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Thursday, November 20, 2008
Rachael Ray’s coming to Atlanta
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Yum-o!
Rachael Ray, whose vast repertoire includes cooking, travel and talk shows, books and mags and a slew of product endorsements, is coming to east Cobb.
The EVOO-splashing, sammie-slamming, budget-dining Ray signs copies of Big Orange Book from 7 to 9 p.m. Dec. 8 at the Borders at the Avenue East Cobb.
Info: 770-565-0947
Billed as “the ultimate resource for busy cooks,” Ray’s latest tome covers cooking for one, feeding vegetarians or those who keep Kosher. There’s a month’s worth of burger recipes and, as you’d guess, the recipes are supposed to take you just half an hour or less.
Ray has, obviously, zillions of fans. But she has some high-profile detractors too. Namely, celeb chef Anthony Bourdain. He let her have it in this famous blog posting. An excerpt: “She’s a friendly, familiar face who appears regularly on our screens to tell us that ‘even your dumb, lazy (behind) can cook this’!”
Ouch.
Are you a Rachael Ray fan? Have her 30-minute meals saved you time? Or does her hyper perkiness ruin your appetite?
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Rodney Ho: He writes, he blogs … he cooks!
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Master chefs Hede Archer, from left, Robert Archer, Mowpheth Archer and our very own Rodney Ho at Wednesday night’s charity cook-off.
My multi-talented colleague Rodney Ho took a break from writing and blogging about radio and American Idol long enough to help a family cook their way to Disney.
RoHo pitched in during Wednesday night’s Family PLUS National Cook-Off, a culinary challenge organized by the Boys and Girls Club and held at Insperience Studio in Buckhead. Each team had one hour to create an original dish.
Other local notables assisting as guest chefs included WAOK’s Rick Blalock, WSB-AM’s Veronica Waters and WSB TV’s Anissa Centers.
Waters assisted the Jaco family, from the Twin Cities
Centers cooked with the Wallace family, from Albany, NY.
Blalock helped the Blas family, from Dallas, Tex.
The Archer family of Garden Grove, Calif. dazzled the judges, including Jenny Lewis of sponsor Kimberly-Clark Corp. and Emily Studdard, whose son Ruben Studdard has been in town performing in Ain’t Misbehaving.
The Archers’ award-winning meal was inspired by their Jamaican heritage. They get a trip to Disney, although I don’t think Rodney gets to tag along, unfortunately.
Every team was a winner, though, receiving a bounty of Kimberly-Clark products and a Nintendo Wii.
Our local contenders were the Bolton family, assisted by Atlanta and Company’s Holly Firfer. They made a delightful three-course meal as beautiful as it was delicious, that began with cukes and carrots cut up in little X and O shapes, featured a yummy pasta entree and wrapped up with scrumptious candied yams.
Firfer and the Boltons
The Boltons, Jakkia Bolton, 17, and her parents Jakie and Leroy Bolton, had previously taken honors in the April 3 Boys & Girls Club cook-off at the Cook’s Warehouse, positioning them for a slot in the national competition. Jakkia is a member of the G. Washington Carver Boys & Girls Club on Warren Street.
Celeb Chef Marvin Woods hosted last night’s event, keeping the excitement high throughout the cooking and announcing the winners at the end of the evening.
Does your family cook together? Anyone have a kid-friendly recipe to share?
RoHo and Helen Kim with the Disney-bound Archer family
