Gina Neely Gets Down with Fendi

Some little spice fairy down in Memphis must have made Uncle Gordon very happy, because she (Gina Neely) was sportin' a little Fendi gold cuff on this past weekend's season premiere episode of Down Home with the Neelys.

Somebody must have been bringing the sugar!


I admit that I actually don't watch the show, or Gina's wrists, closely enough to know whether or not she's worn this particular piece of jewelery before. Still, I loved how she paired up the expensive Italian dud with a nice can of generic cola. Expensive next to Dollar General. It's cute. Somebody's been getting advice from Rachel Zoe!

Did you watch the new ep?

Food Network Addict Video Interview: Sunny Anderson

It was great hanging out with Sunny Anderson again down in South Beach after not seeing her since our last meetup in New York this past June. We sat down right before her second cooking demo and chatted about what goes into creating her recipes, what inspires her, and how she really feels about the nice (and not so nice) comments people make about her on this, and other, blogs.


Sorry if the audio is kind of screwy. We were in the greenroom and right as we sat down for this, Sandra Lee walked in to get interviewed by someone... so we had their chatter in the background... and THEN we get an unexpected guest at 5:23. Take a look.

Thanks again to Sunny! Look for her new episodes of Cooking for Real, Saturdays at 12pm/11c, Sundays at 10:30am/9:30c and Wednesdays at 1:30pm/12:30c.

The Next Rachael Ray?

My full thoughts on Down Home with the Neelys will be coming shortly, but for now... enjoy this video of Gina Neely highlights from the premiere episode that I made:




Rachael Ray-esque with the sayings and loudness? At first I thought she was a little much (I feel that espeically after watching this lil' video), but I think a lot of it might have to do with nervousness. Some people, like Giada, were nervous and barely smiled in their first few episodes. Others, like Rachael, get crazy loud to the point of obnoxious.

Will Gina (and her nerves) settle down, or is this pretty much the standard, you think?