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Foodie Giada de Laurentiis Covers Redbook and Rachel Ray

Karl Erikson — Mon, 25 May 2009 14:34:00 GMT

What I really want to see is a Food Network Catfight between Giada De Laurentiis and Rachel Ray. Guess I'll have to wait for another day. Mommy Giada covers Redbook magazine and talked a little about her reported fighting with Rachel Ray.

"Do we hang out all the time? No," Giada says. "Are we best friends? No. But if you’re not best friends, people assume that you hate each other. We laugh about it. We do these festivals together, and she’ll say to me, ‘Oh, we’d better take a picture together and smile, because if we don’t, God only knows what’s going to get written about us.’ She’s a lovely person."

Giada also talks a bit about her daughter Jade, now 1. She's not a fussy eater, Giada says. "She loves grilled lamb chops and eats quinoa." Quinoa? What the hell is quinoa? Getting children to eat healthy food is important, she says. "You have to make food fun."

As for being "too sexy" for a cooking show, Giada says, "I think it’s okay to cook and be sexy. Why not? I do get a lot of emails from women, saying to me, ‘You don’t have to show cleavage to get the male audience.’ I don’t need to. That’s just how my body type is, and I’m very comfortable with what I have."

You naysaying women can shut your mouths. I'm very comfortable with what Giada has, too.

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Strollerderby Crush of the Week Unwrapped

Whit Honea — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:02:00 GMT

I never thought of the Food Network's "Unwrapped" as a kid show, but then again, my kids will watch a marathon of "Ace of Cakes" so why not?

Strollerderby has a crush this week and it's Marc Summers, who apparently did some other show back in the day that I never heard of.

Read all about him and Strollerderby's feelings over at the 'Derb.

Jools Oliver and Her Bouquet of Daisy, Poppy and Petal

sweatpantsmom — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:05:00 GMT

Jools Oliver, wife of chef Jamie Oliver, was spotted taking daughters Poppy, 7 Daisy, 5 and 3 week old Petal Blossom Rainbow out for a walk in North London. I'm a fan of Jamie's, but mostly I wanted to write about them because I just like saying those names over and over again; Poppy, Daisy, Petal. It makes me feel like I'm floating on a marshmallow cloud.

It's a good thing the couple had daughters - could they have come up with names in the flower family if they had three boys? Bark, Stem and Root just doesn't sound right to me.

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Giada De Laurentiis Returns From Maternity Leave

trix — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:03:00 GMT

Giada De Laurentiis looked as fresh as a daisy in Santa Monica, if just a little on the heavily made up side. She began filming spots for her return to the Food Network recently, after giving birth to her first baby, Jade Marie last year.

I bet she has her little girl in the kitchen with her and just talks or practices what she is going to say for her next show. That little girl is going to grow up with the kind of kitchen knowledge that comes from hearing it, day in and day out.

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Gordon Ramsay Says He Didn't Do It But I Don't Believe Him

sweatpantsmom — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:05:00 GMT

So celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is denying that he had an affair. Ramsay, a self-proclaimed family man, is rumored to have had a seven-year affair with Having an Affair: A Handbook for the Other Woman author Sarah Symonds. All I can say is that's some book title.

But Ramsay, who has been married to wife Tana for 12 years and has four kids, is saying the rumors aren't true. Here's what he said on BBC's Good Food Show on Friday.

"What a week I have had. I want to give you a big thank you for coming - it's been a tough week."

Then, referring to his chef rival Delia Smith, who penned the book How to Cheat at Cooking, Ramsay joked: "I have been up close and personal with Mrs Smith - Delia. I got in there."

"She gave me a book about how to cheat - but I didn't think anything of it at the time."

The awkwardness didn't stop there. "We had a new bed delivered this week - the paparazzi outside must have been thinking that I'd been forced to sleep in the basement," he told the audience. "Mattress, mistress, mattress, mistress. What a load of bulls--t. My mum is here so I'm on my best behaviour, ooh la la.

"Oh f--- it, I didn't do it, mum. I love you," he added. "All my family here are well."

I thinking if I were his wife and kids I'd be leaning towards the "He totally did it" side of the coin. Then again, would the guy lie to his own mother? Yeah, probably.

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Giada De Laurentiis Says Daughter Needs Teeth

Karl Erikson — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:27:00 GMT

The gorgeous Giada De Laurentiis has books and TV shows in the air at all times, so she's still learning how to juggle motherhood along with everything else. Famous for her shows on the Food Network, including "Everyday Italian," Giada is a new mom to Jade Marie, now 6 months.

"When you have children," Giada says, "everything changes. A lot of women know, you learn as you go through it." At the recent NYC Wine and Food Festival she said she's still working on the balance "between not giving up everything that I used to do, and not missing out on anything that my daughter does."

What's it like for a professional to prepare food for a toddler? Jade only just started eating solid foods last week, so fortunately she's not all that picky yet. Hell, anything tastes better than mashed lima beans! "It'll be a couple years before I understand what she likes and doesn't like," Giada says. "And she's got to get some teeth. She's missing teeth and hair."

So it's like a miniature Grandpa, then, including the diapers. Cool!

