I’ll Drink to That
Posted on July 30, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!One of my local newspapers this Sunday ran a feature in its health section entitled "To your health," which dealt with cocktails that pack both a health wallop and a booze wallop.
Amen. Sounds good to me.
However, these drinks are [...]
Food Network Contestant Tells Her Side of the Story
Posted on July 28, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | 1 Comment
After I wrote another of my ascerbic assessments of something on TV, this time the just-concluded Food Network search for its "Next TV Star," the runnerup wrote a reply. It appears in the comments under yesterday’s posting, but since it might get lost there, I thought I’d reprint it here. It’s refreshing in giving the [...]
Read More..>>Top Chef: Food Focus (v. Next TV Star)
Posted on July 27, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | 2 Comments
I’ve been trying to follow the Top Chef third season on Bravo even though I have some problems with the hostess and main judge (purely personal opinion of them).
Now, in watching the Miami-based competition this week, I was drawn to the inevitable comparison to the just-concluded Food Network Next TV Star series (I think I got some of [...]
MSN Money Says Go Veggie
Posted on July 26, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
Logging out of my Hotmail account today, I was taken to the MSN home page where the featured story was on vegetarianism.
I remember trying to date a woman once whose motto was, "Don’t eat anything that has eyes."
Now, while I agree with the philosophy behind this–don’t kill living creatures–I’m also a firm believer that meat [...]
Prediction: The Return of JAG to Food TV
Posted on July 25, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | 10 Comments
He may have resigned because of a faked resume, but [tag]Joshua Adam Garcia[/tag], aka JAG or [tag]Jag[/tag], seems destined for a slot on Food TV sometime after the "controversy" settles down.
I make this prediction after rewatching the episode of The Next Food Network TV Star in which he resigned. The producers gushed all over the [...]
Vegemite or PB&J, Mate?
Posted on July 24, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
In one of my English classes, I keep hearing about [tag]Vegemite[/tag] from one of the students who hails from Australia.
He described it as a dark, gooey yeast extract that is extremely salty. He recommended just coating your bread with a thin layer of it.
I did a little research and discovered that Vegemite is indeed to [...]
Hard to Believe They Didn’t Know: The Sequel
Posted on July 23, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
I still think they engineered this reality drama from the git-go, but the winner of [tag]The Next Food Network TV Star[/tag]–who gets her own half-hour slot at 5 a.m. on Sundays–is the Dr. Phil should-be patient, Amy Finley of San Diego.
The fact that Ms. Finley was the most credible of all the contestants, which I believe she was, [...]
When Is a Crepe Really a Pizza?
Posted on July 21, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
Answer: When it’s served at a new restaurant in Brea, Calif., called [tag]Crepes de Paris[/tag].
I’d always remembered [tag]crepes[/tag] as these wafer-thin little concoctions that were rolled up with delicate goodies inside. However, at Crepes de Paris they are served looking like individual pizzas, thick and piled high with your choice of sweet and savory additions. [...]
Hard to Believe They Didn’t Know
Posted on July 19, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | 4 Comments
When it happened, I thought it was a set-up and that the producers of "The Next Food Network Star" knew all along.
What I’m referring to is the "sudden" discovery and disqualification of contestant Joshua Adam Garcia (who called himself [tag]JAG[/tag]) for lying about his background. Throughout the weekslong series, which I think I watched faithfully [...]
Ripen Your Avocados
Posted on July 18, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
I don’t know if you make [tag]guacamole[/tag], that dip for chips that is so popular where I live, but you’ve probably enjoyed avocados on salads and sandwiches.
The thing is, when you buy an avocado at the market, it’s usually not quite ripe yet, so what do you do?
I used to throw the ‘cados in a [...]
