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25 Foodies to Follow on Twitter

Taco trucks and burger mobiles post their up-to-the-minute locations, and gourmet chefs share their latest haute cuisine menu creations. Whatever you’re looking for, foodies can follow all the exciting happenings and behind-the-scenes food gab on Twitter. Check out the tweets on this collection of 25 imaginative and eclectic foodies:
Gena Knox
“Like everyone who grew up [...]

Foodies Bid Farewell to Ben Ali of Ben’s Chili Bowl and Bill Galloway of the Virginia Diner

The foodie community lost two entrepreneurial pioneers this month.
On October 7, Ben Ali, owner of Washington D.C.’s landmark Ben’s Chili Bowl passed away at age 82.  Specializing in spicy and flavorful chili, as well as its trademark chili dogs and chili-covered half-smokes, this capital city hot spot is a favorite luncheon hang-out for native Washingtonians as [...]

Alton Brown – Born To Be Wild

If I was going to sail around the world on a sailboat and was able to chose anyone to accompany me on the journey it would be Alton Brown — the man can jury-rig anything, make you laugh at what you think is catastrophe, and use any item under the Sun to cook a gourmet [...]

Acting School is Passé – Now It’s Chef School

Ventura County Star reports the culinary program at Oxnard College where they train aspiring chefs and restaurant managers, has become so popular it’s turning away students.
Where once wannabe actors dreamed of acting school and a Hollywood career, young wannabe chefs dream of chef school where they can train to become the next celebrity chef and [...]

Celebrity Chef Groupies

Between television appearances, best-selling cookbooks, and road trips complete with booking agents, celebrity chefs have reached rock star status as the nation celebrates an art close to everyone’s heart: cooking. A few chefs are packing in crowds of thousands per live show.
Guy Fieri sought advice about living on the road from members of AC/DC and [...]

Boitano Turns in Skate Blades for Knife Blades

Brian Boitano, the 1988 Olympic gold medalist in men’s figure skating, is taking a veer in his career.  The 45-year old self-proclaimed foodie is hosting a new Food Network series called What Would Brian Boitano Make?
My question is …. who cares?
Although Boitano might have been a great skater in his day (and may still be able to [...]

Cooking Shows Blazing Hot – Cable Ratings Soar

While financial pundits speak of an economic recovery, most of us living in the real world know better. Many homeowners are behind on home loan payments or in some stage of foreclosure, and unemployment claims are on the rise. Even if claims begin to ease, struggling businesses will be slow to hire again.
In order to [...]

Iron Chef “Chairman” Takes on New Role

Mark Dacascos is not a household name, but he is a well-known face.  Soon he may also be known for his featherlight feet. The man, simply known as “The Chairman” on the Food Network’s wildly popular Iron Chef America, will add “dancer” to his already impressive resume, as he joins 15 other contestants on the [...]

Charlie Toft’s Top Ten TV Cooking Shows

It’s always interesting to find out a television critic’s take on the plethora of cooking shows on the tube.  Charlie Toft, an Ohio-based award-winning writer and media critic for Film.com analyzed this season’s offerings and gave us his recommendations for the top ten cooking shows on TV best suited to the couch potato crowd.
Here is Charlie’s [...]

The Next Food Network Star Crowned

Dark horse Melissa d’Arabian out-cooked nine other competitors on The Next Food Network Star and was declared victorious on Sunday night’s show, winning the coveted prize:  her own Food Network television series.  D’Arabian’s taped pilot program demonstrating her technique and recipe for Rustic Lemon-Onion Chicken put her over the top, narrowly beating runner up Jeffrey Saad, whose [...]

Interview with Chef Steve Mendoza of Las Chicas Locas

Over the past ten years we’ve seen the resurgence of upscale Mexican cuisine. Thanks to Chefs like Steve Mendoza (formerly of Morimoto, Bouley, Danube, Bouley Upstairs, and Felidia) we’ve come to realize that Mexican food does not mean tacos and chalupas. True Mexican food means queso fundido, carnitas tacos and fortunately Margaritas made the cut. [...]

Good Grief! “Good Eats” is 10 Years Old!

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Fans of the quirky, geeky, yet charismatic Alton Brown, host of the Food Network’s “Good Eats,” can get a chance to meet Brown and his entourage when the show celebrates its 10th anniversary on August 29, in his home state of Georgia.  Atlanta’s Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center will be the location for [...]