CBS News - (CBS)  One way to warm up cold winter nights is with a hearty meal.

On "The Early Show," resident chef Bobby Flay showed how to make an easy, one-pot classic dish called Chicken Country Captain that's sure to please even your toughest critics.

"Early Show" Recipes Galore Country Captain is one of those dishes you may not have heard of before, but, according to Flay, by the time you've finished, you'll never forget it. Flay said this is a perfect one-pot wonder. He added the spices add a great kick.

"This will be some of the most flavorful chicken you've ever had," he

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 Share  Comments 81 Scripps, the parents company of the Food Network, will be launching a second 24-hour food network on May 31, reports Brian Stelter at the New York Times. They'll soon be announcing six new original series for the channel, including new series for both Rachel Ray, Bobby Flay, and Emeril Lagasse:

Ms. Ray, the celebrity chef turned talk show host, will headline "A Week in a Day," a one-hour show about stocking up on the week's meals. Mr. Flay will be the host of a half-hour show, "Brunch With Bobby." Emeril Lagasse will present "Fresh

Kansas City Star - MO, USA - Great chefs know a thing or two about timing, and Bobby Flay’s sense of timing is as good in front of the camera as it is in the kitchen.

In 2004 Flay was in Kansas City to film a segment at the American Royal for “Barbecue America With Bobby Flay.” Mayor Kay Barnes showed up for an interview.

When Flay asked her where’s the best barbecue — Texas or Kansas City — she replied: “Kansas City, of course.”

“I’ve just come from Texas, and it’s a very big state,” Flay said.

To which she replied, “Yes, but size isn’t everything.”

“Cut!” Flay yelled as the

The Virginian-Pilot - Norfolk, VA, USA - Bobby Flay cooked for a crowd in Norfolk Saturday, his welcome from the Scope audience was as warm as the poblano peppers in the pot and the chipotle puree in the blender.

“I’m hyperventilating,” said Cheryl Pickel of Chesapeake. “I’ve followed him for 14 years, and everything I know about cooking I’ve learned from him.” Pickel had paid extra for a table a few feet from the temporary kitchen set up on the floor that’s usually covered with ice for the Admirals  hockey team.

Backstage, another improvised kitchen bustled as culinary school students chopped parsley and trimmed cilantro for Flay, the  Food

Los Angeles Times - CA, USA - Sin City is proud of their celebrity chefs. As many know, fine dining has become a big and obvious draw for Las Vegas. Now, celebrated chefs Tom Colicchio, Michael Mina, Bradley Ogden, Wolfgang Puck and Carla Pellegrino are opening up their dining rooms to show off their talent in the kitchen. You can try them out for a fraction of what a regular night out would cost at their restaurants.

Deal: Get a three-course meal for only $50.07 at acclaimed restaurants such as Aureole and Fleur de Lys, SEABLUE, Bradley Ogden, Bobby Flay’s Mesa Grill, Nine Steakhouse, Social House and more.

CBS News - New York City, NY, USA - (CBS) Some people bring back photos, souvenirs and memories from their travels.

But The Early Show's resident chef, Bobby Flay, returns with all sorts of cooking ideas, as well.

He and his wife vacationed in Greece last month and, sure enough, Flay prepared Greek staples using lamb and fetta cheese on the show Thursday.

He explained that Greek cuisine has a rich culture, not only in the way the food is prepared, but how the meal is eaten. It's long been a Greek tradition to enjoy lavish meals with family and friends, turning the normal dinner into a social event.

Traditional Greek cuisine is

PR Newswire (press release) - New York, NY, USA - Nothing conjures up a better image of bold flavors and a fiery grill than the mention of chef, restaurateur, cookbook author and television host Bobby Flay. More than 15 years after awakening palates across the country and changing the way America thinks about southwestern food, Bobby Flay launches a new line of trademark sauces and rubs.

The Mesa Grill and Bobby Flay Signature Collections -- each based on Flay's favorite ingredients and spice blends -- were created to punch up the flavor of meats, seafood and poultry with ease. These unique combinations of sweet and savory -- each with just enough

PR Web (press release) - Ferndale, WA, USA - Hard Rock Hotel San Diego announces today it has hired Jeff Walter as Executive Chef. With his credentials boasting an extensive array of culinary and hospitality industry experience, Walter is perfectly poised to lead the Hard Rock Hotel San Diego (HRHSD) food and beverage team. His responsibilities will consist of overseeing all culinary operations, including Maryjane’s Coffee Shop, both Rande Gerber bars and pool menus, room service for the 420 guest rooms and Rock Star Suites and all banquets and catering for over 40,000 square feet of meeting space.

