It’s Chef’s Week on Martha Stewart

Eric Ripert, Jamie Oliver, Johnny Iuzzini, Lidia Bastianich, Martha Stewart, TV Food Shows
20 Jul 2008 It's time for another big Martha Stewart cooking week block! Remember as The Martha Stewart Show is syndicated, the channel and times vary by location. (You can find your time and channel at the handy Martha finder here, btw.) And if you miss one and forgot to TIVO it, each show is repeated the successive evening on the Fine Living channel at 8pm Eastern. Listings below are for the original first syndicated air dates (so for FL it's the next day). Monday: New Orleans restaurateurs Ti Adelaide Martin and Lally Brennan prepare two cocktails, sazerac and sidecar; chef ... {More...}

TV Alert: It’s Another Big Week of Cooking on ‘Martha Stewart Show’

Lidia Bastianich, Mario Batali, Martha Stewart, TV Food Shows
02 Jun 2008 If you're not a Martha groupie, and you're a foodie, you can go a stretch of time -- between the show about nurses and the show about curtains -- before she get's back to doing "all food". But boy oh boy when Martha Stewart does get back to food it's often incredible, and it's often a string of shows in a row. And that's excatly what we've got this week. So be prepared to watch or get that TIVO going. As always, in case the VCR breaks down, whatever is shown on the nationally syndicated channel during the ... {More...}

Lidia to Cook for Pope During His Visit

Lidia Bastianich, Lidia's Italy, News
16 Apr 2008 The Pope who landed in the United States yesterday, will be visiting Washington, D.C. and then the Big Apple. And who is to be his special NYC chef? None other than the host of television's Lidia's Italy and famed cook and restaurateur Lidia Bastianich. She was asked over two months ago by Vatican officials and couldn't breathe a word of it until a few weeks ago. From the NY Times: Ms. Bastianich, 62, an owner of the restaurants Felidia and Del Posto, said she considers herself a devout Catholic, and she’s interacted with Vatican officials based in ... {More...}