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Is the Food Television Industry Too Cheesy?
In what is becoming a disturbing trend, more and more celebrity chefs are hamming it up on screen and being made to look like cartoon characters. Take the beginning of Hell's Kitchen, for example. The cheftestants frolic around stupidly: one throws a giant animated tomato, another catches the tomato, and yet another slices the tomato in half with a larger-than-life animated knife.
What's Your Appetite For Fall's Foodie TV Lineup?
It's impossible not to be dismayed by the end of Summer, but there are things about Fall to anticipate, too — like the return of television shows that are actually compelling, and the novelty that comes along with brand-new programming. With regards to food-lover's fare, networks are full of tasty turnouts for Autumn; whet your appetite for the shows by matching the theme of the new show to its title. How hungry are you for Fall's food-centric lineups?
Are Cooking Television Shows Too Unrealistic?
In his blog on the New York Times, food journalist Mark Bittman makes the claim that food television — particularly cooking shows that teach a viewer how to make something — are too unrealistic. Unlike the real world, the chefs never make mistakes and each dish always comes out perfectly. He says: When you watch most celebrity chefs go to work on TV it is a) baffling and intimidating, and b) a charade.
Meet Our New Food and Entertaining Video Channel, YumTV!
I'm a huge fan of PopSugar Rush and BellaTV — that's why it brings me great honor to introduce our new food-related video channel, YumTV! We're creating an exciting lineup of original shows that will debut every week. YumTV is your ultimate guide to all things food, drink, and entertaining.
YumTV: Make Food the Focal Point
On today's episode of YumTV, Rachel Hollis of Chic Events takes us inside her 5-year anniversary party. Rachel makes the food a focal point of the event and uses it to convey memories and emphasize a theme. To learn how it's done, watch YumTV now!
Michelle Obama to Appear on Paula's Party
Possible first-lady-to-be Michelle Obama is scheduled to make an appearance on Food Network's Paula's Party. On the primetime television series, Southern belle Paula Deen speaks with Obama about the first meal — seafood gumbo complete with lobster, shrimp, and mussels — she cooked for Barack.
After the conversation Deen invites Obama into her kitchen where she teaches her how to make fried shrimp and Creole french fries.
Food Network Announces its 2007 Programming Additions
Get your TiVos warmed up, there's some new stuff coming to Food Network. They just recently announced their 2007 programming additions and here's what we can expect this summer:
- Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives - starring - looks like Food Network is putting their new star Guy Fieri (who, I might add was absent from any of the Food Network's South Beach Festival photos I saw) behind the wheel of his 1967 Camaro looking for the best diners, drive-ins and dives the US has to offer. Debuts April 23.
- Simply Delicioso (working title) - Galavision superstar Ingrid Hoffmann brings her Latin lifestyle expertise to America.
What's Yummy This Week — YumSugar Weekly Recap
- Take a break from holiday heaviness with a peppery pear salad.
- Toast New Moon with a glowing Twilight cocktail.
- PartySugar shoots the breeze with the ultimate entertainer, Diddy.
- How well can you identify Winter squash?
- Food Network has crowned a brand-new Iron Chef.
- Never forget how to set a formal place setting again.
- Turn YumTV's chipotle pineapple ricky into your signature holiday drink.
Yummy Links: Gordon Ramsay on the Big & Little Screens
All of my blabbering about Top Chef has almost made me forget that Gordon Ramsay's Hell's Kitchen begins June 4th! There are twelve contestants facing off this season and they range from retirement home chef to short-order cook. Could be interesting, but will it be as captivating as TC?
Should TV Chefs Be Responsible For Promoting Eco-Friendly Cooking?
When we recently disagreed with the assertion that cooking shows are too unrealistic, many of you seemed to share our opinion that food TV can actually be rather inspiring. Well, here's another question for you to ponder: Should TV chefs serve as role models?
In a Huffington Post article titled "Nasty Habits of Food Network Celebrities," columnist Isabel Cowles criticizes Food Network chefs like Giada De Laurentiis, Sandra Lee, and Guy Fieri for "encouraging wasteful, unhealthy behavior."Cowles derides De Laurentiis for using (and not recycling) nearly 1,000 square inches of aluminum foil on an episode of Everyday Italian.
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