One of my favorite activities is just shooting the breeze (strange phrase, must look up origin). It turns out I enjoy it just as much when it’s on a stage, under harsh lights, in front of many many people who I cannot even see (+ 11 simulcast locales around the U.S). So it was with this lighthearted attitude that I enjoyed the “Food on the Tube” panel at the 92nd St. Y last night. Moderator Alexandra Leaf invited me, Charlie Trotter, Amanda Hesser and Padma Lakshmi (yes, she looks like that from 6 inches away, too) to talk food TV. I would have liked to talk for longer, but it was late, and Padma has a new baby and I had to eat the incredible macarons brought to me from Bouchon Bakery by my friend Jen. I wanted to keep the cool 92 St Y mug that I was compulsively drinking water from so as not to have a coughing attack. But I got an even better bit of swag – Charlie gave us each a copy of his gorgeous cookbook:

And if that weren’t enough airing of WWWE for one week, my friend Michael asked me to be a Life.com guest editor for this collection of fabulous cooking show photos that he found in the archives.

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