TED ALLEN - CHOPPED! - May 14,2012

*Rescheduled from 5/06 Emmy Award-winner Ted Allen is host of the hit primetime competition series “Chopped” on Food Network, and a frequent contributor to the network's show “The Best Thing I Ever Ate.” He was a judge on the first four seasons of Bravo's “Top Chef” and Food Network's “Iron Chef America,” and was the food and wine specialist on the groundbreaking Bravo series “Queer Eye.” He is author of The Food You Want to Eat: 100 Smart, Simple Recipes (Clarkson-Potter), a collection of vibrant, all-natural dishes, and co-wrote the New York Times Best Seller “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy: The Fab Five's Guide to Looking Better, Cooking Better, Dressing Better, Behaving Better, and Living Better.” Ted's new cookbook, "In My Kitchen: 100 Recipes and Discoveries for Passionate Cooks" (Clarkson Potter; on sale May 1, 2012) shares the recipes he loves for people who want to roll up their sleeves, crank up the stereo, and get their hands dirty in the kitchen. *2 Free books will be offered to live listeners! Register a user name and be signed in to chat to qualify. We congratulate Ted on his win for a 2012 James Beard Award for Host, and his show, "Chopped!" for "Best Television Program in a Studio or Fixed Location." website: http://www.tedallen.net WINE CURMUDGEON, JEFF SIEGEL, will also join us. website: http://www.winecurmudgeon.com

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