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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title>In Defense of Guy Fieri</title><link>http://www.slashfood.com/2009/11/20/in-defense-of-guy-fieri/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.slashfood.com/2009/11/20/in-defense-of-guy-fieri/</guid><comments>http://www.slashfood.com/2009/11/20/in-defense-of-guy-fieri/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/television-film/" rel="tag">Television/Film</a>, <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a></p><div class="classy">
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<em>During a discussion at the Food Network's recent New York City Wine and Food Festival, author, "No Reservations" host and professional leather jacket wearer Anthony Bourdain asked his fellow panelist, culinary wunderkind Chef David Chang, "Who chaps your ass?" Chang was quick to rake Guy Fieri over the coals, citing his "douche glasses," and "stupid f***ing armband," and went on to ask a gleefully obliging Bourdain to "catch me and kick me in the ass" should he ever find him similarly adorned. Chang went on to add, "I'm sure he's a swell fella." The crowd went wild.<br />
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Not 24 hours later, </em><a target="_blank" href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/11/guy-fieri-insulted-by-bourdain-and-pecked-to-death-by-birds-on-s/"><em>a "Saturday Night Live" skit</em></a><em> portrayed the "Next Food Network Star" winner being pecked to death by birds.</em><br />
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<em>So why are the cool kids picking on Guy? </em><br />
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I want to go to a party at Food TV superstar Guy Fieri's house. I imagine pyramids of glistening pork ribs and snow shovels full of hush puppies. I dream of patiently standing in line by the pool waiting for margaritas to be blasted into my open mouth by a fire hose while AC/DC blares over the loudspeaker.<br />
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You know what you're going to get with this dude. He's fun, entertaining and totally lacking in subtlety -- a one-man tailgate upon which nary a Michelin star shines. His contribution to the tired fusion trend was to awkwardly pair barbecue with sushi. He is who he is; now <a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061894567?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=aolfood-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0061894567">buy a book</a>.<p><a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/11/20/in-defense-of-guy-fieri/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>In Defense of Guy Fieri</em></a></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/11/20/in-defense-of-guy-fieri/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.slashfood.com/forward/19248189/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/11/20/in-defense-of-guy-fieri/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br />]]></description><category>diners drive-ins and dives</category><category>DinersDrive-insAndDives</category><category>food network</category><category>FoodNetwork</category><category>guy fieri</category><category>GuyFieri</category><dc:creator>John Devore</dc:creator><dc:date>2009-11-20T16:00:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Martha Stewart on Prison: I Lost $1 Billion</title><link>http://www.slashfood.com/2009/11/20/martha-stewart-on-prison-i-lost-1-billion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.slashfood.com/2009/11/20/martha-stewart-on-prison-i-lost-1-billion/</guid><comments>http://www.slashfood.com/2009/11/20/martha-stewart-on-prison-i-lost-1-billion/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/business/" rel="tag">Business</a>, <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/television-film/" rel="tag">Television/Film</a>, <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/food-news/" rel="tag">Food News</a></p><br />
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<a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/" target="_blank">Martha Stewart</a> says her five-month prison sentence cost her $1 billion.<br />
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Speaking with <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/martha-stewart-dishes-empire-prison-rachel-ray-exclusive/story?id=9106551">"Nightline,"</a> Stewart says the "legal mess" was devastating to her personal worth.<br />
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"Oh, it's inestimable -- probably more than a billion dollars, of course, and if you add in what the company was worth, absolutely," Stewart says. "And I'm a major shareholder in the company. When you are prosecuted in such a way and a great portion of wealth is dissipated, all I could think so much is 'What I could have done with all of that for the good of mankind?'"<br />
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"Nightline" followed Stewart for a day in a news piece that aired Thursday. In it, Stewart dishes on <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/11/19/martha-stewart-slams-rachael-ray/">Rachael Ray</a> as well as her 2004 legal troubles.<br />
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"I knew we had a really good thing going, and I really knew that I was not guilty of anything that could possibly harm my company," Stewart tells Cynthia McFadden. "I was pissed, OK? Pissed that something could actually affect that. The company had nothing to do with anything, but yet because I am the face and the brand -- my person -- it certainly had a harmful effect."<br />
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She says she's put that period of her life behind her.<br />
