The latest and greatest news about celebrity chefs, served up buffet style.
– It’s Beer Week here in Philadelphia — a celebration of the wonderfully vibrant beer culture of the city. Unfortunately, our toddlers have shitty taste. Seriously, kid…Miller Lite?
– Paula Deen gets a little handsey with The Situation. Also getting handsey? Paula’s maid, who helped herself to $10K worth of the food personality’s jewelry.
After the jump…a lesson in marketing.
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The latest and greatest news about celebrity chefs, served up buffet style.
– The Beards were announced. Big winner is Top Chef’s Tom Colicchio. Lots of happiness in the TVFF household when the chef at Philly’s Osteria won for Mid-Atlantic.
– And the full run-down of Beard media award winners. I’m sure ours is coming next year.
After the jump…we take a trip down to the mouth of The Mighty Mississip and we ponder if it’s actually “news” that Duff Goldman is in the paper for baking a cake.
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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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Have you been watcing Next Food Network Star? I have.
Well, technically, I’ve had it on in the background as I try in vain to beat my mom’s top score in Bejeweled Blitz on Facebook. How does she get so many damn points?!?!
So I’ve been kinda paying attention to this season. I know that Debbie is gone, which means we won’t hear the word “Korean” every 14.7 seconds. Anyway, the fact that I’ve not been 100% focused doesn’t mean that I’m not pulling hard for Jeffrey. Why? Because he’s just a severe overbite and some bright yellow skin away from being a Simpsons character, and I think the Food Network needs to diversify into animation.
Seriously, they don’t have a single cartoon character on the network — unless you count Paula Deen.
Zing! Pow! Smörg!
– Bourdain does Baltimore and a local complains about the hatchet job, saying he should have sat down with Duff Goldman. Yeah, that would have gone well.
– Food Network is still going gangbusters during the recession despite dips in restaurant revenue. This is because staying home and licking your TV screen is significantly cheaper than the prix fixe at The French Laundry.
After the jump…so close yet so far with Giada, “Is that Emeril losing at video poker?” and everyone’s favorite Italian cheftestant woos you with wine.
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