Rainy Day Roast Chicken With Sweet Potatoes and Onions


Updated 03/19/12 4:30 PM · Posted by YumSugar · 9 comments

Tyler Florence Roast Chicken

This weekend was nothing but rain and the perfect time for comfort food. Browsing through Tyler Florence's Dinner at My Place, I found myself drooling over a whole roasted chicken recipe. Since the weather was bad, I didn't want to leave the house, thus I improvised his recipe with items I already had on hand. Rather than Meyer lemons and fingerling potatoes, I substituted regular lemons and Read more

Tyler Florence's Expansion Plans May Include a Food Truck


Updated 02/15/12 11:15 PM · Posted by YumSugar · 3 comments

Tyler Florence Expanding Restaurant, May Open Food Truck

We're big fans of Tyler Florence and caught up with him recently at the LA Food & Wine Festival, where he talked about his approach to dealing with the critics, his love for YumSugar, and his plans to open more locations of his successful restaurant Rotisserie & Wine. Oh, and a possible Wayfare Tavern fried chicken truck, too? Learn all about it when you watch the video. Read more

8 Terrific Recipes From Tyler Florence


Updated 10/11/11 6:24 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Tyler Florence Recipes

Without a doubt, Chef Tyler Florence is one of the coolest Food Network stars on the scene. There's something so tough and cool about Tyler, and it's coupled with that teddy-bear charm that's hard to resist! Best of all, his flavorful recipes stand up to the hype. Check out eight of the delicious recipes we've re-created and loved from Tyler's kitchen over the years. Source Read more

Summer of Salads: Potato Salad


Updated 07/08/11 5:03 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Potato Salad Recipe

There are thousands of potato salad variations out there, but sometimes nothing beats good, old-fashioned classic potato salad. You know what kind I'm talking about: the potato salad that's coated in a creamy mayonnaise dressing and dotted with hard-boiled eggs. Sure, you can pick it up at every grocery store and deli in America, but why not whip up a large batch of it at home? This recipe is Read more

Tyler Florence Talks Picky Eaters and Sending Kids to Bed Without Dinner


Updated 08/04/11 3:30 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Tyler Florence Homemade Baby Food

Though he races around the country serving up alternatives to fast food as the host of The Great Food Truck Race, Tyler Florence slows things down when it comes to feeding his own kids. The Food Network veteran and father of three — Miles, 14, Hayden, 4, Dorothy, 3 — is making it easier than ever for parents to cook healthy, veggie-rich meals for their kids. I sat down with the chef to Read more

Tyler Florence Talks Food Trucks, Vegetables, and His New Restaurant


Updated 06/09/11 11:45 AM · Posted by YumSugar · 0 comments

Interview With Tyler Florence of The Great Food Truck Race

It's hard to imagine how Tyler Florence juggles two Food Network shows, three signature restaurants, a burgeoning line of kitchen supplies, and a multimillion-dollar empire, but the chef does so with finesse — and he still finds time to publish a seventh book, a brand-new baby cookbook called Start Fresh. While promoting the new tome, he took the time to talk about his restaurant, El Paseo, Read more

Tyler Florence Wants Your Kids to Eat More Vegetables (and Here's How)!


Updated 06/09/11 5:12 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Tyler Florence's Recipes For Baby Food and Healthy Eating

Give your freezer a rest and start cooking fresh! Tyler Florence, the Food Network veteran, restaurateur (he's opened four restaurants in the past year), and founder of the Sprout line of baby foods, is making it his mission to introduce tots to the wonders of vegetables as early as their first bite of solid food. The father of three's new cookbook, Start Fresh: Your Child's Jump Start to Read more

Yummy Links: From Canned PB&J to Rapture Food


Updated 05/20/11 10:16 PM · Posted by YumSugar · 2 comments

Tyler Florence Is Worth $50 Million

Would you eat PB&J sandwiches from a can? — Bites on Today Six things Anthony Bourdain vows he'll never do again. — Huffington Post Food What candy mogul Dylan Lauren eats to balance out all those sweets. — Grub Street NY Transform your wok into a popcorn popper. — Chow How to make patty melts on the grill. — A Hamburger Today On hating chocolate. — Gilt Taste BlackBoard Eats Read more

The Great Food Truck Race Returns in August


Updated 05/04/11 10:13 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Food Network Announces Second Season of Great Food Truck Race

Last Summer, the Food Network debuted its first series devoted to the food truck craze, The Great Food Truck Race, a reality competition hosted by Tyler Florence. Today, the network announced that the show will be back for a second season premiering on Aug. 14 at 10 p.m. Eight food trucks from across the country will compete in a "coast-to-coast culinary road trip" through cities like Denver, Read more

The Basics: Steamed Artichokes


Updated 04/18/11 7:49 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Steamed Artichoke Recipe

There's no better time to enjoy artichokes than now; the Spring vegetable is at its peak from March through July. While fancy preparations are fun, I think the artichoke is best at its simplest. They're something so wonderful about peeling off the leaves and scraping the delicious flesh into your mouth. The easiest way to cook artichokes is by steaming. It takes about 45 minutes but requires Read more