tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88719240602553711432012-01-29T14:19:45.224-05:00just an inside look at my journey through a dream ... hope you enjoy!Sunny Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11998099640638416461noreply@blogger.comBlogger3931100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8871924060255371143.post-78130879786821472962012-01-28T13:25:00.018-05:002012-01-28T16:23:05.312-05:00

Hi there! Well, I had to knock the cobwebs off my blog and invite you to watch a pretty cool Iron Chef America episode tonight on Food Network. I almost typed Food Network with an "@" in front of it lol, shows I've been on twitter way more than here. I love the long form but I gotta tell you, I can type as the day is long, just like I talk. I often hope it's not too much information. Both here

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Hey there! I was thinking this morning how busy it's been and how I haven't been able to blog as much. I really miss it and I'm going to try to do more in the coming months. If you missed me on GMA a couple of days ago, I'll post the video at the end of this blog. Just wanted to let you know, in plenty of time for the big day, my holiday episode of Cooking for Real airs tomorrow morning at 8:30,

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Hey there! I had the wrong time and even if I had the right time, I fell asleep. I have been working overtime on turkeytime lol ... Here's the video from my spot on Nate Berkus today! Enjoy and hope you are having a good week!!

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I just got the direct link for the Martha Stewart Thanksgiving Cookbook (thanks Aly :-) )and I cannot even believe the table of contents!! Look at me reppin for the home cooks among all the chefs!!Click hereMartha Stewart Thanksgiving Cookbook!!!Catch me Tuesday morning from 7am-8am on SiriusXM 110 aka Martha Stewart Radio :-)

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Hey there! So much housekeeping! I've been working really hard and it makes sense, this is the eating time of year! Love it! It goes from candy at Halloween, a weather shift so you add some stews, then the next thing you know it's Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Christmas and New Years' Eve and Day. Yes, I did count Black Friday as a holiday :-) ... an eating one, because you need fuel! At the end of

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After a little schedule snafu a couple of months ago .... it looks like today is the day!!! Catch me and Paula Deen on Paula's Best Dishes!! I visited the beauty that is Savannah last year and chronicled the trip here on the blog in a post called "Just Got Back from Savannah" I can't even begin to tell you how much fun we had. I often tell the story of when she asked me to come on the show with

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Hey there!! It's been a couple of weeks since a new Cooking for Real, but the weather is perfect for chili now so...Tomorrow (Saturday), catch a new episode I call "Carving Out Some Fun"!! This was a pretty easy menu for me to come up with. I always consider chili to be alone unless there are some kind of tortilla strips, chips or something along for the ride. So, one day I had some squash

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Hey there! A couple of weeks ago I got myself together and headed to the city to cook with Nate Berkus. It was my 3rd time being asked, but I finally said yes ... wanna know why? It was a chance to make something yummy and not say it was "healthy". I feel like I'm still finding healthy ways to eat and don't want to be a spokesperson for it. Last year I was asked to do a national show and discuss

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Hey there! Did you pick up the October issue of Food Network Magazine yet? I got mine in the mail a couple of weeks ago and immediately turned to the pages showing who is where and found my pumpkin carving. Take a look ...I've had a few people ask if I actually carved this myself. I've always loved art work and did pretty well in those courses when I was in school. Yes, I sure did :-). There was

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Hey there ... I have a busy day and woke up a bit late from a burger coma! LOL I ended up fitting in 5 burgers, 3 milk shakes, 2 orders of tots, 1 Pepsi & 2 waters. I'm sluggish teeheehee ... Ok here are some highlights ...I ran into the some of the Scotto's again! That's Marion, John and then next to him is Marty Markowitz. Marty is the Brooklyn Borough President. He is pretty cool, every time I

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Hey there! It's New York City Wine & Food Festival time here in the city and like years before, Food Network smartly takes advantage of the abundance of hosts in town and gets us together for some fun. Yesterday Melissa d'Arabian filmed a holiday promo that'll run this fall. I arrived when Giada was wrapping her segment of the promo and headed to Meatball Madness. Check out Melissa recording her

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Hey there! If you are a BLT person this month's Food Network Magazine is forcing you to draw a line in the sand ... wich. Do you prefer it as a sandwich or are you willing to have it in the form of a salad? (Sounds like the Wonder Twins) Anyway, a few months back FNMagazine called and asked if I would participate again in the "He Made, She Made" spread in the magazine. It's pretty easy to explain

