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May 25, 2012
Food Network Alumni Bruce Seidel and Duff Goldman to Launch YouTube Channel HUNGRY
July 2 will mark a the emergence of a new platform for food television, thanks to former Food Network and Cooking Channel veteran Bruce Seidel. The Associated Press reports that Seidel, the creator of Food Network Star and Iron Chef America, will spearhead the launch of HUNGRY, a specialized YouTube ... More >>
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May 2, 2012
Top 4 Weekend Food Events: Chile Dinner, Beer Tasting, Beer Festival Taste of the Eastside
Spicy Chile Dinner A chile-infused five course menu prepared by Monique King, winner of Food Network's Chef Hunter, includes caramelized Brussels sprouts, arctic char, pork tenderloin, lamb pibil, and tamales, plus three tequilas. WHAT: Spicy Chile Dinner WHEN: 7 p.m., May 4 WHERE: Border Grill dow ... More >>
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May 2, 2012
The Wednesday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories
You can't replace the feeling of lounging on the couch with a scrunched-up newspaper. But with the web, at least you don't need to worry about getting ink on your hands and bagel. Here's a roundup of some food-related stories from our country's newspapers this week. Lucky for us, it's mostly free. F ... More >>
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April 27, 2012
Want to Start a Food Blog? Food Blogging for Dummies Could Be Just What You Need, Depending on Your Pie Expectations
We were bound to get a food-blogging edition of the endless "Dummies" series (we must not be getting any smarter) one of these days. With Food Blogging for Dummies, the days of "Branding Your Food Blog Through Consistency and Frequency" chapter headers has arrived. The author is Kelly Senyei, an as ... More >>
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April 9, 2012
Cascabel: Rick Bayless is Starring in a Play!
If you're going to be in Chicago sometime before April 29th, and want to earn some very esoteric food snob points, you cannot miss Rick Bayless making his acting debut in Cascabel at The Lookingglass Theater Company. Yes, chef Rick Bayless, author, restaurateur and champion of Mexican regional cui ... More >>
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April 2, 2012
No Kitchen Required Around the World in 80 Plates: Does the food still matter?
It takes a special kind of chef to sign up for a competition show. When it comes to cooking, it's much easier, really, to stay in your own kitchen, keep your nose to the saucepan and crank out the best food you know how without the aggravation of mystery ingredients and a ticking clock. But that's ... More >>
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February 6, 2012
Food Network Update: Record Ratings in January Trisha Yearwood is Getting Her Own Show
HuluThanks to gems like Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off, the Food Network reported the highest ratings in the network's history in January. Overall, the network was ranked seventh in cable primetime television, and their viewership was 40 percent higher than one year ago. Celebrity Cook ... More >>
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January 10, 2012
New Food Network Show Fat Chef to Premiere Jan. 26
A new batch of chefs is joining the Food Network later this month, but they won't be doing much cooking. Instead, the group of chefs deemed "fat" will be a part of Fat Chef, a Biggest Loser-type program, focusing on helping twelve professional chefs lose weight while improving their mental and physi ... More >>
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January 9, 2012
Meet Your Food Blogger: Adam Roberts of The Amateur Gourmet
Adam Roberts is one of those food blogger-turned-published authors whose success makes the rest of us drool. He created his blog, "The Amateur Gourmet," in 2004 while studying law at Emory University. "I'd come home from a long day of law school, my brain would be fried, and the only thing I could ... More >>
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December 15, 2011
Rachael v. Guy Celebrity Cook-Off: Pitting Celebrity Non-Chefs Against Each Other to See Who Sucks the Least
Have we learned nothing from Famous Food? Only disaster can come from letting half-wit D-listers anywhere near a set of knives. Shouldn't the fact that a New Jersey Housewife is now part owner of a Hollywood restaurant teach us we should leave culinary arts to professionals? Unfortunately Rac ... More >>
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November 14, 2011
Wendy Doulton's The Headhuntress and Carrie McCully's Chef Hunter: Is Getting a Real Job Reality TV's New Fantasy?