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"How can I kick myself?" she says. "There are other people to be kicked. Enough. Let's get on with the future."<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/11/20/martha-stewart-on-prison-i-lost-1-billion/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.slashfood.com/forward/19248237/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/11/20/martha-stewart-on-prison-i-lost-1-billion/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br />]]></description><category>cynthia mcfadden</category><category>CynthiaMcfadden</category><category>martha stewart</category><category>MarthaStewart</category><category>nightline</category><category>prison</category><dc:creator>Slashfood Editor</dc:creator><dc:date>2009-11-20T13:30:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Martha Stewart Weighs In on Rachael Ray</title><link>http://www.slashfood.com/2009/11/19/martha-stewart-slams-rachael-ray/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.slashfood.com/2009/11/19/martha-stewart-slams-rachael-ray/</guid><comments>http://www.slashfood.com/2009/11/19/martha-stewart-slams-rachael-ray/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/business/" rel="tag">Business</a>, <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/television-film/" rel="tag">Television/Film</a>, <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a></p><br />
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<a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/" target="_blank">Martha Stewart</a> draws a stark contrast between her kitchen skills and those of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.rachaelray.com/">Rachael Ray</a> and surprisingly, Ray completely agrees.<br /> <br /> Speaking with ABC's <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/martha-stewart-dishes-empire-prison-rachel-ray-exclusive/story?id=9106551" target="_blank">"Nightline"</a> in an interview to air Thursday night, Stewart says what Ray does isn't good enough for her.<br /> <br /> "To me she professed that she cannot bake," Stewart says of Ray. "She just did a new cookbook which is just a re-edit of a lot of her old recipes, and that's not good enough for me. I really want to write a book that is a unique and lasting thing -- something that will fulfill a need in someone's library. So she's different, she's more of an entertainer than she is -- with a bubbly personality -- than she is a teacher like me. That's not what she's professing to be."<br /> <br /> When asked about Stewart's comments, Ray says "It's true. It's 100 percent true," but adds the criticism doesn't upset her.<br /> <br /> "Why would it make me mad?" Ray says. "When it comes to producing a beautiful, perfect, high quality meal, I'd rather eat Martha's than mine too."<br /> <br /> Who do you like better? Martha or Rachael? Spill it in the comments.<br /> <br /> [<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/martha-stewart-dishes-empire-prison-rachel-ray-exclusive/story?id=9106551" target="_blank">"Nightline"</a> via <a href="http://www.eatmedaily.com/2009/11/martha-stewart-criticizes-rachael-ray-rachael-ray-agrees/" target="_blank">Eat Me Daily</a>]<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/11/19/martha-stewart-slams-rachael-ray/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.slashfood.com/forward/19246684/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/11/19/martha-stewart-slams-rachael-ray/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br />]]></description><category>martha stewart</category><category>martha stewart rachael ray</category><category>martha stewart slams rachael ray</category><category>nightline</category><category>rachael ray</category><dc:creator>Slashfood Editor</dc:creator><dc:date>2009-11-19T14:30:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Tom Colicchio Road Trips in a Porsche</title><link>http://www.slashfood.com/2009/11/16/tom-colicchio-road-trips-in-a-porsche/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.slashfood.com/2009/11/16/tom-colicchio-road-trips-in-a-porsche/</guid><comments>http://www.slashfood.com/2009/11/16/tom-colicchio-road-trips-in-a-porsche/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/magazines/" rel="tag">Magazines</a>, <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/on-the-blogs/" rel="tag">On the Blogs</a>, <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a></p><div class="classy">
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What, like you thought the host of <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/tag/top+chef/" target="_blank">"Top Chef"</a> was gonna haul his cookies cross-country in a Kia? Porsche handed <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/tag/Tom+Colicchio/" target="_blank">Tom Colicchio</a> the keys to a brand new Panamera 4S -- into which he promptly stuffed his assistant Liz and Craft's executive chef Damon Wise. The trio set off on a 1,200-mile, six day food odyssey stretching from Atlanta to Columbia, Charleston, Chapel Hill, the Chesapeake, Washington D.C., rural Pennsylvania, Philadelphia and back home to New York.<br />
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Said Colicchio in the inaugural post of his six-day stint on Food &amp; Wine's '<a href="http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/mouthing-off" target="_blank">Mouthing Off</a>' blog, "It was about paying visits to some of the food producers who make my restaurants what they are, and discovering new ones the old-fashioned way. On this trip, the stops were the destination."<br />
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Yo, Tom? Next time, we call shotgun. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.slashfood.com/2008/12/29/country-ham-day-1/">The ham</a> is welcome to sit on our lap.<br />
