kitchen confidential-related stories
Posted Oct 12th 2009 2:35PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Food/Home/DIY, Celebrities, Reality-Free
It has gotten to the point where I really don't care what the hell Anthony Bourdain cares about anything. I liked
Kitchen Confidential (the book, not the TV show) and some of his other writing, but this need to speak out on anything and everything in the food world he finds lame or disgusting or "evil" has gotten old. Now he (and chef David Chang) is speaking out on other things he can't stand, and
one of them is Food Network host Guy Fieri.
Personally, I wouldn't bleach my hair and wear those shorts, but come on, is it really worth bad mouthing his hosting and cooking? I love
Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives and
Ultimate Recipe Showdown!
Update: it's actually Chang who made the remarks, but
Bourdain doesn't like Fieri either.
Posted Mar 27th 2008 3:07PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Pickups and Renewals
With the thought of another year of
According to Jim on the air, it's with excitement that I report that new shows may be coming to take its place.
ABC has ordered two pilots:
Prince of Motor City and an untitled David Hemingson dramedy. The former, which purports to have Shakespearean roots, comes from writer Jessica Goldberg and writer/actor Hamish Linklater, better known around here as Matthew on
The New Adventures of Old Christine.
Continue reading ABC orders two more pilots
Posted Jul 30th 2007 10:14AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Food/Home/DIY, Web, Celebrities, Documentary
The reason I like Anthony Bourdain are many. For one, he knows a lot about food but he's not pretentious about it. Two, he isn't afraid to try bizarre foreign foods. And three, he's really blunt and honest about the state of the food industry and the whole celebrity chef culture. He also happens to be a good writer (check out his mystery stories too).
Our friends over at Gadling.com have
an interview with Bourdain. Justin asks him about his early experiences traveling overseas, the one time he ate street food that forced him to go to the doctor, and where the show will take him this season (and how he chooses where to go).
The new season of
No Reservations starts at 10pm tonight on The Travel Channel.
Posted Jun 7th 2007 3:38PM by Meredith O'Brien
Filed under: Nip/Tuck
So that Kitchen Confidential thing didn't quite work out.
And Sydney Bristow has retired from the spy business.
So what's a former Alias regular and erstwhile competitive (TV) chef to do? Get a Nip/Tuck, of course.
According to TV Guide's Michael Ausiello, Bradley Cooper will appear in five episodes of the fifth season of the FX plastic surgery drama. "What I can tell you," Ausiello wrote, "is that Cooper will not be a love interest for anyone, male or female."
Well that's a shame.
Posted May 25th 2007 2:19PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Site Announcements, Contests and Giveaways
Remember everyone, you've got until
5:00 PM Eastern today to enter our
giveaway of five copies of Kitchen Confidential on DVD! Any comments we get after 5PM won't be counted, and only enter once or we'll have to disqualify you. Make sure you comment on the
original post -- no comments on this one.
We'll contact the winners later in the week. Good luck!
Posted May 21st 2007 6:20PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: TV on DVD
Here are the new TV DVDs, in stores tomorrow.
- 24 - Slim sets for seasons 1-4.
- Airwolf - Season 3
- Avatar: The Last Airbender - Book 2: Earth, Vol. 3
- Kitchen Confidential - Complete Series
- The Magnificent Seven - Season 2
- Mythbusters - Collection 1
- The O.C. - Season 4
- Roots - 30th Anniversary Edition
- Scrubs - Season 5
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Season 1, Vol. 1
Posted May 21st 2007 9:02AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, TV on DVD, Site Announcements, Contests and Giveaways
Congratulations to Pete, Jen, Jim, Miranda and Peter on each winning a copy of the
That '70s Show Season Six DVD set in our
last giveaway.
For our next giveaway, we're giving out five copies of the
Kitchen Confidential Complete Series DVD set! We'll give one copy away to five randomly chosen commenters to this post. Just post a comment below stating your favorite episode of the entire series. We'll randomly choose five winning entries from all eligible comments.
Some basic rules and clarifications:
- To enter, leave a confirmed comment below stating what your favorite restaurant from a television show
is. What restaurant you mention makes absolutely no difference, as long as it's one featured on TV.
- The comment must be left before May 25, 2007 at 5:00 PM Eastern Time.
- You can only enter once.
- The winning entry will be chosen completely at random.
And now we present you with the legalities of the contest. (Read them. Please.)
Continue reading Kitchen Confidential Complete Series DVD giveaway
Posted Apr 11th 2007 11:52AM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Food/Home/DIY, Lost, Scrubs, The Simpsons, Animation, Seinfeld, TV Squad Lists
Welcome to TV Squad Lists (formerly 'The Five'), a feature where each blogger has a chance to list his or her own rundown of things in television that stand out from the rest, both good and bad.
Last week I gave you a pretty big list of
popular "drinkeries" from TV, but I think where I went wrong was trying too hard to list
every watering hole possible. Since I'm covering eateries this week, I'm certain I'll miss some of your favorites, but I'm going to list what I believe to be the most popular dining spots from television, both past and present. And since there are way too many
real spots on TV to mention (Hell's Kitchen, Kitchen Stadium, etc.), I'll stick with fictional spots, even if they're based on real ones.
This time let's go with 14 of them.
1) Arnold's/Al's Drive-In (
Happy Days) -- I struggled for a bit with what I would call the number one eatery on TV, but I kept coming back to this spot. Arnold's/Al's was in nearly every episode as far as I can recall, and of course housed The Fonz's office. After it burned down, the signage changed to Al's.
Continue reading The 14 greatest TV eateries
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