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Hey there!! The official announcement is out there, but you already knew if you read my musings here that I'm the host of this year's Vendy Awards!! 7 years in the making, this is the best of all the street vendors vying for ribbons and future long lines where ever they hitch up in the city!! Get tickets and information here, then catch the 1ish ferry to Governor's Island with me this Saturday

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Hey there!! Happy Saturday! Is it wishful thinking that you are even up this early on a Saturday? I could be really organized and type this up at another time, but sometimes I like to wake up and write something fresh on the day I post it. I can count on 1 hand the times I've pre-written a blog post and then put it up when it worked for me. So anyway ... I'm up! Looks like it's gonna be a nice

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Hey there! Well, I just got back from the 2011 Sonic Drive-In Convention in Las Vegas! Sonic was my first job and they heard about it and asked me to come join in some fun. I judged some contests, ate some Sonic and gave a speech, then I was done with what they asked me to do, officially. Here's the thing though, there was also a biiiiiig room I kept hearing about at the conference with some of

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Hey there! I'm in Las Vegas hangin' out with the crew, well many crews, from Sonic Drive-Ins across the country. Every year they have a convention and celebrate the crew members and leaders and this year asked me to join. I am more than happy to be here because Sonic was my very first job ... ever. Well, I volunteered with the Red Cross, but this was the first paying job, with responsibilities

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Hey there!!! It's breakfast time on the newest episode of Cooking for Real!! I love to make breakfast, and some of my best lunches are breakfast!! So this is gonna be a fun one. Take a look at this ...It's my Open-Faced Breakfast Sandwich and I make a version of this at home about once a week. I love nothing more than a sunny side up egg with the oooooooze of the yolk. Lately, I've been

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Hey there! Just in case you haven't noticed, I've begun to link the main page for the episode to the title of the blog post. If you ever watch a show and want all the recipes, just click on the title of the blog post above and it will take you to the Food Network page for that episode, which has all the recipe links. :-) Ok, I'm excited to share with you more recipes and fun in the next episode

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Hey there! Well today's episode started with this picture above. I made chicken tacos at home on a whim and realized quickly that I hadn't done it yet on the show and it was a quick way to get dinner on the table, or lunch. Which is what the taco above was. Many times the recipes I develop from the show happen at lunch time because I'm developing them during my workday, other times the recipes

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Hey there! There's a new Cooking for Real on the way, but really quick let me show you what's in the pipeline and do a lil backspin to the AC Food and Wine festival! Yup, it's been weeks but it's still on my brain because I thought I took more pics but couldn't find them, until I remembered they were in my other phone :-) ..That's DJ Sonatra, he has killed my Sunset Sliders party two years in a

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Hey there! I'm very proud to announce another new episode of Cooking for Real today on Food Network!! First, how was your week?!? Mine zoomed by and I cooked plenty, for real :-) Here's a pic of my latest faves... That's a quick ice cream topping I made using pumpkin pie spice. It is becoming one of my favorite spice blends in the kitchen. Great for sweet and savory cooking. I still have some

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Hey there! Some pics from the AC Food and Wine Festival!! It's been such a lovely week ... Thanks to every one that came out!!! We were sold out at both Sunset Sliders and Sweet and Stylish!!! Here's some flicks ...That's me at the VIP Dinner. Each year they ask me to come out as a surprise guest during a jillion course meal. I always ask to look at the menu before I choose what I'm making so

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Hey there!!! I just got news that my Sunset Sliders party this Saturday is sold out for the second year in a row!!!! Now the next best way to party with me is at the Sweet & Stylish party later on in the evening. I'm doing double duty, gonna eat sliders with you and sip drinks, then get changed and head down to then fashion show for some sweets! Please join me for the event, there are several

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Hey there!! Whatcha doin this weekend?!? I have a few events this weekend at the AC Food and Wine Festival and tickets are selling out fast! I have a few people from the blog that are going, but several tickets are sold so I'm looking forward to meeting new people. Here's the rundown ...Last year's sold out event Sunset Sliders is back!! This Saturday at the rooftop pool of the Caesar's, I have a

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Hey there! I'm up and ready to brave the heat if only for a few minutes during my morning errands. I'll be back just in time to watch the newest Cooking for Real with ya! Hope you'll join me. It's called "Filling up with Fish" and as the title says, I am gonna fill you up with something that always seems like a light meal, but almost never feels "comforting". So, I add some body to the pot and

