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I’m a little sad that Top Chef Season 10 is winding down with only two episodes – Finale Part 1 and 2 – left. I’ve really enjoyed this season because there’s been very little game playing and drama, and lots of great cooking by a very nice group of talented chefs. Plus, the settings in [...]
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Have you been watching Top Chef Season 10? It’s one of my favorite shows, even more so because two of my favorite celebrity chefs – Emeril Lagasse and Hugh Acheson – have been judges this season. Plus, Top Chef has been highlighting Seattle, a terrific and beautiful food town. To help you decide who gets [...]
Have you been watching Top Chef? I’m watching this season because one of the judges is Hugh Acheson. Hugh was a competitor on Top Chef Masters Season 3 and has a restaurant here in Athens, GA that I’m a big fan of – Five & Ten. Next month, at a media event with Buick, I’ll [...]
Have you had a chance to catch ABC’s new daytime cooking and foodie lifestyle show, The Chew? Here in Colorado, it comes on at noon, so it’s become my lunch time date with Mario Batali and his co-hosts, Michael Symon, Carla Hall, Clinton Kelly, and Daphne Oz. At times it’s a bit light and silly, [...]
True mom confession time – I’m very lax at getting my kids to read during the summer. Or should I say getting my son Nathan to read. He has begrudgingly trudged his way through every book he’s ever touched from Hop on Pop to Harry Potter. Luckily, my daughter, Lucie, loves to read even though [...]
I was sad to see Chef Jody Adams lose in episode 6 of this season’s Top Chef Masters. My family was rooting for her, but obviously goat is not her forte. The health benefits of pistachios Jody is back of Rialto in Cambridge, Massachusetts doing what she does best – using seasonal, local ingredients in [...]
I'm off to Camp Blogaway in the mountains east of Los Angeles to hang out with my fellow food bloggers and work on my food writing and photography. As my husband said, it’s my type of camping – heating cabins, eating s’mores, getting massages, and talking social media over a few glasses of Mad Housewife [...]
When you present a child with a fancy meal, you know they’ll probably like it. However, the fine dining experience will most likely go over their head. That’s how I feel about the Fantastic Mr. Fox, a beautiful, family film based on the story by Roald Dahl that was recently released on DVD and Blu-ray. [...]
Stopping by my local Barnes & Nobles, I saw the new issue of Guitar Aficionado magazine with Jeff Bridges on the cover. I was surprised to see was that the magazine also featured an article on celebrity chef —and vintage guitar lover — Rocco DiSpirito. It’s Gene Simmons’ fault that Rocco started cooking As a [...]
Have you been watching Jaime Oliver’s Food Revolution on ABC? (I’ve been watching it online.) I love that Jaime has come to the US to show Americans how to cook. It’s a skill so many people lack and is partially to blame for so many people relying on fast food and processed food products. Jaime [...]
Our first dish for Mother’s Day comes from the new Lifetime Television show, Cook Yourself Thin, that premiered today. (Read my review of the premier episode of Cook Yourself Thin.) Cook Yourself Thin teaches viewers how to take their favorite indulgent meals and turn them into something healthy by cutting the calories and doubling the flavor. [...]
I’m not one for chain restaurants, preferring local mom and pop joints. So I was reluctant to endorse anything the Olive Garden has to offer. However, their website is A-O.K. with me. Now you can watch cooking demonstrations of some of Olive Garden’s more popular dishes, like their Tuscan Garlic Chicken, Shrimp and Asparagus Risotto, [...]
These days it’s rare that I get a chance to watch Food Network. But I had a chance to check out some of the shows today with some wonderful recipes for Easter. (For more Easter ideas from Food Network, click here.) First on Everyday Italian, there were two fantastic and easy recipes for lentil soup [...]
Iron Chef rocks! When I discovered the shows nearly four years ago, when we finally got the Food Network on satellite, I fell in love. Such entertainment value! Such weird food! Such happy Japanese women talking about liking the feel of something in their mouths! (My husband really enjoyed hearing that.) I even got my [...]
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