The latest and greatest news about celebrity chefs, served up buffet style.
– Who is more desirable, Padma or Giada? The Ask Men folks hash it out.
– Let’s all raise our chalupas in tribute — the founder of Taco Bell has died at the age of 86.
After the jump…taking shots as Emeril appears on another network, a sober look at a serious problem and a humorous look at a very chubby problem.
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The latest and greatest news about celebrity chefs, served up buffet style.
– Sweet News: Smörg fave Gail Simmons will be the host of Top Chef: Just Desserts.
– And she’ll also be a regular judge on the second season of Top Chef: Masters beginning April 14th.
After the jump…taking shots as Alice Waters, the Jersey Shore crew contributes to our knowledge of the mixology and Food Network gets muy caliente!
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– The Voltaggios…no really, they’re much more likable in real life than they were on Top Chef!
– As part of our ongoing efforts to chronicle the food-related projects of the entire cast of Friends: Courtney Cox may be planning a food truck sitcom. I can’t wait for the inevitable David Schwimmer hot dog pushcart crime drama.
After the jump…when food and politics collide and we go countdown crazy.
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The latest and greatest news about celebrity chefs, served up buffet style.
– The Village People are mad at Jamie Oliver for using their costumes without permission. Everyone else is mad at him for looking ridiculous in the “Motorcycle Enthusiast’s” handlebar mustache.
– Is Bobby Flay building his house on a Native American burial ground? If so, here’s some free advice: Move the headstones and the bodies!
After the jump…Carl’s Jr. continues to scrape the bottom of the celebrity barrel, celeb chefs need to pay Uncle Sam just like you and me, and Padma slides further down my list of faves.
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(Artist’s rendering of what Food Network looks like on my new television.)
Dear Comcast,
I know a lot of people give you a hard time, bit I don’t think you’re so bad. My service is pretty reliable, any problems I’ve had have been addressed quickly and accurately, and it’s cool living in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, where I get both New York and Philly stations (I’m impossible to get off the couch on football Sundays). And I was really excited when I bought a new HD television so that I could start watching those HD signals that you run.
However, while my wife is thrilled to be able to watch Toddlers and Tiaras in stunning high definition, I’ve found the lack of Food Network in HD to be quite disappointing. You see, when they first announced that Food Network would be broadcasting in HD, I dreamed of the day when I would upgrade my unit, experience succulent dishes in amazing clarity and come one step closer to Emeril’s mythic “smell-o-vision.” And yet here I am with my snazzy new set and no HD signal with which to decipher the hidden messages in Guy Fieri’s tattoos.
Look, I know it takes a while to roll this stuff out, but anything you can do to fast-track HD Aida Mollenkamp would be greatly appreciated.
XOXOXO,
TVFF
Remember, the smörg always comes to you in the highest possible resolution.
– Padma insists that the odds aren’t stacked against women on Top Chef, but I do find the unusual requirement that all female cheftestants be both barefoot and pregnant to be a bit unfair.
– Here’s an article that includes the words “Jamie Oliver” and “testicles.” Bon appetit!
After the jump…a double dose of awesome news from Paula Deen and Duff Goldman wants to entertain your daughter.
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Isn’t it funny when a word or topic that you rarely hear comes up two or three times in a short period of time?
As you probably know, there’s a discussion going on in the comments of the recent Spend vs. Skimp post about the virtues of sea and kosher salt and the need to make sure we actually get some of that healthful iodine that you find in table salt.
Despite the fact that the phrase “tincture of iodine” is one of my all-time faves, the topic is not one that you regularly hear at cocktail parties. So you can imagine my surprise when I heard on the news that the health department of Pennsylvania is calling on residents that live near the state’s nuclear power plants to pick up new iodine tablets since the old ones have expired.
Iodine twice in one week…what are the chances?
Frankly, if there’s a meltdown, I’d be more more concerned with the giant rabbits. But never let it be said that Endless Simmer doesn’t provide a public service: If you hear the sirens go off, start chugging your Morton’s!
On to the smörg…which is always a low-sodium product.
– ABC brings us the most brilliant child in the world: “Bacon is good for me!”
– The Food Network Mafia brings home a bunch of daytime Emmys, including the statue for “Outstanding Achievement in Making Sandra Lee Seem Lifelike.”
After the jump…How Food Network spent its summer, Jamie gets his groove on and TLC breaks new ground (no, not really).
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Brit, you might not want to read this…..
When I was gallivanting about last month, one of my main priorities (apart from saving humanity and all that) was to understand the cuisine of an obscure little country located on the island of Great Britain—a nation that once struck fear in the hearts of even the most stalwart champions of freedom: England.
This tiny little swath of land, located in the Northern Atlantic, shares land borders with better known Scotland and Wales. Apparently, the citizens of this country “England” were some of the first immigrants to our great nation. Yeah, who knew! Having sampled some of the traditional English fare, I understand why these Englishmen put off the massacre of the indigenous Americans until after they learned some culinary skills from America’s first people.
I found all of this out over a gruesomely disgusting meal of black and white pudding with famous English celebrity chef Jamie Oliver. That’s a picture of him pondering the quirks of the English palate above. More on that and some complimentary analysis of the cuisine of our former colonial overlords after the jump.
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