Bobby's 6 Steps For Perfect Fried Chicken


Updated 02/28/12 4:45 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Fried Chicken Tips From Bobby Flay

Despite his drunken antics at SOBEFest, Bobby Flay still managed to provide us with some useful tips on frying chicken, a dish we've always wanted to tackle at home but have frankly been a bit scared to try. Thanks to the queen of Southern cuisine's diabetes drama, lowcountry staples like fried chicken might have gotten a bit of a bad rap lately, but Flay's not hearing any of it. "This whole Read more

A Buzzed Bobby Flay Keeps the Audience Roaring in South Beach


Updated 05/18/12 11:09 AM · Posted by · 2 comments

Bobby Flay at South Beach Wine and Food Festival

We've seen a lot of Bobby Flay cooking demos throughout the years, but over the weekend in South Beach, Flay was the funniest we'd seen yet. "Wow, I'm wasted," the Food Network chef admitted to the crowd, after pounding down two giant mojitos in a row. The inebriated audience only encouraged him to drink more. For the most entertaining of Bobby's bytes, keep on reading. Read more

Bethenny Reveals Sangria Secrets as She Pokes Fun at Bravo


Updated 02/27/12 5:05 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Bethenny Frankel at South Beach Wine and Food Festival

Memorable drinks and bites aren't the only things at play inside the South Beach Wine and Food Festival tents — the Grand Tasting Village also holds an impressive lineup of cooking demonstrations from celebrity chefs and culinary personalities. To my surprise, one of the most captivating (and entertaining) cooking demos came from Bravo's Bethenny Frankel. Although the Skinnygirl cocktails Read more

Michael Symon Talks Greek Food, Pasta Chefs, and More


Updated 06/17/11 5:24 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Michael Symon at the Food and Wine Classic

One of the most popular cooking demonstrations at the Food & Wine Classic every year is hosted by Top Chef judges Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons. However, today's seminar was a little different, as Colicchio had to go to the hospital and couldn't make it. Luckily, another bald chef was on hand to stand in for Colicchio: Iron Chef Michael Symon! Symon and Simmons cooked one dish each using Read more

Fabio Viviani: His Best One-Liners


Updated 03/02/12 4:13 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Fabio Viviani Quotes

After a very late night the evening before, we were kicking ourselves for signing up for a Bertolli demo with Fabio Viviani at 9 a.m. the next day. But he greeted us with coffee (scratch that — cappuccinos!), and gave us a warm Italian welcome (you'd have never known that he'd gone to bed at 4:30 a.m.). "I'm not famous enough to have my own party in South Beach, but I do like to cook," Fabio Read more

Where in SOBEWFF Is Fake Guy Fieri?


Updated 02/27/12 1:23 PM · Posted by YumSugar · 4 comments

Guy Fieri Impostor

It's no secret here at the South Beach Wine and Food Festival that Guy Fieri's demo is hands down the most highly anticipated cooking demo of the festival. After all, last year's saw fanatical crowds and the onslaught of a slurricane machine. While Guy's demo this year was a feat not to be missed, perhaps even more entertaining was the presence of a Guy Fieri impostor who we caught sight of Read more

What to Know Before Going to the Makeup Counter


Updated 12/15/11 7:46 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

What to Know Before Getting a Makeup Counter Makeover

We're happy to present this article from one of our favorite sites, Real Beauty. We've all been there. Between the endless aisles of glassy displays and intoxicating wafts of perfume, trying to navigate department store beauty sections can seem more like an Odyssean adventure than a pit stop on a Saturday afternoon. Awesome beauty gifts inspired by your favorite films So we spoke to Tawni Read more

In Aspen, Ming Tsai Opens Up About Clams


Updated 06/21/11 11:21 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

How to Cook With Clams

We spotted Ming Tsai at a late-night party in Aspen for the Food & Wine Classic Friday evening — so it wasn't a surprise to find the chef roughing it a little at his early-morning cooking demo the next day. Still, the Next Iron Chef contestant and Blue Ginger proprietor managed to bring his best when it came to wit and cooking skills. Ming made a number of dishes from his new cookbook, Read more

Season 9 of Simply Ming Will Be "On the Fly"


Updated 06/18/11 6:24 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Ming Tsai's Simply Ming Season 9 Will Be Simply Ming: On the Fly

At his live cooking demo in Aspen, Ming Tsai revealed that he's mixing things up for the ninth season of Simply Ming on PBS. This time around, the show's going to be called Simply Ming: On the Fly. "I'll be combining my love of Iron Chef and just regular cooking shows," he told the audience, recounting a visit from guest chef Jacques Pepin two weeks prior. "We had two mystery ingredients to work Read more

George Clooney's on a Boat While Elisabetta Canalis Gets Down to Work


Updated 06/16/11 9:41 AM · Posted by · 26 comments

George Clooney Pictures at Lake Como

George Clooney brought his boat out onto Lake Como yesterday afternoon. He had his friend Ben Weiss for company, since Elisabetta Canalis had to head into Milan for an appearance on the show Fornelli and Coltelli. George is in her home country of Italy during a break from shooting Gravity in London with Sandra Bullock. There's been time for date nights for Elisabetta and George at their favorite Read more