http://www.foodnetworkfan.com All the News You Can Eat Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:04:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am just not sure there is a "star" waiting to be born on this season of the NFNS. It appears that most of the contestants have both good and bad qualities, and a few can even cook, however, who would you really want to watch every week? ... http://www.foodnetworkfan.com/?p=104 There was the usual amount of drama on Sunday night’s episode of the Next Food Network Star. It seems that this year, someone is always crying, but maybe they just hired better editors? Who knows……. In this episode Tyler Florence met the contestants in a market in a market, ... http://www.foodnetworkfan.com/?p=83 Last week, we learned that catering a party for 75 people in five hours was not an easy task for anyone. No surprise. This week, we witnessed how difficult it is to prepare a recipe for the male readers of Esquire magazine and present that recipe on camera. ... http://www.foodnetworkfan.com/?p=77 Tonight is the premier of the fifth season of the Next Food Network Star, hosted by Bobby Flay. All of the contestant’s bios are covered on the Food Network website. I am just interested to see if a star will really emerge. Some of the past seasons ... http://www.foodnetworkfan.com/?p=76 Last month, my husband and I went to New York for the weekend. It was my little niece’s baptism on Sunday and we were there for less than 48 hours; however, we did manage to squeeze in as many culinary delights as possible. The minute we landed, we hopped ... http://www.foodnetworkfan.com/?p=75 Last Sunday, I went to the Metropolitan Cooking and Entertaining Show again and attended the Paula Deen VIP supper and book signing. This event was sold out. I have to say, I was excited to see Paula and I had high expectations after the Bobby Flay cooking demo ... http://www.foodnetworkfan.com/?p=73 Last weekend I attended the Metropolitan Cooking and Entertaining Show in West Palm Beach. On Saturday, I went to Bobby Flay’s cooking demo. He started with a Grilled Lobster Cocktail with coconut milk dressing. He gave a lot of great tips on how to grill lobster without overcooking ... http://www.foodnetworkfan.com/?p=68 The Sunday night episode of Iron Chef this week was one of my favorites. I just got a chance to watch it last night and I was pleasantly surprised. Challenger Amanda Freitag took on Iron Chef Bobby Flay in battle Alaskan king crab. Bobby Flay is always great ... http://www.foodnetworkfan.com/?p=67 One of my favorite new shows is Ted Allen?s Chopped, which debuted last week. I think it is really interesting to watch what different chefs can do with the same ingredients. On the first episode, in the appetizer round, one of the ingredients that the inspiring chefs had ... http://www.foodnetworkfan.com/?p=66 There are plenty of other blogs where you can read about what happened on Food Network shows and read gossip about the hosts. So, I have decided to focus on the food. I will be talking about the food featured on my favorite shows and offering information and ... http://www.foodnetworkfan.com/?p=65