Food & Cooking Shows On Television & Radio

Pittsburgh Region

• QED Cooks!
  A weekly (Saturday at 10 am) half-hour program hosted by Chris Fennimore which features favorite recipes from viewers in Greater Pittsburgh that were part of WQED's famous cooking marathons.

Directories/Collections

• The Food Network
  Provides Full Daily Guide, Week at a Glance, and Show List A - Z. The Food Network hosts such national shows as Paula's Home Cooking, Barefoot Contessa, Naked Chef, Emeril Live, Iron Chef, Molto Mario. Not only can you find the recipes for current cooking shows, you can search their huge archive of recipes from all shows. A search for Salmon brought up 583 recipes.
• Recipe Link: TV Cooking Shows
  Links to cooking shows on TV. Includes regional ones that aren't hosted by the food network.

Shows

• America's Test Kitchen
  This is a test kitchen outside of Boston that brings you the T.V. show of the same name as well as the magazines Cook's Illustrated and Cook's Country.
• BBC: Food
  Find recipes from your favourite chefs and BBC TV programmes or search by ingredients.
• Chefs Afield
  "Culinary adventures that begin on the farm." A HDTV PBS series of 13 half-hour programs that explores the vital relationship between great chefs and their food sources.
• Good Morning America: Recipes
  Recipes and videos from the ABC TV program Good Morning America
• Cucina Amore, Cucina Siciliana, Cucina Toscana, Great Food, and Master Chefs USA
  Each of these cooking shows has its own recipe archive that you can browse for Italian recipes.
• Diary of a Foodie
  Gourmet's Diary of a Foodie delivers a unique cultural look at the world, food first. Explore the episodes, get recipes and watch previews for the 2006 and 2007 seasons.
• Emerils.com
  Chef Emeril Lagasse even has a version of his website for the palm pilot. And an RSS feed.
• Jewish Cooking in America
  A companion website to the PBS show with Joan Nathan. "Based on Joan Nathan's award-winning cookbook, Jewish Cooking in America, the television series uses food to explore Jewish culture and history in the United States. Criss-crossing the country, Nathan visits the kitchens of celebrities, chefs and other great Jewish cooks who share wonderful stories and recipes with a rich heritage that goes back through the ages."
• Martha Stewart Living
  Martha Stewart has a TV program, Martha's Kitchen, and her website provides information and recipes.
• The Splendid Table
  A Minnesota Public Radio program that you can listen to online.
• Weir Cooking in the Wine Country
  A cooking show from Northern California with Joanne Weir. Includes recipes.

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Shows on DVD

You don't get the Food Network? Check out our food programs on DVD!

The Meaning of Food
(DVD) GT2853.U5 M433 2005x
Explores the variety of cultural significance of food among various walks of life in the United States. Topics covered in these three programs include: Italian weddings; Bengali fertility feast; last meals; fasting. Originally produced as segments of the PBS television series: The Meaning of Food.