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The Resource From scratch : inside the Food Network, Allen Salkin

From scratch : inside the Food Network, Allen Salkin

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Summary
  • "The autobiography the Food Network would write if it could write one--a candid, behind-the-scenes look at how one network launched one of the biggest cultural waves of the last 20 years"--
  • "Big personalities, high drama--the extraordinary behind-the-scenes story of the Food Network, now about to celebrate its twentieth anniversary: the business, media, and cultural juggernaut that changed the way America thinks about food. In October 1993, a tiny start-up called the Food Network debuted to little notice. Twenty years later, it is in 100 million homes, approaches a billion dollars a year in revenue, and features a galaxy of stars whose faces and names are as familiar to us as our own family's. But what we don't know about them, and the people behind them, could fill a book. Based upon extensive inside access, documents, and interviews with hundreds of executives, stars, and employees all up and down the ladder, Allen Salkin's book is an exhilarating roller-coaster ride from chaos to conquest (and sometimes back). As Salkin takes us inside the conference rooms, studios, homes, restaurants, and after-hours meetings, we see a salty Julia Child lording it over the early network performers; a fragile Emeril Lagasse staggering from the sudden public shock of cancellation; a very green Rachael Ray nearly burning down the set on her first day; a torn Tyler Florence accepting the Applebee's job he knows he can't refuse, but with a chill running down his spine; a determined Bobby Flay reinventing himself once again to survive. Paula Deen, Tom Colicchio, Anthony Bourdain, Mario Batali, Jamie Oliver, Martha Stewart, Guy Fieri, Cat Cora: Salkin illuminates the people we thought we knew, and the ones we never knew about, in this irresistible story of the intersection between business, television, pop culture, food-and us"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xiii, 434 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Note
  • "Published simultaneously in Canada"--Title page verso
  • Includes index
Contents
  • Roll over
  • A final toast to Emeril Live
  • Starting from scratch
  • CNN with stoves
  • "Chefs are the new rock stars"
  • Bobby, Sara, Mario, and the Too Hot Tamales
  • BAM!
  • Changing the recipe
  • New owners again!?!
  • "Allez cuisine!"
  • You reap what you sow
  • Comfort food
  • Noodle Roni with blue eyes : a new kind of star
  • Competitors sharpen their knives
  • Channeling the soul of a chef
  • A ten-billion-dollar prize
  • June 2013
Isbn
9780399159329
Instance
Label
From scratch : inside the Food Network
Title
From scratch
Title remainder
inside the Food Network
Statement of responsibility
Allen Salkin
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • "The autobiography the Food Network would write if it could write one--a candid, behind-the-scenes look at how one network launched one of the biggest cultural waves of the last 20 years"--
  • "Big personalities, high drama--the extraordinary behind-the-scenes story of the Food Network, now about to celebrate its twentieth anniversary: the business, media, and cultural juggernaut that changed the way America thinks about food. In October 1993, a tiny start-up called the Food Network debuted to little notice. Twenty years later, it is in 100 million homes, approaches a billion dollars a year in revenue, and features a galaxy of stars whose faces and names are as familiar to us as our own family's. But what we don't know about them, and the people behind them, could fill a book. Based upon extensive inside access, documents, and interviews with hundreds of executives, stars, and employees all up and down the ladder, Allen Salkin's book is an exhilarating roller-coaster ride from chaos to conquest (and sometimes back). As Salkin takes us inside the conference rooms, studios, homes, restaurants, and after-hours meetings, we see a salty Julia Child lording it over the early network performers; a fragile Emeril Lagasse staggering from the sudden public shock of cancellation; a very green Rachael Ray nearly burning down the set on her first day; a torn Tyler Florence accepting the Applebee's job he knows he can't refuse, but with a chill running down his spine; a determined Bobby Flay reinventing himself once again to survive. Paula Deen, Tom Colicchio, Anthony Bourdain, Mario Batali, Jamie Oliver, Martha Stewart, Guy Fieri, Cat Cora: Salkin illuminates the people we thought we knew, and the ones we never knew about, in this irresistible story of the intersection between business, television, pop culture, food-and us"--
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Biography type
contains biographical information
Cataloging source
DLC
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Salkin, Allen
Dewey number
384.55/22
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
PN1992.92.F66
LC item number
S25 2013
Literary form
non fiction
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Food Network (Firm)
  • Food Network (Firm)
  • Television cooking shows
  • Cooking, American
  • Food
  • Food habits
Label
From scratch : inside the Food Network, Allen Salkin
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • "Published simultaneously in Canada"--Title page verso
  • Includes index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Roll over -- A final toast to Emeril Live -- Starting from scratch -- CNN with stoves -- "Chefs are the new rock stars" -- Bobby, Sara, Mario, and the Too Hot Tamales -- BAM! -- Changing the recipe -- New owners again!?! -- "Allez cuisine!" -- You reap what you sow -- Comfort food -- Noodle Roni with blue eyes : a new kind of star -- Competitors sharpen their knives -- Channeling the soul of a chef -- A ten-billion-dollar prize -- June 2013
Control code
ocn852488494
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xiii, 434 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780399159329
Isbn Type
(hardback)
Lccn
2013025095
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Other physical details
illustrations (some color)
System control number
  • 1134771
  • (Sirsi) o852488494
  • (OCoLC)852488494
Label
From scratch : inside the Food Network, Allen Salkin
Publication
Note
  • "Published simultaneously in Canada"--Title page verso
  • Includes index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Roll over -- A final toast to Emeril Live -- Starting from scratch -- CNN with stoves -- "Chefs are the new rock stars" -- Bobby, Sara, Mario, and the Too Hot Tamales -- BAM! -- Changing the recipe -- New owners again!?! -- "Allez cuisine!" -- You reap what you sow -- Comfort food -- Noodle Roni with blue eyes : a new kind of star -- Competitors sharpen their knives -- Channeling the soul of a chef -- A ten-billion-dollar prize -- June 2013
Control code
ocn852488494
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xiii, 434 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780399159329
Isbn Type
(hardback)
Lccn
2013025095
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Other physical details
illustrations (some color)
System control number
  • 1134771
  • (Sirsi) o852488494
  • (OCoLC)852488494

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