Food Network Star 9 Finalists Announced
Bobby, Giada and Alton return to mentor a new cast of wannabe TV chefs.
The newest Starsters are: Nikki Dinki (New York), Andres Guillama (Waynesville, NC), Rodney Henry (Baltimore), Chris Hodgson (Cleveland), Connie “Lovely” Jackson (Los Angeles), Russell Jackson (San Francisco), Danushka Lysek (New York), Daniela Perez-Reyes (Haleiwa, Haw.), Viet Pham (Salt Lake City); Damaris Phillips (Louisville, Ky.), Stacey Poon-Kinney (San Diego) and Chad Rosenthal (Ambler, Penn.).
Ruhlman? Yeah, there’s an App for that.
Michael Ruhlman may have changed the way American’s cook with his groundbreaking book Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking. His peers think so, “Professional cooks and bakers guard ratios passionately so it wouldn’t surprise me a bit if Michael Ruhlman is forced into hiding like a modern-day Prometheus, who in handing us mortals a power better suited to the gods, has changed the balance of kitchen power forever. I for one am grateful. I suspect you will be too.” Alton Brown
But writing a life changing book is not enough for Michael Ruhlman. He has taken the essence of himself and put it into a an iPhone application. But don’t take my word for it; take his: