From scratch : inside the Food Network

Salkin, Allen.

Book 2013

"The autobiography the Food Network would write if it could write one--a candid, behind-the-scenes look at how one network launched one of the biggest cultural waves of the last 20 years"--Provided by publisher.

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Explore Topics & Themes:

Cooking, American History

Food Social aspects United States History

Food Network (Firm) Biography

Food Network (Firm) History

Food habits United States History

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Television cooking shows

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ISBN:

9780399159329

Description:

xiii, 434 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : colour illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:

"Published simultaneously in Canada"--Title page verso
Includes index

Contents:

Preface: Roll Over
Prologue: A Final Toast to Emeril Live
Starting from Scratch
CNN with Stoves
"Chefs Are the New Rock Stars"
Bobby, Sara, Mario, and the Too-Hot Tamales
BAM!
Changing the Recipe
New Owners Again!?!
"Allez Cuisine!"
You Reap What You Sow
Comfort Food
Noodle Roni with Blue Eyes : A New Kind of Star
Competitors Sharpen Their Knives
Channeling the Soul of a Chef
A Ten-Billion-Dollar Prize
Epilogue: June 2013

Control Number:

942238

Other Authors:

Food Network (Firm)

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