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“Food Ink.” is a show intended to illustrate that cooking is not just for the professional chef, and that you can prepare gourmet-tasting meals in the comfort of your own home easily and quickly. The goal of the show is to present to the audience recipes that are easy to follow, simple to prepare, and delicious to enjoy as that is exactly what every home cook wants when they step into the kitchen. The question for many is however where to find that? That answer is almost as easy to find, as their recipes are to prepare. It’s “Food Ink.” Great food, without the attitude!

The man behind “Food Ink.” is a culinary master that has been hiding his cooking talents behind a microphone for the past 10 years. Howie Drummond, co-host on the ALICE 105.9 Morning Show is not only 1/3 of one of the highest rated morning radio programs in Denver, but he is also an accomplished chef with years of professional experience in the kitchen and behind the grill. Howie prides himself on his ingenuity in the kitchen, and has for years, maintained a passion for cooking delicious, easy to cook meals for friends and family.

Episode 1

Baked Spaghetti

• 1 lb pasta
• 1 lb ground beef (cooked)
• 1/2 onion (white)
• 1/2 bell pepper
• 1 small can tomato paste
• 2 jars pasta sauce
• Onion powder
• 4 cloves garlic
• 1/4-cup sugar
• 1 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
• Mozzarella cheese
• Salt
• Pepper

Boil pasta.... combine other ingredients in sauce pan. When pasta is cooked, add some sauce then layer in a baking dish. Layer pasta, then sauce, then cheese (repeat) and bake at 350 until cheese is melted. Let stand for 20 minutes then cut and serve.

Venom Seghesio

Enticing violet perfume with smoky dark fruit aromas. Ripe black cherry and blueberry flavors. Mid-palate richness. Toasted wood, anise undertones.

"Vibrant acidity lingers. Structural, dusty tannins, built to age. "
- Ted Seghesio
www.seghesio.com

Salad with Pepperoncini

• 1 head lettuce
• Pepperoncini
• Black olives
• Tomatoes

Toss with Italian dressing and top with parmesan cheese.

Chocolate Pistachio Bundt

• 1 box of yellow cake mix
• 1 box pistachio pudding
• 3/4 cup chocolate syrup
• Eggs
• Oil
• Water
• 1/2 cup orange juice

Mix cake mix (water, oil, eggs, and OJ) add pudding. Pour 3/4 of batter into bunt pan.... with remaining batter add chocolate syrup and mix. Pour into bunt pan with rest of batter and bake. See cake mix for temp.