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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Pork contest reminder and Charity benefits

Just a reminder, the Next Pork Personality contest — a nationwide search for a pork lover, who not only loves grilling up tasty pork but has a “grate pork-sonality” too - is going on through August 31, 2009.

Submit a short video sharing your best tip for grilling pork at www.theotherwhitemeat.com. You can be one of three finalists to compete in a live finale grill-off in New York City. Guy Fieri will help judge.

One griller will be named the “Next Pork Personality,” take home $5,000, a Char-Broil gas grill and grilling accessories.

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Giving Children Hope and the Orange County Culinary Olympics have been named charity benefactors of the 2009 Celebrity Food Show in Anaheim, CA, Saturday and Sunday August 8 - 9, 2009. GCHope’s official wine sponsor Ovene Winery will be featured.

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And The Pen Guy writes that Forgotton Felines is having a fundraiser - Pick of the Litter's "Rollin' out the Red Carpet & Puttin' on the Ritz!" this Sunday, June 29, 2009 from 11 - 4:00pm in Santa Rosa, CA. Why would I be writing about that? Because there will be a Celebrity Silent Auction featuring donations by Sonoma County notables Guy Fieri, Debbie Abrams, Levi Leipheimer and Odessa Gunn.

The event will be held at Pick of the Litter, 1701-A Piner Rd., Santa Rosa, CA, voted Sonoma County's Favorite Thrift Store by KZST listeners. So all you northern California cat-lovin' Guy Fieri fans, now you know where to be.

Related Posts:
Searching for the Next Pork Personality
Celebrity Food Show, Anaheim CA
Guy Fieri charitable works

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

At Infineon, in Texas and upcoming DDD taping in Ohio

Last year, Guy Fieri was named Grand Marshall and did a cooking demonstration at the event pictured at left.

Monica from the Sprint Crew blogs of Nascar Blogs was at the Infineon Raceway this past Father's day weekend, and had a brief visit with Guy Fieri at the raceway.

I ran into the famous Chef Guy Fieri, who wanted to experience this race weekend as a true race fan and not celebrity. He camped out with a group of close buddies, cooking for other campers around him and even hand delivered food to the police officers on duty at the race. Fieri said jokingly, “I needed to make friends with as many law enforcement personal I as I could in the state of California!.” Ha-ha!

Yeah, Guy. You might want to work on that. LOL ~D

This painting pictured at right was auctioned for $5000 to raise money for charities in 2008.

Guy is in Houston, TX this week, taping for Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. He is scheduled to hit Ohio in late July for the show.

But Lannae from Lannae's Food and Travel writes,

The word on the street is that Guy Fieri, host of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives on the Food TV Network will be filming at Melt, to showcase all the great grilled cheese options you can get there. Melt will be shut down for 2 days for filming, because the kitchen is way too small for the film crew, Guy and owner chef to be in kitchen at the same time and even fathom to carry on a normal day's business. What that means for you, if you are up there, they will need people to sit in as diners and patrons of Melt. Who knows, this may be your day for fame on TV!

Read her review of Melt; sounds wonderful.
Melt Bar and Grilled
14718 Detroit Ave
Lakewood, OH
(216) 226-3699
www.meltbarandgrilled.com
Premieres 2/8/10 By Request

Monday, June 22, 2009

Guy Fieri on Benny's mofongo

The Internet lit up today with searches for "Guy Fieri mofongo" and "Benny's mofongo," so I thought I'd better get some detailed information out there. If you're looking for a Cuban restaurant that Guy went to in L.A. on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives, you might be looking for Family Style (DV0711).

The Food Network aired a special program last night, Sunday June 21, 2009, called "The Best Thing I Ever Ate" (show index page or show episode guide). Check the Totally Fried episode page for future airings.

Guy's offering for the program was the mofongo at Benny's Seafood in South Miami, Florida.

Benny's Seafood Restaurant - website
2500 SW 107th Ave., South Miami, FL, 33165 - map
(305) 227-1232

Here's Benny's segment from Diners, Drive-ins and Dives - "In the Family"

According to Wiki, "Mofongo is a popular meatball dish made with fried plantains or yuca. The dish is part of various Caribbean cuisines including Cuban cuisine (where it is known as fufu), Dominican cuisine and Puerto Rican Cuisine."