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Hey there! I'm in Miami and my hotel doesn't have Food Network!! #FAIL! So, you can have the one-up on me tomorrow! Tell me how it is, I never see a show before it airs, well I saw my 4th of July special before it aired, but I'm talkin Cooking for Real here ...Tomorrow on the new episode I won't be able to see until I get home :-), catch the Scotto family, owners of famed Italian restaurant,

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Hey there! Well, last night was a big night for co-workers and sweethearts, the Neely's ...Love em! We always greet with a smile and hug ... Here's a less candid shot ...We're all chillin at the opening of their first foray into the NYC Restaurant scene, The Neely's BBQ Parlour. It's over in a hood that needs some down home cookin, 1st and 62nd on the mid-upper east side. When I say it was a zoo

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Hey there! Just checking in on such a nice Brooklyn Sunday to invite you to join me on The Today Show in the morning. I'm not cooking, just eating, for real :-). There's a BBQ contest among some firefighters and anytime someone asks me to eat food for free, I'm in!! Tune in on NBC and maybe find some neat tricks or ingredients to add to your next BBQ! See you in the morning!

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Hey there! Adam Gertler and I are in the studio this week taping episodes of Food Network Star After Party, details soon on how and where to catch it!That's us at rehearsals today just going over the script. I can't wait for you to catch the show, we really are getting some good details this year from the finalists that didn't make the cut on the big show. Ok ...A new Season of Cooking for Real

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Hey there! Thanks for watching Sunny's All American Celebration yesterday! It airs again tomorrow, Monday July 4th, at 6PM. Thing is I have some twitter requests for the recipes because before the show runs again, it's BBQ time!!! Seems the recipes aren't popping up on the Food Network website, so here they are!!Sunny's S.O.S. for S.O.S Recipe courtesy Sunny Anderson, 2011 For the marinade: 1

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Hey there! Real quick then plenty more later .... spread the word!!! Sunny's All American Celebration debuts tomorrow morning, Saturday July 2nd, 10AM! Then Monday, July 4th at 6PM!!!! DVR and TiVo too!!!

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Hey there! Well, I'm toot-tootin' along over here, just working through my week like you. Can't wait for Saturday which is why I'm sending a lil message out now about GMA in the morning! I'll be with the new team to chat about my 4th of July Special called Sunny's All American Celebration. Tomorrow, I'll post pictures and behind the scenes stuff from the making of the special. I am SOOOOOOOO

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Hey there!! Wow, well I have been gone from here for over a week *slapping my own hand*, sorry if it was a trusty click here and there for you during the week for an escape. I know the feeling, if TMZ or CNN ... my two sources for online news, lol, were down, I'd go crazy. And not that I'm either of those, but I do regret not being able to post blogs regularly. Good news is it's because I'm busy.

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Hey there! I've been on the road a bit taping a special I pitched to Food Network a few years ago. I kept getting a "no", but as is my motto, I kept trying and finally got a "yes"! I can't say it enough here if you stop by to read about my journey, that it's all about hard work and not giving up. I also believe things happen when they are supposed to so I never really stress when I get a "no", I

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Hey, real quick, the Dr. Oz show from Friday reruns Monday on the early airing of the show, check your listings if you want to catch it again if you missed it (Charles!!!). A big thanks to the Scotto Family, Santos Loo, Chef Clarence and Charles!! I rode home and put the trophy right where it belongs ...Ok!!!! Finally ... "The Cod Father" episode of Cooking for Real! Lol, Look, I have to admit

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Hey there! Well, it surely has been a minute since I've blogged about something other than a new show. I've been so busy and I like to have "real" time to write instead of just rushing things, so I've not been able to share some cool stuff. First, I am currently taping the 10th season of Cooking for Real! I can't tell you how happy I am, it just blows my mind and I'm truly thankful. Thanks so

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Hey there! I've had such a busy week taping the new season of Cooking for Real and can't wait to share the new recipes and pictures from behind the scenes. Today on Food Network is a new episode of the show I taped earlier this year. I call it Fish and Grits and it's pretty literal, not a play on words this time :-). Check the menu ...My Catfish Nuggets - Cut em down and they cook faster! Plus I

