Margo Staten is a Ukrainian born, raised in Brooklyn, organically driven, coffee loving, twice-divorced mother of one baby Einstein. Has a passion for books, yoga in the park and all things 80’s and New Orleans.
This week, Alton Brown and Good Eats: Reloaded revisited the 2001 episode about oats and he instantly had my attention. Why do you ask? Oatmeal is my #1 go-to for breakfast, it's easy to make, happens to be gluten-free (my obligatory diet of choice) and you can essentially add whatever you want to it to […]
In this week's episode of Food Network's Worst Cooks in America: Celebrity Edition, our celebrity recruits get their hands dirty literally by learning how to slice and dice a fish or rather "finessing the butchering". Most just went "serial killer" on the poor fish. Getting their snorkeling gear on, some embraced the fish tank and […]
The Big Flower Fight premiered on Netflix and surprisingly this 8-episode flower showdown, hosted by comedians Vic Reeves (Coronation Street) and Natasia Demetriou (What We Do in the Shadows) is absolutely delightful. As is the custom with the more popular baking series, think Food Network's Halloween Wars when contestants are expected to create large sculptures […]
Although the viewers both hoped and kinda suspected, Prodigal Son has been officially renewed for a second season with Ainsley (Holston Sage) taking center stage in the teaser that was released on Thursday. Ainsley did what Bright (Tom Payne) didn't have the nerve to do: murder Endicott (Dermot Mulroney), the man responsible for hurting so […]
This week the celebrity recruits' pallets get tested in a very unique way when judges Anne Burrell and Tyler Florence teach them that riding is hard on Food Network's Worst Cooks in America: Celebrity Edition. How does that tie into cooking you ask? The cooks in training must bounce around with a blow-up horse between […]
This week, Alton Brown revisits his Good Eats past once again with "A Chuck for Chuck: The Reload". It appears that the homemakers were not too pleased with his recipe and sent in waves of complaint letters. Taking their feedback in stride, Brown tries to redeem himself by perfecting the old recipe and replacing it […]
Appropriately following last week's, "A Cake on Every Plate: The Reload" in which Alton Brown walked the viewers through making an utterly delicious yellow cake in about 300 easy steps. "Icing Man Cometh: The Reload" has us indulging in that creamy white topping called frosting. Apparently, frosting goes atop of cakes and icing atop of […]
Welcome to the inferno that is the celebrity edition of Food Network's Worst Cooks in America. Judges Anne Burrell and Tyler Florence are back to whip in to shape seven celebrity wannabee cooks, and they are horrific, granted they seemed to have been drinking the entire first episode. The seven new recruits are Wells Adams […]
New short-form digital content service Quibi quickly won me over for their ability to deliver content in under 10 minutes and calling them "quick bites". Now if they only had some decent content to match the tech, because their DIY reality show Murder House Flip was a crime scene in series form. The series is […]
Just when I was beginning to mourn the end of FOX's Prodigal Son, they roll out a special treat "A Day in the Life of Martin Whitly". I've always wondered how Martin (Michael Sheen) keeps himself occupied throughout the day. I mean, there are only so many books he can read, television shows to watch, […]
A famous cake, a mysterious death, and a list of ingredients: welcome to this week's episode of Cooking Channel's Good Eats: Reloaded. In the edited version of episode 83 ("A Cake on Every Plate"), Alton Brown deciphers the mystery of what actually goes inside the delightful and "easy to make" yellow golden cake. Now if […]
On my, It's Halloween Wars but with flowers. Netflix has a very appealing new show premiering on May 18 called The Big Flower Fight with grand sculptures, nervous fidgety contestants, and a competitive flowery edge. Ten pairs of amateur florists and gardeners compete to wow the judges with enormous out of this world grand centerpieces. […]
Now that season one of FOX's Prodigal Son has wrapped up, what can we possibly expect from an expected second season? Were we left hooked with pending questions? Not really. Every single cliffhanger was neatly tied up, which irks me just a little because now my only anticipation for the next season is that I […]
In this week's episode of Cooking Channel's Good Eats: Reloaded, Alton Brown is back to recap a 2003 episode all about "The Chow of the Rich & Famous." He educates us on how we the average folk can cook up a sirloin on a budget. In typical Brown fashion, the tutorial includes a 14-step journey […]
Bracing myself after all of the pre-season finale hype for FOX's Prodigal Son, "Like Father…" did not disappoint and lived up to the promises. Granted, now we know the episode could end its title with "Like Daughter" but that would just give it away. Malcolm (Tom Payne) gets a chance to redeem his eight-year-old self […]
More killer footage of the season finale of FOX's Prodigal Son and we might end up being surprised after all. What the hell is going on with Dani (Aurora Perrineau)? She seems dead set on condemning Bright (Tom Payne) as the killer. No, Malcolm, we will get to the bottom of this. She's seriously projecting […]
Welcome to our review of "Lights Out," this week's episode of NBC's Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Though it might be more fitting if we started off with, "Welcome to The Purge!". When a massive power outage leaves Brooklyn in the midst of a blackout, the criminals let loose and go wild. With no consequences to concern themselves […]
She's alive! As expected, The Girl in the Box is still alive yet her sister is dead. Yet more irony from the twisted folks at FOX's Prodigal Son. Malcolm (Tom Payne) comes face to face with his lifelong mystery, and now what? Will it somehow clear everything up for him, make things, better? Or will […]
This week, Alton Brown is back with another episode of Cooking Channel's Good Eats: Reloaded to recap on his first truly caffeinated episode. Coffee, Coffee, and more Coffee. Ok he definitely has my vote, and I'm only 5 minutes into the episode. I must disclose for full transparency I'm two episodes into the season and […]
The opening to this week's episode of FOX's Prodigal Son opens in 1999, as two devils sit around a table at Claremont psychiatric facility and make a deal over a very expensive bottle of wine. The room had potential, not exactly the upper east side with chandeliers and gold crown molding but not a bad […]
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