We had a terrifice remote at the Palm Court Restaurant at the Scottsdale Resort & Conference Center. At 7700 E. McCormick Pkwy in Scottsdale. We were thrilled to see so many listeners attend. Everyone had a great time. Here are some photos of the broadcast.
Les and Jeane from Tempe
Barbara From "Somewhere" in Tempe & Janet from Mesa
Listener Christine on a Dare
Listener Christine in Costume
The Winner Tony!!!!
Nancy & Howard
THANKS TO ALL OF YOU
Heidi Lee was in studio and wanted to talk about breakfast. She went with her family to Ronnie’s Cafe 4323 East Cactus Road Phoenix, AZ (602) 548-5857. She had a bowl of chili and her daughter had a perfectly cooked 6 oz. sirloin with fried potatoes and a biscuit. it was only $5.99. Prepare to wait there was a line out the door. It only took 10 minutes and Heidi says it was well worth the wait. It had flowered oil cloth table cloths, mugs you can buy off the wall. It was like a grandmothers kitchen. It was named after the owners daughter. She also likes to go to the Deer Valley airport restaurant 702 W Deer Valley Rd, Phoenix, AZ (623) 582-5454 for the Huevos Rancheros.
Susan from Scottsdale like the The Breakfast club 4400 N. Scottsdale Rd. #100 (Northwest corner of Scottsdale & Stetson) Susan also said that good coffee is most important at a breakfast restaurant and they have good coffee.
MaryAnne in Tempe likes an omelet.. She really likes the unusual omelets at Mimi’s Cafe
Ed in Phoenix loves the breakfast at the Ranch House Grill 5618 East Thomas Road
Phoenix, AZ 85018 (480) 946-1290 He loves the Southwestern chicken fried steak with the Green chili. Kim loves it too. It is award winning!
Jennifer in Tempe talked about going to the Sign of the Whale1706 e Warner rd,
tempe, AZ (480) 777-1414 We talked about the Fish Fry on Friday. It is supposed to be very good. We also discussed that on Wednesday nights they have East Coast Swing, Zydeco, and other activities check them out at www.signofthewhaleaz.com. Let us know if you go.
Many of us love the biscuits and gravy at the The Breakfast Joynt 14891 North Northsight Boulevard Scottsdale, AZ- (480) 443-5324– We also love the thick meaty bacon.
Claire in Scottsdale went to the The Cove Restaurant 7001 N Scottsdale Rd,Scottsdale Arizona 480.951.8273 it is an Italian. They enjoyed it.
Jordan Wolff is a 23 year old young man that created ICUServers.com. It is a website to bring together potential employees with employers in the Hospitality industry.
Stephanie Heckathorne the Director of Publicity for the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort She told us about the Kai Cooks event along with Slow Food a great organzation, you should join. Learn about sustainable food. Indigenous foods from the Valley, Plating 101 and so much more. The Kai Cooks is this Saturday at 1:00. Call and make reservations at 602-385-5726 for Kai Cooks. It is at 1:00. Meet Chef Michael O’Dowd and get a signed copy of his new book The New Native American Cuisine. They are also offering a special to spend the night for $149.00 resort rate by calling 602-225-0100 and mentioning KAI2010. This is a one night special for the Kai Cooks event.
Susan in Scottsdale suggests buying the 2 pound cheese platter at Fresh & Easy, it is now on sale for $5.99. A great value. Use the cheese for grilled cheese, mac & cheese and any other cheese need, it is not just for entertaining.
Barbara in Tempe recommends that we take advantage of all of the lemons in season. Squeeze the lemon juice and put it in ice cube trays and freeze. Release and store in baggies in your freezer. Kim recommends zesting them also and put the zest in a little baggie in the freezer.
Regina in Queen Creek loves her new convection oven. She suggests that you get rid of the microwave and use a convection. It heats everything faster and things stay moist. She also likes Fresh & Easy’s freshly prepared entrees. She loves the chicken Teriyaki
Dan in Scottsdale says when you are making ribs, remove the membrane, it allows the rub or marinade to penetrate the meat. It is easy to take it off if you grab it with a dry wash cloth and pull, it comes off like butter!
Angela in Scottsdale called and raved about her the Golden Buddha,668 North 44th Street Phoenix, AZ (602) 286-9888. She said “YUMMEE”. She gave a shout out to her server Helen. Helen did a great job. She tried the Dim Sum and loved the shrimp and spinach dumplings.
