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Food Network Humor (previously)
posted by Trurl on Aug 3, 2011 - 61 comments

Paula Deen's recipe for English peas. Read the recipe. Then read the comments.
posted by jacquilynne on May 20, 2011 - 228 comments

After 249 episodes on a wide variety of ingredients and other cooking related topics, Alton Brown ended Good Eats last week (save for 3 unaired one hour specials). The show leaves behind many unaddressed recipes that were to be in "another show." [more inside]
posted by mccarty.tim on May 11, 2011 - 138 comments

On February 27th, Paula Deen hitched a ride on Food Network host Robert Irvine. Overnight, a meme surfaces. Today, Rolling Stone re-imagines their March cover.
posted by hermitosis on Mar 2, 2011 - 71 comments

"Late Night Bacon", a recipe by Rachael Ray. With reviews.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane on Nov 10, 2010 - 164 comments

Ellie Krieger is a well-known registered dietician and author of The Food You Crave: Luscious Recipes for a Healthy Life. Her bio says she was "director of nutritional services at the prestigious La Palestra Center for Preventative Medicine for several years where she worked with a team of physicians, psychologists and fitness specialists to create a multi-faceted obesity treatment program." She's also the host of "Healthy Appetite with Ellie Krieger" on the Food Network. With this kind of pedigree, you'd assume her recipes would be the paragon of nutritious, healthy eating, right? Wrong. [more inside]
posted by shiu mai baby on Jan 27, 2010 - 98 comments

Winter holiday traditions change with time and location, with their current forms retaining little of their old forms, wassailing (rhymes with fossil-ing) possibly more than most. The modern interpretation of wassailing has been simplified to singing carols, though it was born of much more diverse traditions, from a cheer of good health before battle to scaring evil spirits from apple orchards. From these origins come wassail the drink, and that's just one of the many foods of the winter season (Food Timeline prev., 2, 3, 4, 5, 6). A few more are covered below the break. [more inside]
posted by filthy light thief on Dec 25, 2009 - 8 comments

Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch. Michael Pollan discusses the evolution of America's cooking culture, from Julia Child to Top Chef. [via]
posted by nasreddin on Jul 30, 2009 - 70 comments

"Iron Chef America is more bogus than even I had imagined." [more inside]
posted by heeeraldo on Feb 20, 2008 - 128 comments

Bourdain VS the Food Network Tony in his most snarky, but oh man, is he right. His take on Alton, Mario and the ewok.
posted by ShawnString on Feb 8, 2007 - 167 comments

Orgasm or excellent marinara? NSFW, if the first word didn't tip you off. [via]
posted by anjamu on Aug 3, 2006 - 28 comments