Don't Forget: Tickets Available Now for Bobby Deen Appearance at Pine Market District

Deen’s appearance is free to the public; however, tickets are limited and available on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Cooking Channel's Bobby Deen to Conduct Cooking Demos at Pine Market District

Deen’s appearance is free to the public; however, tickets are limited and available on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Bobby Deen, the host of the Cooking Channel’s Not My Mama’s Meals, will make a special appearance and conduct cooking demonstrations at the Pine Township Market District at 3 p.m.on March 23. Deen’s appearance is free to the public; however, tickets are limited and available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Advance ticket registration is available online at marketdistrict.com. Deen also will appear at 11:30 a.m. on the same day at the Bethel Park Market District.  Bobby Deen remakes recipes from his famous mother, Paula Deen, eliminating calories but adding flavor. Bobby went to work for his mother when he was 18 as the delivery man and an integral part of the now-legendary home business in Savannah, GA, that launched Paula Deen on the …

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Mexican Food Expert Marcela Valladolid to Appear at Market District

Food Network chef to visit Wexford and Bethel Park stores.

Marcela Valladolid—author of cookbooks, television star, magazine editor and expert in Mexican cuisine—will make a special appearance and demonstrate recipes for authentic Mexican dishes at the Wexford and Bethel Park Market District stores on Sept. 29. Valladolid’s appearance is free to the public; however, tickets are limited and available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Advance ticket registration is available online at marketdistrict.com. Born in San Diego and raised in Tijuana, Mexico, Marcela began her culinary life at a young age. Her grandfather was a chef and her aunt opened one of the first cooking schools in Tijuana.  Marcela later studied at the Los Angeles Culinary Institute, until she graduated as a classical French …

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Food Network's Melissa d'Arabian Coming to Pine Twp. Market District

The Food Network star of Ten Dollar Dinners will conduct food demonstrations and sign her book on July 7.

Melissa d’Arabian, winner of Season Five Food Network Star and star of Ten Dollar Dinners will conduct a food demonstration and book signing at the Pine Township Giant Eagle on Saturday, July 7 at 3:30 p.m. The appearance is free to the public. Details and advance reservations can be made at www.marketdistrict.com. d’Arabian, a stay-at-home mom with young daughters, embraces the finest kind of home cooking in her recipes and program. Ten Dollar Dinners showcases her tasty recipes and her $10 promise: four people, ten bucks, infinite possibilities. She uses her culinary and life experiences to provide food lifestyle solutions and recipes for everyone, on any budget. For d’Arabian, it is about the people she cooks for, not the plate. Her …

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Local Chef Lends Talent in Pittsburgh Filming of Food Network Show

Restaurant: Impossible films at Del's in Bloomfield Thursday.

Chef Chuck Kerber is taking on the impossible. Restaurant: Impossible, that is. Kerber, of Swissvale, will take part in the Thursday filming of the Food Network show in Pittsburgh, which gives its star, Robert Irvine, and a local crew a chance to rescue a struggling restaurant. This particular episode will be filmed at Del’s Bar and Ristorante in Bloomfield. “The producer from Food Network called me last week and I thought it was a friend pulling my leg,” Kerber said. That producer did a local search on the Internet for the restaurant and stumbled upon Kerber’s website, Pittsburgh Hot Plate, and a less than flattering review of Del’s. “They go in and retool restaurants and address the issues there,” Kerber said of the show. “My family and …

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Around the Rivers

Around the Rivers: Alton Brown Cooks Up Laughter at Sewickley Academy

The popular "Good Eats" chef and book author appeared Wednesday before a sold-out crowd.

Here's a look at other Patch headlines this week from around our region's three rivers. This story originally appeared on Sewickley Patch.  In the fourth season of "Good Eats," Alton Brown delivered for his viewers a smoked salmon in a cardboard box. A woman watching the show decided to try the same recipe in her apartment — with charcoal. "And it caught fire,” Brown said, adding, “Evolution is just taking care of business.” In a bow tie and his signature dark-rimmed glasses, the madly creative kitchen scientist and star of the popular Food Network show drew consistent laughter from a sold-out crowd Wednesday night at Sewickley Academy. From humorous memories on the set of "Good Eats" to his adoration for his wife’s cooking, Brown held …

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