Health-Giving

MSN is running a feature on the healthiest foods to eat during the holidays. Check it out!

New Show - Inner Chef

Discovery Home Channel will begin premiering a new show named Inner Chef this Saturday. The show is hosted by Marcus Samuelsson, chef and owner of Aquavit in New York. You may also remember Marcus as a challenger on the ill fated Iron Chef USA that aired two episodes on UPN.

Kenmore Teams With Cora

Kenmore Appliances, a division of Sears, has teamed with Iron Chef Cat Cora in a marketing campaign advertising their cooking appliances. You can find more info at their site. Also keep an eye out for her comercial on TV!

Food TV, New Three

Food Network aired three new shows last week: Behind the Bash, Sugar Rush, and Restaurant Makeover.

Behind the Bash is Giada DeLaurentiis' second show on the network (watch out Rachel Ray!). She returns to her catering roots, but takes it to the extreme by covering mega parties like the grammys. I found this to be the second most interstice of the three shows, because I usually have issues turning out good constant food when I cook for more that 8 or so people.


Sugar Rush introduces a new face to us: Warren "not to be confused with Alton" Brown. Warren, owner of Cake Love, a DC area bakery, explores the country picking up tips and techniques from other bakery's, as well as prepares a dessert during the course of the show. This show I found to be the least interesting of the three, but it does show some promise. For more information on Warren Brown - check out the Recipe For Success episode named Cake Love.


Restaurant Makeover was by far the most interesting of all the shows. (I can't wait to see the next episode, but I am a little worried that it's entertainment value will be lost after a few episodes.) A designer and chef help out a struggling Restaurant by cleaning, redesigning and teaching the kitchen staff new menu items. I thought the menu creation process was interesting, as well as the chefs raw personality.

All in all I'd say that Food Network has done a good job with the new shows, and my TiVo now has three more things to look after.

Soup Nazi Returns

The original SoupMan is set to open November 2nd in midtown Manhattan. Created by chef Al Yeganeh, famous for the "Soup Nazi" character based off of him in the hit comedy Seinfeld, the restaurant is expected to have a large turn out opening day. To win a chance to eat this up-scale soup, make sure to sign up for the Original SoupMan fan club.

I made it! 360Eats.com

Hey, my blog is now being aggregated on www.360eats.com - it's a one stop shop for foodie and gourmet news!

OXO vs Craftsmen

Oxo, everyone's favorite kitchen tool maker is expanding! After recently introducing a line of gardening tools, they are now teaming up with Lowes Home improvement to bring you Oxo Good Grips Hardware. The line currently offers hammers, screwdrivers, measuring tapes, pliers, wrenches and more. Plus even more to come! All with the standard Oxo lifetime guarantee. Anyone who knows me, knows I love it!