She also went to Taiwan Food Express at 66 S Dobson Rd in Mesa, AZ (480) 668-9888 at the Meekong market. The lunch was fantastic. They had a $6.00 lunch special that she got 2 meals, the portions were generous.
Fran in mesa went to the Acacia Café 3701 East Indian School Road Phoenix, Az 5128 - (602) 956-0908. She was very impressed. Fran had the half a sandwich with soup and her husband had the rueben. The waitress was exceptional.
Maryanne in Tempe also went to the Acacia Café 3701 East Indian School Road Phoenix, Az 5128 - (602) 956-0908.– the food was very good. It is a neat little place. She had the Belgium waffle. They also tried the roasted turkey sandwich. It was delicious. The waitress was very good and the prices are great. They will go back. MaryAnne reminded us that they make a Monte Christo sandwich on their Sunday Brunch menu.
Cathy from Phoenix called in today about Cafe Rhumba 5940 West Union Hills Drive, Glendale, AZ (602) 298-2289. She loves the chicken with the mango salsa. This is one of her favorite places.
8 slices bacon
1 tomato, seeded and chopped
1/2 onion, chopped
3 ounces shredded Swiss cheese
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 tsp dried basil
1 – 16 ounce can refrigerated buttermilk biscuit dough (regullar size, not Grands)
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly grease a mini muffin pan.
In a skillet over medium heat, cook bacon until crisp. Drain on paper towels. Crumble bacon into a medium bowl, and mix with tomato, onion, cheese, mayo and basil.
Separate biscuits into halves horizontally. Press each half into prepared muffin tin. Fill with the bacon mixture. Bake for 10 -12 minutes in preheated oven or until golden. Repeat with remaining biscuits and filling. Can be baked and rewarmed.
Regina in Mesa went to the Fired Up Grill 7131 W. Ray Rd. . She had the Brushetta , it had chunks of tomatoes rather than a salsa topping and she loved it. They had the steak and the marinara with fettuccine. They enjoyed it. The wait service was all men and so nice.
Carol in Chandler was a 1st time caller. She went to Pittsburgh Willies 1509 N. Arizona Ave. Chandler. after church. Randy, the owner is so nice and so friendly –the chili dog was amazing. They also tried the big Willie. It is shaved ham and cheese on a bun with a hot dog- Her daughter said it was like the best melted ham and cheese with a hot dog.
Paul in Mesa went to the Pork Shop in Queen Creek 3359 E. Combs Rd. Queen Creek, AZ (480) 987-0101. He bought a tenderloin there. He and his wife were commenting on how the pork tasted so fresh and didn’t have an after taste as the other pork products he buys has. They loved it. His wife and son tried the burritos there. They were wonderful. Kim suggested you try their peppered bacon and their homemade sausages. YUM
Debbie in Gilbert went to Croshaws Gourmet Pies 6731 East Brown Road Mesa, AZ 8 (480) 832-7437on the SW corner of Brown Power in Mesa. Her husband had the chicken pot pie-, delicious. They also have big fresh baked rolls that comes with your soup. They are 3” x 3” . She had the broccoli cheese soup. They have fruit pies and lunch and dinner specials. Save room for the large cinnamon rolls.
Debbie and a group of friends went to the Landmark Restaurant 809 West Main Street
Mesa, AZ 85201-7105 (480) 962-4652. The hostess told them all of their big tops would be reserved for the evening so no table was available and the hostess would not give them an approximate wait time. They got disgusted and left. She will never go back there. They ended up at Charlestons very accommodation . She had the chicken piccata with garlic mashed and the prime rib sandwich looked really good.
John in Tempe – He just bought a big batch of kitchen sponges. He prolongs their use and cleanliness by putting them wet in the microwave oven for 2 minutes. It sterilizes it. Great idea. I use it also!
Jim from Scottsdale just bought a veggie juicer. He spent a lot of money and bought the Vitamix. It take a lot of carrots to make one glass of juice.
Natasha in Phoenix just bought a citrus juicer so she can enjoy all of the citrus on the trees in her yard.
Steve in Scottsdale bought a retro juicer atTuesday morning. It is called a typhoon. It is all metal and not electric. He loves it.
Regina in Mesa bought a mat to drain dishes she got it at Bed Bath and Beyond . She really likes it.
Debbie from Gilbert just ordered a kitchen aid coffee maker with a built in grinder.
Paul from Mesa just bought an electric range and a convection oven. He saved hundreds of money. He also bought for his home in LA a double door Viking oven, He got it at Wow INDOOR OUTDOOR 1746 W Ruby Dr Tempe, 85284 / (480) 899-5599 or 5115 W. Bell Rd. in Glendale 602-863-3305
Debbie in Gilbert bought a fire extinguisher at Costco for the kitchen.
