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The Daily Star, Oneonta, N.Y., Friday, October 21, 2011 2 coverstory ABC's new cooking talker really sizzles Food and fun By Rosalyn Stevens TV Media T hey're gathered around the kitchen counter cooking, eating, enjoying each other's company. The chatter ranges from healthy dieting tips and delectable new recipes to entertaining tips and tricks, and just about everything in between. The cast of ABC's new day- time talker, "The Chew," takes viewers along on a culinary adventure with stops along the way touching on relation- ships, lifestyles, friends and family. As the show's tagline says, it's all about "food, life and fun." The series airs weekdays on ABC. The all-star lineup features Iron Chefs Mario Batali and Michael Symon, "Top Chef" finalist Carla Hall, along with Daphne Oz nutritionist and author of "The Dormroom Diet." Last but not least, en- tertainment and style guru Clinton Kelly, of TLC's "What Not To Wear" fame joins in to make it a truly eclectic mix. With the variety of seg- ments that make up the show, there seems to be something for everyone who tunes in. Starting with "The Daily Chew," the five co-hosts dem- onstrate and share favorite recipes. On a recent episode, Symon shared the secret be- hind his Lola Burger, featuring bacon, ground short ribs, eggs and pickled red onions -- ev- erything a good burger needs! Symon puts pork into as many of his recipes, and he even has a tattoo on his chest that says "Got Pork?" Have you ever had the urge to whip up a fancy Italian meal but never had the nerve to try out the sometimes con- fusing recipes you crave? Say goodbye to that fear with Mario Batali's Simple Italian segment, where he shares the secrets of his Italian cooking in easy and affordable ways! Batali is known for his many restaurants throughout New York City, including his flag- ship operation with Joe Basti- anich, Babbo Ristorante in Greenwich Village. More re- cently, he was influential in the opening of Eataly, a 50,000 foot marketplace on Fifth Ave. Hall, who made her mark on "Top Chef" as both a final- ist in Season 5 and a competi- tor in the All-Star Season 8. The model-turned-chef shares her tips to rescue recipes gone bad, something all chefs-in-the-making have ex- perienced at least once in our own kitchens. Listen for her catch phrases, like "Ticky- Boo," "Hootie-Hoo" and "Toodles Poodles," which re- flect her fun attitude and ad- venturous outlook on life. Symon combines his Greek and Italian heritages in his cooking, creating bold meal Taught Me." Using some of her father's most famous tips, like bulking up on anti-oxi- dants, Oz shares recipes that bring her dad's lessons from theory to reality in a few easy steps. The show premiered on Carla Hall and Daphne Oz in "The Chew" statements in everything he makes. In his segment Five in Five, Symon appeals to the tight financial times we're all experiencing these days, by creating delicious meals with five ingredients in five min- utes, costing just $5 per serv- ing, or even less! Stepping out of the fashion world and up to the kitchen counter, fashionista and style expert Kelly steps in to rescue bland recipes and inject a serving of fabulous with his "Pimp My Plate" piece. While he's most commonly known for his expert stylist tips and opinions, Kelly proves he's got more that just fashion sense in this segment. And finally, healthy-living enthusiast and author Daph- ne Oz shares family lessons, especially those tips sought after by the massive audience to her dad's medical show ("The Dr. Oz Show"), in her segment "Things My Dad A/Auto Boutique B/The Green Giraffe 2 x 2 Sept. 26 to an audience of 2.5 million. According to the trade magazine Broadcasting and Cable, the premiere reached a larger audience than the CBS competitor, "The Talk." "The Chew" even beat the long running and uber-successful daytime talk- er, "The View's" 1997 pre- miere, which raked in 1.9 mil- lion viewers. "The Chew" even brings in more viewers that "All My Children" did in that time-slot. "The Chew" replaces the long-running and beloved soap opera, which ran for 41 years. Many fans of the day- time drama were opposed to the new show taking it's place, but the dissection from that crowd hasn't seemed to hamper "The Chew" through it's first month on the air. Maybe that has something to do with the stellar guests joining the already stunning cast day after day. So far, the show has fea- tured cooking favorite Paula Deen, Patricia Heaton from ABC's "The Middle," and Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Be- har from "The View," just to name a few. And the network had scheduled even more ex- citing guests for episodes to come. Chirstopher's Coins 2 x 2 hollywoodQ&A By Adam Thomlison TV Media Q: I know that "Two and a Half Men" star Jon Cryer was an '80s teen-movie star, but has he done other television? I feel like I've seen him in a series before. A: You probably have, but you didn't see him for very long. Cryer and his agent have been working very hard since the late '80s to get him a hit sitcom, so it's hard to begrudge him the success of being on the biggest in recent years. In fact, Cryer didn't spend much time as a teen-film star before turning to TV. Just three years after his star-making turn in 1986's "Pretty In Pink" he was on CBS in "The Famous Teddy Z," a sitcom about a talent-agency mailroom clerk who stumbles into a job as a top-flight Hollywood agent. Based on the true story of Marlon Brando's one-time agent Jay Kantor, it only lasted a season before being canceled. In 1995, he starred in another workplace comedy, "Part- ners," about a pair of friends who work together as archi- tects (Tate Donovan was the other one). It was created by Jeff Greenstein and Jeff Strauss, a year after they worked to- gether as the showrunners of the first season of "Friends," but despite that solid pedigree it, too, only made it a season. Cryer tried again in 1998 with "Getting Personal" (again created by Greenstein and Strauss), which failed after a sea- son, though it boasted film legend Elliott Gould as a co-lead. Still undaunted, Cryer returned again with "The Trouble With Normal" in 2000, which was gone by 2001. A/Crazy Tom's B/Allstar Auto Wash 2 x 3 Have a question? Email us at questions@tvtabloid.com.