Emeril Lagasse is out at the Food Network. Contract negotiations between Emeril and parent corporation Scripps have broken down. Lagasse is leaving the Food Network as a result and the last day of production for Emeril Live will be on December 11

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The Food Network is in production on The Next Iron Chef, a reality show on which -- see if you can follow along with us -- the next Iron Chef, to be chef #5 along side Batali, Flay, Morimoto and Cora, will be selected by the judging panel of Michael Ruhlman (noted food writer), A …

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Yes. Of course I watched NEXT FOOD NETWORK STAR.

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When Anthony Bourdain arrived on stage for a Saturday afternoon session at the Food Network's South Beach Wine & Food Festival, he was fittingly introduced as the "Howard Stern of the food world." In a sense, this is an acknowledgment that, like the Food Network celebrities …

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A long while back, we had a preview of a new food show coming to PBS in the spring.

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I actually WATCH Food Network now and again, more often than not drawn in by the progressive horrors on screen. I find myself riveted by its awfulness, like watching a multi-car accident in slow motion.

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The cult of the celebrity chef continues to grow, and unfortunately, what's lost is the integrity that made the chefs popular in the first place.

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It might not be the Oscars or the Golden Globes, but this February will see the debut of something called the "Food Network Awards" at the upcoming South Beach Wine and Food Festival.

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BALTIMORE - Spend a few hours at Duff Goldman's bakery, and it becomes clear the omnipresent Food Network camera crews don't have to manufacture the dramatic tension that fans of his show, "Ace of Cakes," have come to expect.

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The Rachael Ray phenomenon will stretch at least through the end of this decade. Her syndicated talk show, which premiered last fall, is renewed through 2010. No surprise, really, considering how popular she is.

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It's official: EVOO is now a word. The dictionary tells us so.

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Mario Batali looked bigger than life last night, as he sat in a carved wooden throne taking punches from speaker after speaker at his celebrity roast at Capitale.

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