Cooking
Thursday 4:00 p.m. FOOD Food Network Star Finalists report live from food trucks. EWTN Savoring Our Faith David Geisser dishes on the Pope’s food. 5:00 p.m. FOOD Chopped Decadent late-night hour dishes. 6:00 p.m. VH1 Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party Seth Rogen, Ice Cube and Wiz Khalifa. (In Stereo) FOOD Chopped Four losing chefs seeking redemption. 7:00 p.m. VH1 Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party Ashley Graham; Rick Ross. (In Stereo) FOOD Chopped A weird pie; a beautiful cut of pork. 7:30 p.m. VH1 Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party Kathy Griffin and Mike Epps roll sushi. (In Stereo) 8:00 p.m. FOOD Chopped Odd pizza; two proteins; hot dessert. 9:00 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Hal HoldenBache against Derek Orrell. (N) 9:30 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Todd Stein and Paul Virant compete. Friday 6:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Chicken-fried biscuit; shrimp BLT. 6:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Seafood feast straight out of Italy. 7:00 p.m. KOKI MasterChef Guests’ ingredients are prepared. (In Stereo) FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Fricassee de pollo; duck fried rice. 7:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Chiliserving spot; gourmet bar joint. 8:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives A Vietnamese spot; a barbecue stop. 8:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Octopus; polenta; belly tacos. 9:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Gangster green chili; scone sandwich. 9:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Gumbo and etouffee; vegan sandwiches. 10:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Smoked pork; breakfast enchiladas. 10:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Pork chops; lobster mac ’n cheese.
Saturday 6:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Garlic chicken; stuffed tacos. 7:00 p.m. KOKI The F Word With Gordon Ramsay Friends and family compete; Joel McHale. (In Stereo) FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Peanut butter burger; mac attack burger. 8:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Hawaiian shrimp truck; drivethrough. 9:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Guy Fieri tries small town joints. 10:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Brisket, chicken and pulled pork. Sunday 6:00 p.m. FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games Chefs who are getting hitched compete. TRAVEL Food Paradise Hot lobster rolls; blue crab spaghetti. 7:00 p.m. FOOD Food Network Star An ousted rival rejoins competition. (N) TRAVEL Food Paradise City rooftops and mountain retreats. (N) 8:00 p.m. FOOD Food Network Star Eliminated finalist rejoins competition. (N) 9:00 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay “Chopped” judge Scott Conant and actress Busy Phillips set their sights on beating Bobby Flay. 9:30 p.m. FOOD Beat Bobby Flay Hal HoldenBache against Derek Orrell. Monday 6:00 p.m. FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games 20 minute Italian dishes; dice. TRAVEL Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern Re-inventions of Dutch recipes. 7:00 p.m. FOOD Guy’s Grocery Games Pastry chefs invade Flavortown. TRAVEL Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations Suckling pig cooked all day. 7:30 p.m. TRAVEL Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations Legendary sundried beef. 8:00 p.m. FOOD Texas Cake House Keep Austin Beautiful orders a cake. (N) TRAVEL Man v. Food A 151-ounce milkshake; sloppy joe. (N) 8:30 p.m. FOOD Texas Cake House Natalie makes Dave’s birthday cake. (N) TRAVEL Man v. Food A pitcher-sized Bloody Mary. (N)
Muskogee Phoenix/Tahlequah Daily Press
BY GEORGE DICKIE
Cooking became therapy for YouTube chef Seonkyoung Longest Watch out when Seonkyoung Longest gets bored. Indeed, when the South Korean chef and YouTube cooking host came to the States with her serviceman husband Jacob in 2009, she didn’t know what to do with herself. Living in Mississippi and then Sacramento, she didn’t have a car, a job or anything to stimulate her while her husband was away at work. So she got bored, stagnated and fell into depression. “After I moved to the United States after I got married to my husband, it was a super-huge culture shock,” the host of such series as “Asian at Home” and “Life in Korea” explains. “I went through a lot of ... depression, and cooking helped me to work through that. And that actually made me realize who I am and what makes me happy, which is creating.” So the former comic-book artist decided to give cooking a try. She sought the advice of her mother and mother-inlaw on how to make certain dishes, picked up techniques by watching Food Network and Cooking Channel, and began coming up with her own recipes. In 2011, she made her first video for YouTube. Nearly six years later, her self-titled channel is approaching 500,000 subscribers, who watch her prepare everything from chicken fried rice and pad thai to a chorizo burrito and Korean pulled pork. She’s been a competitor on Season 4 of “MasterChef” and was the winner of Food Network’s “Restaurant Express.” She even launched her own restaurant in Las Vegas in 2013. She’s certainly famous among her fans, who tend to recognize her whenever she visits a big city or shops in an Asian market. And there was even one unusual encounter aboard a commercial jet. “Somebody went to the bathroom,” Longest recalls with a laugh, “and walking by in the aisle she just looked back at me and said, ‘I watch you on YouTube’ and she just walked by. That was like random in the airplane. It was so funny.” 9:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives A Vietnamese spot; a barbecue stop. 9:30 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Octopus; polenta; belly tacos. 10:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Gumbo and etouffee; vegan sandwiches. Tuesday 6:00 p.m. FOOD Chopped Risotto in the first round. TRAVEL Bizarre Foods America Stingray tacos; fried duck testicles.
7:00 p.m. FOOD Chopped A favorite seafood selection appears in the basket. TRAVEL Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations Sushi and tempura in Tokyo, Japan. 7:30 p.m. TRAVEL Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations Pierogi to zapiekanka to paczki. 8:00 p.m. FOOD Chopped The competitors use retro ingredients. TRAVEL Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern Frog legs; wood duck, fish ribs. (N)
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What book are you currently reading? “I listen to books a lot and right now I’m listening to ‘Be Obsessed or Be Average’ by Grant Cardone. I’m actually listening to this book for the fifth or sixth time now. It’s my favorite.” What did you have for dinner last night? “Volcano fried rice because I was recipe-testing. It’s just a Korean fried rice but after you fry up the rice you make the fried rice into a mountain in the pan and then pour egg as the magma (laughs). It’s like this new thing in Korea so I was recipe-testing that. I’m (hoping) to share it with everybody soon.” What is your next project? “I’m actually going to be in Korea this September for a few months to film in a ‘Life in Korea’ series. Because ‘Life in Korea: Season 1’ ... was one of my (early successes) and I’m really excited to go back to Korea and film more of the shows with Jacob. Because my husband is also in Korea right now, because he’s at work and I cannot wait to see him ... .” When was your last vacation, where and why? “Actually last Fourth of July, I went to L.A., but the thing is I don’t really take a vacation vacation where I’m doing nothing because that’s just not me. 9:00 p.m. FOOD Chopped Something stuffed in appetizer basket. (N) TRAVEL Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern Exploring Madrid for baby pig heads. 10:00 p.m. FOOD Chopped Shrimp appetizers; sweet potato and rum. TRAVEL Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern Cow udder and veal brain. Wednesday 5:00 p.m. TRAVEL Bizarre Foods With Andrew
Zimmern Frog legs; wood duck, fish ribs. 7:00 p.m. KOKI MasterChef Shaun O’Neale; coconut-themed challenge. (N) (In Stereo) 8:00 p.m. KOKI The F Word With Gordon Ramsay (N) (In Stereo Live) 9:00 p.m. FOOD Cooks vs. Cons Adding citrus to meatloaf. (N) 10:00 p.m. FOOD Cooks vs. Cons Tarts and vegetable or candy hearts.
August 3 - 9, 2017