Crumbs - 4/18/07
Wednesday, April 18, 2007 | posted by Mike
When I was talking about the Food Network Awards the other day, I made mention of the fact that the only real rooting interest that I had was when it came to the best grocery store. They're all great, but Wegman's has a special place for me since it's my weekly shopping destination, although Trader Joe's and Whole Foods are places I thoroughly enjoy and go to whenever I can. Hey, I didn't even let the fact that some moron drove into the side of my car in the Wegman's parking lot cloud my judgement on this. And, as you can see from upstate NY newspapers (here) around Wegman's headquarters, they won! Good for them and their tasty Mediterranean Olive Bar.
The Phillies' ballpark also won for best stadium eats or something like that. That may end up being the highlight of their season.
- As reported elsewhere, Anthony Bourdain wasn't thrilled with the Awards.
- Neither was YumSugar.
- Gordon Ramsay wants Russel Crowe to play him if they make a movie out of his autobiography. They'd have to do something with his hair, but Crowe definitely can bring Ramsay's intensity.
- A blog on PhillyBurbs.com likes the idea of Mario Batali in an Iron Chef America episode with garlic as the secret ingredient.
- Jamie Oliver is offering a $360,000 reward for the capture of the robbers of his parents' restaurant. The men made off with only $24,000, so you can bet that Oliver's one pissed off celebrity chef to be putting that much money out there.
- Bobby Flay just opened his first restaurant outside the United States, with a place at a new resort at Atlantis in the Bahamas.
- Another big crowd for a Giada book signing, this time in Cleveland.
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