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When discussing her new cooking show, Sandra Lee invokes the name of a personal-finance guru. “I’m the Suze Orman of food,” she says. What matters in finance is numbers, after all, and Lee spouts a flurry of them to make her case that Sandra’s Money Saving Meals (airing Sundays beginning May 10 on Food Network) will save viewers time and money while also delivering some solid vittles. For those who follow her show’s advice, she forecasts a 25 to 50 percent drop in the average food bill. In order to truly be a savvy shopper, the woman who has built [...]

If you’re a fan of the defunct A&E hit Inked, you remember the last time you saw Hart & Huntington Tattoo Company’s former part owner Thomas Pendelton on your TV screen. Frustrated by the trendy Vegas inkery’s increasingly circus-like atmosphere — overrun with flaky employees, minor celebs and major chaos — Pendelton stormed out to reclaim his tattooed Cinderella, former shop manager Monica Rizzolo, and he never looked back. The duo married, had twin daughters (there are since two more children) and launched a successful textile, art and jewelry business they call Ministry of Ink. Then Juma Entertainment came calling. [...]

When I start my conversation with Joel McHale, he’s just returned from getting an expedited work visa to promote his show in Australia. The Soup is big Down Under, you see. As well as in England, France, and it’s absolutely huge in areas of Central America. He has no idea why this is the case, or why in other parts of Europe they couldn’t care less about the witty and cutting insights into pop culture and reality TV that he serves up Sundays on E!. In showing the most outrageous clips that talk shows, reality TV and the occasionally odd [...]

Remember The News? You know, the news, that 6-and-10pm staple folks watched every night, selecting their favorite newscast by their favorite anchorman, secure that the actual news was news no matter what network they turned on? If you answered yes, you’re probably over 30, remember the satisfying “clunk” of a television dial and can tell Rather from Brokaw with ease. Under 30? Could be you’ve never watched an evening newscast at all. And the words “[reporter name here] filed this report” are as foreign to you as “don’t trip on the phone cord,” since the news medium has all but [...]

I first met Ann Mickow when we were both part of a loosely knit, tri-state band of 20-something merrymakers who spent summer weekends congregating at Nitty Gritty Dirt Band concerts across the Midwest. At the time, she was a translator for an international law firm based in Minneapolis, living in a cozy home in Edina that served as a refuge for her friends when real life took to chafing. Having lost a brother to a drunk driver, she was also our constant designated driver — the person who could always find her way back to the hotel no matter how [...]

Mac and cheese, lasagna, pizza, chocolate cake. Are these and other cravings threatening to destroy your diet? If so, tune in to the new Lifetime series Cook Yourself Thin, airing weekdays beginning May 4, and learn to create favorite meals that are totally satisfying but with half the calories. Chefs Allison Fishman (Home Made Simple) and Candice Kumai (Top Chef) join British baker Harry Eastwood in a series based on the premise of Eastwood’s cookbook, Cook Yourself Thin: The Delicious Way to Drop a Dress Size. In each episode, a woman who wants to lose weight submits recipes for what [...]

Just about every mom has one or two signature dishes that are special to her family — a favorite that’s frequently requested by her children. And just about every mom struggles with finding new dishes to break up their mealtime monotony. Seeing as it’s Mother’s Day this month, we’ve gathered the favorite family recipes from a handful of Disney Channel stars to help spice up your menu. It’s hard to believe, but the Jonas Brothers, stars of the new JONAS series, do spend some time at home, where their mom, Denise Jonas, prepares one of their favorite dishes — Filet [...]