Everyone has a dirty little secret, right? OK. Well, almost everyone. My dirty little secret is that I love watching TMZ. The television show. And sometimes I even check out the website. It's like local news here in Los Angeles, so I can't be alone. And discovering Britney Spears' shopping … [Read more...]
Average Betty Nominated for 3 Taste Awards!
Average Betty is nominated for 3 Taste Awards! I always say that 3 is my lucky number, but I'm going to need a lot more than luck to bring home another Taste Award. I need your vote before 5 PM PT, November 27, 2012!! Please VOTE for Average Betty in these 2 Viewer's Choice Categories: … [Read more...]
Pebble Beach Food & Wine 2012 Video
Video is a wonderful thing. Life moves too quickly to see and process everything that's happening. Especially at a Guy Fieri cooking demonstration. As I sat down to edit this video from Pebble Beach Food & Wine, I knew I had some interesting stuff. But I didn't know I had... stage … [Read more...]
Appetizer! Pebble Beach Food & Wine 2012
UPDATE! WATCH THE PEBBLE BEACH FOOD & WINE 2012 VIDEO!! Piquant. And perfectly seasoned. The Monterey Peninsula is easily one of the most spellbinding places on earth. So, it only makes sense that the 5th Annual Pebble Beach Food & Wine is all the swank and elegance I am expecting, and more. … [Read more...]
Chef Kerry Simon Makes Tuna Dynamite
Party Time! Excellent! Rock n' Roll Chef, Kerry Simon demonstrates how to make his signature dish, Tuna Dynamite in the kitchen at celebrity hot spot, Simon LA. We talk comfort food and the Dalai Lama and I find out if there was ever a salt shaker on the notorious Chef's Table at The Plaza … [Read more...]
UNCHOPPED! Celebrity Chefs on Cooking For Kids
Here are celebrity chefs Giada De Laurentiis, Jet Tila and Fabio Viviani answering the question, "What's the most important thing to remember when cooking for kids?" Watch Giada, Jet and Fabio dish on Cooking For Kids at Babble's Family Kitchen and please, share your best advice for cooking with … [Read more...]
The Taste Test Video
Perfect score! Los Angeles Times and Food & Wine put the EPIC in epicurean at The Taste. A four day extravaganza of food, wine, music and more celebrity chefs than you can shake a Lexus at. We picnic in The Hills. We talk street food. We tell secrets. And by we I mean me and chefs Giada De … [Read more...]
Dos Caminos and a Microphone Video
Average Betty meets up with Chef Scott Linquist at Dos Caminos at the Palazzo Resort in Las Vegas for a lesson on Grilled Fish Tacos. But fish tacos aren't the only thing on the menu, Chef Scott dishes up laughs and a boatload of interesting facts. Special thanks to R&R Partners and Vegas Uncork'd … [Read more...]
Foodstarstruck: Vegas Uncork’d Video
When you've learned as much about cooking from television as I have, seeing a celebrity chef in person is like seeing a movie star. You might say I get foodstarstruck. So just imagine how excited I was to meet and interview Chefs Wolfgang Puck, Cat Cora, Kerry Simon, Jet Tila and Scott Linquist at … [Read more...]
