The Food Network Recipe : Essays on Cooking, Celebrity and Competition

Newman, Emily L.

ISBN 10: 1476679088 / ISBN 13: 9781476679082

Published by McFarland 2021-04, 2021

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Food Network Recipe : Essays on Cooking, Celebrity and Competition
• Publisher: McFarland 2021-04
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1476679088
• ISBN 13: 9781476679082
• Binding: PF
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

When the Television Food Network launched in 1993, its programming was conceived as educational: it would teach people how to cook well, with side trips into the economics of food and healthy living. Today, however, the network is primarily known for splashy celebrity chefs and spirited competition shows.

These new essays explore how the Food Network came to be known for consistently providing comforting programming that offers an escape from reality, where the storyline is just as important as the food that is being created. It dissects some of the biggest personalities that emerged from the Food Network itself, such as Guy Fieri, and offers a critical examination of a variety of chefs' feminisms and the complicated nature of success. Some writers posit that the Food Network is creating an engaging, important dialogue about modes of instruction and education, and others analyze how the Food Network presents locality and place through the sharing of food culture with the viewing public. This book will bring together these threads as it explores the rise, development, and unique adaptability of the Food Network.

About the Authors

Emily L. Newman is associate professor of art history at Texas A&M University-Commerce, specializing in contemporary art, popular culture, and gender studies. She lives in McKinney, Texas.

Emily Witsell is research librarian and coordinator of reference and instruction at Wofford College. She lives in Spartanburg, South Carolina.