Day: October 2, 2022

Linda Gassenheimer Interview TV and Radio Personality/Syndicated Journalist/Best-Selling Author/Spokesperson and Food Consultant

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She holds an advanced Cordon Bleu Degree. She trained with two star chefs in France for three years. She trained with Simone Beck in the South of France and Marcella Hazan in Bologna, Italy. She has 10 years’ experience as Executive Director of a chain of gourmet supermarkets in Miami. She developed and ran Cruisin Ease cooking school in London, England. She is – Linda Gasseheimer Q – How did you get interested in the world of cooking Linda? A – Well, first and foremost I love to eat. Q…

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Jim Farfaglia Interview Nestlé in Fulton, New York: How Sweet It Was

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In 1898, Switzerland’s Nestlé Company was searching for a location to build its first milk processing plant in the United States. Upstate New York’s many dairy farms sealed the deal for a factory to be built in Fulton New York. Soon another Swiss company requested space at the factory to produce a product that had taken Europe by storm; the milk chocolate bar. Over the next century, factory technicians invented treats we’ve all come to know and love including the Nestlé Crunch Bar, Tollhouse Morsels in Nestlé Quick. With 1500…

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John Leggett Interview James E Strates Employee

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In 1958, when he was just a teenager, John Leggett went to work for the legendary carnival owner James E. Strates. While he didn’t work for the Strates Shows all that long, his memory of that time has lasted a lifetime. And so, we talked to John Leggett about that moment in time. Q – John, would I be correct in saying that you met James E Strates? A – Well, I never actually met James E. Strates. The guy in the memoir piece, I wrote, being 13 years old,…

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Joe Nickell Interview Author of Secrets of the Sideshows

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He’s a former professional stage magician, a resident magician to be exact at the Houdini Magical Hall of Fame, a carnival pitchman, including on the famous carnival midway at the Canadian National Exhibition, an advertising writer, armed guard, movie extra, forensic writer, blackjack dealer, riverboat manager, forklift driver, sign painter and university writing instructor. He’s appeared on “Dateline NBC”, “20/20”, “The Oprah Winfrey Show”, and “Larry King Live”. His name is Joe Nickell and we’ll be talking to him about a book he’s written titled “Secrets of the Sideshows” (The…

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Matthew Barr Interview James E Strates Documentary Filmmaker

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Matthew Barr has put together a fascinating look at what goes on behind the scenes at the only Carnival that still travels by rail-the James E Strates Shows. He actually lived on the train and traveled the Strates itinerary interviewing not only the Strates family but the carneys themselves. Q – How did you get interested in putting “Carnival Train” together? A – Well basically, how I ended up doing this documentary about the Strates Shows was years ago, back in California where I grew up when I was finishing…

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Rick West Interview Author of ” Pickled Punks and Girlie Shows: A Life Spent on the Midway’s of America

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(Author of ” Pickled Punks and Girlie Shows: A Life Spent on the Midway’s of America – Schiffer Books) Rick West knows a thing or two about midways. You see, he spent his whole life traveling the carnival circuit. And now he’s written a book detailing that adventure. It’s called “Pickled Punks and Girlie Shows: A Life Spent on the Midway’s of America”. By the way, pickled punks is carnival lingo for bottled babies. Just thought you’d like to know that. It all makes sense when you read the book.…

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Dr. Lorraine Day Interview Is Timothy McVeigh alive? Dr. Lorraine Day says yes!

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On June 11, 2001 the world was told that the Oklahoma city bomber Timothy McVeigh was executed by lethal injection at the Federal correctional complex, Terre Haute Indiana. Dr. Lorraine Day says it never happened, that Timothy McVeigh is very much alive. We’ll let her explain. Q – You write: the IV that was supposed to deliver the lethal injection dose to McVeigh was placed in his leg. I knew right then that they were not going to execute. This was a fake execution to pacify the families of the…

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