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T Tara On Demand - Brown BagginFebruary 08, 2010

Tara Turk

Special correspondent, T Tara Turk, covers lifestyle programming found on Video On Demand for On Demand Weekly. This week, cooking videos on demand. Bon appetit.

Paula Deen – Brown Baggin

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After that solid week of watching, I mean, doing the exercises on that nifty VOD Sports and Fitness Channel, I've decided to take a bit of a break for the upcoming Hallmark holiday known as Valentine's Day. This isn't because me and the BF are sickening sweet. It's because we like food. And every holiday has a potential delicious element to it.

This year I've been toying with the idea of making a very special meal at home. Now, I know this isn't such an original idea but it is for us because one of us is a foodie (me) and the other one likes food (he). There is no room for Top Chef here. I can't even bust out an Anthony Bourdain. No. This has to be simple. The closest I can get to gourmet is Paula Deen. Or MAYBE Tyler Florence. A simple delicious meal with less than three syllables per ingredient.

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T Tara On Demand - Comfy CozyFebruary 09, 2010

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Sunny Anderson - Cooking for Real

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Comfy Cozy and not so costly?!?! Two chicken breasts to feed six people? (Leftovers people. Leftovers). Who is this Sunny Andersen from the Food Network On Demand? I'm shamed to say I only watch the "stars" of the faux kitchen.

Sunny Anderson seems to be a new kid on the butcher block.Heh heh. She is presenting me with her grandmother's pound cake with apples and nuts. I contemplate but decide not for me as it's ingredient heavy (think of this Grandma Cake as something you'd make to get a raise). Chicken casserole next!

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T Tara On Demand - Big DaddyFebruary 10, 2010

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Big Daddy – Love

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Aaron McCargo, a Food Network Star winner (these things I know!) is making something for his lady love (um, okay Lou Rawls) so that sounds like a perfect place to poach a recipe. Parsnips? Hmm...mashed parsnips with marscapone cheese. Why wouldn't you just mash potatoes? Parsnips are ugly and they don't sound like they'd go over well with the very particular BF who goes way back with potatoes. Way back. Let's move on to the veal chops.

He's chopping some peppers telling us a special story about his great mom (aww) and then I realize he's cooking this for his mom who is his lady love? I'm confused but then I have an AHA! moment and when I recover I realize he's mixing prosciutto and cheese together for the veal. I've already gotta modify or cancel as I don't eat pork but I feel like I've gone too far to stop watching now. I like that he's not as chatty as that Sunny and he's not repeating himself either. You know why? Because the judges have already put him through the ringer from the Next Food Network Star contest. I watched. I'm proud.

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T Tara On Demand - The Neely Perfect PicnicFebruary 11, 2010

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The Neely Perfect Picnic

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My friend Beverly and I have a hard time with Gina and Pat Neely. They can cook their tales off, no lie. But they need a bedroom in their kitchen. Their flirting and compliments remind me of an old In Living Color skit.

I'm going to try them out though because the BF loves shrimp and The Neely's, bless their hearts, have stayed away from the pig for this episode. We're working on a marinade and it's only been thirty seconds before Pat makes a innuendo that grosses me out. If they were really this lovey dovey, they'd be the Duggars and twenty kids in. But the Duggars also make twinkie pies for dessert so they don't have time to marinade Asian shrimp.

Stop the presses.

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T Tara On Demand - Cooking for Real With Sunny AndersonFebruary 12, 2010

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Sunny Anderson - Cooking for Real

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Due to the fact that there is very little on VOD related to cooking, I had to go back to Sunny and give her another shot. I feel like she and I started off wrong with the baby vomit rice and I already know everyone else so well. So Sunny's got some finger food recipes that could go over sexy depending on the mood for Valentine's Day. And how can you go wrong with empanadas and stuffed potato puffs? That's what we call romantic in this house.

Already I can tell Sunny is excited about this meal, no repeatsey nerves like before. And she just shouted out Bayridge Brooklyn! 718 in the house! Okay, empanadas. Onions, chillies, garlic, etc. Sunny sounds like she's a frugal. She wants to feed an army on a dollar and she likes street food because it's cheap. I'm with you, Sunny! All I have is a dollar and a Valentine meal dream!

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