Celebrate National Culinary Arts Month and Foodie Friday with this episode of Big Blend Radio's EAT, DRINK & BE MERRY Show featuring Ivan Flowers, a 5-Star Chef and Culinary Instructor. From color and composition to texture and ingredient choices, Chef Ivan shares tips and techniques on how to artfully plate food just like a chef!

Links to Topics Discussed on this Episode: - Chef Ivan Flowers Teaches Youth: https://blendradioandtv.com/listing/youth-in-the-kitchen/ - The Rise & Fall of Charlie Trotter: https://blendradioandtv.com/listing/love-charlie-the-rise-and-fall-of-chef-charlie-trotter/

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Celebrate National Ice Cream Month and Ice Cream Day with this episode of Big Blend Radio's "Cooking with Ruth" Show with Ruth Milstein who shares how to make her family recipe for Strawberry Sherbet. This recipe is so easy and versatile, you can make it with all kinds of fruits, or even a refresh ice tea or coffee flavor! Check out the recipe, here: https://blendradioandtv.com/listing/strawberry-sherbet/ Ruth Milstein is the author of the Gourmand awarding-winning recipe book, "Cooking with Love: Ventures Into the New Israeli Cuisine." Learn more here: https://www.ruthmilstein.com/ Listen to Big Blend Radio's 3rd Sunday "Cooking with Ruth" podcasts here: https://tinyurl.com/yr9jp58n

Cone or cup? Favorite Toppings? Favorite Flavor? Celebrate Summer and Ice Cream Month with this episode of Big Blend Radio's BIG DAILY BLEND Podcast with award-winning vocalist and composer Johnny Schaefer who joins as cohost every 1st Sunday. Keep up with him and his music at https://hearjohnny.com/

ICE CREAM SOCIAL PARTY GUESTS: - Cheryl Ogle – Travel advisor and owner of Hey Wanna Go Travel: https://heywannago.com/ - Rob Taylor – Owner of Stafford’s Chocolates & Reimer’s in Central California: https://www.staffordschocolates.com/ & https://reimerscandies.com/ - Eva Eldridge – Travel writer and editor in Arizona who makes ice cream and cook about anything: https://evaeldridge.com/ - Phil Boswell and his wife Andrea are friends from Peachtree City, Georgia. Check out Andrea’s art: http://www.andreafaye.com/ - Aryn Youngless – Writer & Genealogist: https://www.genealogybyaryn.com/ - Chuck & Mikelyn Wustman – Innkeepers & Owners of The Bird & Butterfly Inn in Jasper, TX: https://thebirdandbutterflyinn.com/ - Plus, Glynn Burrows of Norfolk Tours in England closes the show with a few words about Mr Whippy ice cream cones in the UK: https://norfolk-tours.co.uk/

SONGS THAT SING FOR ICE CREAM MUSIC PLAYLIST: * On YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/388f7m9u * On Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/mrxt6sxs

ICE CREAM ARTICLES & RECIPES on BlendRadioandTV.com: * Ice Cream Museum in NYC: https://tinyurl.com/yck7vxtv * Spicy Grilled Pineapple w/ Vanilla Bean Ice Cream: https://tinyurl.com/3vn5k6pk * Tabasco Ice Cream: https://tinyurl.com/2dw4z42s * Bailey's Blue Ribbon Pecan Ice Cream: https://tinyurl.com/ym3wr2aw * Strawberry Sherbet: https://tinyurl.com/4xuakckx * Margarita Sorbet Down the Hatch: https://tinyurl.com/ywp4mj25