My favorite part was seeing Bobby and Rachael debate over burger patties. Not sure who won the debate, as both Rachael and Bobby stuck to their guns, but I’m curious to hear your guys’ take on the dispute. This is the disagreement:
Bobby Flay puts nothing INSIDE his burger patty. No chopped onions, no garlic, no bell pepper, not even salt and pepper. He liberally puts salt and pepper outside the patty, but nothing inside. (Here are Bobby’s perfect burger rules).
Rachael Ray likes to mix every ingredient combination possible in her burger patties: from worcestershire sauce to fennel seed to chipotles, and of course, salt and pepper.
Bobby’s argument: When Bobby wants a burger, he wants a burger….not meatloaf.
So my pal Robert, last heard from here, rears his way-smarter-than-me head again in the pages of Gourmet, this time about how I commandeered his house, backpack full of Greenmarket rhubarb in tow, to make mustard last weekend. I just want to make clear: at no point during said kitchen commandeering did I use the word “isothiocyanates,” hence the way-smarter-than-me-ness, but hey, at least I know what they are now.
This is fairly heartening; I’ve always felt that there had to be some sort of biological smoothie-compulsion at work here, as I’ve never met a single person who actively enjoys smoothies. [via]
Everyday in these hallowed halls, I walk past our logo, encompassed in our fabulous new graphics look. The colors and textures of the logo you see that accompany Food Network shows on TV, or on print campaigns (like billboards or on taxi’s) are all created by my department – Creative Services. Toot, toot.
Then one day it hit me like a crème pie filled with hand whipped lemon meringue, what’s up with the logo?! Where has it been over the years, and why did it go there?
My boyfriend just sent me this Good Magazine gallery of people’s fridge contents, sorted by occupation, age, and details. We’re most similar to the Journalist/Designer/School Teacher household, since always have fresh produce everywhere, protein, leftovers everywhere (because he eats 24/7), and lots of knick-knacks on the top shelf and the door. The rest of the list is pretty entertaining, especially the connection between jobs and fridges — check out the bartender’s fridge!
Above is my second installment of Follow My Fork. If you did not catch the first vlog, check it out here.
Today, my nose and fork led me to the set of spirited, bright-haired Anne Burrell‘s Secrets of a Restaurant Chef. There, I tracked down intern Ian, resident expert on everything edible – like Kabocha (a Japanese squash). He let me nibble on some Squash Bread Pudding (who knew squash could be so worldly!). Also, I got to try some delicious skate, a fish- a not so nice name but a tasty treat. You’ll be able to see this fare when it airs on Anne’s show this fall.
NPR quizzed Paula Deen on tofu a few weeks ago, and if you haven’t heard the segment yet….you should. When the Butter Queen was a guest on NPR’s quiz show, “Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!“, she played the “Not My Job” quiz. And if anything is not Paula’s job….it’s tofu.
When you have 11 minutes and 2 seconds to spare, take a listen to the entire interview and quiz here. But if you can’t find the time, here’s a cheat sheet of my favorite moments to fast forward to:
At 1:03 into the segment:
Paula tells us which recipe of hers should have the disclaimer, “Only one serving per lifetime.”
At 3:25 into the segment:
Find out how Paula deep fries an ottoman.
At 6:30 into the segment:
Paula answers three questions about tofu.
As a cultural phenomenon, backlash generally surfaces at the point when a movement gathers enough force to actually pose a threat to somebody. So it could be taken as a positive sign that an increasingly vociferous backlash is emerging to the sustainability movement these days. This trend first became apparent last year, as some in the food media began to surfeit on locavorism. Now one can discern it in the avalanche of abuse that’s swirled around the sustainability movement’s proxy, AliceWaters, for the last couple months.
To be fair, much recent criticism of Waters is not backlash. It’s coming from fellow travelers whose patience Waters has exhausted. But there’s also an undercurrent of conservatism coursing through much of these Waters wars, an undercurrent most often betrayed in the tenor of the conversation, the ad hominem attacks, the vituperation. Ultimately, one senses that these attacks aren’t really about Alice at all. Or rather, are only about Alice insofar as she can be deployed as an instrument in an ideological battle whose timing is revealingly coincident with the arrival of a new administration and the possibilities for reform that it has opened up. It seems reasonable to expect that the closer the sustainability movement gets to realizing its goals, the more influence it wields, the cozier it gets with the Obama administration, the more desperate and aggressive the backlash that will emerge. Brace yourself, Alice.
It was announced today that Food Network has 10 nominations in the 2009 Daytime Emmy Awards!!
Check out the categories our guys and gals are up for:
Outstanding Culinary Program Barefoot Contessa – Food Network Giada at Home – Food Network
Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie – PBS Grill It! With Bobby Flay – Food Network
Simply Ming – PBS
Outstanding Lifestyle/ Culinary Host 30 Minute Meals – Food Network Barefoot Contessa – Food Network Grill It! With Bobby Flay – Food Network
Peter Perfect – The Style Network
Simply Ming – PBS
Outstanding Directing in a Lifestyle/Culinary Program Giada at Home – Food Network Guy’s Big Bite – Food Network
The Martha Stewart Show – Syndicated
The Old House – PBS
Outstanding Achievement in Hairstyling Semi-Homemade Cooking with Sandra Lee – Food Network
The Bonnie Hunt Show – Syndicated
The Ellen Degeneres Show – Syndicated
The Tyra Banks Show – Syndicated
The View – ABC
Outstanding Achievement in Makeup Semi-Homemade Cooking with Sandra Lee – Food Network
The Bonnie Hunt Show – Syndicated
The Price is Right – CBS
The Tyra Banks Show – Syndicated
The View – ABC
“The show will be telecast on the CW Television Network on Sunday, August 30th, 2009 from the historic Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, CA.”
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