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Video: John T. Edge on Nightline on 'The Soul of Soul Food'

Southern Foodways Alliance director and friend of Serious Eats John T. Edge was on Nightline's Platelist program over the weekend talking about the importance of food in the South. "Our food matters, our food comes with a really distinctive, sometimes troubling, but ultimately triumphant backstory. That's what makes it matter to me," he says in between visits to Bertha's Kitchen and Scott's BBQ, both in South Carolina. "By learning the backstory, we can bridge race and class gaps...there is hope in barbecue." Watch the segment, after the jump. More

Nominate Your Favorite Chef for Nightline's 'Platelist' Series

One of our favorite sources of food TV is the "Platelist" series on ABC's late-night news show Nightline. Over the last two and half years it has aired insightful interviews with chefs and food-world luminaries. The producers have done an excellent job highlighting newsworthy chefs over the 57 different segments they've shot, but now they're opening up the selection process to the public. More

Chef Nate Appleman's Secret to Skinny-Making Oatmeal

If you watched the recent episode of Nightline where chefs talked about weight loss, you may have wondered what svelte chef Nate Appleman of A16 in San Francisco was putting into his oatmeal. "I haven't had a doughnut in two and a half years," he said while stirring up the bowl. That was a mix of banana, plain yogurt and almond butter, he tells us in an e-mail. What kind of oats? Steel-cut at the restaurant, instant at home.... More

On TV Tonight: Nigella Lawson

Nightline's "Platelist" series tonight with a segment on Nigella Lawson: "...if you can allow yourself to take pleasure in food then maybe you won't have to do that what's always rather idiotically called 'comfort eating' which is really discomfort eating...." ABC, 11:35 p.m. ET, barring breaking news... More

Video: Frank Bruni Reviews the Choco Taco

One major plus about Frank Bruni stepping down from his New York Times Dining critic position is he has more time to mull over pressing issues like the merits of a Choco Taco. (And we can even see his face while he does so!) When Bruni appeared on Nightline this week, he moseyed over to an ice cream truck to review everyone's favorite rhyming dessert taco. How many stars did the Brunmeister give it? The video, after the jump.... More