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Who doesn't enjoy having dinner prepared for them by someone else? Even better if that someone is celebrity chef Curtis Stone. <br /> <br /> Enter the <a href="http://www.gmctradesecretssweeps.com/" target="_blank">GMC Trade Secrets Sweepstakes</a> and you could win a dinner party at your humble abode prepared by the Australian 'Take Home Chef.'<br /> <br /> Even if you don't win the grand prize, you could win a $50 <a href="http://www.williams-sonoma.com/" target="_blank">Williams-Sonoma</a> gift card instantly. Our only question is: what are you waiting for?<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/11/06/curtis-stone-wants-to-cook-you-dinner/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.slashfood.com/forward/19227167/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/11/06/curtis-stone-wants-to-cook-you-dinner/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br />]]></description><category>curtis stone</category><category>CurtisStone</category><category>gmc</category><category>sweepstakes</category><dc:creator>Sarah LeTrent</dc:creator><dc:date>2009-11-06T17:45:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Julia Child's Primordial Soup</title><link>http://www.slashfood.com/2009/11/05/julia-childs-primordial-soup/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.slashfood.com/2009/11/05/julia-childs-primordial-soup/</guid><comments>http://www.slashfood.com/2009/11/05/julia-childs-primordial-soup/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/on-the-blogs/" rel="tag">On the Blogs</a>, <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a></p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7pt0rIZ3ZNE&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7pt0rIZ3ZNE&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><a target="_blank" href="http://food.aol.com/julia-child"><br />
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Julia Child</a> certainly could make a mean <a href="http://recipe.aol.com/recipe/julia-child-s-boeuf-bourguignon/140453" target="_blank">boeuf bourguignon</a>, but did you know she could also whip up the building blocks of life?<br />
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It's kind of scary watching her describe scientific diagrams using her chef's knife as a pointer. But it's helpful for all us home cooks that she converts grams into teaspoons. Bon appetit!<br />
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In the arena of giant food, the record for the world's largest meatball doesn't last long.<br />
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It was just this September that <a href="http://www.eatmedaily.com/2009/09/jimmy-kimmel-makes-the-worlds-largest-meatball-video/" target="_blank">Jimmy Kimmel</a> and crew bested a Mexican meatball to take back the prize of world's largest meatball for America. But just five weeks later, the late-night funnyman's large lunch was bested by an Italian eatery in New Hampshire.<br />
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<a href="http://www.worldslargestmeatball.com/" target="_blank">Nonni's Italian Eatery</a> crafted a meatball on Sunday at a Holiday Inn in Concord, N.H., that decimated Kimmel's 198.6-pound meatball by about 25 pounds.<p><a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/11/02/worlds-largest-meatball/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>World's Largest Meatball Record Broken ... Again</em></a></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/11/02/worlds-largest-meatball/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.slashfood.com/forward/19219655/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/11/02/worlds-largest-meatball/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br />]]></description><category>jimmy kimmel</category><category>JimmyKimmel</category><category>meatballs</category><category>nonnis italian eatery</category><category>NonnisItalianEatery</category><category>worlds largest meatball</category><category>WorldsLargestMeatball</category><dc:creator>Sara Bonisteel</dc:creator><dc:date>2009-11-02T16:30:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Bam! Emeril Lagasse to Open Burger Bistro</title><link>http://www.slashfood.com/2009/11/02/bam-emeril-legasse-to-open-burger-bistro/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.slashfood.com/2009/11/02/bam-emeril-legasse-to-open-burger-bistro/</guid><comments>http://www.slashfood.com/2009/11/02/bam-emeril-legasse-to-open-burger-bistro/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/beef/" rel="tag">Beef</a>, <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/food-news/" rel="tag">Food News</a></p><div class="classy">
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Emeril Lagasse is expanding his culinary empire this month with his first hamburger joint.<br />
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Burgers and More by Emeril will bring the world-famous chef's signature flair to the basic burger. It's slated to open Nov. 22 at the Sands Casino Resort in Bethlehem, Pa.<br />
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"I really want to be the real thing," Emeril told Slashfood at the restaurant's unveiling at New York City's famed Carnegie Deli. "This is not going to be the dollar menu here."<p><a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/11/02/bam-emeril-legasse-to-open-burger-bistro/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Bam! Emeril Lagasse to Open Burger Bistro</em></a></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/11/02/bam-emeril-legasse-to-open-burger-bistro/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.slashfood.com/forward/19219395/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/11/02/bam-emeril-legasse-to-open-burger-bistro/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br />]]></description><category>carnegie deli</category><category>CarnegieDeli</category><category>emeril</category><category>emeril lagasse</category><category>EmerilLagasse</category><category>hamburgers</category><category>sands casino</category><category>SandsCasino</category><dc:creator>Jennifer Lawinski</dc:creator><dc:date>2009-11-02T15:30:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Gordon Ramsay Done With 'Kitchen Nightmares'</title><link>http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/30/gordon-ramsay-done-with-kitchen-nightmares/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/30/gordon-ramsay-done-with-kitchen-nightmares/</guid><comments>http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/30/gordon-ramsay-done-with-kitchen-nightmares/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/television-film/" rel="tag">Television/Film</a>, <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a></p><!--START HERE-->
