recipes. Our guests are Food Writers Maralyn Hill & Brenda C. Hill – talking about Salsa & Eastern Arizona's Salsa Trail; Debbie Mansheim – Medjool Dates and Basket Creations and More, LLC; Don Reha – Winemaker at Thornton Winery in Temecula, CA;Kelly Alexander – Author of ‘Hometown Appetites: The Story of Clementine Paddleford, the Forgotten Food Writer Who Chronicled How America Ate’; Jef Klein – Author of ‘The History and Stories of the Best Bars of New York’; andAmy Harris - 3rd Annual Art of Food & Wine Palm Desert