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Hey there! Real quick before I tell ya about the new show. A Special thank you to Comcast and the Boys and Girls Club, they let me get my hands dirty today and it was all for a good cause, these people really care!! Here I am about to drop some food in the earth... More on this later in the post ...In the meantime ... Guess who is on Cooking for Real with me tomorrow?!?!? I titled this one "It

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Hey there!! This morning (Sunday) at 11AM and tomorrow afternoon at 4PM a new Cooking for Real debuts called Much Ado About Stuffing and Pork! I developed this show around October last year, I had plenty of cold weather spices sitting around and thought I'd put them to work! I say it plenty, but I really don't understand how we as consumers are expected to use an entire container of pumpkin spice

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Hey there! Just something to look at ...I am super busy, been taking pictures and making mental notes for a marathon post. That was what I made for breakfast late last week and I just saw it on my desktop and smiled. Pictures are great like that. Alright, short and sweet and just something for you to look at while I plow through some work! Hope you had a good breakfast and lunch today ... what's

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Hey there! I'm over here making dinner and thought I'd stop in really quick with a neat opportunity for you. Well, that is, if you live in NYC or the area. Ok actually you need to be in NYC and have the ability to join me on Dr. Oz's set this Friday. Here's the deal without giving too much of the show away, the segment has a game show feel and it pits my team or "family" against another family.

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Hey there! I had a great weekend and hope you did as well! I'm back in the kitchen working on the finishing touches of my menus for the next season of shows. Basically, I'm doing my recipes for the last time before I turn them into Food Network. I've made these several times over my lifetime or they are recent loves of mine. After I've made it plenty of times for fun at home and enjoy it, I begin

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Hey there! I'm excited about the new episode of Cooking for Real tomorrow on Food Network at 11AM. It's all about the classic comfort, so I called it "Comforting Classics". It's a mash up of meatloaf, mash and some veggies to boot, but I'm most excited about the title of my meatloaf. I'm a huge music fan and if you know anything about the singer Meatloaf, you know his song titles are the longest

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Hey there! I'm cookin' up a storm still in my kitchen getting my menus together in time for the next season of shows. First thing this morning a quick 30 minute counter top marinade for a very easy grilled chicken dish ...That's a close up of the juicy goodness. I'm sure you can tell what fruit that is there, but again I have to be a bit vague to appease "the suits", which by the way the suits

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Hey there, now more than ever I'm aware of the word "winning", but I am winning with bread today, sooo please excuse the title. :-) Speaking of, I do find myself saying "the situation" plenty on Cooking for Real and in life, trust me it was all pre-Jersey Shore. Sorry if it makes you think about GTL when all you wanna do is think about food to escape. Funny when normal everyday words and phrases

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Hey there! I'm still working in my kitchens today on the new menus for season 10 of Cooking for Real. The newest season is airing now, with a new episode this Sunday at 11AM! I'll drink to that!!It's cola, lychee, grenadine and a bit of lychee syrup. It's super sweet and fizzy!! I'm taking a bit of a break between recipes. I finalized 3 or so menus yesterday and a couple of people asked in

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Hey there! I'm spending my week recipe testing for the next season of Cooking for Real. Yep, there you go giving my dream again :-) -- can't say thanks enough for your viewership and even more for sharing 30 minutes with me here and there. Now the show is on twice a day during the week, 1130am and 4pm, plus Sundays at 11am. I start taping again next month, so I'm putting the finishing touches on

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Hey there! Another week and thanks to you another Cooking for Real airs today and tomorrow (Monday) on Food Network.This week's newest show is called TV Dinner Deluxe. I talk all the time about my mom cooking great meals growing up, but I remember very distinctly the day my dad brought home a big box the size of saaaay a modern day washing machine. Inside it was the newest thing on the market, a

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I'm in the middle of typing up a some recipes from my journals and got a delivery ... time for a cupcake break!

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Hey there! Well, I just got back from a little vacation and it was actually just in time for the quick blast of winter we got here in NYC. Real quick, before I tell you about the new episode this week, one of our blog buddies in comments used the chilly spring weather to make one of my season-straddling meals. Check out Holly's post on Random Cravings about my Beef and Barley Stew with Crusty

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Hey there! I'm on the hunt for the elusive 15-pound lobster tail :-), but in the meantime I have a new Cooking for Real airing Sunday I want to tell you about!!It's called Easier Than It Looks and a friend I met right here on the blog stops by to help me prepare the whole menu. This season, we added diner-like seating on one counter in the kitchen and I had guests come by and hang out while I

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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economyI like Bittman's answer because if you were to ask me that same question today, it would totally be from fresh grilled fish!!

