For the seventeenth consecutive year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has chosen Chef Wolfgang Puck to create the decadent menu for the 83rd Academy Awards® Governors Ball, the official afterparty of the Oscars. Together with Chef Partner Matt Bencivenga and Executive Pastry Chef … [Read more...]
LA Cupcake Challenge
When Drink Eat Play asked me to be a judge at the 4th annual LA Cupcake Challenge, I didn't quite realize the magnitude of my cupcake commitment. Eating and judging nearly three dozen cupcakes is a lot more difficult than you'd imagine. Most of my favorites didn't make the finals, including the … [Read more...]
Tasty Awards 2011
Awards season broke into full stride Thursday night at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood with the 2nd Annual Tasty Awards. The Tasty Awards celebrate and recognize the year's best achievements in food, fashion, and home lifestyle programing -- honoring talent in the space where the Emmys leave off … [Read more...]
Average Betty Nominated for Six Tasty Awards!
I realize the headline reads like an oxymoron, but it's not a typo: Average Betty is nominated for six Tasty Awards! Three of the awards are Viewers Choice and with competition including Food Network stars, I really need your help! Please help Average Betty win a Tasty Award by voting here and … [Read more...]
Snowball Cupcakes Recipe
Click for printer-friendly version! The Average Betty Test Kitchen was challenged by I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! to make a favorite holiday recipe, replacing butter with ICBINB. I immediately thought, I Can't Believe It's Not Buttercream! Buttercream Frosting is a great test for a … [Read more...]
Paul Bartolotta’s Brodetto di Vongole Recipe
Click for printer-friendly version! After experiencing Brodetto di Vongole e Porri (Tiny Clams in a White Wine Broth with Leeks) in Paul Bartolotta's Ristorante di Mare kitchen at Wynn Las Vegas, I know now what clam dishes have always intended to be. Chef Bartolotta's clams recipe is … [Read more...]
BlogWorld | TECHmunch Las Vegas 2010
There was a shotgun wedding in Las Vegas, October 14-16, 2010 at Mandalay Bay. No, not mine, silly. BlogWorld and TECHmunch hooked up for the first time and, well, I saw fireworks! Babette Pepaj of Bakespace-TECHmunch energized BlogWorld with a slick Jenn-Air kitchen on the convention floor, hosting … [Read more...]
Proud to be American Wine & Food Video
Join me on the Universal Studios Hollywood backlot for an inside look at the 28th American Wine & Food Festival and an exclusive interview with Chef Thomas Keller! Watch the Proud to be American Wine & Food Video to see what food, wine and interview questions are served up! Since the American … [Read more...]
Average Betty at BlogWorld TECHmunch
Well, it's that time of year again! No, not Halloween... although Christine O'Donnell is spooking the hell out of people, and Butternut Squash Soup sounds pretty good right now. I'm talking about BlogWorld! Every year, thousands of bloggers swim upstream make the journey to Las Vegas to spawn … [Read more...]
God Bless American Wine & Food Festival
When getting to a party involves boarding a Universal Studios Tour shuttle, you know you're in for something special. And special only begins to describe the time I had at the 28th American Wine & Food Festival on the backlot of Universal Studios, Los Angeles, Saturday, September 25, 2010. From the … [Read more...]
Anticipating The American Wine & Food Festival
Returning this weekend to the Universal Studios Backlot is the 28th Annual American Wine & Food Festival. Wolfgang Puck and Barbara Lazaroff host this star studded event that has raised more than $15 million for Meals on Wheels of Los Angeles. And Team Betty will be there to capture all the … [Read more...]
Hungry on the Set: Los Angeles Times Celebration of Food & Wine
For such an unusually cool Southern California summer, things sure heated up on Sunday, September 5, 2010, when the Los Angeles Times Celebration of Food & Wine popped-up on the Paramount Studios backlot in Hollywood. With temperatures approaching the 90's and celebrity chefs Suzanne Goin, Mark … [Read more...]
