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Sandra Lee to Premier New Budget Meals Show on the Food Network
 Sandra Lee is getting a new show on The Food Network. Sandra is the host of Semi-Homemade, the cooking show that uses 30% fresh ingredients and 70% prepared foods. The target is the busy cook who doesn't have time to cook from scratch. The show Semi-Homemade has excellent ratings and Sandra has a multi-million dollar empire, with cookbooks, videos and other products. The very mention of her way of cooking (she defends Cool Whip and Cheez-Whiz) is enough to send Anthony Bourdain off on a rant about how her cooking point of view heralds the end of civilization as we know it. But Sandra speaks to women who already cook this way to save time and money.
Sandra has a very interesting story. She was the eldest of five children with a very ill mother. Sandra took over all the cooking, cleaning and child-rearing when she was only nine years old. The family was on welfare and food stamps. She managed to go to college and start a home furnishings line which she sold at local fairs, before she was spotted by QVC. There was no stopping her after that. A two week stint at the Cordon Bleu in Canada convinced her that the home cook needed a different, simpler approach to cooking.
Sandra is an astute business woman who really knows how to stretch a dollar. So, not surprisingly, her new show will be called Sandra's Money Saving Meals. The show will premiere
May 10th at 12pm ET/PT on the Food Network. Just don't tell Anthony Bourdain.
Posted on March 4, 2009
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Anthony Bourdain Blasts Rachael Ray's Doughnut Deal
 Anthony Bourdain, he of the brilliant cuisine and the caustic mouth has blasted Rachael Ray's new deal with Dunkin' Donuts.
RACHAEL Ray is getting a royal dunkin' from Anthony Bourdain for her big-bucks endorsement deal with Dunkin' Donuts. The prickly chef and "Kitchen Confidential" author says of the Food Network cutie in next month's Outside magazine: "She's got a magazine, a TV empire, all these best-selling books - I'm guessing she's not hurting for money. She's hugely influential, particularly with children. And she's endorsing Dunkin' Donuts. It's like endorsing crack for kids."
Bourdain adds: "I'm not a very ethical guy. I don't have a lot of principles. But somehow that seems to me over the line. Juvenile diabetes has exploded. Half of Americans don't have necks. And she's up there saying, 'Eat some [bleeping] Dunkin' Donuts. You look great in that swimsuit - eat another doughnut!' That's evil." Ray's rep shot back: "Anyone who knows Rachael [sic] and watches her on TV is aware she promotes balance and moderation, instead of living life in extremes. Her work addressing kids' and families' nutritional needs speaks for itself so we respectfully disagree with Anthony's opinion."
Oh, please. It's not like Rachel is doing an ad for crack or crystal meth. Or even for cigarettes. So Rachael gets some die-hard Krispy Kreme fans to switch to Dunkin' Donuts. So what? And if Bourdain really cared about people's health, he wouldn't have used the example of how someone looks in a bikini to bolster his argument. Remember, he didn't like it when overweight people dined in his restaurant and has compared vegans to Hezbollah. He's just shooting off his mouth, as usual. Or maybe he hasn't been offered any lucrative endorsement deals lately. He's always bagging on Rocco DiSpirito for his deals. But Rocco DiSpirito is a great chef -- and he's absolutely darling. Or maybe, as a former heroin and cocaine (and LSD and mushrooms and...you get the idea) addict he feels the need to reform everyone around him, whether they need reforming or not. A two pack a day smoker, Bourdain has some funny ideas about healthy habits.
And speaking of Anthony Bourdain, did you see the Top Chef reunion show last night with all the clips? One particularly hilarious clip showed Chef Tom Colicchio just beaming with joy when Howie sliced Bourdain into tiny verbal pieces by by quoting his own book at him to prove him wrong. It was priceless.
Posted on October 11, 2007
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