Homemade LIVE: An Afternoon with Joel Gamoran on TV

What an awesome experience! You know that I love to cook and I find anything related to food to be entertaining. Because of this, my friend connected me with an opportunity to watch a LIVE taping of a new PBS television show called HOMEMADE Live with Chef Joel Gamoran filmed in Seattle. 

My friend Carol was in town and suddenly we were sitting at the kitchen island of a famous chef while he cooked. We were there for the filming of Episode 6 and while I want you to set your DVR to watch it on PBS, you can also watch it at that hyperlink above.

Carol and I both were wearing shade of pink and you can see us throughout the episode as they pan to the audience. We were front and center at the island for the cooking. It was fantastic. Nick DiGiovanni was the special guest chef and he shared stories and cooked a simple scalloped halibut. I can't promise all of my houseguests that we'll end up on national television, but this day sure worked out. And thank you, Chef Joel. It was delightful. 

Take a chance, head downtown and if someone asks if you want to sit at the counter, say yes.

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Erin French of The Lost Kitchen: Book Tour in Seattle

When I moved to the Seattle area, I moved to the right place. Did you know that we have a cookbook bookstore? That's right. The Book Larder in Fremont sells solely cookbooks (swoon) and is known for filling the calendar with book signings and cooking demonstrations. Its really something. 

As long as you are quick to sign up, you can do a lot of really cool things, like meet Erin French of The Lost Kitchen. 

The event was held at the Fremont Abbey and Erin was there with her husband Michael, who gave a warm and loving introduction and then played a video that showcased The Lost Kitchen restaurant and world that Erin now shares on Joanna Gaines' Magnolia Network. She tipped her hand and said the the next season of the show, The Lost Kitchen would likely feature her and Michael taking their airstream on the road throughout America. I can't wait to see how it unfolds. 

Her television show The Lost Kitchen is a quiet and beautiful glimpse at a women-run restaurant where the customer fan-base, having been selected from a postcard drawing, already feels lucky to dine with her and therefore is primed to be enjoy whatever she whips up. I feel the same way as a viewer. I want to see a beautiful table with delicate wildflowers, clean wineglasses and beautiful soup being poured into stoneware bowls. A dollop of creme fraiche and a pansy floating on top and I'm happy to see it. It's beautiful and it feel like I'm reading Victoria magazine. This genre of television is soothing me in a new way and I like it. 

Erin French was very relaxed and very real with the audience. It was not lost on her that she was able to run her restaurant as she had for years and her new found fame was won simply by allowing cameras to capture the magic of it. Her attention to detail. The friendships and camaraderie of women. Her mother as sommelier. A normal bumpy life full of very real complications turned out well. She has told her story in her autobiography Finding Freedom and was very clear that she has no secret sauce. I found her to be charming and I am so glad that I was able to hear her speak and support her in this small way.

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