Synopses & Reviews
Twenty Years of Dish from Flay and Fieri to Deen and DeLaurentiis...
Includes a New Afterword!
and#147;I donand#8217;t want this shown. I want the tapes of this whole series destroyed.and#8221;and#151;Martha Stewart
and#147;In those days, the main requirement to be on the Food Network was being able to get there by subway.and#8221;and#151;Bobby Flay
and#147;She seems to suggest that you can make good food easily, in minutes, using Cheez Whiz and chopped-up Pringles and packaged chili mix.and#8221;and#151;Anthony Bourdain
This is the definitive history of The Food Network from its earliest days as a long-shot business gamble to its current status as a cable obsession for millions, home along the way to such icons as Emeril Lagasse, Rachael Ray, Mario Batali, Alton Brown, and countless other celebrity chefs. Using extensive inside access and interviews with hundreds of executives, stars, and employees, From Scratch is a tantalizing, delicious look at the intersection of business, pop culture, and food.
INCLUDES PHOTOS
Review
and#8220;A detailed look at the network from start-up phase to the presentand#8230;juicy stories about the networkand#8217;s most polarizing figuresand#8212;Guy Fieri, Bobby Flay, Anthony Bourdain, and, of course, Paula Deen yand#8217;all.and#8221;and#8212;
The Atlantic Wire
and#8220;Dishyand#8230;Hard to resist.and#8221;and#8212;The New York Times Book Review
and#8220;One part steamy exposand#233;, one part deep-fried human interest, and one part television history.and#8221;and#8212;Kirkus Reviews
and#8220;Details the egos and feuds of the people that made a fledgling upstart a cable TV empire.and#8221;and#8212;The Daily Beast
and#8220;For a full account of the network and its evolution, itand#8217;s worth reading Allen Salkinand#8217;s excellent, informative new tome.and#8221;and#8212;The Wall Street Journal
and#8220;Salkin brings a pop journalistand#8217;s eye to the development of the network that would provide the ultimate exploitation of food and cookingand#8230;Thereand#8217;s plenty of good gossip to be hadand#8212;the rise and fall of Emeril Lagasse is practically Shakespeareanand#8230;Salkin seems to have interviewed almost everyone connected with the channel, and heand#8217;s good on behind-the-scenes business machinations.and#8221;and#8212;Los Angeles Times
Synopsis
Twenty Years of Dish from Flay and Fieri to Deen and DeLaurentiis...
Includes a New Afterword
I don t want this shown. I want the tapes of this whole series destroyed. Martha Stewart
In those days, the main requirement to be on the Food Network was being able to get there by subway. Bobby Flay
She seems to suggest that you can make good food easily, in minutes, using Cheez Whiz and chopped-up Pringles and packaged chili mix. Anthony Bourdain
This is the definitive history of The Food Network from its earliest days as a long-shot business gamble to its current status as a cable obsession for millions, home along the way to such icons as Emeril Lagasse, Rachael Ray, Mario Batali, Alton Brown, and countless other celebrity chefs. Using extensive inside access and interviews with hundreds of executives, stars, and employees, From Scratch is a tantalizing, delicious look at the intersection of business, pop culture, and food.
INCLUDES PHOTOS"
About the Author
Allen Salkin has been a journalist for such publications as New York, the Village Voice, and Details. As a staff reporter for the New York Times, he wrote nearly two hundred features about food, culture, and mediaand#151;for one of them, the legendary chefs Ferran Adriand#224; and Josand#233; Andrand#233;s cooked him lunch in his apartment. As an investigative reporter for the New York Post, Salkin wrote hundreds of articlesand#151;on corrupt judges, emergency room ethics, and troubled cults, among others. He has also produced video interviews with culinary stars for many food websites. Salkinand#8217;s journalism has taken him to more than forty countries, from the Beijing Olympics to the snorkel wakes of and#147;Doom Touristsand#8221; in the Galand#225;pagos. He lives in New York City.