Via NBCUniversalThe Headhuntress Wendy Doulton, right, coaches a job seeker.I watch the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills every week. I watch New York and Orange County, too. (Though we all agree DC was whack, right?) I watch these shows partly for the ability to laugh at the dippy one-liners ... More >>
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November 2, 2011
Taste Awards Nominees Announced: Anthony Bourdain, Alton Brown Steve Jobs
Taste AwardsWhat do Steve Jobs, Kung Fu Panda 2 and The Chew have in common? They'll each be recognized during the next annual Taste Awards. Contrary to the name, the award ceremony, held January's 3rd in Hollywood, honors not just food but style and home lifestyle programming in television, ... More >>
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October 18, 2011
Chef Hunter: The Food Network is Hiring, Sort Of
Perhaps you think the chef competition show, like the seemingly endless barrage of singing contests on TV, has been overdone. The titles of Top Chef, Iron Chef, Master Chef and even Extreme Chef are doled out left and right, but The Food Network's new show Chef Hunter hands out a prize we haven't he ... More >>
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October 17, 2011
Cookbook Of The Week: Alton Brown's Good Eats 3 Is Really Good Nostalgic Eats
amazonAlton Brown's just-released Good Eats 3: The Later Years is, as we are told on the front jacket flap, The End. Per Brown: "Everyone knows that part three is the end (unless, of course, you're Bond or Potter), and expectations run high." Yes, after ten years of watching Brown investiga ... More >>
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September 22, 2011
Jonathan Gold Reviews Guisados
amazonAlton Brown's just-released Good Eats 3: The Later Years is, as we are told on the front jacket flap, The End. Per Brown: "Everyone knows that part three is the end (unless, of course, you're Bond or Potter), and expectations run high." Yes, after ten years of watching Brown investiga ... More >>
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September 20, 2011
Top 5 Good Eats Episodes Alton Brown's Good Eats 3: The Later Years Cookbook Out Soon
AmazonIf you've been in Alton Brown withdrawal since the Food Network aired the last episode of Good Eats back in May, perhaps secretly watching episodes on YouTube when you should have been watching, well, the Food Network I guess, you now have something to look forward to. Brown's third Goo ... More >>
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September 9, 2011
Heat Seekers Aaron Sanchez and Roger Mooking Tackle Guisados: Can They Handle It?
Via the Food Network blog.In tonight's episode of Heat Seekers on the Food Network, chefs Aarón Sanchez and Roger Mooking take a tour of L.A.'s spicy food scene, stopping at Lucky Devils, Hana Sushi Bar, and of course, Guisados, where they sample some "10 " spice-level tacos. So can they ta ... More >>
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August 15, 2011
Monday Morning Food News Roundup
Guzzle & NoshDear Brits: Enjoy our barbecued ribs.--Michelle Bachmann eats a footlong corndog. At least if this whole presidential run doesn't work out, she has other career options. [Telegraph] --Some dude from Chicago wins Food Network Star. [Chi Trib] --The Brits discover BBQ. [WSJ] --Dine ... More >>
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August 11, 2011
The Power Of The Riff: Skip The Smoke Break For These Five Bands
Nathaniel ShannonPentagram vocalist Bobby LieblingLast year, The Power Of The Riff festival packed hundreds of metal kids, hardcore kids, and old geezers that remember the tape-trading days of the 1980s into the Echo and Echoplex, partly due to the ability to offer free admission thanks to a ... More >>
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July 26, 2011
Heat Seekers Aaron Sanchez and Roger Mooking Visit L.A. via the Food Network
Via the Food Network blog.Chefs Roger Mooking and Aarón Sanchez.If you were to take yourself on a spicy foods tour of Los Angeles, where would you go? There'd certainly be no shortage of options; hell, that tour could probably last a decade. But for the sake of TV, the Food Network narrowed ... More >>
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July 18, 2011
Do You Have the Worst Kitchen in America? There's Hope A TV Special
Via diynetwork.comWant your kitchen to look like this?File this under First World Problems. Powerhouse pair DIY Network and Food Network Magazine have teamed up to find the most dilapidated, rundown, poorly-designed kitchen in America, and rescue it from itself with a full-on makeover. Many ... More >>
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July 15, 2011
Debbie Lee's Poutine Truck Hits the Streets
Chef Debbie Lee must like running the Ahn Joo food truck because she's launching another truck, only this one is Canadian not Korean. Along with partner James MacKinnon, the Food Network regular will debut The Poutine Truck (@thepoutinetruck) this weekend at the Little Tokyo Design Festival.