Debbie in mesa bought a fancy dancy cuisinart . She is using it a lot, yesterday she made pico de gallo.
Irene in Scottsdale bought and ice cream scoop.
Debbie in Gilbert went to Anise Vietnamese Restaurant -2090 N Dobson Rd, Chandler AZ. 480.732.0777. Debbie is the listener that turned us on to Anise. She had the #18 rice noodle wonton shrimp – bean sprouts, basil leves, lemons, jalapenos. She really enjoyed it as she does everything on the menu.
John from Tempe went to Outback Steakhouse restaurant. He enjoyed the prime rib. He said it was very good, but he loved the broccoli. He said it is the best broccoli he has ever had.
Debbie from Scottsdale had heard that the fish fry at Sign of the Whale was very good. After looking at their website, it looks like they have a lot going on including East Coast Swing , check out their website.
Cathy in Phoenix went to The mellow mushroom. 2490 West Happy Valley Road Phoenix, AZ (623) 580-1111 The pizza was not good. The pretzels were really good though. They have a Happy Hour from 3-6 all appetizers are 1//2 price.
Her favorite pizza is Pilano’s. I could not find the address. They have the best pizza & wings She also loves Brothers 67th Ave 10720 W Indian School Suite 13 Phoenix, AZ 85037 (623) 877-3660
She also talked about Joey of Chicago – she loves his food, it is really good – 4705 E. Carefree Highway, Suite 101, Cave Creek AZ. Kim and Don also love the Italian Beef sandwich.
Janet in Scottsdale went to a new place called Buzz Berry on the corner of Granite reef and Macdonald – 5959 N Granite Reef Road Scottsdale, AZ 85250 She said they have Bagels ,soups and terrific smoothies.
MaryJane in Fountain Hills loves a Pasty. She makes her own but the The Cornish Pasty Co -960 West University Drive Tempe, AZ (480) 894-6261. She said they are very good.
Susan from Scottsdale went to the Village Tavern 8787 North Scottsdale Road Scottsdale, AZ 85253 (480) 951-6445. She and her guest had the shrimp scampi and grouper it was fabulous. They have a limited Gluten Free menu.
I thought it would be fun to get to know something about each of our listeners that call in today.
These are a few of the “Condiments”. That is what we call our listeners that add flavor to the show. Get it?
Debbie in Scottsdale has traveled all over the world. She has worked with a wide variety of famous people and with all of that experience she has started her own travel company spirittravel.com.
Rick from Mesa likes to go surfing and skiing – San clemente is his favorite area for surfing.
Dell from Tempe is an Arizona boy. He came in the 50’s. He teaches at ASU. He is married for almost 40 years with 3 terrific sons.
Barbara from Tempe, also known as “Bus Babe Barb” because she has been coming to remotes since Culinary Confessions started 14 years ago and she travels by bus. We think she has only missed 1 remote. She has been to well over 150 remore broadcasts. Barbara loves to eat healthfully. She enjoys savory food more than sweet
Joanne from Chandler is a Salesperson. She drives around the valley and listener to us in her car. She works for an auto glass company It is called Auto glass excellence. They will use your insurance. Just call her at – 480-444-6878. She warned against using the glass repair people at the car washes.
Mark in Phoenix likes good food and gourmet coffee.
Karen in Scottsdale is a Personal Concierge. Her company is Peaks concierge. She take care of her clients houses when they are away and fills their refrigerator in preparation for their return. . She will run errand and shops for her clients. What a great service!
Pam in Glendale said something I can totally relate to. She says that when she is eating lunch she is thinking of dinner. We are obsessed with food!!!
Janet in Mesa is retired she used to work for a company that made screws for the aerospace industry. Their motto was “Happiness is a good screw”
Vince in Mesa works for a company called Tennant. They sell and service commercial and industrial equipment. For sales or service call 1-800-553-8033.
Susan in Scottsdale is a Gluten Free personal chef. She cooks for people with all types of allergies. You can reach her at azchef4u@aol.com
MaryAnne in Tempe has a passion for cooking. It started as child. She had her little table and chairs for her tea parties. MaryAnne is self taught. She likes to bakes, make candy and she loves to entertain. Her neighborhoods would come over to taste her newest creation. She makes many Polish dishes like Glumpki’s with pork, veal and beef and serves them with mashed potatoes and a veggie.
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