Food Network Update

It's been awhile since I blogged about my beloved Food Network and I know you've been aching for news.

I found a new lady I really like. Her name is Ellie Krieger and her show is called Healthy Appetite. Unfortunately it's only on Saturdays. We have made her Thai-Style Halibut with Coconut-Curry Broth, Mom's Turkey Meatloaf, and White Bean Dip - all delicious. I like her and her recipes because they are healthy but still really good.

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Pete and I watched "Behind the Music: Sandra Lee" (ok it wasn't called behind the music but it was the Food Network equivilent of that - like a biography show). I still don't like her weird ways on Semi-Homemade, but learning her life story was interesting and sad. She basically had to cook for her brothers and sisters because they had no parents or something. And they were totally broke. I can't remember the details obviously but she got her entrepreneurial start by selling curtain things at fairs and then eventually on infomercials starring Florence Henderson. Now when I see Sandra Lee I feel sad when I think about her rough childhood (I think also, she got kicked out of her house at one point and had to live on her own) and I'm happy for her success even if she's weird and her foods are odd.

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kww and Watie were in town a couple weeks ago. One night kww, Eloise and I had girls' night at my place while Watie and Simon had bachelor night at the Westin. After Eloise went to sleep, kww and I drank Scotch and talked, with Food Network on. Basically my dream evening. Anyway Emeril was on, as he often is, and kww said, "Watie doesn't like the band." and I was like geez! the band seems, if not good, then not worth disliking, and not a reason to not watch the show (keeping in mind that Emeril drives me crazy). Well it turns out that she actually said, "Watie doesn't like the 'bam'" - which is Emeril's famous thing to say. Except, he doesn't seem to say it anymore. In fact, since I've become a Food Network junkie in the past 9 months or so, I'm not sure I've heard him say it. Now he always says, "Oh yeah baby" which is really creepy and disgusting and makes me uncomfortable! Anyway kww theorized that perhaps he doesn't say BAM anymore because of his failed sitcom.

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The other day I was lying on the couch watching Rachael Ray during a little cooldown from my hectic day while Pete rustled around the house as he is wont to do. I was all pooped out from a work meeting. She was making this salad and Pete was like what is that crazy stuff! And I said, it's a type of French lettuce called "frisee" (pronounced frizzAY). and he said "prizzay?" and I was like, no, frizzay, like frizzy but frizzay. And he said, "like Chris?" and I was kind of spaced out so I didn't say anything and he said again, "like Chris?" because we have a friend named Chris Fiset (pronounced fizzAY). And I was like YES! I laughed so hard that my tiredness vanished.

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Finally, I continue to be freaked out by the strange skits on Good Eats with Alton Brown, and although I am a silly person, his silliness and the silliness of his skits is offputting to me. And, Pete is freaked out by Giada's square smile.