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<!--END HERE-->Hot-headed celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is finally waking up from his kitchen nightmare.<br />
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The reality show "Kitchen Nightmares" put Ramsay in failing restaurants across America for one week so the tell-it-like-it-is chef can try to turn the struggling businesses around. But the show proved too troublesome for the salty U.K. chef, who says he's through with it.<br />
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The foul-mouthed Brit admits the show's title is a little too fitting: "If the restaurants succeed, there's no praise," Ramsay told <a target="_blank" href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/2703850/Gordon-Ramsay-to-give-up-presenting-Kitchen-Nightmares.html#ixzz0VRHQ3DNA">The Sun</a>. "If they're screwed, we're blamed and get lawyers' letters."<br />
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More than two-thirds of the restaurants Ramsay "helped" ending up being sold or shut down, the paper said. <br />
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Slashfood attempted to contact the production company, Granada Entertainment, to clarify if both the American and British versions of the "Kitchen Nightmares" are canceled -- our calls were not returned. <br />
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[Via <a target="_blank" href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/2703850/Gordon-Ramsay-to-give-up-presenting-Kitchen-Nightmares.html#ixzz0VRHQ3DNA">The Sun</a>]<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/30/gordon-ramsay-done-with-kitchen-nightmares/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.slashfood.com/forward/19216736/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/30/gordon-ramsay-done-with-kitchen-nightmares/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br />]]></description><category>cooking shows</category><category>CookingShows</category><category>gordon ramsay</category><category>GordonRamsay</category><category>granada entertainment</category><category>GranadaEntertainment</category><category>kitchen nightmares</category><category>KitchenNightmares</category><category>reality tv</category><category>RealityTv</category><dc:creator>Slashfood Editor</dc:creator><dc:date>2009-10-30T16:30:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Cockroach Disrupts Rachael Ray's School-Lunch Menu Launch</title><link>http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/27/cockroach-disrupts-rachel-rays-school-lunch-menu-launch/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/27/cockroach-disrupts-rachel-rays-school-lunch-menu-launch/</guid><comments>http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/27/cockroach-disrupts-rachel-rays-school-lunch-menu-launch/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/food-news/" rel="tag">Food News</a></p><!--START HERE-->
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<!--END HERE-->There was nothing Yum-O about the cockroach that dropped in on Rachael Ray's lunch earlier this week.<br /> <br /> The Food Network star was serving up some "sizzling soft tacos" to a group of sixth graders at New York City's Public School 89 when the uninvited guest crashed the party. A reporter for the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/education/2009/10/27/2009-10-27_kids_buggin_out_for_rays_tacos.html">New York Daily News</a> noticed the six-legged bug scrambling across the table, and then watched as Charlie Dougiello, Ray's publicist, swatted the vermin away. <br /> <br /> Ray, who was at the school to introduce her new healthy lunch menu, told the Daily News that she missed the whole thing. "I did not see that. It's unfortunate if there was [a bug]. I think that these schools strive to be the best across the board; I'm sure that includes cleanliness."<p><a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/27/cockroach-disrupts-rachel-rays-school-lunch-menu-launch/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Cockroach Disrupts Rachael Ray's School-Lunch Menu Launch</em></a></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/27/cockroach-disrupts-rachel-rays-school-lunch-menu-launch/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.slashfood.com/forward/19212008/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/27/cockroach-disrupts-rachel-rays-school-lunch-menu-launch/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br />]]></description><category>cockroach</category><category>department of education</category><category>DepartmentOfEducation</category><category>new york daily news</category><category>nework city public schools</category><category>NeworkCityPublicSchools</category><category>NewYorkDailyNews</category><category>rachael ray</category><category>RachaelRay</category><category>yum-o</category><dc:creator>Jennifer Lawinski</dc:creator><dc:date>2009-10-27T16:00:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Soupy Sales, King of the Pie in the Face, Dies at 83</title><link>http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/23/soupy-sales-king-of-the-pie-in-the-face-dies-at-83/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/23/soupy-sales-king-of-the-pie-in-the-face-dies-at-83/</guid><comments>http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/23/soupy-sales-king-of-the-pie-in-the-face-dies-at-83/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/television-film/" rel="tag">Television/Film</a>, <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a></p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SVM3JSAw-7Q&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SVM3JSAw-7Q&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />
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Soupy Sales, the comedian responsible for 20,000 pies to the face, has died at the age of 83.<br />
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Sales, who built his comedic reputation with characters like White Fang and Black Tooth on children's TV shows in Detroit and New York, took his first cream pie to the face in 1951, the <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gJ-8A5RJvk5EwfcUEinx0CoOGM9gD9BGJ0T80" target="_blank">Associated Press</a> reports. He died Thursday in a hospice in the Bronx, N.Y., after battling health problems.<br />
