Some people hate Queer Eyeâs soft-spoken food expert Antoni Porowski. Others, like myself, find him a charming and harmless addition to the new Fab Five. But no matter what you think about Antoniâs personality, fans and enemies can agree on one thing: the man can not cook.
Contestants on the 38th cycle of Chopped will be shaking in their weird, tall chef hats as the queen of presentation judges their plating: our friend Martha Stewart is in the kitchen.
Welcome to Better Than It Looks, a series in which we discuss the recipes we tried (and maybe failed) to execute, and the foods that were served to us by someone perhaps more talented than ourselves. This week: a journey into the belly of the beast.
I blame my interest in raw meat on my mother. Under the guise of protecting us, she wouldnât let me or my sister touch raw chicken while we helped her cook, lest we contract a salmonella infection. Like any child, what I wasnât allowed to do I wanted to do more, and I found myself overly fixated on the flabby tanâŚ
Even though your day is probably bad enough, thanks to just about every other piece of news coming from just about every other source on the internet, watching this video of celebrity chef and Food Network star Giada De Laurentiis desperately trying to get Ellen DeGeneres and Nicole Kidman to pay attention as sheâŚ
Many of my friends have kids. Many more are planning to have kids. I have a sibling with kids. I, on the other hand, do not have kids, and will probably never have kids. And the next time I am asked why I do not want to have kids (which is honestly a question Iâm asked more than I ever expected to be asked), I willâŚ
For people who live to eat, this is a golden age. Food documentaries, where every last oyster is lovingly and tenderly plated in slow motion, abound. There are hundreds of showsâcompetition-based, conversational, and educationalâdevoted to the topic. BuzzFeedâs Tasty exists.
I recently began watching MasterChef Junior when I realized that my cooking skills are about on par with those of a decently accomplished nine-year-oldâs; rather than watching adult Chopped, which I love but is exceedingly aspirational, the junior versions of reality competition cooking shows are actually instructiveâŚ
A grilled cheese sandwich seems like the simplest thing to makeâitâs just bread and cheese, grilledâuntil you actually make one and youâre like, âthatâs it?â and you realize a truly delicious grilled cheese sandwich requires some extra attention and methods you may not have considered.
In a 1928 issue of the film and celebrity magazine Photoplay, Joan Crawford shared one of her favorite recipes with readers. âEvery once in a while Joan Crawford breaks training and creates her own individual dish,â the magazine writes of the infamous film star (and subject of an upcoming Ryan Murphy series). TheâŚ
VH1's new talk show/cooking show/argument for the legalization of marijuana-hybrid Martha & Snoopâs Potluck Dinner Party premiered Monday night after what feels like a year of anticipation (despite the fact that itâs only been three months), and Iâm happy to report that it was a delightfully sillyâif a littleâŚ
When you read this, youâre gonna lose your mind up in here (up in here): diva of divas-slash-queen of the prefab sweet potato pie Patti LaBelle is set to host her own cooking series on the Cooking Channel. Following a few completely hilarious specials that aired last year, Patti LaBelleâs Place has been greenlit for aâŚ
âCooking is more gratifying and, frankly, more fun when Iâm cooking for people I love,â Ina Garten writes in the introduction of her new cookbook, Cooking for Jeffrey. âAnd for more than forty years my most constant and appreciative audience has been my sweet husband.â
Potlucks are dumb and bad.
Riley Curryâs mom Ayesha Curry is joining the ranks of food delivery startups and launching her own meal service, continuing her track toward becoming the NBAâs Martha Stewart.
Who among us can say what a bay leaf tastes like? Not me, although I dutifully throw a leaf or two into a braise whenever the recipe dictates, and to consistently mysterious effect. Kelly Conaboy, formerly of Gawker, writing at the Awl, suggests that this is not due to the bay leafâs gustatory subtlety being beyondâŚ
Most promotional materials for Dean Sheremetâs new cookbook, Eat Your Heart Out, begin with a reference to his ex-wife, LeAnn Rimes (who famously left him for Eddie Cibrian while he was still married to Brandi Glanville). âYou may not know Deanâs name,â they seem to say, âbut you definitely know LeAnnâs!â Then, onceâŚ
A certain kind of womenâs magazine might have you believe that the key to a good hangover cure is to take things out of your body, by detoxing or sweating or puking. But we know that nursing your body back from the brink of death is much more about what you put into it.
Beware of Martha Stewart frying pans.
Over the past few days, Iâve participated in two watershed cultural moments. First, I went to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens in a theater with reclining seats. Second, I watched eight straight hours of The Great British Bake Off. Guess which one has affected me more?
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