| Food Network Launches 'Gourmet Next Door'
The star of Food Network's new show “Gourmet Next Door" literally could have been next door a year ago. The program is hosted by Amy Finley, who was the season-three winner of “The Next Food Network Star." Other “Next Food Network Stars" are on the menu in other shows on the channel. “The Gourmet Next Door" is scheduled to premiere Sunday, Oct. 14, at noon as part of the network's “In the Kitchen" daytime lineup. In the show, Ms. Finley demonstrates how easy living a gourmet life can be with time-saving tips and tricks for turning everyday meals into feasts and mixing flavors from abroad with favorites at home. Ms. Finley is an avid traveler who attended culinary school and wrote a travel book about Italy. In addition to writing, she is a stay-at-home mom who lives with her husband and two children in San Diego.
What's all that racket in the kitchen?
"I Like Food, Food Tastes Good: In the Kitchen With Your Favorite Bands," by Kara Zuaro, Hyperion, 2007. 254 pp. $17.95 paperback. Sarah Hall Salisbury Post When music and food journalist Kara Zuaro was still in college, she conducted her first band interview, with the group Aloha. When she asked their bass player how he liked touring, he said, "I'm tired and I'm hungry. I can't wait to go home." With long hours traveling and performing, and usually having little money, bands can find mealtime challenging. Zuaro decided to make it her mission to feed traveling bands. This led to numerous conversations about food with musicians, everything from reminiscing about recipes their mothers made, to regional dishes only found around home, to quick meals they were able to concoct in their van while on the road.
Changing Courses
TAMPA - It was the new school, the northern school, the rural one on a horse pasture and muddy roads. Chamberlain didn't look like Hillsborough County's established high schools, the stately buildings of Hillsborough, Plant and the original Jefferson. Chamberlain opened 51 years ago with a "maximum efficiency" design: single-story classroom wings that stretched like fingers from the office hub and the auditorium. Little has changed, in many ways. Chamberlain's early graduates still cheer the Chiefs and say they get chills when they sing the alma mater they helped write with band director Robert C. Price. But beyond the trophy cases, the 50 years of class gifts and the black-and-white photographs is a new wood-paneled classroom with a curvy bar, recessed lighting and restaurant booths where Chamberlain is overhauling how it teaches teens.
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