Hooters: An Idea Whose Time…
Posted on September 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!Well, I’m not sure if Hooters enjoys time immemorial or is just what its name suggests.
Hooters is a huge chain of restaurants, and I’ve visited its locations exactly twice–once about ten years ago on a lark when I was writing [...]
Wednesday Night and Food Shows
Posted on September 27, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
[tag]Gordon Ramsay[/tag] pulled off another restaurant rescue last night on "Kitchen Nightmares," saving a Manhattan eatery named Dillons from the oblivion it deserved, while over at "Top Chef," another gimmick prevailed as they somehow decided to keep three contestants for the final showdown next week, eliminating only Brian. As I’ve said all along, this is [...]
Read More..>>Sport of Kings Returns to SoCal
Posted on September 26, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
I didn’t find any royalty out there, but [tag]Santa Anita Race Track[/tag] in Arcadia, Calif., opened its Oak Tree Meet today under perfect skies and 80-degree weather. Natch, I had to attend.
Santa Anita, built and opened during the Great Depression, is one of Southern California’s most beautiful destinations, nestled up against the picturesque San Gabriel [...]
How Many Ways Can One Say, “Mmmmmm…”?
Posted on September 25, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
If you watch Food TV, you’ll definitely get your fill of [tag]Rachael Ray[/tag], like her or leave her. I’m in the latter category, but once I’ve seen all the sports scores and news on ESPN, I have nowhere left to go but over to Food Network.
While watching tonight’s segment of Ray’s "Tasty Travels," I was [...]
Poetic Justice Strikes Twice in the Same Week
Posted on September 22, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
First, [tag]O. J. Simpson[/tag], whose detectives are working ’round the clock to find the murderer of his ex-wife but somehow neglect to look in O. J.’ s own abode, gets snookered in Las Vegas and now faces life imprisonment, and then, if National Enquirer headlines be believed, [tag]Rachael Ray[/tag] is on the way to her [...]
Read More..>>Gentlemen’s Hunting Essentials: Aiming Juice
Posted on September 21, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
The British have always been more civilized than we colonials, though their food routinely sucked up until they started adopting California Cuisine techniques in the 1980s.
As for the civilized part, catch this: Debrett’s Etiquette and Modern Manners, a guide for the upper crust (the titled peerage), recommends that those out hunting should take along "aiming [...]
TV Revels in the Maladjusted
Posted on September 20, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
Well, Hung the egomaniacal, tantrum-spouting so-called chef hung in there while Sara, the last real people on "Top Chef," was sent packing.
Such are the inequities of life and the Boob Tube, which seems to mirror all the boobs in society.
It was a double boob-whamny for me as prior to "Top Chef" I watched the first [...]
‘Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares’ to Debut
Posted on September 19, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
I don’t know how I’ve survived all these years without watching [tag]Gordon Ramsay[/tag], three-star British chef, with his shows "The F Word" and "Hell’s Kitchen," but tonight I plan on watching the opening segment of his new "Kitchen Nightmares" series on Fox (9 p.m. on Wednesdays).
The concept seems entirely similar to "Kitchen Makeover" on Food Network, [...]
Taste of Newport: Only the Rich Need Attend
Posted on September 18, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
I caught up with the annual [tag]Taste of Newport[/tag] (in Newport Beach, Calif.) on Sunday, its last day. Taste features food from Orange County restaurants, along with some wine, beer and other drink vendors.
I thought the $17 admission price was high enough, but I looked at all the food and drink stalls lining the street and [...]
Two New Shows to Avoid
Posted on September 17, 2007 - Filed Under Food News | Leave a Comment
I’m sure I’ll end up watching at least one of these new reality cooking shows.
Food Network has announced its “Next Iron Chef” competition, and [tag]Rachael Ray[/tag] has unveiled her own competition called “So You Think You Can Cook?” Only non-professionals can participate.
The winner–ta ta ta!–gets to appear and cook on Rachael’s TV show.
Since I agree [...]