Benny’s Mofongo

6 large plantains
6 small garlic cloves
3/4 cup pork rinds
1/2 tablespoon kosher salt, or to taste
1/2 cup pure olive oil, plus more for frying

Peel the plantains and cut into 1-inch slices. Put the plantains in a bowl of water with a pinch of salt to keep them moist until ready to cook.

Mash the garlic, pork rinds, 1/4 tablespoon of the salt, and 1/4 cup of the olive oil in a mortar with a pestle. Transfer the garlic mixture to a bowl.

Heat about 5 inches of oil in a deep, heavy-bottomed pot (or in a deep-fryer) until a deep-fry thermometer inserted in the oil registers 300 degrees. Line a plate with paper towels.

Drain and pat dry the plantains. Fry without crowding, in batches, if necessary, until the plantains are cooked, but not hard, 15 to 20 minutes. It’s best to check the plantains after about 15 minutes; to do so, remove a slice from the oil and cut into it - if the center is still pink, keep cooking; if it’s yellow, the plantains are ready. Transfer the plantains from the oil with a slotted spoon, and drain briefly on the paper towels.

Mash the fried plantains with the remaining 1/4 tablespoon salt and 1/4 cup olive oil until just soft. Add the garlic mixture and continue mashing until the mofongo is completely blended. Serve hot.

Makes 6 to 8 servings.

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Final words on Guy Fieri at the Shoreline

Guy Fieri with a young fan at the Great American Food & Music Fest, the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mt. View CA, June 13, 2009

I received an email from Elise Thompson, photographer for the LAist, who is thankfully willing to share some of her photographs for this blog. She said,

"It was an unusually hot day and the lines were long, so people were getting hungry and restless. But when Guy Fieri took the stage, he emitted so much positive energy that he put the crowd into a good mood. He did a lot of physical comedy interacting with the audience, pretending to squirt people with the olive oil and teasing kids.

Many people mentioned that his presentation was the "feel-good" moment in an otherwise difficult day."

Read her LAist Post and watch for an additional report on the event from her at www.kikimaraschino.blogspot.com.

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Random recent photographs

SOBE producer Lee Schrager and Guy Fieri, February 19, 2009

Guy Fieri with ProStart Students, April 25, 2009

Lori and Guy Fieri at the Kentucky Derby, May 2, 2009

Guy Fieri at the WE Garden event, May 21, 2009

Guy Fieri and girls at the Food & Music Fest, June 13, 2009

Bringin' the Brunch (GI0617H)

Guy's Big Bite - Bringin' the Brunch - Aired: 6/21/09

Guy Fieri brings the greatest biscuit of all time to brunch on Big Bite. His friend Sarah is over to make these giant Savory Meat Rolls, packed with pesto, cheese and lots of country sausage. If you have room, tuck into Guy's "Fieri-4" stuffed french toast.

Savory Meat Roll - recipe
courtesy Sarah Simington of the Blue Moon Cafe - from Diners, Drive-ins and Dives Comfort Food

Fieri-4 - recipe
Guy Fieri's stuffed french toast

French Toast "Brunch" - cocktail recipe

Keywords:
basil, cashews, country sausage, mozzarella, Asiago, tomatoes, mushrooms, mozzarella, cream cheese, bread, bananas, strawberries, Champagne

Related Guy Fieri Recipes:
All breakfast

-> more on Guy's Big Bite <-

Friday, June 19, 2009

Celebrity Food Show, Anaheim CA

The Anaheim Hilton is hosting a Celebrity Food Show August 7 - 9, 2009, with live performances by Guy Fieri on Saturday and Sunday, August 8 & 9.

Get Fired Up with Guy Fieri
11:00am - noon
and
3:30pm - 4:30pm

Book Signing
1:00pm - 2:00pm

$125 - Signature VIP seats are the first 4 rows in the Celebrity Theater plus complementary show apron or T-Shirt and guaranteed admittance to the book signings area.

$75 - VIP Seats are behind the first 4 rows.

$35 - Limited seats in the preferred section.

Ticket prices: $35 - $75 - $125 plus 4% convenience fee

Book Signing Segment: cook books, Celebrity Food Show t-shirts, aprons and bags will be available for purchase.

Check the event's website for further details at http://celebrityfoodshow.com/.

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Pictures from Atlanta's Metro Cooking Show
Pictures from UNLV and trip to Atlanta