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Weinermr
Member
08-18-2001
| Monday, August 16, 2010 - 10:55 am
Another thought - Why don't they stop trying to find "stars"? They could have all three finalists rotate through a show entitled something like Food Network Newbies (or something more appropriate), and showcase all three of them. Over time, each one individually will either bomb, or improve, or even possibly progress enough to be considered for their own show. This "star" nonsense is a bunch of crap, to put it delicately.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, August 16, 2010 - 11:12 am
Actually, apparently Tom has gotten his own show. From Food Network Humor (who saw the press release): quote:In additional news about The Next Food Network Star, Food Network is excited to announce that runner – up Tom Pizzica will host the new primetime series Outrageous Food, premiering November 2010. Production begins today for this traveling food show featuring out – of – this – world eats.
And yeah, the "star" bit is total b-s. I'd like to see a REAL chef. Not a cook. Not someone with some schtick like $10 dinners or how to save $10 each meal PLUS get yer evening drink...
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, August 16, 2010 - 12:57 pm
So each to their own. I have absolutely zero interest in a chef. My need is for someone to teach me easy, nutritious meals that I can make on a budget and that my fussy teenager will eat...LOL!
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Monday, August 16, 2010 - 1:08 pm
I'm with Roxip (except I don't have a fussy teenage daughter). By the time I get home from work during the week and do what I need to do around the house, I may not even start cooking until 6:30 or so at night. I want to be able to fix something quick and easy (especially during the week). I don't want to be eating dinner at 9:00 p.m.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, August 16, 2010 - 1:26 pm
But these "how to" cooking shows are on all over the place. I'm so far past the "fast, easy, nutritious" point, that they bore the heck out of me. I want something different. I want unique flavor combinations. I don't necessarily want easy or cheap. And I can make anything nutritious. Heck, I can make almost anything. Whenever I travel, I usually come home and recreate a memorable meal I had. After my last trip to Maui, so far I've recreated the lilikoi quark gelato (except I made lilikoi quark ice cream) and the cajun portobello with oven roasted yellow grape tomatoes and pesto aioli. Next up is blackened tofu with wasabi greens and sweet Thai chili. (See? Those flavor combos... pesto and cajun? wasabi and sweet Thai chili? I want to know more about random weirdness. I'm bored with easy and quick and nutritious.) There are a lot of "beginner" shows on this network. It's time to amp it up a bit.
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Bombaycat
Member
07-21-2007
| Monday, August 16, 2010 - 2:11 pm
I vote for Costacat as the Next Food Network Star.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Monday, August 16, 2010 - 2:19 pm
I have to confess, while I love watching all these reality shows about chefs and stars and what not, the only show I watch for the recipes and practicality are things like the RediSetGo express.... I'm so ashamed!
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Monday, August 16, 2010 - 2:20 pm
I need to learn about flavor. I don't care who teaches me as long as they know what they're talking about. ETA I am sick of everyone on Food Network saying whatever they're doing to the food brings out a nutty flavor. They heat up greens and say it brings out the nuttiness. I'm sorry but hot cabbage does not have a nutty flavor. Nor does a roasted artichoke. Nuts have a nutty flavor, and very different ones between them. But as far as Food Network goes, nutty is the new black.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, August 16, 2010 - 2:34 pm
LOL Bombay. Maybe if they changed it to The Next Food Network Chef! A star I ain't. Everyone I know always says I should start my own catering or other food-based business. I'm like um, yeah, you wanna finance me? And support me while the biz takes off? 
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, August 16, 2010 - 2:42 pm
I was pleased to see Emeril's picture on the wall of fame. They tend to forget he made that network sometimes. I was pleased with the winner. I don't know much about indian food and she makes it very approachable. I liked them having the focus groups too.
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Kappy
Member
06-28-2002
| Monday, August 16, 2010 - 8:42 pm
Lol, Karuuna ~ I don't have a RediSetGo Express but I like Dinner My Way.
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Daydreamer
Member
05-30-2008
| Tuesday, August 17, 2010 - 4:30 am
In case anyone is interested (but especially Costacat), I tried making Aarti's Prawn Masala (the third dish from her Iron Chef competition -- the one that prompted Bobby Flay and Cat Cora to say they would open an Indian resturant with her). And it was very, very good. The recipe is available on the FN website. It calls for three different kinds of chile (diced jalapeno, and dried, powdered arbol and ancho), so I cut back on the heat just a bit. (I lap "spicy" up like candy, but I have a fussy husband.) Made my own raita, got some naan from Trader Joe's, and even the fussy husband raved over the dish. My local market is having a sale on prawns; I think I'll try Aarti's stuffed shrimp next (from the same Iron Chef show). Looking forward to what she comes up with for her "real" show next week.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, August 17, 2010 - 5:42 am
Yay Daydreamer! Sounds like you found a repeat performer with that dish. (If you have a Whole Foods near you, I like their naan better than Trader Joes.) I'm looking forward to watching her show. I want to see what she comes up with that's vegetarian. 
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Tuesday, August 17, 2010 - 3:54 pm
I just looked at Aarti's recipe, and it looks fairly easy and VERY delicious! We'll be trying it next week for sure. If anyone else would like to try, you can see it by CLICKING HERE.
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Kappy
Member
06-28-2002
| Tuesday, August 17, 2010 - 8:28 pm
Thanks for that link, Teach!
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Allietex
Member
08-16-2002
| Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - 10:06 am
I was pulling for Tom. I think Aarti is cute and adorable and I suspect she is a fantastic chef, but I suspect I would be much more likely to watch Tom. Talking about tacos, on his show the other day, Bobby Flay said that most Americans think hard tacos are the only kind. I nearly choked on my diet Coke. Not sure about the rest of the country, but in San Antonio, there are probably many more soft tacos made and sold than crispy tacos. Breakfast tacos are a staple here. Like doughnuts. I love Bobby, but he blew that observation.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - 10:08 am
Yahbut y'all do breakfast tacos with FLOUR tortillas. And flour tortillas do not a taco make! 
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - 11:25 am
i do my breakfast tacos with corn.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - 11:40 am
So do I. But the last time I was in Austin we went to a Mexican restaurant and I ordered b'fast tacos and I was surprised by the flour. Ugh. Day two I got smart and ordered 'em on corn. They looked at me like I was loco en la cabeza.
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Auntiemike
Member
09-17-2001
| Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - 11:42 am
Gosh, we make perfectly delicious breakfast tacos....with flour tortillas. My kids prefer them, actually. Does that make it any better or worse than the other??
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - 2:28 pm
Some people are tortilla snobs and think they are not 'true' tortillas unless they are made with masa.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - 2:35 pm
I think Bobby's more right than wrong. I grew up in the Northeast where we only had tacos duros. Coming to LA was a revelation because almost no authentic Mexican place had anything except soft tacos. Even better? The fact that they didn't load the tacos with cheese, sour cream, and all that other stuff. Meat, cilantro, onion, and salsa verde or roja. Done. And delicious.
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Auntiemike
Member
09-17-2001
| Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - 3:16 pm
Personal opinions aside, the DEFINITION of a tortilla is that it can be made with corn OR wheat flour. So it really boils down to a matter of preference, not authenticity.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - 3:36 pm
Given a choice I always ask for corn tortillas, but maybe that is because I am a southern gal and love CORNbread. Most restaurants here are happy to make their dishes with whichever tortilla(s) you prefer -
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - 4:20 pm
i tend to not buy flour because alot of them are made with lard. But in many of the mex restaurants here they make their own on the spot, both flour and corn and those are yummy!!!
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