Archive for September, 2009
Hell’s Kitchen (Season 6, Episode 12) – “5 Chefs Compete”
Dave and Tennille exchanging complaints start off this episode of Hell’s Kitchen. Dave’s upset that Tennille changed her mind at the last minute of the previous episode when she decided to throw Van up on the chopping block. Dave calls Tennille a few choice words and says he can’t trust her anymore. The first challenge [...]
Anthony Bourdain – No Reservations “Thailand”
Anthony Bourdains’ trip to Thailand didn’t start off as he, the crew or the families of the crew were hoping for. They arrived during a political uprising that gave them a few production delays, but they did their best to stay out of the way of the tension in the streets. After contemplating if they [...]
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives “Comfort Cooking”
On this episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Guy Fieri visits Milwaukee, Phoenix and San Francisco. First stop was “Comet Café” which puts bacon in just about everything. If you’re trying to watch your cholesterol don’t visit this place. But if you’re not, and you love bacon, then this is the place to go. Bacon, [...]
Giada De Laurentiis Cookbooks
Giada’s Kitchen: New Italian Favorites In her usual bright and cheery manner, Giada De Laurentiis (Everyday Italian) offers her newest collection of accessible Italian-accented recipes. The host of Food Network’s Everyday Italian and Giada’s Weekend Getaways brings to the table recipes with basic, readily available ingredients like ricotta and canned beans, with which she whips [...]
Top Chef (Season 6, Episode 6) – “Penn & Teller”
This episode of Top Chef starts off with everyone upset that Robin did go home at the end of the last episode. They all feel Mattin should still be around instead. So as a tribute to Mattin, most of the chefs wrap a red scarf around their necks. And as you can guess, they all [...]
Guy Fieri fan throws bra on stage during cooking demo
A fan of Guy Fieri’s threw a bra up on stage during a cooking demo at the Turning Stone Casino in Verona NY. Guy got a big kick out of it and so did everyone in the audience. Guy tells the mystery fan that she can come up and claim either the bra or what [...]
Hell’s Kitchen (Season 6, Episode 10 & 11) – “7 Chefs & 6 Chefs Compete”
“7 Chefs Compete” Gordon starts off at Whistler BC, at the Araxi restaurant where the winning HK chef will be one of the head chefs. The challenge is each team will have to cook with 15 ingredients from the region. Gordon arrives to judge the dishes with guest judges Olympic medalists Sasha Cohen and Johnny [...]
Anthony Bourdain – No Reservations “NYC Outer Boroughs”
Tony stayed close to home in this episode of No Reservations and visited several restaurants’ in New York’s Outer Boroughs. Some of the more interesting places he went were places most people wouldn’t even think of trying. Why? Because as Tony and his guides noted, these restaurants really don’t want outsiders coming in. I don’t [...]
Gordon Ramsay’s F Word (Season 4) – The Bunton brigade
This episode of Ramsay’s F Word has the Bunton brigade up on deck. The starter was Gnocchi with peas and broad beans with a main of Dover sole with shrimp butter and nettle champ, and a desert of gooseberry and elderflower crumble. The starter went over fairly well with the diners, but after that everything [...]
Top Chef (Season 6, Episode 5) – “Camping”
Quickfire The guest judge for this “camping” episode of Top Chef is Tim Love, chef and owner of Lonesome Dove Western Bistro in Ft. Worth. This is a high stakes QF where the winner gets $15K. Fans got to choose between rattlesnake, cactus and kangaroo. The vote was 57% for cactus. So the challenge is [...]
Paula Deen’s Banana French Toast
Here’s an interesting recipe from Paula Deen. Banana stuff french toast. My daughter loves french toast by itself and bananas… I’ll have to see if she’ll go for banana stuffed french toast.
Andrew Zimmern’s Bizarre Foods – “Spain”
Crazy man Andrew Zimmern’s visit to Spain didn’t disappoint when it came to finding weird and bizarre things to eat. As always, Andrew finds interesting things to try, some look good, some look downright disgusting… but Andrew seems to enjoy it all. Here’s a recap of the restaurants he visited and food he ate. In [...]
Rachael’s Vacation – “Dublin”
Rachael visits the Irish city of Dublin on this episode. Another whirlwind tour by Rachael, where she visits numerous places to eat. Here’s a recap: Queen of Tarts offers plenty of sweets to start off your day… and everything’s made from scratch. Gallaghers, The Boxty House offers the boxty… a traditional Irish pancake made from [...]