Prior to joining HRHSD, Walter dedicated more than eight years to the

MacReport (press release) - NY, USA - Food Network celebrity chef and personality, Bobby Flay, goes "grill to grill" with Jamaica's own Nigel Spence, owner of Ripe Kitchen and Bar in Mount Vernon, New York on "Throwdown with Bobby Flay" airing this Sunday, August 12 at 10 p.m. on The Food Network.

The show positions Flay, against an absolute master chef known for a special type of cuisine. In this episode, Executive Chef and Owner Nigel Spence stepped up in a tension-filled but exciting challenge. As the title of King of Jerk was up for grabs, the two Chefs battled it out over Spence's Big Jerk Rib-Eye Steak

Gulf Coast Newspapers - Baldwin County, AL, USA - Bobby Flay, critically-acclaimed chef/restaurateur, award-winning cookbook author and television personality who has launched and starred in many national cooking shows on The Food Network, including the Emmy-winning “Boy Meets Grill” and “Throwdown with Bobby Flay,” is coming to Mobile for two exciting and entertaining cooking shows on Nov. 3.

The shows will be held at the Mobile Civic Center at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.

“We’re really excited to host Bobby Flay in Mobile,” said Jay Hagerman, general manager of the Mobile Civic Center. “His talent and personality will make this a fun event for all and it will be a great

ThisWeekNews - Columbus Area, OH, USA - It was a battle of epic proportions:

Columbus vs. New York. Celebrity chef against local guy.

The subject : Who makes the best brownie?

Conclusion: Pending.

Food Network star, chef and restaurateur Bobby Flay was in town Tuesday afternoon squaring off against an owner of Sugardaddy's Sumptuous Sweeties in Lewis Center to see who makes the best brownie. Flay, the host of "Throwdown! with Bobby Flay," took on Tom Finney, a co-owner of the mail-order brownie company at 1347 Cameron Ave. Finney dished up one of the store's best sellers, the Tahiti blond brownie ­ a buttery creation with brown sugar, pineapple, semi-sweet dark

Earthtimes.org - USA - Celebrity chefs are increasingly crossing over into the steakhouse market, including a high-end meatery run by Wolfgang Puck in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Puck's steakhouse, Cut, has been sold out nearly every night since it opened one year ago, USA Today reported Friday. Observers credit the success of Cut, as well as Emeril Lagasse's Delmonico Steakhouse in Las Vegas and Bobby Flay's Bobby Flay Steak in Atlantic City, N.J., to their female-friendly environments, selection of gourmet side-dishes and unusual architecture.

"Most steakhouses are so cookie-cutter, and I think it was only a matter of time before something changed," Puck said. "Dining out is

PR Newswire (press release) - New York, NY,USA - This has been quite a year for Chef Gavin Kaysen of El Bizcocho Restaurant at the Rancho Bernardo Inn.

Fresh from competing at the prestigious Bocuse d'Or in France, an appearance on the "Today Show" and being named one of Food and Wine magazine's Best New Chefs for 2007, Kaysen has now been selected to compete on the Food Network's new reality series, "The Next Iron Chef."

The show is currently in production, and eight top American chefs will compete for the title of the next "Iron Chef." The other Iron Chefs are superstar chefs Mario Batali, Cat Cora, Bobby Flay and

Cleveland Plain Dealer - Cleveland, OH, USA - Acclaimed Cleveland chef-restaurateur Michael Symon could become the next Iron Chef.

Symon, a James Beard Foundation nominee and executive chef and managing partner of Lola and Lolita in Cleveland and Parea in New York, is one of eight noted chefs who will compete on "The Next Iron Chef," a new reality series, which premieres Oct. 7 at 9 p.m. on the Food Network.

The winner of that show will join the likes of Mario Batali, Cat Cora and Bobby Flay on the next season of "Iron Chef America," which pits celebrity chefs against newcomers in hour-long cooking competitions.

WebProNews - Lexington, KY, USA - What do Yahoo and Hellmann’s mayonnaise have in common?  “In Search of Real Food,” a twelve-episode series that focuses on Dave Lieberman and his - you guessed it - search for “real food,” much of which will probably be covered in or filled with mayo.

This sounds like lunacy, but as the Wall Street Journal’s Suzanne Vranica points out, “Visitors to video-sharing Web sites have shown they’ll watch just about anything, from cats chasing mice around to ordinary folks singing in the shower.”  And I’d rather look at yummy food than listen to tone-deaf teenagers.

So it’s no joke; Yahoo really is

Web Services Journal - Montvale, NJ, USA - On behalf of Unilever's Hellmann's brand, Ogilvy's Branded Content & Entertainment group has teamed with Rock Shrimp production company, a collaboration between Bobby Flay and Embassy Row's Michael Davies and Kim Martin, to debut an original web-based series on Yahoo! Food, featuring celebrity chef Dave Lieberman entitled, "In Search of Real Food," a theme that echoes Hellmann's "Real Food" marketing position (http://food.yahoo.com/realfood).

