Bing!

Whether you like the golden-skinned sweet Rainier cherries or the dark Bing cherries, we have a big supply with great pricing. I've always been partial to the Rainier cherries. Mark, our buyer, tells me California cherries are the first fruit of the season so take advantage of this as their season is short. Cherries may also be frozen. Remember to remove the stems, wash and dry before placing in a freezer bag. They may be kept up to 3 months.

Now, all I need are some recipes for the Bing cherries. Anyone?!

How are we doing?

It's almost June?!! It seems like I just took down my Christmas lights and now I'm getting ready for my summer vacation. Well, we'd like to slow things down a bit and take some time to enjoy the things that are important to us, like you. Customers are what makes things tick around here and we want to make sure that we're listening. Would you take a couple of minutes and let us know how we're doing? I promise it will only take a minute or two and some lucky person will even win a couple of stylish, everyone-is-wearing, summer-staple Peddler's Son Produce shirts!

So, 'Lettuce Talk' and tell us how we're doing!

The People Behind the Produce

Matt Henning!

Background: Born and raised in Baltimore, Matt chose to go to school at the University of North Carolina (UNC). He later graduated on the deans list with a degree in Culinary and Hotel Management at the International Culinary College in Dublin, Ireland. Matt studied under Master Chef Peter Timmons, who lead the Irish Culinary Olympic Team. As you can see, Matt is a big fan of cooking. One of his favorite things to do is to cook meals for lots of friends and family for the holidays.

Movie: The Quite Man - John Wayne Movie


Music: I prefer jazz, but I also enjoy night club dance music.


TV Show: Currently, I like to watch "Lie to Me".

Food: Anything Italian!


Quote: "I can always lose weight, but I will always have my good looks, charm and personality."


1st Job: I flipped hamburgers at McDonald's when I was 14.


People/Person I'd most like to have dinner with: My wife. I don't see her very often.

What I like to do in my leisure time: I like spending time with my wife, Joanne, and finding local restaurants.

Something you may not know about me: I was the Beverage Director for a night club in Baltimore and was interested in DJing. A friend of mine introduced me to John 'Jellybean' Benitez. He was a popular DJ at several night clubs in NYC. He was also the boyfriend/producer for Madonna on some of her early albums. He taught me how to DJ professionally.


So, Matt likes to cook for large groups of people and DJ. Sounds like a one man party to me! Oh, and we'd like to now refer to him as Matt 'Magic Hands' Henning since every good DJ needs a nickname. :)

With the on-going investigation of salmonella associated with alfalfa sprouts I thought my followers might like some updated information. Check out these sites...

www.fda.gov

salmonella questions and answers

Happy Birthday Bridge!

Bridge is enjoying some cheesecake brought to him by one of his fans, Sheri at Demsearch.

We're wishing the 'Produce Guru' a great day!

He'd love to hear from you so, give him a shout.

People Behind the Produce...

Ladies and gentlemen, Curt House!

Background: Peddler's Son Produce welcomes a new salesman to the Scottsdale territory, Curt House. Scottsdale will have a true native working to serve our customers. Curt was born and raised here and graduated from Coronado High School. He also opened and worked as the Executive Chef at the Double Tree Gateway. Bellingham, WA was his home for a while where he owned and ran Our House Deli and Catering.

And here's some more info 'on the House'........

Movie: Predator - I love action packed movies!

Music: Anything from REM

TV Show: Watching Dale Jr and Tony Stewart

Food: Pad Thai

Quote: "Every day is a holiday!"

1st Job: At 15, I was a dishwasher at Poncho's Mexican Buffet at Los Arcos Mall.

People/Person I'd most like to have dinner with: Eva Mendes. :)

What I like to do in my leisure time: Go boating. I have a 23' cuddy cabin called the 'Dog House' and that's where you'll find me whenever I get a chance.

Something you may not know about me: I tried out for the Pro Bowler's Tournament tour in 1979.


I'm sure Curt will have some fast friends now that we know he has a boat! By the way.....my summer weekends are free and did I mention I love the water?

What's New In the Warehouse

Hey everybody! What's been going on in your lives? It's been a while since my last post and I know you're dying to hear what's been going on in the Peddler's Son Produce warehouse.

I hope everybody had a great Easter. Helen and I hosted a little dinner at her home for Easter. The food was great, as usual. We had a great time playing hosts. I also talked with my mom in California on Easter and realized how long I've been away from home. My goddaughter is growing up and I'm missing it, she made cupcakes for Easter. Last time that I saw her, she was so little. I miss my family but I think I've made Phoenix my home now.

I'm currently finishing up my last week of a class at the University of Phoenix. My final for the class is due this Sunday. No rest for the Produce Guru though, that next day, I begin two more classes; getting an education and working full time is a tiring process.

Doug has been off from work since last Friday and will be returning tomorrow. I guess he needed a little R&R. Paco and I have been holding down the warehouse without any major problems, a little teamwork and forward planning goes a long ways.

Bill Kroener, our Operations Manager, will be leaving us on Wednesday for a little surgery. We all wish him a speedy recovery with some good powerful drugs. While Bill is on the mend I will be trying to fill in for him. That's one of the great things about working at Peddler's Son Produce, everybody is very capable of stepping into other people's shoes. While I'm filling in for Bill, Paco and Doug will be stepping up their performance to cover some of my responsibilities.

We also have a new vendor for our mushroom line, Cardile Brothers. They have some of the best looking mushrooms that I've come across. If you appreciate a good mushroom, you'll appreciate a Cardile mushroom.

As always, if you have any produce related questions feel free to ask the Produce Guru...I'm here to help 602.253.3577 x113 or bridge@peddlersson.com.