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Tyler Florence and Wife Cook Up a New Baby

Whit Honea — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:01:00 GMT

See what I did there? Tyler Florence is a chef and I made a cooking reference. You can use that.

Tyler and his wife Tolan welcomed their second child together, Dorothy Tyler Florence, on 8/8/8. Someday she'll dig that.

Tyler also has a son from a previous relationship.

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Piping Hot: Giada De Laurentiis Has a Baby Girl

sweatpantsmom — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:05:00 GMT

Food Network chef Giada De Laurentiis gave birth to a baby girl on Saturday. Jade Marie De Laurentiis Thompson was born at 4:38pm in Los Angeles. She's the first child for De Laurentiis and her husband, clothing designer Todd Thompson.

Giada is the host of Everyday Italian on the Food Network and is also a contributor to the Today show.

I feel like I should make a joke here about the baby coming out of the oven, but I'm just going to say...Congratulations!

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Liar Liar: Chef Robert Irvine Fired From Food Network

sweatpantsmom — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:25:00 GMT

Robert Irvine has cooked his last soufflé as host of the popular Food Network show Dinner: Impossible. Irvine was fired after it was discovered that he embellished (that's fancy talk for 'lied') several items on his resume, most notably that he had worked on Princess Diana's wedding cake.

Irvine had made the claim in his book Mission: Cook. “It was an English fruitcake that weighed over 360 pounds...I worked on these elaborate side panels, which told the history of the royal Windsor and Spencer families - in icing!”

But that's not all. Irvine also claimed he was a knight who owned a castle in Scotland, had cooked for presidents and royalty and was friends with Prince Charles - all stories that Irvine has admitted he made up to "impress wealthy Americans."

Looks like his next show might be, Mission: Find a Job.

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Rachael Ray Is Too Tired to Have Kids

sweatpantsmom — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:15:00 GMT

Guess Rachael Ray needs to chug more of that Dunkin' Donuts coffee she's been pushing. The unbearably chipper chef/cookbook author/talk show host says she's too tired to add parenting to her busy schedule.

"I'm too tired," Ray, 39, said when asked about having kids. "I feel like I’m a bad mom to my dog... I have five jobs, and I just don’t think I could take on the biggest job of being a parent."

About the recent plastic surgery rumors that have been dogging her Ray said, "Do you really think if somebody gave me a week off I would spend it under a knife and if I was going to cut something off, don't you think it'd be my butt and not my forehead?”

Next up on Rachael Ray's 30-Minute Meals: Butt Meat! Definitely not yummo.

Nigella Lawson Has Millions - Plans On Leaving Her Kids NOTHING

Sassy Smith — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:07:00 GMT

TV personality and celebrity chef Nigella Lawson has lotsa money - a combined estimated worth of $200 million plus, with her husband Charles Saatchi.

The British beauty and her husband have different views on whether or not they should leave their children financially secure when they pass away. Lawson says, "I am determined that my children should have no financial security. It ruins people not having to earn money."

The couple have three kids from previous marriages - Nigella, two, and her husband has one daughter. Bruno, 11, Phoebe, 12, and Cosima, 13, apparently won't be seeing a freakin' penny from their parents.

Nigella continues, "I argue with my husband Charles, because he believes that you should be able to leave money to your children. I think we'll have to agree to disagree."

I guess the kids will have to hope that mom goes first and that dad changes the will. Oh, was that wrong? I'm not wishing the woman dead, just stating the obvious.

Oh just a little note of interest - Nigella came from a rich family and she married into money. Easy to say you don't want to leave your kids any money when you don't really know what it's like to struggle.

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Not Your Everyday Italian: Pregnant Giada de Laurentiis at Mad Money Premiere

sweatpantsmom — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:36:00 GMT

I'm sure chef Giada de Laurentiis is tired of hearing food-related pregnancy sayings, so I'll refrain from saying she's got a bun in the oven. De Laurentiis, seen here at the Mad Money premiere in Westwood, Calif. last night, is expecting her first child with husband Todd Thompson in April.

The Food Network star, who recently revealed that she is pregnant with a girl, told Redbook magazine that she hopes her daughter will share her love of cooking but she's not counting on it. "I hope I can pass on the love of food to my child the way my family did to me...But watch, I will probably end up with a child who not only doesn't care about food, but doesn't ever want to set foot in a kitchen!" she says.

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Giada De Laurentiis Has A Bun In The Oven

HerBadMother — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:44:00 GMT

As if I could resist punning on ovens and kitchens and pregnancy when announcing a Food Network pregnancy.

Giada de Laurentiis announced on Monday's Today show that she is due in early April.

"When I found out I was pregnant I was in complete shock," she admitted. "I truly didn't believe it. I honestly thought, 'there has got to be a mistake.' " But no mistake - and a constant craving for starches has been underscoring the point.

Which raises the question: would professional cooks and foodies gain more weight during pregnancy - because they can cook or prepare anything to satisfy their cravings - or less weight - because they'd just be so averse to fulfilling urges for McChickens and Twinkies and stick to a higher quality diet - than regular women? I exclude Rachael Ray from this consideration, of course; I fully expect her to gain ninety pounds on a diet of thirty-minute carbonara and deep fried Mars bars when she gets pregnant.

Congratulations, Giada!

(Photo by: Lester Cohen / WireImage)