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I read an article today that has been on my mind for a long time. Every since the Food Network came to the Bay Area we have yet to see one of the star chef’s open up a restaurant here. Emeril Lagasse, Bobby Flay, Anthony Bourdain [who dislikes San Francisco because of Alice Waters in Berkeley] Mario Batali and the several others don’t want to even bother opening a restaurant here because the competition is too stiff.I read an article today that has been on my mind for a long time. Every since the Food... more
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Well, finally! I get to talk about food again. I’ve been reading quite a bit lately about people labeling San Franciscans who like food with the term which I assume is derogatory, “foodies” or more specific, “San Francisco Foodies”. I say derogatory because the word “smug” usually comes up in most cases.Well, finally! I get to talk about food again. I’ve been reading quite a bit... more
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Chef Franco Lania's" Pick a Pasta" restaurant pitch for NBC's America's Next Great Restaurant. Hosted by : Bobby Flay.
Filmed in New York City.Chef Franco Lania's" Pick a Pasta" restaurant pitch for NBC's... more
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Food Network admits ‘Iron Chef America’ vegetables were not from White House garden
For Full Story on Iron Chef Vegetable Gate... VIDEO of super chef battle...http://ctpatriot1970.wordpress.com/2010/01/16/iron-chef-america-busted-michelle-obama-white-house-veggie-scam/
For months, the Food Network ran ads about a forthcoming episode of “Iron Chef America,” its flagship chefs plus secret ingredient versus time competition. The show would take place at the White House garden, with Michelle Obama making a cameo and plugging her responsible-eating initiative. The network promised it would be its biggest episode ever.Food Network admits ‘Iron Chef America’ vegetables were not from White... more
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All my life I have been interested in the culinary world-through helping in the kitchen to watching iron chef to working in various bakeries. I learned that every person has a style of cooking, from microwaving tv-dinners to gourmet cheffery or what have you. Even if two people were preparing the same meal, there would be some sort of variation because we, as humans, have independent and individual minds that create freely and most of the time without consciousness of it. This all leads up to this afternoon, when I happened to come across the show Throwdown with bobby flay on tv. I had seen this show before, but never really absorbed its message or followed its basic structure which is this: Bobby Flay (owner of several five star restaurants, an american iron chef and professional douchebag) is sent a secret package from this sort of “big brother” character, who typically does something rude to him like stealing the movie ticket he just bought or closing the door in his face, kicking him out of his cab etc…. Bobby opens the envelope which has information about a certain chef or cook or baker who makes a certain dish which they have mastered (i.e. the best philly cheese steak, fajitas, coconut cake, etc…). The person in the envelope’s entire living is based on what they are famous for, this perfected dish. So mr. flay meets up with his two middle aged female assistants and creates his own “bobby flay” version of this special dish (which in the first place is disrespectful in that he feels as if he is making it “better”)…he is preparing for a surprise “throwdown” they have sneakily arranged by informing this other chef that they will be on a new tv series, or have their own show or something…something to get their hopes way up. Bobby arrives at this celebration where the chef’s family friends and entire fucking town are gathered and CHALLENGES THEM TO A….THROWDOWN!...The opponent is typically shocked and highly confused as they do the hello’s and the trash talking…and by the way do NOT get their own show or any sort of variation of food network’s supposed promise. Bobby gets to cooking, and a “friendly” competition is under way. When everyone is finished cooking, samples are passed out to the entire town gathering, and two random judges come in (typically not chefs or professional critics), who take a blind taste test and choose a winner…Now, on this show because of the experience of the opponent in making their special dish, their secret ingredient or special skill or what have you, they generally are the victors. However, more than a little of the time it is bobby flay who is triumphant…so bobby flay has secretly plotted and planned and ambushed this person, challenged them to a throwdown, beat them at what they have worked on their whole life…in front of all the people they know…and that’s it. Bobby flay is better than you at what you do best. I’m not saying this show isn’t entertaining, a half hour ego trip is fun to watch, but it really does get my goat when he wins. And although the airing of his show on a big network must bring a lot of publicity to the opponents business, Bobby Flay is still a douchebag.All my life I have been interested in the culinary world-through helping in the... more
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Hey, kids, don't try this at home. Professional skateboarder Tony Hawk on Friday took a brief ride at the White House as part of a Father's Day celebration.
Hawk, 41, skated in the grand foyer and the nearby Old Executive Office Building, with the permission of White House officials.
The skateboarding icon, also known for his popular brand of skateboarding video games, posted photos to his Web site and Twitter page.
One photo shows Hawk on his skateboard with his hands in the air in what appears to be a hallway.
"...and here is my exit," he wrote in a message on Twitter, which linked to a picture of him skating. "Supposed to return at noon for the First Fathers event if they let me back in."
Hawk posted other insights from his Washington visit on his Twitter page, telling fans about eating Frosted Flakes cereal inside the gates of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. In another tweet, he says "back at White House, Tweeting live from the Diplomatic Room. Unbelievable."
Hawk joined other dads, athletes and celebrities at a Father's Day forum hosted by President Barack Obama. Celebrity chef Bobby Flay helped man the barbecue grills for a White House picnic for the attendees, which included NBA players Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat and Etan Thomas of the Washington Wizards.
"The Prez addressing all of us fathers before we split up to visit DC charities," Hawk tweeted. "D Wade & Etan T make me feel short."Hey, kids, don't try this at home. Professional skateboarder Tony Hawk on Friday... more
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