August 31, 2010
A week ago, I was lucky enough to chat with Melissa and Joey Maggiore, stars of the new Food Network program “Family Style,”which premiered on August 26. The show follows the Maggiores, a brother and sister team who opened up Tommy V’s Urban Kitchen, an Italian restaurant in Carlsbad, California. This unscripted “odd couple-esque” series documents the mayhem, mishaps, and hilarity that come with working with your sibling. Read some of the interview highlights after the jump!
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August 6, 2010
This week, I didn’t make a cocktail. Instead, I wanted to share some awesome cocktail making tipsthat were given to me straight from Darryl Robinson aka “Dr. Mixologist” from the Cooking Channel’s “Drink Up!” Read more to get some great summer cocktail advice! Read the rest of this entry »
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June 24, 2010
A new name is popping up in the food world and that name is Chuck Hughes. Not only does he run and cook for Montreal’s Garde Manger restaurant, but he has a new series on the Cooking Channel called “Chuck’s Day Off.” We don’t know what you know about Chuck Hughes, but we know a lot. Six things to be exact!
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June 7, 2010
Check out our interview with Aida Mollenkamp, star of the Food Network program “Ask Aida” and now a new Cooking Channel series “FoodCrafters!“ She spills about her most hated food, her time overseas, her new show, and more!
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June 2, 2010
Last week when we blogged about the brand new Cooking Channel, we mentioned that you should keep an eye out for interviews with some of the star chefs. Well, here’s our first one! Roger Mooking, star of the Cooking Channel series “Everyday Exotic,” was nice enough to take some time to share a bit about himself and his new program. Read more to learn about his biggest cooking disaster, his favorite music to cook by, and the much more! Read the rest of this entry »
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January 29, 2008
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Investigative journalist Bill Kurtis is well known for his time as an anchor for CBS News, his hosting of A&E news and crime documentaries, and now, his promotion of grass-fed beef consumption (as opposed to corn-fed beef).
He owns a cattle ranch that raises its beef with grass (and only grass) and sells it through his TallGrass Beef company. And in November 2007, he released a book of both recipes and the history of grass-fed beef called “The Prairie Table Cookbook”. The text makes the claim that cows were meant to eat grass and humans were meant to eat grass-fed beef, but that somewhere along the path, we digressed and switched over to corn-fed beef for corporate convenience. Kurtis hopes we revert back to our old ways that he thinks are not only simpler and tastier, but healthier.
So join me while I ask Bill a few questions about his book, his positions on related current events, and his favorite beef:
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