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Allen Salkin interviewed about Festivus 2023 on WJR-Detroit Talk Radio by Chris Renwick

#festivus #allen salkin #newbooksnetwork #Chrisrenwick

Book Talk Brunch, Jan 25 Scotch Plains NJ

From Scratch: Inside the Food Network by Allen Salkin

Sunday, January 25, 2015 • 10:30 a.m. at the JCC #25042-07 In October 1993, a tiny start-up called the Food Network debuted to little notice. Twenty years later, it is in 100 million homes, earns over half a billion dollars a year in profit and features a galaxy of stars whose faces and names are as familiar to us as our own family’s. Based upon extensive inside access, documents and interviews with hundreds of executives, stars, bit players and employees all up and down the ladder, Allen Salkin takes us inside conference rooms, studios, homes, restaurants and after-hour meetings in this irresistible story of the intersection between business, television, pop culture, food and the American audience. All this talk about food will work up an appetite…light brunch will be served! In Advance: $17 • At the door: $20 Online registration for this event is available through www.jccnj.org. For questions about this event, contact Debbi Judd at 908-889-8800 x318 or [email protected].

My brother and I appear on One Degree of Chunky B

A movie I made of Anthony Bourdain talking drugs and ribbing Andrew Zimmern.

#anthony bourdain #Andrew Zimmern

Whether you’ve got hours of Food Network shows filling up your DVR or you’ve never watched a minute in your life, you can probably name a number of the celebrity chefs who came to prominence on the network – Bobby Flay, Mario Batali, Rachael Ray and Emeril Lagasse, among others, are all now household names.

TOUR DATES

I will be giving the now-famous (and, I’m told very funny), talk about the history of your little obsession, Food Network, and signing books at these venues. Some include meals, some other extras, some just me and a few measly videos in a multi-purpose room. Enjoy! Come!

10/26/2014 St.Louis Book Fair/ Boomer Expo!

10/28/2014 Springfield, MA (with Laura Silver)

11/01/2014 Austin TX

11/02/2014 Fort, Lauderdale, FL

11/03/2014 Miami, FL

11/04/2014 Indianapolis, IN

11/05/2014 Valley of the Sun JCC, Scottsdale, AZ

11/08/2014 Rockland, NY

11/10/2014 Dayton, OH at El Meson Restaurante

11/12/2014 Toledo, OH

11/13/2014 Rockville, MD

11/15/2014 Corte Madera CA, Book Passage

11/16/2014 San Diego, CA

11/19/2014 San Francisco, CA, Omnivore Books

11/20/2014 Irvine, CA

12/03/2014 Bridgewater, NJ

1/25/2015 Scotch Plains, NJ

2/17/2015 Boca, FL

2/18/2015 Miami Beach, FL

2/26/2015 St. Paul MN

The king of donkey sauce isn't to blame for the network's slow slide into irrelevance – its problems go much deeper

ALLEN SALKIN

Give Guy a break. The Food Network is not in the business of improving the world’s eating habits or shrinking the American waistline. Its main goal, in fact, is to sell toothpaste and Lexuses.

Those who bemoan the network’s loss of good old-fashioned cooking shows or who want to drag their talons across Guy Fieri’s oddly cherubic face, as Farsh Askari did so charmingly in this publication last week, are missing issues at the Food Network that are much more deep-seated.

But this isn’t surprising. The owners of the network, fat with ever-rising revenues — $238 million in the last quarter, a 6.4 percent hike (add it up: nearly a billion annually) — are behaving as if they are blind to the tragic problem at their cash cow as well.....

Here's how to order the book.

"Vegas is the land of Women" says Giada

"Vegas is the land of women," @GDeLaurentiis tells @VickiHy starledger http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2014/07/giada_de_laurentiis_interview_appetite_count_basie_theatre.html#incart_related_stories

#giada de laurentiis

"Comedic TV chef Nadia G hit Nashville this summer and will show off her experience in a September episode of The Cooking Channel's "Bite This With Nadia G."

The host first takes a bite out of the farm-to-table roast beef sandwich with horseradish cream atCapitol Grille, then challenges herself to Hattie B'sDamn Hot chicken, and f..."

Food Network most popular with "upscale women" who watch it live

"Our family-friendly networks in the home, food and travel content categories are extremely popular with viewers of all ages, but they particularly appeal to upscale women who watch our programming live." says CEO Ken Lowe.

http://seekingalpha.com/article/2396995-scripps-networks-interactives-sni-ceo-kenneth-lowe-on-q2-2014-results-earnings-call-transcript

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Here, at East Hampton Library Authors Night with: actress Lee Grant, author Holly Peterson, Poet Philip Schultz, Uber-user Josh Resnick, Restaurant Girl Danyelle Freeman, Entrepreneur and PR strategist Becky Wisdom, New York Times Food Genies Florence Fabricant and Eric Asimov and, finally, the copy of From Scratch which some guy showed me he asked Giada DeLaurentiis to sign.

Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. (SNI - Analyst Report) reported better-than-expected financial results for the second quarter of 2014. Quarterly GAAP net income stood at $153.8 million or $1.07 per share compared with $159.7 million or $1.07 per share in the prior-year quarter. However, adjusted earnings per share of $1.14 missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a penny

http://www.zacks.com/stock/news/143098/scripps-networks-q2-earnings-miss-estimates-revenues-beat

Food Network owner spending heavily on international expansion

Cost of international expansion took a bite out of @scrippscomm second quarter earnings.

"The cost of international expansion took a bite out of Scripps's second quarter earnings. While revenue grew 6.5%, net income fell 3.7% to $154 million from the prior year, driven by a 13% jump in costs. The company said its international expansion contributed to the rise in costs, along with higher programming amortization and marketing expenses for its lifestyle networks." -- Wall Street Journal

http://online.wsj.com/articles/amc-networks-revenue-lifted-by-acquisition-1407416791?mod=rss_media_marketing

Food Network's 12 Best Cooking Shows Ever?

So sayeth thedailymeal : The @FoodNetwork's 12 Best Cooking Shows All Time http://www.thedailymeal.com/food-networks-12-best-cooking-shows-all-time via @thedailymeal @sirmyers @chefmingtsai @catcora mariobatali

#mario batali #ming tsai #cat cora #dan myers #list

Bourdain with FloFab this morning

See Florence interview Tony this morning in East Hampton:

http://www.guildhall.org/events/?id=539&mode=id

#anthony bourdain #florence fabricant

More REWRAPPED on Food Network

Congratulations Marc Summers on another go around: http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Food-Network-to-Premiere-Season-2-of-REWRAPPED-Hosted-by-Joey-Fatone-98-20140806#.U-OUW4BdVZ8

#Marc Summers #rewrapped

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