TV Squad

• A disturbing collection of Rachael Ray's Mmmmmms
  

  Filed under: Food/Home/DIY, OpEd, Celebrities, Food Network

  Before Rachael Ray was all over the planet and the known universe, I used to watch her on the Food Network's $40a Day. On that show, Ray Ray would visit a different city and see if she could eat three great meals with only forty bucks in hand.
  
  As you'd expect, she succeeded (let's just say she wasn't the most generous tipper), but that wasn't the most interesting part of the program. What was most interesting was the disturbingly orgasmic reactions RR had to the food she was eating at each...
  



• Bourdain takes on the Food Network
  

  Filed under: Food/Home/DIY, Celebrities, Food Network

  Nice guys will always finish last while Anthony Bourdain is on the scene. If you don't the know the chef turned best-selling author and Travel Channel host, than you've been missing out. Bourdain brought gonzo to the kitchen, or out of the kitchen as the case may be. His first tome Kitchen Confidential was a Hunter S. Thompson-inspired machismo trip through the world of haute cuisine. Chefs are bad asses in Bourdain's world of sex, drugs and rock and roll. They are the magic men (and the occasional woman) who conjure the sacred from the profane. The journey between the...
  



• Space Shuttle crew to Rachael Ray: Yum-o!
  

  Filed under: Food/Home/DIY, Celebrities, Food Network

  It's no secret that the hyperactive Rachael Ray has her hands in a little bit of everything. She has a number of hit shows on the Food Network, a daily talk show, numerous cookbooks, her own magazine, and a upcoming CD of holiday music (not sung by her, just chosen by her). Now, she is taking her on her biggest challenge: outer space.

  No, she's not launching her own line of spaceships (although, powered by her own energy, those craft could probably get to Mars in two weeks). What she is doing is having her meals taste tested on...
  




• Have a happy Alton Brown Thanksgiving!
  

  Filed under: Food/Home/DIY, OpEd, Celebrities, Food Network

  If you're worrying about how to do Thanksgiving a week from today, I highly recommend trying Alton Brown's Thanksgiving recipes. His roast turkey is spectacular! We've made it for friends for the past five Thanksgivings, and this year we're making it for family. The two keys to the turkey are: 1) brine, and 2) don't stuff it! The stuffing sucks the moisture out of the turkey and of course there's the whole threat of food poisoning (Brown has an alternative 'stuffing' recipe). The first time we made this turkey, we were blown away. I...
  



• Ray vs. De Laurentiis on Iron Chef America
  

  Filed under: Food/Home/DIY, Celebrities, Food Network, Game Show

  Two chefs enter. Only one will be left standing. The reigning queens of food porn Rachael Ray and Giada De Laurentiis will go head-to-head on the November 12th edition of Iron Chef America.
  
  Rather than have to handicap Ray's game, the Chairman will be pairing up both ladies with one of the Iron Chefs. De Laurentiis with Bobby Flay. Ray with Mario Batali.
  
  Alright, the Chairman is actually doing all the fancy pairing because the Food Network told him to, but Ray would get trounced otherwise. Nothing against Miss 30-Minute Meals, but De...
  



• Here are your television tricks and treats for this Halloween
  

  Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Other Reality Shows, Other Sci-Fi/Supernatural Shows, Food/Home/DIY, ABC, CBS, HBO, Showtime, Cable, Programming, Animation, Syndicated, Horror, Children, USA, FX, Sci Fi, Food Network, Spike

  Boo! Did I scare you? Well, if I didn't that's okay. I'm not much into scaring people since I gave Uncle Barry that heart attack at last year's Halloween party by putting a bloody finger into his apple-tini. Eh, Barry deserved it;...
  




• Ask TV Squad: Are cooking shows on DVD?
  

  Filed under: Food/Home/DIY, TV on DVD, PBS, Ask TV Squad, Food Network

  TV Squad reader, Steve, likes to cook with celebrity chefs. He says watching a recipe on television is "easier to understand than just reading in a cookbook." And, if you ask me, he probably likes the friendly company of Emeril, Rachael Ray and Paula Deen. But, recording cooking shows on VHS is a pain. To find his favorite pizza recipe, Steve would have to search through the tape. He asks TV Squad: Are there any DVDs/CDROMs of celebrity cooking shows?
  
  Yes and no, Steve. There are, but I found surprisingly...
  



• Album deal for Rachael Ray
  

  Filed under: Food/Home/DIY, Celebrities, Food Network

  Don't worry. She's not singing. Because that would be the answer to the question, "What's more painful than watching Rachael Ray?" The cook/talk show host is teaming up with Epic to create soundtracks. Ray says the soundtracks are music that she would listen to or play at a party. Her first soundtrack will be a Christmas album, followed by a kids album. They're called 'How Cool is That Christmas CD', to be released on October 10th; and 'Too Cool for School Mixtape for Kids', to be released on October 31.
  
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• Food Network hopes Paula Deen will attract younger viewers
  

  Filed under: Food/Home/DIY, Talent, Programming, Celebrities, Food Network

  Yeah, I'm confused by that headline too.

  Since there are so many changes at Food Network (Rachael Ray devoting more time to her syndicated show, Molto Mario being canceled, the ratings dropping for many of their top shows), the channel is trying to attract younger viewers and challenge competitors by introducing Paula's Party, which Post-Gazette.com describes as "more Romper Room than Cooking With Master Chefs."

  Sorry, but that sounds ridiculous to me. Deen is a kind, 59 year-old Southern woman. I don't want to see her talking about sexy footwear (as she did during an episode...
  




• Pop quiz: is it a porn star, or Food Network star?
  

  Filed under: Food/Home/DIY, Talent, Celebrities, Food Network

  This is pretty funny. Pictures of various males and females in the middle of what looks like ecstasy. But you have to figure out whether it's ecstasy from being in a porn film or if it's a Food Network star who has made some meal that is especially delicious. (Might be slightly NSFW.)

  I scored really well, actually. I only missed one. Damn you, Ham on the Street!

  [via Boing Boing]

   

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