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"I'll probably be remembered for the pies, and that's all right," Sales <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gJ-8A5RJvk5EwfcUEinx0CoOGM9gD9BGJ0T80" target="_blank">said</a> in 1985.<br />
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Have any Soupy pie memories? Let us know in the comments below.<br />
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[Via <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gJ-8A5RJvk5EwfcUEinx0CoOGM9gD9BGJ0T80" target="_blank">Associated Press</a>]<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/23/soupy-sales-king-of-the-pie-in-the-face-dies-at-83/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.slashfood.com/forward/19207100/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/23/soupy-sales-king-of-the-pie-in-the-face-dies-at-83/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br />]]></description><category>Milton Supman</category><category>MiltonSupman</category><category>pie in the face</category><category>PieInTheFace</category><category>pies</category><category>soupy sales</category><category>SoupySales</category><dc:creator>Sara Bonisteel</dc:creator><dc:date>2009-10-23T09:30:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>'Iron Chef' Morimoto to Launch Airport Eateries Serving Japanese Street Food</title><link>http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/21/iron-chef-morimoto-to-launch-airport-eateries-serving-japanese/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/21/iron-chef-morimoto-to-launch-airport-eateries-serving-japanese/</guid><comments>http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/21/iron-chef-morimoto-to-launch-airport-eateries-serving-japanese/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/restaurants/" rel="tag">Restaurants</a>, <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/fast-food/" rel="tag">Fast Food</a>, <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/food-news/" rel="tag">Food News</a></p><br />
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In a welcome respite from subpar airport fare, "Iron Chef" <a target="_blank" href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/masaharu-morimoto/index.html">Masaharu Morimoto</a> is partnering with hospitality and food service company <a target="_blank" href="http://www.delawarenorth.com/">Delaware North</a> to provide fast-casual eateries serving Japanese bar food in airports across the country.<br />
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The bistros, appropriately titled Skewers, will serve an assortment of <a target="_blank" href="http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/japanese-yakitori-recipe.htm">yakitori</a> -- skewered grilled or deep-fried meats and vegetables -- served with rice bowls for portable consumption, as well as soups and salads. The restaurants' settings would take the form of two different models -- a take-out counter and a traditional sit-down approach -- and both would feature open kitchens. <br />
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According to Vito Buscemi, director of Concept Portfolio for Delaware North, the line has "great menu variety and great presentation -- all the meats and vegetables are grilled right in front of you. It's very quick, convenient and healthy, and we think it's going to have mass appeal."<p><a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/21/iron-chef-morimoto-to-launch-airport-eateries-serving-japanese/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>'Iron Chef' Morimoto to Launch Airport Eateries Serving Japanese Street Food</em></a></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/21/iron-chef-morimoto-to-launch-airport-eateries-serving-japanese/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.slashfood.com/forward/19204176/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/21/iron-chef-morimoto-to-launch-airport-eateries-serving-japanese/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br />]]></description><category>airport food</category><category>AirportFood</category><category>delaware north company</category><category>DelawareNorthCompany</category><category>iron chef</category><category>IronChef</category><category>japanese food</category><category>japanese street food</category><category>JapaneseFood</category><category>JapaneseStreetFood</category><category>morimoto</category><category>skewers</category><category>skewers eatery</category><category>SkewersEatery</category><dc:creator>Alexa Weibel</dc:creator><dc:date>2009-10-21T13:00:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Reality-Show Celebrities Serve Up Chef Curtis Stone's 'Hundred-Dollar Burger'</title><link>http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/20/reality-show-celebrities-serve-up-chef-curtis-stones-hundred-d/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/20/reality-show-celebrities-serve-up-chef-curtis-stones-hundred-d/</guid><comments>http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/20/reality-show-celebrities-serve-up-chef-curtis-stones-hundred-d/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/television-film/" rel="tag">Television/Film</a>, <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a></p><!--START HERE-->
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<p>In retrospect, it all sounds like something out of one of those strange dreams where everyone you watched on TV during the day converge into one subliminal place -- <em>and Bret Michaels was there, and so was Rod Blagojevich! And Sinbad was taking Al Roker's drink order while Joan Rivers recommended the $100 burger. Oh Auntie Em, there's no place like home!</em><br />
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In reality, it was just another day in the life of a "Celebrity Apprentice."<br />