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives “Go-To Joints”
This week on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives, Guy Fieri was off to Oregon, California and Connecticut. 1st stop was Otto’s Sausage Kitchen. This family owned 4th generation kitchen makes their sausage and hot dogs the old fashioned way, by hand. They’ve been doing it the same for 80 years. The recipe for their hot-dog’s is [...]
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives – “You Picked ‘em”
On this episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Guy visits Oklahoma, Texas and California. First stop is Okarche, Oklahoma to a local fried chicken restaurant named “Eischen’s” that’s been serving the same recipe for fried chicken for over 110 years and serves over 24 thousand pieces of fried chicken per week. Wow, that’s a bunch [...]
Andrew Zimmern’s Bizarre World – “Cuba”
Andrew’s off to Cuba to see what bizarre things await. And I’m sure as usual; Andrew will find some very strange things to eat. After a short background on Cuba, he heads off to a local artist and the starts to discuss all the vintage autos that are driving around. A really interesting fact I [...]
Top Chef (Season 6, Episode 4) – “Vivre Las Vegas”
Quickfire: Guest judge Daniel Boulud, chef & restaurateur who owns Daniel in NY, Café Boulud, Daniel Boulud Brassiere in Wynn Hotel and others. The challenge… make a winning dish using snails as the main protein. Winner gets immunity and loser goes home. High stakes QF! Top 3: Mike, Kevin and Jennifer. With the win going [...]
Wolfgang Puck Cookware & Cookware sets (stainless steel)
Wolfgang Puck Stainless Steel Cookware Set – 18pc The Wolfgang Puck 18 pc. stainless steel professional quality cookware set features impact bonded tri-ply capsule bottoms and tempered glass covers. This 18 piece cookware set by Wolfgang Puck features: New flanged dual pour spouts provide effortless drip-free pouring, new colander covers on saucepans eliminate the need [...]
Hell’s Kitchen (Season 6, Episode 9) – “8 Chefs Compete”
The teams are tied 4 and 4, and while the men are fairly harmonious, the women are still struggling to get along. Suzanne is the outsider and while she makes an attempt to get along the other women don’t buy it. I think it seemed like a fairly good attempt to make amends, but who [...]
Chicken Wings Marinara (Jay Leno’s Recipe)
In this video Jay Leno explains to Martha Stewart why safety goggles are required when crushing garlic. As you’ll see it’s the giant garlic bulb and press Jay uses Funny video. It was shot in Jays’ kitchen in one of his garages where he keeps his huge collection of cars and motorcycles. This recipe is [...]
Dinner: Impossible – “Feeding Frenzy at the Zoo”
This was my first time watching Dinner Impossible with Robert Irvine. There’s been a lot of news about Robert faking information on his resume, but I’m not going to go there now. In my opinion the show was good, a little over acting on Irvine’s part, but I just don’t care that much about Robert [...]
Rachael Ray Cutlery and Knife Sets by Furi
Furi Rachael Ray Gusto-Grip 8-Piece Birchwood Knife Block Set Rachael Ray GustoGrip 8-Piece Knife Block Set by Furitechnics, USA includes a 3-1/2-inch paring knife, 6-inch serrated utility knife, 7-inch East/West knife, 8-inch carving knife, 8-inch bread knife, 5-inch boning knife, a carving fork and the wood block.. New! Füri Guard antimicrobial inhibitors are incorporated directly [...]
Blue cheese, taco & Texas burgers (Bobby Flay recipe & tips)
Watch Bobby Flay grill up three different burgers… blue cheese, taco and a Texas burger. Getting hungry watching this. And for those who always try to flatten down their burgers while grilling, pay attention. Some good cooking tips in this video from the 2008 Food & Wine Classic in Aspen.
Top Chef (Season 6, Episode 3) – “Thunderbirds”
This weeks episode starts with the contestants stepping into a kitchen which is full of potatoes. Every type of potatoe you can imagine. Standing next to the potato table is Padman and guest judge Mark Peel of Campanile restaurant in LA. The quickfire challange is to create an “out of this world” dish featuring… you [...]
Hell’s Kitchen (Season 6, Episode 8) – “9 Chefs Compete”
Last nights episode started with the palate test. The test everyone thinks they’re going to do good at until they try. As they find out though, it gets more difficult to distinguish tastes when you take away some of your senses. In this case the chefs are blindfolded and have to wear headphones so they [...]
