Fresh Food on TV: Weekday Edition
With all the channels on broadcast TV and cable—and the inevitable episode repeats—it's hard to sort out what's new or worthwhile. Let us sort it out for you so you don't miss anything worth watching. Times may vary with region; check your local listings for exact hour and channels.
Recommended Shows:
There are two series premieres this week!
The first is the strangely awesome (or awesomely strange?) Food Party on Tuesday night. The premiere episode has her realizing that she's in love with herself. So she decides to marry herself. Yeah. Tuesday, 11:15 p.m. ET, IFC
Next, on Wednesday it's the premiere of Top Chef Masters. Four famous chefs compete each episode to win donations to their selected charities. The winners of each week then compete for a $100,000 donation to their charity. The first four chefs are Hubert Keller (Fleur de Lys), Christopher Lee (Aureole), Michael Schlow (Radius Restaurant), and Tim Love (The Lonesome Dove Western Bistro). Wednesday 10 p.m. ET, Bravo
Monday (June 8)
Good Eats (warning, a video plays automatically on site): "Undercover Veggies." Alton tries to get his niece to get vegetables. 8 p.m. ET, Food Network
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (warning, a video plays automatically on site): "All Kinds of Classics." Guy travels across to the country to try some classics. He tries southern style biscuits in Portland, Oregon; visits a cafe in Fort Worth, Texas; and tries smoked fish in North Miami Beach, Florida. 10 p.m. ET, Food Network
Tuesday (June 9)
The Early Show: Chef Tom Valenti is a guest. 7 a.m. ET, CBS
The Today Show: There's a segment on barbecue and a "Top Chef" cook-off. 7 a.m. ET, NBC
The Martha Stewart Show (warning, a video plays automatically on site): Chef Frank Stitt is on to make roasted trout with butter bean and mint pilaf. 11 a.m. ET, NBC
Chopped (warning, a video plays automatically on site): "Mac & Cheese; Cola; Bacon." The chefs use box macaroni and cheese in the appetizer round; cola in the entree round, and bacon for the dessert round. (repeat) 10 p.m. ET, Food Network
Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern: "Puerto Rico." Andrew is in Puerto Rico and tries deep friend treats, roasted pork, and a stew made from different parts of a pig. 10 p.m. ET, Travel Channel
Food Party: "Thu Become One." Thu realizes she's in love with herself and marries herself. 11:15 p.m. ET, IFC
Wednesday (June 10)
The Early Show: Chef Lydia Bastianich is a guest. 7 a.m. ET, CBS
The Martha Stewart Show (warning, a video plays automatically on site): CNBC's Jim Cramer makes a banana cream pie with Martha and the curator of Brooklyn Botanical Garden's Native Flora Garden, Uli Lorimer, talks about cultivating and maintaining healthy soil for your vegetable garden. 11 a.m. ET, NBC
Throwdown With Bobby Flay (warning, a video plays automatically on site): "German Chocolate Cake." Bobby Flay challenges a baker from Harlem to a German chocolate cake throwdown. 10 p.m. ET, Food Network
Top Chef Masters: "Masters Get Schooled." The first four competitors' quickfire challenge (from "Top Chef" season four) is to create the most creative and delicious dessert they can. 10 p.m. ET, Bravo
Dinner: Impossible (warning, a video plays automatically on site): "Barbie's Birthday Celebration." Robert only has eight hours to create a Barbie themed birthday celebration for 250 Mattel VIPs. 10 p.m. ET, Food Network
Man v. Food: "Pittsburgh." Adam eats a sandwich from Primanti Brothers and some Atomic hot wings in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (repeat) 10 p.m. ET, Travel Channel
Thursday (June 11)
The Martha Stewart Show (warning, a video plays automatically on site): Chef José Andrés shows how potatoes can be used in three Spanish inspired recipes. 11 a.m. ET, NBC
Ace of Cakes (warning, a video plays automatically on site): "Challenge Road Trip." Duff, Geoff and Mary Alice go to Denver to judge Food Network's extreme cake challenges. (repeat) 10 p.m. ET, Food Network
Friday (June 12)
Jimmy Kimmel Live (warning, a video plays automatically on site): Chef Adam Perry Lang is a guest. 12:36 a.m. ET, ABC
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Yep, same stupid short cycle buffering. We are so afraid that someone might watch our online videos that we are making them as annoying as they can possibly be. We can't even broadcast a thirty-second commercial without stopping to buffer it a dozen frikkin' times. The audience has no opportunity to review something he or she did not catch. God forbid we should let that happen!
I'm so proud of Food Network I could just cry.
Grumpy Old Man at 10:44AM on 06/09/09