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July 12, 2011
Spread on Melrose: Is it a Sex Food Shop?
Photo Credit: Aaron Stein-Chester "We're making couture for your insides," Spread owner Andrew Schiff responds with total commitment. It's a good, quotable answer: Spread is place to pamper your digestive system. But it's not the answer we came for. In the few weeks since Spread opened on Mel ... More >>
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June 30, 2011
Extreme Chef on The Food Network: Over the Line?
Photo courtesy of The Food Network.Run, chef, run!Somewhere out there, the Top Chefs of the world are sitting around sharing a massive chuckle about what idiots the contestants of new show Extreme Chefs are making of themselves. Either that, or they're suddenly feeling like major pansies. To ... More >>
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June 30, 2011
Kate and Wills Do Los Angeles: The Royal Itinerary
As if the July 4 forecast wasn't hot enough!Might as well just get this out of the way now. You either want to follow the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, formerly known as Prince William and Kate Middleton, around L.A. like creepy red-coat sympathizers (the weekend after Independence Day, no l ... More >>
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June 15, 2011
Cookbook Review: Truly Mexican A Pipián Verde (Green Pumpkin Seed Sauce) Recipe
Mexico City-born (now New York City based) chef Roberto Santibañez's latest cookbook. Truly Mexican: Essential Recipes and Techniques for Authentic Mexican Cooking with JJ Goode is truly exactly what the subtitle describes -- something that is not as common in the cookbook world as it should ... More >>
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May 26, 2011
Gather 'Round the Induction Stove Campfire: 7 Summer Cooking Classes for Kids
J. Ritz Art, soccer, drama and the like are all edifying pursuits that help young people find their passions and build character. But you can't eat them for dinner. Cooking classes for kids are fun, educational, and let's face it, useful. Come summertime in Los Angeles -- and it's just around ... More >>
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May 25, 2011
Q & A with Bobby Flay, Part 1: A New Yorker's Take on L.A. Food
Image courtesy of The Food Network.Bobby Flay on the set of his newest cooking show, Barbecue Addiction.When it comes to television, we live in blurry times. Who's got real talent, and who is famous just for being famous? The popularity of many reality stars far eclipses that of real actors, ... More >>
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May 25, 2011
Q & A with Bobby Flay, Part 2: Why Being on TV is the Easy Part
The Food NetworkBobby Flay on the set of his newest cooking show, Barbecue AddictionIn the first part of our interview with Bobby Flay, he gave us some insight into how his opinion of the L.A. restaurant scene has changed over the years, as well as how he thinks the Food Network has molded th ... More >>
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May 17, 2011
The New AP Stylebook Food Guidelines: More Fun With Locavore Ghee
Flickr/toddmundtamuse-bouche Thanks to Gustavo Arellano for this one. (We just forwarded your post, Gustavo, to our own overworked and much-appreciated copy editor. All in italics.) Just in time for a whole summer of writing about new Food Network shows, the AP has come out with a new Food Gu ... More >>
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May 12, 2011
Noooooooooooo! Alton Brown to End "Good Eats"
One of our favorite cooking shows ever, right up there with the Galloping Gourmet when he was still a drunk, is finito. Alton Brown announced yesterday that after 249 episodes, his Food Network show Good Eats is done. (Chicago Tribune reports Brown announced it as his first post on Twitter, b ... More >>
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May 2, 2011
Don't Be a Mayo Swoosher 99 Other Tips from Chefs