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I'm channeling Al Roker with the title, he always get a reverb on his mic when he does the weather and says "Sunday". Anyway, this weekend is the start of Season 9 of Cooking for Real!! Tune in for the debut episode and see how I'm Cookin' it Old School! I share my recipe for a classic; Beef and Barley Stew with Crusty Pepper Bread! It's perfect for the lingering cold and easy to make. There are

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Hey there! Well, I left you Friday with a question, which Celebrity Apprentice contestant did I have a photo shoot with that day? Star Jones! She's the new Editor-At-Large for Uptown Magazine and invited me to her place for a chat among chefs ...That's the executive chef, Clarence Van de Mark of Del Frisco's, a 35 million dollar a year restaurant here in NYC, then author of Grace the Table, Chef

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So, just a little comedic break for the weekend. I was tooling around online and caught a live stream of Charlie Sheen, I'm totally #winning and I'm also aware of how soon that will be old. Teeheehee, but until then, my rescue kittie Cheddar proves she has tiger blood running through her veins, she's totally WINNING!! Take a look ...

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Hey there! Well, needless to say I am sooo behind here. Is it ok with you? I feel like I had an assignment and I'm late. Reminds me of the people I used to work with at the magazine I edited. Everyone waited until the last second to get things in, but things still looked good! Hope that's the case here, let me roll out the remaining pics and stories from this year's SoBe Wine and Food Festival (

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Hey there! Well, I got through my third SoBe Wine and Food Festival without a hangover or a tummy ache from all the good drinks and food. I have more pictures to share so let's go backwards ...That's Dwyane Wade of the Heat visiting my booth at The Best Thing I Ever Ate on the Beach party. I met him briefly last summer at an event in the Hamptons and he and his girlfriend Gabrielle Union said

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Hey! So last we spoke I was at the pool here blogging away with a bottle of bloody mary mix as my companion. I got up to head up to my room and get ready for the Burger Bash and ran in to the burger man himself ...Bobby Flay and that's my girl Aarti! She was just coming from the beach with her husband. We all chatted briefly then Bobby had to head off to make I think he said "five hundred fifty

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Hey! Well this will be fast because my battery is low and I'm logging in from the pool (sorry about the pool reference if you are in the cold, but when in Rome, eh?). Ok, so last night was the kick-off event for the 2011 SoBe Wine and Food Festival down here in Miami. It was hosted by Food Network Magazine at the Fountainbleu Hotel, along with myself, Melissa D'Arabian, Scott Conant and Anne

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Hey there! Just a quick update before I head down to Miami, FL for the 2011 SoBe Wine and Food Festival. I had plenty of fun last week filling-in on Martha Stewart's Sirius/XM radio channel. I have some pics from that to share at the end of this post, but first ... my brunch this Sunday was so much fun I thought I'd share. One of my close friends, Fiona, told me last week about a place that

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Hey there! Hope you got a chance to tune in yesterday on Martha Stewart Living Radio over at Sirius/XM! Get a free trial here and tune in today! I'm on today from 1-4PM! Yesterday, Adam Richman and Badlands Booker stopped by as my first guests and I challenged them to eat some of my Halloween candy lol. I'm stupid, but it was fun and I'm sending their charities a check ...We had plenty of fun and

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Hey there! I've been a bit slow on posting and replying to comments, but I see pics of my finished spread for the big game are requested, so I'll post them at the end of this. First, news to share! If you have a Sirius/XM receiver, tune in this week to catch me on Martha Stewart's radio station(if not, click here for a free trial!!!). I'm filling in during the afternoon drive all week long,

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Hey!!! I am so excited! I don't know what it is, but this year Super Bowl seems to be bigger and better as far as the entertainment value. I just finished watching people walk and be interviewed on the red carpet ... is that a first? I just finished all the major spokes in my party wheel, take a look ...The chicken wings are dunking in a water and salt brine. I'll take em out 1 hour before

