Archive for October, 2009
Top Chef (Season 6, Episode 10) – “Meat Natalie”
Top Chef (Season 6, Episode 10) – “Meat Natalie” – Recap… Quickfire: A challenge from TV Guide to recreate a classic TV dinner. TV Guide picked 7 iconic shows to inspire the chefs. Knifes are drawn and the shows are The Sopranos, Gilligan’s Island, The Flintstones, Sesame Street, Mash, Seinfeld and Cheers. Bottom: Jennifer, Robin [...]
Top Chef (Season 6, Episode 9) – “Restaurant Wars”
Quickfire: This week’s guest judge is Rick Moonen, chef/owner of RM Seafood. The challenge is about testing teamwork. It’s the first tag team cook-off. Knifes are drawn to determine teams, but as the knives are drawn they’re all blank with the exception of Jennifer’s whose knife says “1st choice” and Michael V.’s whose knife says [...]
30 Minute Meals with Rachael Ray – “Dinner in Florence”
Are you in the mood for a great Italian dinner but you’re short on time? Then give this 30 minute meal from Rachael Ray a try. This Italian dinner from “30 Minute Meals” includes three tasty Rachael Ray recipes for puttanesca tomato salad with fried capers; Florentine prosciutto wrapped chicken; and spinach fettuccini with gorgonzola [...]
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives “Blast from the Past”
This episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives is all about being old-fashioned. First stop is the Nickel Diner in Los Angeles. The Nickel Diner was an old 1940’s diner that was brought back to life by two friends, who are now the owners of Nickel Diner. This diner is known for its fried catfish dish, [...]
The Next Iron Chef (Season 2, Episode 3) “Innovation”
It’s all about “Innovation” for this set of challenges. The chefs first challenge is to break down a specialty dish of a restaurant and then recreate that dish in 10 minutes. The chefs will be sent to 4 different restaurants; Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and Thai. They will travel in pairs chosen by Mullen since he [...]
Top Chef (Season 6, Episode 8) – “Pigs and Pinot”
Quickfire The guest judge is Chef Charlie Palmer who tells the chefs their challenge it to prepare a dish that is a good paring with Alexia chips. Top three dishes are from Eli, Bryan and Kevin, with the win going to Eli. Bottom three dishes are from Jennifer, Robin, and Ash. Elimination The chefs are [...]
Hell’s Kitchen (Season 6, Episodes 14 & 15) – “3 Chefs Compete” + “2 Chefs Compete” Finale
This was a live blog during the show finale. It’s down to the final three… Kevin, Dave and Ariel. Time for the fun to begin. After a good night’s sleep (with the exception of Dave), the 3 remaining chefs head into the kitchen. Gordon tells them they will make and match a cuisine from one [...]
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives “Barbequed, Baked, and Brined”
On this episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Guy Fieri rolls out to three different restaurants in Chicago, Boise and Cleveland. First stop is Lucky’s Café in Cleveland Ohio. This locals love the quality and how everything is made from scratch. They even grow their own veggies out back behind the restaurant. One of their [...]
The Next Iron Chef (Season 2, Episode 2) “Interpretation”
Challenge 1: In 45 minutes cook one dish, to be served family style, in a vessel from many different cooking vessels that the chairman had gathered from around the world. The chairman said “simplicity is a global phenomenon”, but didn’t provide much information beyond that. Alton told the chefs they could cook the traditional dish [...]
Top Chef (Season 6, Episode 7) – “Dinner Party”
Quickfire: Tonight’s high stakes quickfire challenge starts at the slot machine with guest judge Chef Tyler Florence. The challenge is to create a dish incorporating three keywords which will tell the mood, taste/texture and type of cuisine. With a pull of the slot machine handle, the slots will give the three keywords. This quickfire challenge [...]
Anthony Bourdain – No Reservations “Hawaii”
Hawaii… never been, but it’s on my list of places to go. Watching this episode of No Reservations just made it that much more interesting to me too. Tony as usual, picks the best place to visit, eat and play. The episode of No Reservations in Hawaii started with Tony having to get the typical.. [...]
Hell’s Kitchen (Season 6, Episode 13) – “4 Chefs Compete”
Down to the final four. While I don’t think there is a clear front-runner, my pick is for it to go down to Kevin and Dave, as long as Dave’s wrist doesn’t send him packing first. This episode of Hell’s Kitchen starts with little Gordon Ramsay coming out from the office and giving the final [...]
A Lyon in the Kitchen “Fast, Fresh and on a Budget”
On this episode of A Lyon in the Kitchen, Nathan’s all about cooking good food that’s fast, fresh and on a budget. He starts off visiting a local fire house where the firefighters have to cook on a budget every day. He prepares a Cincinnati chili for everyone and they all get to chow down. [...]
The Next Iron Chef (Season 2, Episode 1) “Fearlessness”
Season 2 of The Next Iron Chef looks like a good one. Ten new world class chefs battling to be the next Iron Chef along with Mario Batali, Cat Cora, Bobby Flay, Masaharu Morimoto, Wolfgang Puck, and Michael Symon. The chefs competing in this seasons challenges are: Amanda Frietag: Executive Chef of The Harrison Brad [...]
Bucatini All’Amatriciana with Spicy Smoked Mozzarella Meatballs (Giada De Laurentiis – recipe)
I was in the mood for cooking some pasta and meatballs tonight so one of the tasty looking recipes I came across was Giada’s recipe for Bucatini All’Amatriciana with Spicy Smoked Mozzarella Meatballs. It not only sounds good, it’s a fairly quick dish to cook up. Click the link above for the complete recipe. The [...]
Throwdown with Bobby Flay “Lobster Club Sandwich”
On this episode of Throwdown with Bobby Flay, Bobby goes head to head with Lynn Archer who’s known as the queen of Rockland Maine. Lynn is the owner of The Brass Compass Café (Facebook page)which has locals and people from across the country coming for her famous lobster club sandwich among other favorites. Lynns’ most [...]
