Lights! Camera-- er-- Microphone! Radio Waves! Admittedly, I watched too much WKRP in Cincinnati when I was a kid. I couldn't get enough Dr. Johnny Fever and thought Jennifer Marlowe had to be the prettiest woman on television. So when I got the opportunity to co-host the SoCal Restaurant Show … [Read more...]
Average Betty + Idaho Potato Win Taste Award
Average Betty was thrilled to take home the honor of Best Branded Video Campaign for our work with the Idaho Potato Commission at the 4th Annual Taste Awards on Thursday, January 17, 2013 at the historic Vibiana in Downtown Los Angeles. Chef Jet Tila and The Charleston Restaurant & Gastrolounge … [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...]
Fresh Five Celebrity Chef Recipes
YouTube Next Lab's Hungry Nation challenged me to a Fresh Five so I pulled out the abacus and Google analytics to calculate the Top Five Most Popular Celebrity Chef Recipes on AverageBetty.com! Whose recipe will reign supreme? Watch my Fresh Five to find out. NUMBER ONE: JET TILA'S DRUNKEN … [Read more...]
A Nibble of The Taste
You might call it a labor of love. My last gasp of summer this Labor Day weekend wasn't about relaxing on a beach or sipping drinks poolside; rather, I had the pleasure of "working" the Los Angeles Times | Food & Wine The Taste, September 2-5, 2011, to cover culinary events in Beverly Hills, … [Read more...]
The Taste will be Bumpin’
Beyonce's VMA baby bump reveal may be grabbing the headlines now, but come this Labor Day weekend, September 2-5, 2011, all eyes (and mouths) will be on The Taste, which is sure to be bumpin'. The Taste is the love child of Taste of Beverly Hills and Los Angeles Times Celebration of Food & Wine. The … [Read more...]
Viva Wazuzu
Two of my favorite cuisines are Thai and Chinese, so I hit the jackpot when I scored an interview with Chef Jet Tila at his swanky Asian-fusion bistro, Wazuzu at Encore in Las Vegas! Clearly, the new Encore and Wynn resorts are the Beverly Hills of Las Vegas. And you won't find a Keno … [Read more...]
Viva Wazuzu Video
I hit the jackpot when I scored an interview with Chef Jet Tila at Wazuzu, his delicious Asian-fusion bistro at Encore in Las Vegas... MAKE CHEF JET'S NOODLES AT HOME! The Drunken Noodles are my favorite! Fresh rice noodles with Thai basil, sweet soy sauce, chilies and onions... and a little … [Read more...]
Jet Tila’s Drunken Noodles Recipe
Where is your favorite place to eat in Vegas? Leave a comment. Executive Chef Jet Tila of Wazuzu at Encore, Las Vegas graciously shares this recipe for Drunken Noodles (Pad Kee Mow) that can easily be prepared at home... without a 250,000 BTU Pow Wok! Watch Viva Wazuzu to see Chef Jet make … [Read more...]
