On the day before Thanksgiving, top chefs and other food/drink experts will hop on board Martha Stewart Living Radio for a live Thanksgiving food, drink and holiday hotline marathon.
It's a Thanksgiving-themed bru-ha-ha craftily entitled the "Thanksgiving Hotline marathon" on Martha Stewart Living Radio (ch 112), which will air live from 7am – 7pm ET on November 21st.
Listeners nationwide can call 866-675-6675 and get expert tips and advice for all of their Thanksgiving food and entertaining questions and quandaries. The incredible array of participating chefs includes Lidia Bastianich, Bill Telepan, and Ed Brown; Martha's favorite baker John Barricelli; food editor of Everyday Food magazine and Martha Stewart Living Radio host Sandy Gluck... to name just a few.
From appetizers to the big meal, to desserts and even special Thanksgiving cocktails (woohoo!), the experts will tackle it all. They will also share their favorite holiday anecdotes and memories, and tips for festive entertaining.
Check out the full "Thanksgiving Hotline" lineup after the jump...
(All times below are Eastern)
- 7am - Bill Telepan, chef, New York City's Telepan restaurant
- 9pm – Alexandra Guarnaschelli, executive chef, Butter, New York City
- 10am - Ed Brown, chef/owner, Eighty One in New York City's Excelsior Hotel
- 11am - Sandy Gluck, food editor for Martha's Everyday Food magazine and host of Martha Stewart Living Radio's Everyday Food The Radio Show
- 1pm – Sherry Yard, executive pastry chef, Spago, New York City
- 1:30pm - John Barricelli, former host of "Everyday Food" on PBS, baker/owner of SoNo Baking Company and Café in South Norwalk, CT (yea! go SoNo!)
- 2pm – Tom Valenti, chef, New York City's Ouest restaurant
- 3pm - Lidia Bastianich, internationally-acclaimed Italian chef, public television host, chef/owner of renowned restaurants Felidia, Becco, and Lidia's
- 4pm - Franklin Becker, executive chef, Brasserie, New York City and Allen Katz, Director of Mixology for Southern Wine and Spirits of New York
- 5pm - And MSLR's resident hotties - Alexis Stewart and Jennifer Koppelman Hutt (hosts of Sirius' "Whatever with Alexis and Jennifer") round out the marathon - Alexis and Jennifer will share food advice and tips on surviving a hectic holiday in their unique and insightful way...
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While the rumored merger announcement from XM and Sirius at NAIAS obviously didn't happen yesterday (did we really think it would?), the topic about a potential merger continues to go on. Now again, remember that there's a huge difference between the two companies wanting a merger, and whether or not it would actually ever happen. Personally, I don't think it would - nor do I feel it's the best outcome from a consumer's standpoint either.
At this week's Citigroup investor conference, we got a brief glimpse as to the FCC's stance on the matter. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin was at the event and was asked about the concept of a merger between Sirius and XM, and he hinted that it would potentially be held up by the FCC.
While the FCC Chairman didn't take a specific stance on the issue, he's quoted by Inside Radio as saying that the closest situation would be the way the Commission handled "what we did on [satellite] television," referring to the blocked merger between DirecTV and Dish Network (Echostar).
This comes as no surprise either. The DirecTV/Echostar merger was blocked because it would create a monopoly in areas where there is no terrestrial signal. There is absolutely no difference with radio, regardless of whether you think satellite radio competes with iPods and Internet content (both of which have video capabilities by the way). So you have to wonder why management from Sirius, and now apparently XM, are still "open" to the idea.
Perhaps with yet another three quarters of negative cash flow ahead of us - and The Street having unrealistically high expectations for subscriber numbers this year - maybe management is looking to keep speculative fires of a merger going, just a little bit longer?