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When Slashfood received word through the grapevine that our very own "<a target="_blank" href="http://food.aol.com/experts/curtis-stone">Star Chef</a>" Curtis Stone was serving up gourmet cheeseburgers for charity at <a target="_blank" href="http://burgerheavenmidtown.com/">Burger Heaven</a> on Monday, we had to go and root for the home team.</p><p><a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/20/reality-show-celebrities-serve-up-chef-curtis-stones-hundred-d/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Reality-Show Celebrities Serve Up Chef Curtis Stone's 'Hundred-Dollar Burger'</em></a></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/20/reality-show-celebrities-serve-up-chef-curtis-stones-hundred-d/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.slashfood.com/forward/19201601/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/20/reality-show-celebrities-serve-up-chef-curtis-stones-hundred-d/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br />]]></description><category>bill goldberg</category><category>BillGoldberg</category><category>bret michaels</category><category>BretMichaels</category><category>burger heaven</category><category>BurgerHeaven</category><category>celebrity apprentice</category><category>CelebrityApprentice</category><category>curtis stone</category><category>CurtisStone</category><category>cyndi lauper</category><category>CyndiLauper</category><category>donald trump</category><category>DonaldTrump</category><category>featured</category><category>goldberg</category><category>rod blagojevich</category><category>RodBlagojevich</category><category>sharon osbourne</category><category>SharonOsbourne</category><dc:creator>Sarah LeTrent</dc:creator><dc:date>2009-10-20T13:00:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Curtis Stone Making Burgers in Manhattan</title><link>http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/19/curtis-stone-making-burgers-in-manhattan/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/19/curtis-stone-making-burgers-in-manhattan/</guid><comments>http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/19/curtis-stone-making-burgers-in-manhattan/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/television-film/" rel="tag">Television/Film</a>, <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/food-news/" rel="tag">Food News</a></p>If you're a fan of <a href="http://food.aol.com/experts/curtis-stone/" target="_blank">Curtis Stone</a> and happen to be in New York, it's your lucky day.<br />
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The chef is currently filming a reality TV show with a bunch of other celebs and will be at <a href="http://www.burgerheaven.com/" target="_blank">Burger Heaven</a> at 9 E. 53rd St. from 10:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. serving gourmet hamburgers for the charity <a href="http://feedingamerica.org/" target="_blank">Feeding America</a>. It's not cheap -- $100 a burger -- but it's not every day that you can buy a burger from Curtis Stone.<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/19/curtis-stone-making-burgers-in-manhattan/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.slashfood.com/forward/19200880/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/19/curtis-stone-making-burgers-in-manhattan/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br />]]></description><category>burger heaven</category><category>BurgerHeaven</category><category>celebrity apprentice</category><category>CelebrityApprentice</category><category>curtis stone</category><category>CurtisStone</category><category>feeding america</category><category>FeedingAmerica</category><dc:creator>Slashfood Editor</dc:creator><dc:date>2009-10-19T10:30:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Todd English on His Canceled Wedding: 'I Couldn't Go Through With It'</title><link>http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/15/todd-english-on-his-canceled-wedding-i-couldnt-go-through-wit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/15/todd-english-on-his-canceled-wedding-i-couldnt-go-through-wit/</guid><comments>http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/15/todd-english-on-his-canceled-wedding-i-couldnt-go-through-wit/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/magazines/" rel="tag">Magazines</a>, <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/food-news/" rel="tag">Food News</a></p><br />
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<!--END HERE--><a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/05/todd-englishs-fiancee-throws-party-after-wedding-is-called-off/" target="_blank">Todd English</a> is speaking out for the first time since calling off his wedding to Erica Wang.<br />
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"I couldn't go through with it," the 49-year-old chef of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.toddenglish.com/">Olives</a> told <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20313005,00.html" target="_blank">People</a>. "I thought I'd met my partner, but as things progressed [it] went down hill."<br />
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English has appeared on "Iron Chef America" and PBS's "Cooking Under Fire."<br />
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In the People interview, English accused his jilted fiancee of "physical and verbal abuse" and allegedly hitting him in the eye in September. The <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/cold_feet_chef_bride_hit_me_1JLehbKmWZlyGo0quvWBZJ" target="_blank">New York Post</a> reports Thursday that English visited a New York City police precinct to report the allegations.<br />
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But she denied the abuse allegations to the <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/inside_todd_english_canceled_wedding_dCYVs3irQACM2TUAUTFJOI" target="_blank">New York Post</a> earlier this week, telling the paper that English has left her without a job (she was his personal assistant) and an apartment, and forced her to pay $12,000 for wedding expenses.<br />
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"An animal wouldn't treat another animal the way he has treated me," Wang told the Post. "He is forgetting I am human. I don't deserve this. He has caused me, my friends and family so much pain."<br />