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Hey there, just a link ... Check out Dine on a Dime with Essence.com, I did the interview Friday afternoon sometime after nachos and chili, but before chili prep. The interviewer, Derek, was so nice to accomodate my messy schedule, check out his work here; 5 Questions for Sunny Anderson on Super Bowl Treats.Then, a few weeks ago when I was taping Cooking for Real, a crew from AOL's Pop Eater

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Well, I'm done prepping for tomorrow's game! On my menu, Beer Punch, Nachos with an Irish Cheddar-Horseradish Cheese Sauce, Fried Chicken Wings tossed with a BBQ Rub and Wine and Dine Chili. Most of those are new recipes I'm currently developing in my kitchen. Here's tonight's work ... the chili as it begins ...That's the flavor base full of veggies, spices, herbs and tomato paste. Things got a

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Hey there! I have ingredients waiting to be turned into chili for tomorrow's big game, so this will be quick. Just wanted to give you some behind the scenes from yesterday's activities. For the second day in a row I set my alarm for 4:30AM so I could get up in time for a visit to The Today Show. Seems early, but getting my face spackled for the high-definition cameras takes about an hour or so,

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Hi there! If you missed it this morning on The Today Show, I prepped an easy recipe for your game day festivities. It's so easy, it's in the title ... Easy Beefy Cheesy Enchilada Casserole. I'm right back at 30 Rock for The Today Show tomorrow as a judge for a chili contest! Tune in and watch us judge, the contestant recipes will be online and I'll give some links after the show is over and I get

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Hey there! I forgot to tell you I'm on the Today Show Thursday and Friday this week! Thursday, I have a great menu for your big game crowd and on Friday I get to be one of the judges for a chili contest on the show! Hope you can tune in for the fun!!!

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Yeah, really don't have words to describe that plate. And I knew I could write anything before it, would totally disrespect the plate. All the cliches to describe this would seem like a cliche. I mean, I can say "heaven on a plate", but that's just over used. It was more than that. Of course this is from Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles! Then check out a plate from The Ivy ...Yes, AGAIN ... the

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Hey! There's a new Cooking for Real tomorrow, I'm hangin out on Food Network all weekend between shows and catch me Monday on Access Hollywood live :-). I'm all over these grid-iron eats! You know we LOVE a food holiday at Food Network and next week's Sunday festivities are just in time if you ask me. Even though the JETS didn't make it, I'm still gonna figure out a way to celebrate and the

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Hey! Taping got the best of me and I wasn't able to keep up with the pace and post blogs at the same time for the last three days, but I still have pictures and videos from shooting the 9th season of Cooking for Real. We just wrapped today and just in time for another snow storm! Look who joined me on the show yesterday ...It's AARTI!!!!! And please believe, we had a PARTY! She came on a show I

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Hey there! Well, day 4 of taping Season 9 of Cooking for Real was plenty of fun!! I opened the window to my hotel and saw what the weather did over night ...Not much, eh? I got to work and the day started with some friends ...There they are getting all ready for their close up. When I have airdates, I'll share more details. We had a great time taping, I wonder how we got any cooking done. For

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Hey there! Well, day three went by so fast and probably because I had some guests in the studio!!! Take a look ...That's Lys from the blog Cooking in Stilettos and Jen from the blog One Curly Fry in a Box of the Regular. I met them both here on the blog and together and separately we've enjoyed some fun, food and drinks together in now 3 states! I'm looking forward to more fun this year ladies

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Hey there! Day two is over as we continue to tape the 9th season of Cooking for Real and it was just as fun and exciting as yesterday. Well, I finally got my act together and between the action caught a snap of the newest addition to my set ...Chairs!!! Also if you look close I have a new extension to my counter for guests to lean in and have a bite! This season we decided to have some people

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Hi there! Today we started taping season 9 of Cooking for Real and I think I slept maybe 4 hours last night. I'm just too wired, excited, anxious, everything! Here's a shot from the end of today ... I call that picture "Lights Out!". A split second before we took it, the stage lights were dimmed because it was the end of the day for us. That's Jeff and Des, they've worked on so many Food Network

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Hey there! That's me and my bestie Natina taping some segments in Brooklyn last Wednesday for an upcoming promotion on Food Network. Can you guess when this may air?? We taped at place I go for a good beer and something ... ANYthing fried to perfection, Chip Shop. Here I am with one one of the owners, Suzanne. If everyone needs a Cheers, Chip Shop is mine - complete with a visit from my parents

