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    Has anyone watched "Shopping with Chefs" on FLN?

    for my needs. Maybe I am too used to Alton Brown. Is this show useful to you, or is this just one big product placement exercise?

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    l.a. times article about top chef

    The whole article is a bit disdainful...because it’s a pop culture critique. CH gets lumped in with product placement, robotic host and all sorts of things. I don’t know if the term “carping” was the right...

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    Sex in the City, donuts, & milkshakes

    Krispy Kreme donuts – way overrated. Krispy Kremes and McD’s spotlighted – that’s called "product placement" in the movie industry, and the producers are paid to place those products where you and I can see...

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    Chateau Lhorens in a Wooden Box

    Haven’t tried it, but interesting caption in their product placement pamphlet: "CASK WINE – 4 Bottles in an Eco-Friendly Box Containing the equivalent of 4 bottles of wine, the result is 85% less landfill waste, and a...

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    Vermont Curry

    I do not think apples and honey or the state name are a factor in the whole product placement. This is just a hugely popular commercial product with a roux style Japanese curry. There are any number of other brands with the same...

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    Discussion of kitchen gadgets on new FN shows

    . Ridiculous product placement piece.

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    Slightly interesting new FN show

    This evening FN actually got my attention. As in, ‘oh-oh, the execs really f*****d up and put something interesting on’. No lame competitions, spice packet queens, or total product placement stuff. The shows centered...

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    New Crisco w/0 grams transfats

    I just called their 800 number and they said that the product was so new that their product finder hasn’t been updated with info re its placement in stores yet. But the woman on the help line did give me the upc codes for...

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    Redesigning Top Chef Season 5

    have been shot anywhere. Stop the product placement challenges—does a chef really need to be able to cook with Diet Dr. Pepper? It makes the challenges forced...you can see the producers' heads turn, "Our sponsors are Diet...

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    "Clean Eating" magazine

    much and is written around product placements. Since this is the first issue I’ve read I was wondering what others thought. Also, what magazines/publications do you tend to read for good recipes that are more on the healthy...

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    Best Thing I Ever Ate on FN

    Anyone saw this last night? I missed 90% of the “Fried Foods” episode but caught the “BBQ” one. On the one hand, it sort of struck me as a great big product placement for Food Network’s existing...

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    Are Muir Glen tomatoes marketed virally?

    "product placement" into high visibility recipes? I mean, they couldn’t have caught on that fast. OMG! I was about to post this, and the banner ad is for some chowhound salsa video, and its “presented by Muir Glen...

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    Mario Batali: "I am a fashion disaster."

    Product placement. There are more non-chefs who are potential Crocs buyers than chefs, so they are appealing to the larger potential group of consumers.

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    anyone been to Lighthouse Seafood Buffet in SM?

    "Interesting...the Food Network just listed it as #4 (I think) on their top five buffets in America show." Thinly veiled product placement.

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    Recs for compact microwave

    Actually, yes, I do. This one: http://www.abtelectronics.com/product/25102.html it’s .7 cu feet. I’ve had it about 6 months and it’s great. Does everything you need and is quite small compared to other microwaves...

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