Some people hate Queer Eye’s 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 Antoni’s 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 wouldn’t let me or my sister touch raw chicken while we helped her cook, lest we contract a salmonella infection. Like any child, what I wasn’t allowed to do I wanted to do more, and I found myself overly fixated on the flabby tan…
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 she…
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 I’m asked more than I ever expected to be asked), I will…
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 shows—competition-based, conversational, and educational—devoted to the topic. BuzzFeed’s 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-old’s; rather than watching adult Chopped, which I love but is exceedingly aspirational, the junior versions of reality competition cooking shows are actually instructive…
A grilled cheese sandwich seems like the simplest thing to make—it’s just bread and cheese, grilled—until you actually make one and you’re like, “that’s it?” 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. “Every once in a while Joan Crawford breaks training and creates her own individual dish,” the magazine writes of the infamous film star (and subject of an upcoming Ryan Murphy series). The…
VH1's new talk show/cooking show/argument for the legalization of marijuana-hybrid Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party premiered Monday night after what feels like a year of anticipation (despite the fact that it’s only been three months), and I’m happy to report that it was a delightfully silly—if a little…
When you read this, you’re 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 LaBelle’s Place has been greenlit for a…
“Cooking is more gratifying and, frankly, more fun when I’m cooking for people I love,” Ina Garten writes in the introduction of her new cookbook, Cooking for Jeffrey. “And for more than forty years my most constant and appreciative audience has been my sweet husband.”
Potlucks are dumb and bad.
Riley Curry’s mom Ayesha Curry is joining the ranks of food delivery startups and launching her own meal service, continuing her track toward becoming the NBA’s 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 leaf’s gustatory subtlety being beyond…
Most promotional materials for Dean Sheremet’s 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). “You may not know Dean’s name,” they seem to say, “but you definitely know LeAnn’s!” Then, once…
A certain kind of women’s 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, I’ve 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?
