Chef Nikki Martin's Recipe for Grilled Summer Salad

Chef Nikki Martin, otherwise known as the “Grill Next Door” on Next Food Network Star Season 8, has created some of her best meals out on her grill. But rather than sticking to classics like burgers and dogs, she’s kicking it up a bit with a refreshing Grilled Summer Salad. 

“This is one of my favorite salads on a hot summer day,” said Nikki. “It goes perfect with a glass of sangria. I love grilling fruit because it brings out the juicy sweetness of fresh summer produce!”

Give her recipe a try for a lighter (but equally delicious) grilled meal.

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Top 5 BBQ Recipes from your Favorite Chefs

Friday is the time for indulging a little bit—or maybe more than a little bit. And because it’s the end of the official BlendAbout BBQ week, we pulled together five of our favorite and most indulgent recipes from some of our favorite chefs and food bloggers.

Eat up!

1.   Molly’s Dry-Rubbed Ribs from Smitten Kitchen

This recipe makes us think of summer. It’s the perfect dish to create for a Memorial Day BBQ or Saturday afternoon gathering. Get the recipe »

2.   Beer Braised BBQ Pork Butt from David Lieberman

Any BBQ recipe that includes beer makes us ... Continue reading full article >>

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Chef Dave Martin on Cooking, Dining & Food Trends

“I’m a simple food guy,” said Chef Dave Martin. “I want real food with good seasoning.” His passion for simplicity and high quality ingredients can be seen in his cooking style, favorite food trends, and his restaurant picks.

Chef Dave Martin's Black Truffle Mac and Cheese

You may know Dave best from his days as a finalist on the first season of Bravo TV’s Top Chef where you saw him serving his take on old classics, like his signature Black Truffle Mac and Cheese. He’s been busy since then. He moved to New York City, (specifically Long Island City in Queens) where he worked on several restaurant projects, wrote two ... Read full article >>

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Laura Werlin talks with BlendAbout about her latest Cookbook

 

"Renowned cheese expert Laura Werlin has already earned both the James Beard Cookbook Award (The All American Cheese and Wine Book) and a World Gourmand award for best cheese book in the world (Great Grilled Cheese). Now Werlin is back, and this time she’s focusing on America’s favorite comfort food: Macaroni and Cheese.

We sat down with her to chat about her latest book." [Read more...]

Top Chef featured in Food & Wine

Are you a big fan of Food & Wine magazine? So am I! I’m also a big fan of Bravo TV’s Top Chef, currently on Season 9, Top Chef Texas. That means that January’s issue will be one to remember. According to Adweek, Food & Wine will feature Top Chef on a 24-page section. Part of the reason to print Top Chef is that Food & Wine has been its sponsor for a while now. By devoting a whole section to Top Chef, Food & Wine is actually killing two birds with one stone. They are advertising for their show and creating content at the same time. Sounds like a reasonable strategy.

For a fan like myself, this is great news as I will have a place to read more about my show and its stars. Stars like Tom Colicchio,

Padma Lakshmi and Gail Simmons. Not only will I read more about the main stars, but I will also find out more about the current contestants and their recipes.

Speaking of added content, in order to add more value to you, my reader, I have added a couple of links to some goodies.

• 9 of Padma’s Indian Cuisine Recipes
• 7 of Tom’s Recipes
• Gail Simmons's 10 Favorite Recipes

In order to leave you with some food for thought, I have a couple of questions that you can answer in the comment section if you want. What do you think of Food & and Wine’s decision to advertise for its sponsee? Do you think it’s smart or shameless? Do you think the majority of Food & Wine’s readers will enjoy the 24-page section on Top Chef?

Gordon Ramsay's Cookbook May Be Fatty, But Fatty Ain't Bad

Gordon Ramsay's “World Kitchen: Recipes from the F-Word” has topped 2010's unhealthiest cookbooks by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. And while this watchdog committee maybe down on Ramsay’s latest publication, one has to wonder why the media is echoing their review. If you take the time to look through the book, nowhere does it say “recipes for every day eating”, nor does it allude to healthy food. The book is actually described as a composition of Gordon Ramsay’s favorite recipes from around the world (hence the title).

Moreover, can you remember the last time you picked a cookbook based on a PCRM review? I know I can't. If you are going to ban Ramsay’s cookbook for its fatty contents, then you might as well rule out Julia Childs’ cookbooks as well, since most of her recipes are saturated in butter. There’s nothing wrong with enjoying a creamy buttery dish now and then, as long as it’s in moderation.

We know Gordon Ramsay hasn’t done much to earn our love, but in this case, it seems the media is just reaching.

It looks like Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares isn’t just about the restaurant anymore. According to The Daily Mirror, the Kitchen Nightmares’ star and executive producer has added a number of irrelevant questions to the Kitchen Nightmares contestant application. How much a contestant weighs, as well as their height, eye and hair color are just a few of the questions that have been added. But my favorites of all of them are these:

• Have you ever had a restraining order filed against you?
• Does your family have a history of depression?
• Are you easily upset?

Actually, the one regarding a history of depression seems to be fair.

A friend of mine had filled out an application for Chef Ramsay’s Hell’s Kitchen (as a joke) and told me that they had similar questions on the application he filled out, which he thought was strange. Considering that Kitchen Nightmare’s is supposed to be focused on the restaurants and not the contestants, asking such personal questions doesn’t seem right.

Moreover, Chef Gordon Ramsay should be focused more on cleaning up his muddied image instead of adding to his laundry list of drama and evil doings.

Are those questions even legal? But then again, does he really care?

More on Gordon Ramsay and Hell's Kitchen:

New! Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares: ISO Hot Restaurateurs

Gordon Ramsay Sued for $2 Million

The Sharks that Gordon Ramsay Killed: The Movie (warning: video contains graphic violence)

Gordon Ramsay Tossed to the Sharks (Warning: Contains graphic photo)

Kitchen Nightmare's Gordon Ramsay Explains His Puffy Face

Gordon Ramsay: Shark Bait is Worth the Watch

Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay Should Be Shark Bait

Hell’s Kitchen Winner, Holli Ugalde, Rejected By Gordon Ramsay Again? Media Claims Celebrity Chef Gordon Ramsay’s Head is Melting…
Gordon Ramsay Became ‘Shark Bait’ after being Held at Gun-Point
Gordon Ramsay may Melt in Hell’s Kitchen
Gordon Ramsay's Cookbook May Be Fatty, But Fatty Ain't Bad

Atlanta Chef, Nona Sivley is the winner of Hell’s Kitchen Season 8!

The Savoy Grill May Be Gordon Ramsay’s Saving Grace

Gordon Ramsay: There’s Serious Hell in His Kitchen

Hell’s Kitchen: A Hell of an Embarrassment

Hell’s Kitchen: A Hell of a Let Down

A Real Kitchen Nightmare... For Gordon Ramsay

Ramone Macaroni

Punk Rock has just gotten much saucier, now that Marky Ramone has his own red sauce on the market. The flavor is Brooklyn’s Own and you really can’t go wrong with that. The rocker has decided its best that profits go to benefit the US troops and their families.

If this made you hungry for more celebrity snacks check out this oldie: Frank DeCaro must have made this page in the early days of the internet, but I couldn’t stop laughing at the ridiculous pictures and off the wall celebrity recipes, from John Travolta's Dover Sole Meuniere to Boy George's Chick Pea Corruption. It’s a kitchen time trip visiting some of America’s faves.


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