ellaella on Aug 6th, 2007Oven fried chicken
“Oven fried” is an oxymoron, but I’ve tried several recipes over the years in hopes of a healthier alternative to fried chicken, and perhaps you have too. If the taste is good, the texture is not and vice versa. So I keep trying, and this is the latest, which is from the anonymous staff of […]
ellaella on Jul 10th, 2007The network that Emeril built
The Food Network can quit pretending now. It’s not about cooking.
Last night a new schedule took effect, with Chef Emeril Lagasse moving to 7 PM Eastern, an hour earlier than the time slot he’s had for years. When I heard the promo, I assumed it was so the network could re-run his show at 10. […]
ellaella on Jun 13th, 2007Food “reality” shows
Season 3 of Top Chef begins tonight and two episodes of the latest round of The Next Food Network Star are under our belts, and I’m scratching my head, at least figuratively, over the challenges that enable winners to advance in these competitions.
Food Network first. It was apparent immediately that many of this year’s challenges […]
ellaella on Apr 17th, 2007Rachael Ray drinking game
Love her, hate her or somewhere in between, if you’ve seen Rachael Ray, you know she speaks in her own language. It’s so extensive, some fun folks at a Website called slobak.com have put together a little drinking game that even some fans find funny. I’d be snockered by the first commercial.
Frankly, I can’t take seriously […]
ellaella on Mar 19th, 2007Marry me, Bourdain
Now…does ANYONE actually believe that Bobby Flay can’t make a better chili than a supermarket ground beef bearing amateur? I don’t. It’s a cruel exercise in humiliation.
So wrote Chef Anthony Bourdain in a scathing  February 8 blog post some are still chattering about. Bourdain, the outspoken author of several books, was the guest on fellow chef Michael […]