Media partner Yahoo! has created a hub that will house the new series of 12 shows that will air on a weekly basis beginning on June 28th. The series will follow Dave Lieberman's on-the-road travels throughout the country as

Bangor Daily News - Bangor, ME, USA - Chef Bobby Flay, host of Food Network’s show "Throw Down with Bobby Flay," made a surprise visit to the Berry Manor Inn in Rockland on Monday to challenge the famous "Pie Moms" to a bake-off.

The bake-off became part of the three-day Rockland Pie Day festival that began Saturday to raise money for the local food pantry.

Food Network has been filming scenes over the weekend for a one-hour show called "Pie a la Road" about pie traditions in Rockland and other small communities in the nation.

Berry Manor Inn co-owner Cheryl Michaelsen’s mother, Ally Taylor, and mother-in-law, Janet LaPosta, are the competing

Jackson Sun - Jackson, TN, USA - NASHVILLE - It would take several days to sample all of the entertainment and sights available during SummerFest at Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville.
From unique musical experiences and tours to upscale cooking classes and celebrity chef cook-offs, the resort offers several options for a vacation getaway.

Some activities and shows on the nine-acre resort last through Sept. 29. Others run year-round. Here's what's new and notable:

"Cooking Under Glass," 3 to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays through Sept. 29 : Classes that have the feel of a celebrity cooking show star Gaylord Opryland's master chefs. They prepare some of their most

Savannah Morning News - Savannah, GA, USA - Oprah Winfrey still reigns as queen on Forbes' 2007 list of the 100 Most Powerful Celebrities, but Savannah's butter-loving restaurateur and chef, Paula Deen, is gaining ground.

Deen made the list for the first time, ranked No. 99 in power and 96th in wealth.

The rankings are based mostly on the prior year's income. Deen's earnings equalled about $4 million, according to Forbes.

That put her ahead of fellow Food Network chef Bobby Flay, who was No. 100, but behind cooking phenom Rachael Ray (No. 66) and "Bam!" man Emeril Lagasse (No. 87).

Lea Goldman, editor of the Celebrity 100 list, said Deen was

WBEN 930 - Buffalo, NY, USA - Buffalo's legenday Anchor Bar was the scene for the taping of a cooking challenge pitting the self-proclaimed local "Wing King" against celebrity chef Bobby Flay.

"Throwdown with Bobby Flay" on the Food Network was tapped a few weeks ago, and debuted last night.  Flay takes on chefs in a cook-off of local specialities.  This time, he challenged annual chicken wing festival organizer Drew Cerza, and in the end, the local recipe was deemed the favorite by a full-house sampling both versions.

The Anchor Bar sauce is basically a combination of Frank's Hot Sauce and butter; Cerza varied them, by making them barbeque,

San Antonio Business Journal - San Antonio, TX, USA - Buffalo Wing King Drew Cerza further cemented his royal title by beating celebrity chef Bobby Flay in a chicken wing cooking competition that's airing nationally this month.

The episode of the Food Network show "Throwdown with Bobby Flay" featuring Cerza first aired June 14 and will repeat beginning at 4 p.m., June 17.

Cerza's Bourbon Street Buffalo Wings beat Flay's Hot Wings with BlueCheese-Yogurt Sauce in a head-to-head battle that was filmed in April. Recipes for both can be found at www.foodnetwork.com.

Food Network crews were in Buffalo ostensibly to film a segment for a show featuring Cerza and the National Buffalo Wing

Kentucky.com - Lexington, KY, USA - Summer is the perfect excuse for a weekend road trip.

So each Thursday from now until Labor Day, contributing travel writer Patti Nickell will tell you about a Kentucky locale well worth your gas money and travel dollars. Some will be familiar, others will be hidden gems, but all will guarantee a good time.

First up is a culinary adventure in the River City.

Hey, harried moms and dads. Memorial Day has come and gone, signaling the official beginning of summer, and you still have heartburn from your mother-in-law's baked beans at the family cookout and sore muscles from one too many innings

San Antonio Express - San Antonio, TX, USA - When Bobby Flay came to town seven years ago, the Food Network chef had never heard of a puffy taco. But he fell for the local favorite so hard that, on his first return visit last week, he challenged Diana Barrios Treviño to see who could make the best one.
"My friend, you are brave," Treviño responded during a taping of "Throwdown with Bobby Flay," a series of good-natured cook-offs in which the star tries to top chefs from around the country at preparing their own specialties.

After all, Treviño has been making puffy tacos for years at Los Barrios on Blanco