Apparently, Anyone can Have a Cooking Show

Except me.
I just found out (a bit late, admittedly) that The Food Network has given a cooking show to…Brian Boitano.  Uh, yes.  You read that right.  Brian Boitano, Olympic figure skating champion.   Huh?
From the Food Network website:
Everyone knows Olympic figure skater Brian Boitano is a champion on the ice, but he also gives a gold [...]

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Local Meat Gets “Unwrapped”

Cohoes meat manufacturer Bilinski’s (of chicken apple sausage fame) will be featured on the July 27 episode of the Food Network show “Unwrapped”.  The episode will highlight the company’s new line of miniature chicken sausages called “Chicken Littles”, particularly the Blueberry Maple-flavored ones.
The adorable little breakfast links come in four other scrumptious-sounding flavors -Teriyaki, Buffalo Wing Style, Apricot [...]

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Lazy, Lazy, Lazy!

OK, I admit that I’m very “Martha” when it comes to cooking and baking – I prefer to make things from scratch because they’re just better that way, and I take great pride in my culinary skills.  However, I do from time to time cut some corners, and use store-bought products to either enhance or [...]

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Public Broadcasting: Asleep at the Wheel

OK, I just experienced the strangest email correspondence. I wrote an email to WMHT (our local PBS affiliate) to complain that they were not airing the newly launched cartoon series based on my favorite NPR show, “Car Talk”.
Sadly, this correspondence needs no further explanation:
From: Wendy
Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 9:28 PM
To: wmht.org New Station Wide [...]

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Almost Famous

I got a very interesting call earlier this week – the managing editor from Eagle Newspapers in Rochester called me (not exactly out of the blue, because I do business with one of their subsidiaries, and I’d met him once) to ask that become one of the Spotlight Newspapers’ website bloggers!  The Spotlight is their [...]

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Must-See TV

Bob and I have been watching the HBO series “John Adams”. It’s superb. Stars Paul Giammatti as John Adams – he’s amazing. It’s hard to believe this guy started his career playing a character called “Pig Vomit” in Howard Stern’s movie “Private Parts”.
       
Laura Linney is great as well – [...]

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