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<a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/05/todd-englishs-fiancee-throws-party-after-wedding-is-called-off/" target="_blank">Slashfood reported</a> on Oct. 5 that Wang had thrown a party despite the nuptials being called off.<br />
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[Via <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20313005,00.html" target="_blank">People</a>, <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/inside_todd_english_canceled_wedding_dCYVs3irQACM2TUAUTFJOI/1" target="_blank">New York</a> <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/cold_feet_chef_bride_hit_me_1JLehbKmWZlyGo0quvWBZJ" target="_blank">Post</a>]<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/15/todd-english-on-his-canceled-wedding-i-couldnt-go-through-wit/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.slashfood.com/forward/19197523/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/15/todd-english-on-his-canceled-wedding-i-couldnt-go-through-wit/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br />]]></description><category>erica wang</category><category>EricaWang</category><category>people</category><category>todd english</category><category>ToddEnglish</category><category>wedding</category><dc:creator>Slashfood Editor</dc:creator><dc:date>2009-10-15T16:30:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Foods Celebrity Chefs Hate</title><link>http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/15/foods-celebrity-chefs-hate/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/15/foods-celebrity-chefs-hate/</guid><comments>http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/15/foods-celebrity-chefs-hate/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a></p><!--START HERE-->
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<!--END HERE-->Professional chefs prepare and enjoy a huge variety of different foods, some familiar to the rest of us, some beyond our usual pantry options, unless you're prone to stocking huitalacoche ( aka corn fungus), beef cheeks and tomato foam.<br />
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But even though they possess adventurous palates and have the opportunity to try ingredients and dishes from far and wide, that doesn't mean they like everything they eat. They all have one or two foods that just don't do it for them, their own personal food Kryptonite. <br />
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Slashfood asked some of the country's top chefs which edibles top their "thanks, but no thanks" list.<br />
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<strong>Rachael Ray</strong><br />
The ubiquitous <a href="http://rachaelray.com/" target="_blank">Rachael Ray</a> is famous for transforming all kinds of foods into 30-minute meals, but she has a serious aversion to <strong>mayonnaise</strong>. "Mayo is a four-letter word to me and I avoid using it when I can. It's all about that texture. I even make a no-mayonnaise potato salad is perfect for picnics since you don't have to worry about spoiling."<p><a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/15/foods-celebrity-chefs-hate/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Foods Celebrity Chefs Hate</em></a></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/15/foods-celebrity-chefs-hate/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.slashfood.com/forward/19195016/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/15/foods-celebrity-chefs-hate/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br />]]></description><category>featured</category><category>food you hate</category><category>FoodYouHate</category><category>gross food memories</category><category>gross foods</category><category>GrossFoodMemories</category><category>GrossFoods</category><category>rachael ray</category><category>RachaelRay</category><dc:creator>Katie Workman</dc:creator><dc:date>2009-10-15T16:00:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>New York Wine &amp; Food Festival 2009 - From Burgers to Barbecue</title><link>http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/12/new-york-wine-and-food-festival-2009-from-burgers-to-barbecue/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/12/new-york-wine-and-food-festival-2009-from-burgers-to-barbecue/</guid><comments>http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/12/new-york-wine-and-food-festival-2009-from-burgers-to-barbecue/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/festivals/" rel="tag">Festivals</a>, <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a></p><!--START HERE-->
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<!--END HERE-->Friday night's Blue Moon Burger Bash hosted by Food Network star-turned-one woman empire, <a href="http://www.rachaelray.com/">Rachael Ray</a>, heated the festival up. Where there weren't burgers, the Food Network and food world entourage filled in. <br />
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A brief roll call included: the aforementioned Rachael Ray, Tyler Florence, Bobby Flay, Guy Fieri, Ann Burrell, Art Smith, Jacques Torres, Rocco DiSpirito, Martha Stewart, Duff Goldman, Katie Lee (last year's Burger Bash champion), Ellie Krieger, Giada De Laurentiis...<br />
