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FLORINA (Oxygen's "Bad Girls Club")
Phil Lempert "Supermarket Guru"
Top Chef Fabio Viviani
Linda J. Amendt "400 Sensational Cookies"
FLORINA (Oxygen's "Bad Girls Club") Florina–Staten Island, NY With her tough talking, “born to be bad” style, this bisexual party girl refuses to be the Albanian Muslim ideal of a passive, obedient female her family would hope for. Florina always encourages women to stand up for themselves and is prepared to fight for the underdog at the drop
Bad Girls Club airs Tues. at10 PM ET/PT
Season four brings seven new self-proclaimed “bad girls” together in a beautiful mansion in Los Angeles. These women recognize that their outrageous behavior has hindered their relationships, careers and lives. They have issues with anger, trust and control. In a house full of women with similarly explosive personalities, clashes erupt between roommates and housemates over everything from who’s on cleaning duty to where they should go out at night. Will these bad girls, faced with the mirrored image of their own behavior, learn to moderate and control their bad girl energy or will they spin out of control and flee this opportunity for change? By Bunim-Murray Productions, season four of “Bad Girls Club” promises more outrageous behavior than ever before.
Phil Lempert "Supermarket Guru" The public no longer relies on professional food experts alone when deciding what foods to buy. The new world of "word of mouth" recommendation is using the latest technologies - including mobile devices, bloggers, Twitter and even house parties. The 2009 Women and Social Media Study reports that 75% of women visit social networks such as Facebook and MySpace, and 55% (that's 23 million) either publish blogs, read blogs or post to blogs. Shoppers are depending less on advertising and more on social networking and word of mouth to help them decide where to eat, where to shop and what foods to buy for their families.
Supermarket Guru Phil Lempert will reveal the food trends to watch in 2010. While the traditional supermarket remains king, our guru will discuss the emerging trends in retail: small box stores, deep discounters and supercenters, and what shoppers are choosing to buy, no matter where they shop. That includes using "real foods" as ingredients, the importance of brand credibility, and purchasing more vitamin-enriched products.How shoppers can use the latest technology to find the best buy on their favorite foods
- How shoppers' favorite brands will work to offer them more for their money
- How the tight economy has created more innovative offerings at the supermarket
Top Chef Fabio Viviani So much drama in the life ofFabio Viviani! He's already been locked out of his own restaurant and then suedhis partner, made his departure from his restaurant. In a letter sent out this morning to the "friends and customers" ofCafe Firenze, the onetime Top Chef quote machine makes clear that even though he will retain some ownership, restaurant manager Mike Takeda has requested that neither Fabio nor his cookbooks be spotted at the restaurant ever again. You do hate to see that. The good news is that Fabio's new restaurant is now open.
Linda J. Amendt "400 Sensational Cookies" Linda J. Amendt is an accomplished and experienced baker and home canner, winning over 900 awards in state and county fair food competitions across the country, including nearly 600 first place blue ribbons and special awards for excellence, and earning national recognition for her exquisite food creations. In preserved foods competitions at state and county fairs using the American System of judging, Linda Amendt had over a 50% 1st place win ratio – over half of all of her preserved foods entries earned 1st place awards. At fairs using the Danish System of judging, she had a 100% 1st place win ratio. Linda Amendt's third cookbook, 400 Sensational Cookies, has just been released. This book is packed with delicious recipes and detailed chapters on ingredients, equipment and cookie-baking techniques sure to help everyone, from novice to experienced bakers,become great cookie bakers.