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Happy New Year! I'm a few days late and a holla short :-). I hope you started off the year with a bang! I'm in high gear after the blizzard and I've started the year with plenty of work. Before I start to share I just wanted to say one thing FIRST ...THANK YOU!!!Just before New Year's Eve I got word from my friends at Kenmore that we reached the goal of 250,000 cookies sent to the troops overseas

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Hey there! I'm quiet over here because there's not much going on, so not much to post. I took some time off for the holidays, but wanted to share some body-warming inspiration if anyone just finished shoveling out of the snow like me. We had a blizzard a day late and a dollar short of Christmas! I can't even see my furniture in the back yard and we covered the plants just in time.This is what's

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Hey there! Well, I confess ... I was away for a few days on vacation. That's why it's been dormant here and in the comments. I'm dealing with a bit of jet lag too, but give me a coupla days over the weekend and I'll be back in bloggin' shape! In the meantime, I have some sweet obsessions I'd like to share, today and tomorrow on Today :-). Yep, I'm hangin' with The Today show crew tomorrow (

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Well, well, well ... I am one for the typical, the regular, the standards, the real :-). I don't usually like frills in my food. I mean don't get me wrong, I love something fancy every once in awhile, but I often find myself out of town in search of just plain old good food. You know? Word of mouth stuff, hole in the wall places, off the beaten path spots. Maybe there's a website, maybe not. I

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Hey there! I'm leading with the FREE part! :-) You should too! Just last week I kicked off a holiday "thank you" to our troops with Kenmore and it's a success so far! Thanks for all the clicks :-). Together we're Baking for the troops and it doesn't cost a thing! If you are just now hearing about this, it's super easy to send a dozen cookies to a deserving military member overseas at no cost to

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Hey there! Ok, I need your help. It's really really easy, trust me! I'll explain, especially if you have a Facebook account ... I'm in Chicago to kick-off an event tomorrow with Kenmore and Sears called Baking for the Troops. If you don't know, the military is a very big part of my upbringing and family tree. My grand-dad was an Army veteran of WWII, my dad followed his dad's steps and entered

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Hey there! Well, I am just now waking up from what I like to call my "Turkey Coma", a bit of hibernation, if you will. Truthfully I woke up yesterday from the coma, but by the time I got home from work ... it was time for a Tylenol PM coma. I somehow got the sniffles and with recipe testing this week among other events, I can't really be sick. I thought I could post a blog last night, but just 30

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photo credit:NBC UniversalHey there! That's Access Hollywood Live co-host Kit Hoover just before we got cookin'!This is just a quick check-in. I'm busy writing up my final pitches for Season 9 of Cooking for Real. Next week I go into the kitchens to prepare them for the culinary team. It's what we do before we tape each season, really helps every one on the team know what the final product looks

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Hey there! Just a quick one, I'm heading into the weekend and can't wait to sleep in tomorrow!! I'll be in Los Angeles Monday to stop by the studios fro Access Hollywood Live. Host Billy Bush and Kit Hoover invited me to stop by and cook up some Thanksgiving love! I never say no to promoting an eating holiday so, catch some entertainment news and me, this Monday. Click here to check out your

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Hey there! A couple of months ago I got an email from Lee Schrager asking if I'd like to be a part of his cookbook launch party and partnership with Barneys New York. Lee is the beautiful mind behind the South Beach Wine & Food Festival and the one here in New York as well. He always donates the proceeds to charitable causes and his events are like an all-out celebration of food, wine and the

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Hey there! I'm in Hidden Valley, PA today for a charity event tomorrow and before you ask yourself, let me answer ... nope, this isn't where they make the salad dressing. It's close to where my parents live and my dad works at the hospital nearby. A little while ago he asked if I'd come to town for a charity event with his hospital and like daddy's lil girl, I of course said yes. I grew up in a

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Hey there! A week can really breeze by, huh? I started my week with a trip home from Foxwoods where I hosted the Bon Bon Boogie Bash at the 4th Annual Foxwoods Food and Wine Festival. Here I am with my "Bon Bon" for the night ...That's my Molten Chocolate Cinnamon Pots topped with a scoop of my Butter Pecan Buttermilk Ice Cream with Butter Sauteed Bananas. Lots of butter in the latter part

