Isn't she the one that is romantically involved with Andrew Cuomo? That's probably why she is on Food Network despite her lack of ability.
Yup she is but she was on FN before she started seeing him. I don't think her shows are still on FN. I just looked at her Wikipedia page and this is on it
Isn't she the one that is romantically involved with Andrew Cuomo? That's probably why she is on Food Network despite her lack of ability.
She is better now. She had a double mastectomy and was found to be cancer free in September (I just looked it up). I'm happy for her. Andrew Cuomo really stepped up during her illness. I give him a lot of credit for that.
regarding Sandra Lee.. I think I heard that she has had breast cancer and was not doing so well.. I am not sure if she if a bit better now...
I never really cared for her on the FN....
I am a big Ina Garten fan (I've asked for Cooking for Jeffrey for Christmas) and I just adore Alton! You know, he's coming back with more Good Eats? I think they're going to be online though, not on FN. We used to watch Emeril quite a bit; I tried many of his recipes and, man, they are good. I found his recipe for Rustic Rub and I make it every year, a pint for me and another pint for our son; we pretty much go through the whole pint during the year, too. I'll sprinkle it liberally on roast beef, steak, add it to meat loaf, throw it in beef stew and pot roast. I even add it to our beef when I make beef pot pie. It's fantastic on beef and even pork, too. Good stuff.....I don't add all the salt the recipe calls for though.
My faves on Food Network are Ina Garten (I love her!), Mario Batali, Alton Brown (ADORE him), Alex Guarnaschelli , Geoffrey Zakarian and Michael Symon. I also like Trisha Yearwood and Cat Cora.
Kudos to you! I think it's fantastic that you're going to get paid to cook. You should be flattered!
I know this sounds boring, but homemade apple pie--from scratch with fresh apples. I cook up Granny Smiths, although recently, since I've been baking a lot of apple pies for other people, I've been using Cortlands, as they are a lot cheaper, and I can't tell the difference when they are cooked.
I peel and slice the apples, and cook them with brown sugar, white sugar, ginger, cinnamon, and cloves. I get them soft, but not mashed up. I make the filling dark and spicy. The smell is heavenly! I use Jiffy pie mix, with some add-ons. Mom always did this, and made very good pie crust. The only crust that's better is the unbleached flour, with 2 sticks of Land O'Lakes butter in the crusts one that I do when I have the time.
I like the simple, rustic look of my pies. The crust is stuffed full with apples, bumpy and a bit patched together--I can NEVER make a perfect-looking pie crust! The pie is best warmed a bit, with whipped cream or good vanilla ice cream melting into the buttery crust.
Tonight, someone offered to pay me for my labor and ingredients to bake one for them for next week.They loved the ones I donated to our club's Bingo game. This is the first time anyone's offered to pay me to cook, LOL! And I was flattered...and I accepted!
I love Ina. I don't find her snobbish at all. So she lives in the Hamptons? So what? Someone has to.
My version of strawberry shortcake is....muffins! I have a recipe for a sweeter muffin; it's a really old Betty Crocker recipe and, I think it's Rick's favorite way to eat shortcake. So I guess you'd call my strawberry shortcake "strawberry muffins". Whatever works! (And when fresh strawberries are out of season and we don't have any in the freezer, then I'll make the muffins and fill them with strawberry preserves.
Ina's recipe are, for the most part, very simple with ordinary ingredients. I like to listen to her and I like to watch her cook. She doesn't get flustered easily (although I've seen her flustered and it's funny). If I could choose one cook to cook me dinner, it would be Ina. Definitely. With Alton a very, very close second.
BTW, Rick's mother asked him to ask me to please make that salted caramel chocolate pecan pie again for Christmas dessert. So I think that ends that!
I've watched some episodes of TPW and I don't find her very likable. Giada annoys me. She's far above Sandra and Rachael as far as cooking ability is concerned but she annoys me. I'm sticking with my faves- Ina and Alton.
I tried to watch the Pioneer Woman one day when I was home sick from work and couldn't. There's just something about her that turns me off. I did take one of her cookbooks out of our library one time, but wasn't overly impressed. Not overly fond of Giada either, although the recipes of hers that I've tried were all good.
YES!
I've watched some episodes of TPW and I don't find her very likable. Giada annoys me. She's far above Sandra and Rachael as far as cooking ability is concerned but she annoys me. I'm sticking with my faves- Ina and Alton.
ETA- First in my heart will always be Julia may she RIP.