DAVE M Published on Wednesday, Feb. 03, 2010 10:24AM EST Last updated on Wednesday, Feb.

D uring the long Minnesota winter, sometimes you just want to put on your flannel gown, slippers and a Snuggie and stay in ... even on a Saturday night.

Like many East End residents, I am breathing a sigh of relief that the Food Network is back on Cablevision's Channel 66.

Last update: January 24, 2010 - 11:24 PM Sameh Wadi and his mother, Shahira Abu Najim, at Restaurant Max in the Hotel Minneapolis, awaiting the "Iron Chef America" broadcast.

Five of the chefs featured on the Food Network's Iron Chef America will showcase their culinary skills in the Cooking Theater during the 2010 International Home + Housewares Show to be held March 14-16 at Chicago's McCormick Place.

Chef Anthony Amoroso inside the kitchen at Sea Blue restaurant at the Borgata in Atlantic City.

Ted Danson, Glenn Close, Martin Short, Rose Byrne and Tate Donovan attend the premiere screening for season three of 'Damages' in New York on Tuesday.

Canadian chef Michael Smith is headed to "Iron Chef America" to do battle in kitchen stadium.

A minor scandal has arisen over a recent episode of Iron Chef America , which purported to use as the secret ingredient vegetables harvested from the White House garden under the supervision of First Lady Michelle Obama.

The Garden Girl and daughter Ale show you how to make newspaper pots for seedlings.

While in college several years ago, MacGregor Mann told his parents he needed to discuss something serious.

Readers of my blog got an early heads up on this one: If you didn't watch Food Network's Iron Chef America on Sunday, you missed an important local fruit.

To Michelle Obama, her White House garden is more than a plot of land. It's also a soapbox.

This Thanksgiving, indulge in the spirit of the original holiday: a feast made with locally grown food.

To Michelle Obama, her White House garden is more than a plot of land. It's also a soapbox.

Desperate Housewives 9/8c ABC So who died when that small plane crashed into the Wisteria Lane Christmas party? Karl and Orson certainly took a hit.

Cablevision viewers who missed out on Food Network's special Iron Chef America competition over the weekend will get a chance to watch a one-time encore airing this Sunday.

The word is finally out, and it's huge: Sameh Wadi, chef/co-owner of Saffron Restaurant & Lounge , is making his "Iron Chef America" debut this month, going up against Masaharu Morimoto, the Iron Chef's Iron Chef.

People who watch The Food Network aren't usually conscientious of the relationship between diet and health because quite frankly most of the recipes shared by the "stars" on there each and every day are loaded with way too much excessive sugar and carbohydrates that will simply pack on the pounds.

For the cooking-challenged, watching Food Network can be a terrifying and humiliating experience.