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Hey there! Hope you are enjoying the weekend if that's when you catch this :-). I took a ride out to Connecticut yesterday from my home base in Brooklyn so I could hang out at the Foxwoods Food & Wine Festival. I remember my first time here back in 2005 was on a near perfect date--minus the guy lol (isn't it horrible to say that? but I can't be alone, the person that goes on a date and thinks

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Hey there!BUNS!!!I made mention a post or so ago that I was still rounding out my menus for the next season of Cooking for Real because we start taping in January. Seems far, but it's close when the holidays are on the way and we are already getting into mid-November. Here's the latest addition to my season 9 menus ...Those are my Glazed Apple-Pecan Cinnamon Buns and if you do a count, it's a

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Hey there! Well, Saturday I headed out to the Circle of Sisters Expo here in NYC. This is my third year doing a cooking demonstration there and each time it gets better. This time around I did an easy menu that is perfect for this time of year. Click for the links to my Proscuitto-Wrapped Beef Cubes with Mustard Pan Sauce and Parmesan-Herbed Orzo. I also shared a recipe of mine from the new

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Hi there! I just found out I have an impersonator on Twitter. They seem nice enough, it's just not me, nor my recipe tips and musings, etc. I'd hate for you to be mislead. I'm working on getting my account verified, but If you tweet, follow me @SunnyAnderson. I've been there for some time just waiting to get my act together :-). No underscores, no hyphens, just my name with no spaces. @

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Hey there! If you're in New York this weekend I'm hanging out at the Circle of Sisters event with WBLS at the Jacob Javits Center. It's a 2-day event (Sat. & Sun.) with entertainment, seminars, stuff for the kids and I'll be there Cooking, for real :-). Here I am just this morning on local station WPIX talking about the event and more with host Sukanya Krishnan aka "Suki" ...Sukanya and I have a

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Catch up ...Hey there! Well I have some admin to do over here. Sometimes days go by faster than I can chronicle them here on the blog. Last week I filled in for Kim Fernandez on Martha Stewart Radio's morning show, Morning Living with Betsy Karetnick. This was my second time filling in, but I've visited the show in the past to talk about Cooking for Real and food, of course :-). Each time they

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Hey there! Well, I'm midway through my week filling-in on Martha Stewart's Sirius morning show, Morning Living. The usual co-host Kim is taking time off, so all this week I was invited to sit in with host her co-host, Betsy. The show airs from 7-10AM Monday through Friday on Martha's Sirius/XM channel, so all this week I'm waking up like I'm in basic training again. :-) Luckily for us, on Tuesday

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Hey there! Well, it's been a week, eh? The festival always has the effect of drinking while sitting, when you stand up (when it's over), that's when you feel it! It's full days of running around and packing in all that you can. I had a crazy good brunch last weekend with Holly from Random Cravings and her friend Steve to cap it off and I'll share some pics in a sec, but first ... today's new show

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Hi there! Yesterday was my cooking demonstration at Comix for the NYC Wine and Food Festival and I want to get down to business and share the recipes as requested, then some more sharing ...Butterflied Cornish Hens with Sage Butter Recipe courtesy Sunny Anderson, 2010 4 (1 3/4-pound) Cornish game hens, butterflied 1 stick butter, softened 5 to 7 sage leaves, finely chopped 1 lemon, zested Salt

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Hey there! Well, today was a full one. It started in midtown Manhattan with Aarti Sequeira, Anne Burrell, Claire Robinson, 8 pumpkins, 2 carving kits and 1 photographer. Confused? Well, it's a bit ahead of it's time, but we all four gathered to carve pumpkins for a feature in Food Network Magazine's Halloween 2011 issue, yes next year's October issue is already in the planning stages! I can't

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Hey! I hope you are in NYC for the Wine and Food Festival, but if not ... I hope to bring you along for the ride with a few pictures and stories! Last night was the unofficial kick-off party hosted by Food Network Magazine for it's readers. Subscribers were invited to come hang out and since I love the magazine I was more than excited to meet some readers. Here I am with some other attendees ...

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**warning, this is a long one**Well, I don't think I've cried this much in years. I just got back from an extended weekend in San Antonio, TX. I left San Antonio back in 1997 and never looked back traveling to New Orleans, Montgomery, Detroit, Jersey City, NJ, Rancho Cucamonga, CA then finally to where I live right now ... Brooklyn, NY . I was fresh out of the Air Force and headed towards a dream

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