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New York's top eateries, including <a href="http://www.minettatavernny.com/">Minetta Tavern</a>, <a href="http://www.shakeshacknyc.com/">Shake Shack</a>, <a href="http://www.thespottedpig.com/">The Spotted Pig</a> and <a href="http://www.smithandwollenskysteakhouses.com/index.htm">Wollensky's</a>, fired up their grills so they could claim the judges' favorite and the People's Choice Award. Check out our festival photos and more after the jump!<p><a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/12/new-york-wine-and-food-festival-2009-from-burgers-to-barbecue/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>New York Wine &amp; Food Festival 2009 - From Burgers to Barbecue</em></a></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/12/new-york-wine-and-food-festival-2009-from-burgers-to-barbecue/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.slashfood.com/forward/19192862/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/12/new-york-wine-and-food-festival-2009-from-burgers-to-barbecue/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br />]]></description><category>burger bash</category><category>BurgerBash</category><category>down south up north</category><category>DownSouthUpNorth</category><category>food network</category><category>FoodNetwork</category><category>new york wine and food festival</category><category>NewYorkWineAndFoodFestival</category><category>nywff</category><category>rachael ray</category><category>RachaelRay</category><dc:creator>Sarah LeTrent</dc:creator><dc:date>2009-10-12T16:30:00+00:00</dc:date></item><item><title>Paula Deen Freaked by 'Today Show' Staffer</title><link>http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/12/paula-deen-freaked-by-today-show-staffer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/12/paula-deen-freaked-by-today-show-staffer/</guid><comments>http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/12/paula-deen-freaked-by-today-show-staffer/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/television-film/" rel="tag">Television/Film</a>, <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/celebrities/" rel="tag">Celebrities</a>, <a href="http://www.slashfood.com/category/food-news/" rel="tag">Food News</a></p><object width="460" height="266">
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<a target="_blank" href="http://food.aol.com/paula-deen">Paula Deen</a> had a bit of a freak out last week on the set of the "Today Show" after an NBC staffer accidentally walked into the shot and hid behind a kitchen island.<br />
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"Oh my goodness, can you all see? What is he doing in here? Does he work here?" Deen asked Al Roker as she prepared her Nutty Orange Coffee Cake to promote the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.slashfood.com/tag/NewYorkCityWineAndFoodFestival/">New York City Wine &amp; Food Festival</a>. "He doesn't have a gun does he? Should we pull out our knives?"<br />
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Roker laughed along with Deen, although it became a bit awkward after he asked her what she was making.<br />
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"Nervous. That's what we're making -- nerves, nervous," she said. "Is he from this country?"<br />
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But all became hunky-dory once more when Deen learned the man did indeed work for NBC.<br />
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"Oh so you do work here, well here," Deen said as she handed him a slice of cake.<br />
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Saturday Night Live included a faux cooking show last night featuring Food Network mainstay <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/guy-fieri/index.html" target="_blank">Guy Fieri's</a> (played by Bobby Moynihan) death by avian evisceration. Whether that was more or less painful than his limb-from-limb shredding administered by Friday night's "<a href="http://www.nycwineandfoodfestival.com/2009/view-events.php?event=101" target="_blank">I Call Bullsh*t</a>" panelists <a target="_blank" href="http://anthony-bourdain-blog.travelchannel.com/">Anthony Bourdain</a> and Momofuku's <a target="_blank" href="http://www.momofuku.com/">David Chang</a> at the New York Wine &amp; Food Festival remains to be seen.<br />
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"Who chaps your ass?" asked Bourdain, and Chang was quick to rake Fieri over the coals, citing his "douche glasses," and "stupid f***ing armband," and went on to ask a gleefully obliging Bourdain to "catch me and kick me in the ass" should he ever find him similarly adorned. Chang went on to add, "I'm sure he's a swell fella."<br />
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We're sure that Fieri, upon hearing of this, sobbed big, hot, manly tears into a solid platinum handkerchief and drove away in his diamond-encrusted dune buggy to have his frosted tips replaced with actual 24-karat gold.<br />
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<!--END HERE-->Bacon and Sandra Lee took center stage Thursday for the kickoff of the New York City Wine and Food Festival in Manhattan.<br />
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Lee held court in Chelsea Market (home of festival sponsor, the Food Network), where a ginormous "Sandra Lee" sign heralded exactly where everyone's favorite semi-homemade host was holding court, signing copies of her latest book "Cocktail Time."<br />
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At the Standard Hotel, those lucky enough to get into Tyler Florence's "Bacon and the Blues" event found bacon gratin, chocolate covered bacon, pulled pork and great steamed slabs of bacon all for the taking. Check out our photos from the scene after the jump.<p><a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/09/new-york-city-wine-and-food-festival-bacon-sandra-lee/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>New York City Wine &amp; Food Festival - Bacon, Sandra Lee</em></a></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/09/new-york-city-wine-and-food-festival-bacon-sandra-lee/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.slashfood.com/forward/19190938/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.slashfood.com/2009/10/09/new-york-city-wine-and-food-festival-bacon-sandra-lee/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a><br />]]></description><category>chelsea market</category><category>ChelseaMarket</category><category>new york city wine and food festival</category><category>NewYorkCityWineAndFoodFestival</category><category>sandra lee</category><category>SandraLee</category><category>tyler florence</category><category>TylerFlorence</category><dc:creator>Slashfood Editor</dc:creator><dc:date>2009-10-09T14:30:00+00:00</dc:date></item></channel></rss>