From Scratch: Inside the Food Network

From Scratch: Inside the Food Network
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An Entertainment Weekly Best Tell-All of 2013!

â‚¬Å“Allen Salkin shows how the sausage really gets made at the Food Network in From Scratch, a behind-the-scenes history liberally spiced with gossip and unsavory tidbits.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"Entertainment Weekly

â‚¬Å“A detailed look at the network from start-up phase to the present, with a generous lump of juicy stories about the networkâ‚¬s most polarizing figuresâ‚¬"Guy Fieri, Bobby Flay, Anthony Bourdain and, of course, Paula Deen yâ‚¬allâ‚¬"heaped on top.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"The Atlantic Wire

Big personalities, high dramaâ‚¬"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 familyâ‚¬s.

But what we donâ‚¬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 Salkinâ‚¬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 Applebeeâ‚¬s job he knows he canâ‚¬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, foodâ‚¬"and us.
Country USA
Brand G.P. Putnam's Sons
Manufacturer G.P. Putnam's Sons
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2013-10-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780399159329

Country	USA
Brand	G.P. Putnam's Sons
Manufacturer	G.P. Putnam's Sons
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2013-10-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780399159329

From Scratch: Inside the Food Network

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