Food NetworkThe May 2011 issue of Food Network Magazine claims to give you the "100 Greatest Cooking Tips (of All Time!)." These are the "greatest" tips, presumably, because they come courtesy of "the top chefs in the country." Los Angeles represents well, with a number of our city's chefs ... More >>
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March 24, 2011
Panna Cotta Is (Usually) Boring A Recipe for Buttermilk Panna Cotta with Blood Orange Compote
Ryan Millerpanna cotta Panna Cotta is boring. Gingered versions show up on "fusion" restaurant menus all over town, and just about every Food Network star (insert desired perkiness, accent, girth or cleavage here) has demonstrated just how easy the Italian "cooked cream" is to make. But, this ... More >>
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March 9, 2011
Somebody Stole Guy Fieri's Lamborghini
Food Network/Alan PoulinGuy Fieri Ah, the perils of fame, money and expensive cars. And no, sorry, this is not a Charlie Sheen story. Food Network star Guy Fieri (Minute to Win It, Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives) had his $200,000-plus Lamborghini sports car stolen, and not just ripped off by an ... More >>
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March 8, 2011
Breadbar Brings Food Trucks Into the Kitchen with Hatchi Truck Stop
Guzzle & NoshBreadbar Century City (left) and the Grill 'Em All truck (right). Is Breadbar bringing its Guest Chef Series to the streets or bringing street food to its guests? Either way, the Century City restaurant will morph its once popular Hatchi Guest Chef Series into the Hatchi Truck St ... More >>
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March 3, 2011
Chiseling Away At Randy Finch, Star of the Food Network's Ice Brigade
Food NetworkRandy Finch putting the finishing touches on a frozen craps tableTonight the Food Network premieres a show about extreme ice sculpting. Perhaps your first question is the same one we had: why does the Food Network have a show about ice sculpting? Sure, you often see ice sculptures ... More >>
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March 2, 2011
Wanna See an Ice Sculpture of Justin Bieber's Head? Of Course You Do!
courtesy Food Network The Food Network has just sent us today's incredibly strange image: a man proudly displaying an ice sculpture of Justin Bieber's head. From the Food Network: This morning on Good Day LA, Randy Finch (focus of Food Network's new primetime series, Ice Brigade, premierin ... More >>
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February 25, 2011
Cookbook Review: When Those Great Easy Meals Aren't So Perfect On The Food Network
How many times are we going to say the magazine-cum-cookbook seems to be the publishing trend du jour? One more time, apparently, when the The Food Network Magazine releases Great Easy Meals: 250 Fun & Fast Recipes in the coming weeks. The press release promises the magazine's first cookbook ... More >>
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January 19, 2011
James Beard House Brings Its "Friends of James Beard" Benefit To SoCal
James Beard Foundation If you missed the James Beard Celebrity Chef Tour stop in L.A. last summer, not to worry; the culinary powerhouse is headed back to Southern California, this time bringing with it a weekend full of cooking demonstrations, extravagant meals and even a few Food Network s ... More >>
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January 18, 2011
More Italian for Brentwood: Villetta Debuts in February
L. Balla It seems that Brentwood just can't have too many Italian restaurants. The newest on the horizon: Villetta, slated to open next month in the former Chez Mimi space across from the Brentwood Country Mart. Locals were saddened when Chez Mimi shuttered (the owners are still looking for ... More >>
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January 14, 2011
Camp Blogaway 2011 Update: Registration Is Officially Open
Camp Blogaway If you're reading our food blog, chances are good that you might have your own food blog. You might write about recipes, restaurants, chef crushes, or even obscure flavors of Kit Kats. And whether you have 10,000 loyal followers, or twenty casual readers of the friend-and-famil ... More >>
