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Celebrity Chefs on the Red Carpet

YumSugar — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:16:08 -0800

Hey guys, just wanted to make sure you didn't miss out on these photos of Food Network chefs on the red carpet.

Cat Cora! Talk about transformation, I barely recognized her. And Alton, I heart him in this suit.

Seared Scallops Over Buckwheat Noodles With Honey Yuzu

justingirl1989 — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:35:16 -0700

Cat Cora creates a delicious dinner with under 500 calories Cat Cora Iron Chef and author of Cooking from the Hip. The only chick on Food Network's Iron Chef America knows how to put up a fight. She's won 10 of her first 14 smackdowns.

"I can hold my own with the guys because I've cooked that way my whole life: hard and fast," she says.

Ingredients:

Vinaigrette
16 diver scallops
Salt
Freshly ground pepper
8 oz buckwheat noodles
3/4 c water
3 Tbsp (or tea bags) buckwheat tea
5 Tbsp olive oil
1/3 c yuzu or rice vinegar
3 Tbsp soy sauce
2 Tbsp honey
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp olive oil
1/2 lb sugar snap peas, sliced on bias
2 c cherry tomatoes, halved
Directions:

Season scallops with salt and pepper and set aside.
Tie noodles together at one end with a rubber band and cook according to package instructions. When finished, cut hard ends of noodles off.
Meanwhile, bring water to a boil. Remove from heat, add tea, and let steep for 5 minutes. Strain tea and whisk in oil, vinegar, soy sauce, honey, lemon juice, and pepper to taste.
Coat noodles with vinaigrette, saving some to coat peas and tomatoes later, and let stand.
Heat oil in pan and sear scallops 1 1/2 minutes on each side. (Spread them out so they cook evenly.) Remove from pan and place on paper towel.
Blanch peas by dunking into boiling water briefly, then place in bowl of cold water.
To serve, pinch a bunch of noodles and arrange in a swirl on each dish, topping with four scallops per serving. Plate peas and tomatoes on side or sprinkle over scallops and noodles. Drizzle with reserved dressing.
Ingredients:

Makes 4 servings. Per serving: 492 calories, 20 g fat (2.5 g saturated), 605 mg sodium, 62 g carbohydrates, 5 g fiber, 19 g protein

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My fairly lame brushes with fame.

Whiplash — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 07:54:25 -0800

1. I went to high school with Kelly Ripa. She was a senior when I was a freshman. The last time I saw her in person was at the mall my sophomore year, when she was a freshman in college. She told me that she had an audition for "All My Children" the following week. A month or two later, she was on the show.

2. I worked at a modern rock radio station through much of the mid 90's so I met a lot of artists including Live, Fastball, Madness, Garbage, Travis, Oasis, Beck, Tori Amos, Alanis Morrissette, G-Love and Special Sauce, the Afghan Whigs, the Foo Fighters, Coldplay, Luscious Jackson, Cibo Matto, Soul Coughing, Cake, and a whole bunch more that I can't remember right now.

3. An old friend of mine is friends with some of the guys in Cheap Trick. He brought me to one of their shows and afterwards we went backstage and drank a lot of beer with them and their wives, who were half their age.

4. I saw Breckin Meyer (best known as Travis Birkinstock in "Clueless") eating sushi at Sushi Samba in New York City.

5. They shot "In Her Shoes" in my neighborhood in Philadelphia, and all the stars' trailers were parked literally ON MY BLOCK. I never got a glimpse of Cameron Diaz, although I could see her trailer from my front door, but I watched Toni Collette and Mark Feurstein film a scene in front of an office building around the corner.

6. I went to see Weezer a few years ago, and then went to the bar next door afterwards with my friends. The band showed up at the bar and ended up sitting at the table next to us. They were really nice.

7. Bruce Willis walked by me on the street in Philly one time. I can't remember if he was shooting "The Sixth Sense" or "Unbreakable" at the time.

8. I used to be obsessed with "Trading Spaces" and Doug Wilson was my favorite designer because he was so funny and b*tchy. My friend met him at a party and tried to call me but I was at band practice and didn't answer. So after practice, I checked my phone and I had a long, funny voice mail from Doug.

9. When I went to school in Boston, back in 1996, I walked into a very hip vintage shop and passed a couple who were on their way out. I didn't pay any attention to them, but when I got inside the store the girl behind the counter was freaking out. She was screaming, "DID YOU SEE WHO THOSE PEOPLE WERE WHO JUST LEFT?" I told her I didn't pay attention and she told me that it was Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale. I missed them, although I'd been standing less than a foot away from both of them.

10. I met Courtney Love at Lollapalooza 94, a few months after Kurt Cobain died. She was just wandering around, high as a kite (she didn't perform that year, but she was there to see Smashing Pumpkins). She was actually really, really sweet and friendly when my friends and I approached her.

11. I was in the audience at the Rachael Ray show (barf) when the guest was Jessica Simpson (double barf).

12. I was in the audience for the Isaac Mizrahi show when the guest was Iron Chef Cat Cora. I also appeared on the show - Isaac gave me fashion advice, I made fun of it, and he called me a smartass. I don't think the episode is going to air until January.

I have a lot of stories but they're all boring.