Emeril Lagasse Announces New Cooking Show: Emeril Florida
GUYS! Did you know Florida is packed with so many gastro-awesome things that you don’t even know about? It’s not just spring break destinations, and Republicans, and old people, and old Republican people spring breaking. We know, because those are all the nouns we would have used to describe Things You Can Find In Florida For $1000, Alex, but Emeril Lagasse had a whole other list up his sleeve and ready to go. Says Emeril, to school us:
“It’s about the beaches, it’s about fishing, it’s about farming, it’s about the agriculture…When people think about Florida, of course, they think about sunshine and how beautiful it is. They don’t really know the variety, to the extent of what is really here. There’s so much here it’s incredible.”
Is there, Emeril? Is there really that much? So much that it’s incredible? We love a seafood feast followed by a cool slice of Key Lime pie as much as the next guy, but is there really anything going on, culinarily-speaking, anywhere in the state of Florida besides Miami?
Emeril says yes. He’s so passionate about the state’s food, in fact, that he’s kicking off a new food and travel show dedicated entirely to Florida. Clearly, Emeril has no reservations about covering the hard-hitting stuff (see what we did there?).
Emeril Florida kicks off in January on The Cooking Channel with its first episode dedicated to Orlando, airing weekend mornings, for your lazy viewing pleasure. Feel free to follow up with some shows about fishing, some shows about golf, some shows about drool, and an infomercial.
[Orlando Sentinel h/t Eater]
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Wow. I know from a previous post on Guy Fieri (not my fave, either, BTW) that you are NYC food snobs, but you need to get over it. Culinarily speaking, Florida has a lot going on.
I realize that Orlando is where chain-restaurants go to die, but there is way more to Florida than DisneyWorld. Yes, you could eat you way through Miami alone and it would take years, but the food in Tampa, especially the authentic Cuban food around Ybor City, is top notch. In Key West, my hometown, Norman Van Aken was doing amazing things years ago and chefs now continue the tradition. Closer to the Georgia border, there is plenty of barbeque and sustainable agriculture. The State of Florida even has a state chef!
Maybe you ought to put on your road-trippin’ Jimmy Choos and see a little more of the country before you dismiss it all out of hand.