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December 15, 2010
[Updated] Calorie Commando Juan-Carlos Cruz Sentenced to Nine Years in State Prison
Update: Of course this story gets weirder, the more details come out. For one, Juan-Carlos Cruz claimed that he hired two men to kill his wife not for the normal reasons, say, insurance fraud or temporary insanity or complete marital dysfunction, but for love. "Even though I was planning on w ... More >>
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December 14, 2010
[Updated] Finally, A Reason to Eat at Chipotle: Nate Appleman Will Make Your Burrito
Food NetworkNate ApplemanIt seems like Chipotle has finally figured out how to get some of us to walk through its doors. No, not by dreaming up a well-placed ad campaign. Not by being in seemingly every mall in America. Not even by serving natural meats and reducing sodium and supporting loca ... More >>
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December 10, 2010
Woodland Hills Rotary Arts & Crafts Fair: Food Trucks, Photography & More
Flickr/Rios-EnriquezLake Street Creamery, one of the food trucks at this weekend's Rotary Arts & Crafts Fair L.A. is chalk full of holiday events this weekend -- from downtown's Artisanal L.A. to Bond Appetit: James Bond, Foodie event -- and now the Valley is getting into the mix. On Saturda ... More >>
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December 3, 2010
How To Deep Fry Chicken Wings in 1983 Pontiac Bonneville
We have Sam Sifton to thank for many things, of course, but the latest in the list is perhaps the funniest. It's the link to this YouTube video, which documents how to use a partially snow-buried 1983 Pontiac Bonneville to deep fry chicken wings. It's hilarious for a lot of reasons: the conceit, th ... More >>
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November 29, 2010
Web Surfing: A Roundup of News from L.A. Food Blogs & Beyond
-- Le Van Ba, Founder of Lee's Sandwiches, Dies At 79. [Stick A Fork In It] -- Pet Pantry: a food bank for the four-footed. [Los Angeles Times] -- The new front in the culture wars: food. [The Washington Post] -- A French farmer is fined for feeding his ducks pot. No, he wasn't force-feeding them ... More >>
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November 23, 2010
Q & A with Scott Conant, Part 2: Silverton, Celebrity, and Defending the Spaghetti Price Structure
Flickr user Muy YumScott Conant in the kitchen of Scarpetta Beverly Hills In part 1 of our interview with Scarpetta chef Scott Conant, we discussed his youth; how rejection from a plumbing program lead him to the life of a chef; what it felt like to get that first three-star review in The New ... More >>
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November 22, 2010
Web Surfing: A Roundup of News from L.A. Food Blogs & Beyond
-- Michael Voltaggio to open Ink next year. [Daily Dish] -- Jose Andres blasts Congress over pending school lunch bill. [Chicago Tribune] -- Just one dish: District's spam sliders. [Eating L.A.] -- Divided We Eat, on class and food in America. [Newsweek] -- T minus 3: A laid-back guide to Tha ... More >>
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November 22, 2010
Have Fondant, Will Travel: Ace of Cakes Canceled
The Food Network announced that Ace of Cakes, the reality show that followed Duff Goldman and the staff of his Baltimore bakery, Charm City Cakes, has been canceled. Ace of Cakes will begin its 10th -- and final season -- this January. The show began in 2006. As Goldman wrote on his Charm City Ca ... More >>
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April 6, 2006
Ask Mr. Gold: Pizza Dough
The Food Network announced that Ace of Cakes, the reality show that followed Duff Goldman and the staff of his Baltimore bakery, Charm City Cakes, has been canceled. Ace of Cakes will begin its 10th -- and final season -- this January. The show began in 2006. As Goldman wrote on his Charm City Ca ... More >>
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