Day: February 20, 2022

Michael Davis Interview CEO of Davis Amusement Cascadia

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Hard times are hitting the carnival business. After 80 years in business Davis Amusement Cascadia called it quits on January 1st 2020. 80 years!! What went into that decision? That’s what we wanted to find out. We spoke with Michael Davis, C.E.O. of Davis Amusement Cascadia. Q – Michael I am glad we are talking today. What I’ve found in the past is people in the carnival business are often times reluctant to talk. A – (Laughs). We all tend to be kind of clannish I guess. They keep everything…

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Scott Wiener Interview Scott’s Pizza Tours

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Scott Wiener took his love of pizza and turned it into a business. He takes people around New York City and shows them the best that New York has to offer in the way of pizza’s. When he’s not conducting pizza tours Scott Wiener writes an award-winning column for Pizza Today Magazine contributes to P M Q’s Pizza Magazine and PizzaMarketplace.com and judges pizza culinary competitions around the globe. He’s been featured on CBS Sunday Morning. The Dr. Oz Show, the Travel Channel, Cooking Channel, Food Network, Discovery Channel, the…

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Jim Victor and Marie Pelton Interview “The Butter Sculptor King and Queen”

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Jim Victor and Marie Pelton are a husband-and-wife team who makes sculptures from various food media. They have worked together for over 15 years. They have a long history of creating butter sculptures for State and County Fairs and Expositions as well as an extensive portfolio of food sculptures commissioned for corporate and public relations events. We talked with Jim and Marie “The Butter Sculptor King and Queen.” Q – I saw my first butter sculptor at the New York State Fair in 1969 I don’t think you did that…

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Brian Noyes Interview Red truck bakery

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Located in Marshall, Virginia, with a second smaller café in Warrenton, Virginia, the Red Truck Bakery has been called “one of the best small town bakeries in America” one of “America’s 13 sweetest bakery, destinations”, and one of “America’s 50 best bakeries.” And President Obama said “I can confirm that the Red Bakery makes some darn good pie”. Brian Noyes is the owner of the Red Truck Bakery and he’s published or Potter books has “Red Truck Bakery cookbook; Gold Standard Recipes from America’s Favorite Rural Bakery.” We spoke with…

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Lt. Robert Richards Interview Niagara County Sheriff’s Office STOP-DWI New York

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Stop-DWI New York is an organization committed to reduce the number of persons killed or injured in alcohol and other drug related traffic crashes, promote DWI prevention as a public priority and coordinate local efforts in Law Enforcement, Prosecution, Probation, Rehabilitation, Public Information, Education and Administration. STOP-DWI stands for “Special Traffic Operations Program for Driving While Impaired”. The STOP-DWI program was created by the State Legislature in 1981. In this interview Lt. Robert Richards of the Niagara County Sheriff’s office informs us about STOP-DWI New York. Q – Lieut. Richards…

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Jesse Stubbs Interview Marketing Director at Pappardelle’s

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Their pasta products including pasta sauce can now be found in over 250 Farmers markets, Street Fairs and Specialty Gourmet Food Stores. In 2011, Whole Foods Rocky Mountain Region invited them to be their primary fresh pasta purveyor and allowed them to introduce their gluten-free pasta in over 30 stores. The following year, 2012, King Soopers (Kroger) Rocky Mountains Region invited their gluten-free pasta into over 50 stores. The company we are talking about is Poppardelle’s and the person we’re talking to about the company is Jesse Stubbs. Q –…

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