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Article: “Check, Please!”: Reality TV that believes a viewer’s heart is in his stomach” (Aug.2006)

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excerpt:
It’s a television show that has attracted entries from 20,000 people who want to appear on the air. And it’s not “American Idol.”

It’s “Check, Please!” on which a mix of three everyday diners — instead of food critics — each get to pick their favorite restaurant and wax rhapsodic, then bicker about them.

Creator and executive producer David Manilow calls it “Zagats meets Siskel and Ebert” and he hopes that it inspires viewers to leave their comfort zones and try new restaurants or cuisines…”

source: “Check, Please!”: Reality TV that believes a viewer’s heart is in his stomach” by Tara Burghart (Associated Press, Aug.2,2006)

related link:
“Check, Please!” web site

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Media: Restaurant Podcasts

In the past, if you missed a radio show, then you missed it, better luck next time. Some radio shows are now downloadable to your portable audio device for listening anytime, and are often called podcasts. Here are some restaurant related podcasts that you might find interesting:

The Restaurant Guys
"Co-hosts Francis Schott and Mark Pascal—who own Stage Left Restaurant in New Brunswick, NJ—have interviewed food luminaries like Gourmet editor-in-chief Ruth Reichl and chef Charlie Palmer in between other animated discussions. Their podcasts are adaptations of three 40-minute episodes from their radioshow on WCTC-1450 AM."

Food for your ears
"The San Francisco Chronicle's award-winning food department brings you podcasts for your ears as well as your stomach. Hear about their favorite places to eat, excerpts from interviews with celebrity chefs and other delectable content."

Bob Lape's Dining Diary
"Bob Lape is a well-known broadcast journalist, writer, restaurant reviewer, and food critic. His food column in Crain's New York and Dining Diary broadcast on WCBS focuses on general lifestyle subjects, travel, categories of wine, and fine dining."

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