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Rejoice! Portlandia Is Renewed. But With A Return To The Vegan Fart Patio?

Our favorite food-related sketch comedy

Jun 12, 2013 11:01 am

Food has always been at the gooey, sometimes very awkward, center of hit IFC series Portlandia — a sketch comedy show starring Saturday Night Live alum Fred Armisen, rock singer Carrie Brownstein (a very funny rock singer) and a range of special guests. SNL cheese Lorne Michaels is the executive producer. This morning word has hit the Internet that Portlandia has been renewed for a forth and fifth season. We are happy.

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Top Chef Masters Lineup Revealed, With Plenty Of Familiar Faces

Debuts on Bravo July 24 with serious chef muscle

Jun 5, 2013 11:02 am

This morning Bravo announced the contestant lineup for season five of Top Chef Masters. Curtis Stone remains as the host and Gail Simmons joins on as head critic, with the first episode slated for July 24. The stakes remain pretty much the same. Each chef competes for a $100,000 donation for their favorite charity. You may recall that Chris Cosentino, arguably the world’s most competitive chef, won last year.

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Every Arrested Development Reference We've Ever Made, Plus A Party Menu

Has anyone in your family ever seen a chicken?

May 23, 2013 4:31 pm

Are you tired of your Arrested Development fan-friends spouting more quotes than you've ever heard from one 3-season run of a FOX show? Well then YOU need a smoothie or an amyl...Michael! Ta-dah! Get used to it, the madness hasn't even hit yet and we've already waited hours in line for a frozen banana. Is that a rape horn or a starting whistle we hear?

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Season 2 Of Bourdain’s ‘Mind Of A Chef’ Will Star Sean Brock And April Bloomfield

Two chefs Food Republic knows quite well

May 22, 2013 11:37 am

This is exciting! We just got word from Zero Point Zero Productions that the new season of Anthony Bourdain’s award winning PBS show The Mind Of A Chef will star Sean Brock and April Bloomfield, two chefs we’ve spend a lot of time writing about. You may recall that season one followed David Chang's globe-circling ways. Here’s the video trailer.

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Today's Snacktime: It's One Banana, Michael. What Could It Cost, $10?

AD's Bluth's Original Banana Stand comes to NYC

May 13, 2013 1:02 pm

Now you don't have to call it the OC, cause Bluth's Original Frozen Banana Stand has left the Orange for the Apple. Wow, that's too many fruits. Yes, tipped off by a friend who's just as unabashedly obsessed with Arrested Development as I am, I'll be getting a GOB (GOB!) on my snack break today — a crane dropped them off right over by Rockefeller Center.

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NYC: Casting For New Restaurant Reality Show This Week

Diners needed in Queens this Thursday

Apr 22, 2013 10:02 am

Here's a dinner reservation that might end up with you being on TV. Leopard Films is working on a show for an unnamed "major cable food channel" starring an unnamed celebrity chef as host, and focusing on the opening of a new restaurant in Long Island City (Queens).

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Travel Channel Renews Bizarre Foods America And That Show About Extreme Coffee

The post-Bourdain era begins

Jan 22, 2013 2:31 pm

In the they may have lost Bourdain, but they sure as hell still have Andrew Zimmern files, Travel Channel announced their new slate of shows that continue to target so-called gastro-tourism — traveling to exotic places for very good things to eat.

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Is David Venable The Most Influential TV Food Personality?

This dude sells 1,000 cookbooks/minute

Dec 18, 2012 11:01 am

QVC stand-and-stir-and-sell program In The Kitchen With David is a sort of 60 Minutes figure in the world of home shopping networks. The program, which airs on Wednesday at 9 p.m. and Sundays at noon, is highly influential. As our contributor Chris Chamberlain found out when he appeared on the program, the host David Venable can push units (to the tune of 1,000 copies a minute). In our interview, we found out what it's like to be David for the day.