A little ‘bra-shoot,’ a little ‘gagootz’ . . . Did Fast Eddie Canlon get a raw deal on Food Network’s reality TV?
Updated Feb 04, 2021;
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Indeed, that was Staten Island’s very own Ed Canlon in the previews of new Food Network showdown, “Kitchen Crash.” And when the episode finally aired Wednesday night, the Oakwood restaurant owner and Chopped! champ did not disappoint although the outcome of the broadcast certainly did, based on reactions from Staten Islanders who tuned in.
On Season 1, Episode 3 of “Kitchen Crash,” host Jeff Maura, aka “Sandwich King,” and Leah Cohen judged the cooking of three chefs including “Fast Eddie” Canlon. “Meat on the Street,” as the segment is dubbed, was filmed in the middle of a residential street in East Windsor, N.J. The show’s premise revolves around neighbors on this block who opened up their kitchens to the guest chefs. (Note social distancing in the outdoor production whi
Staten Island’s chefs: How we learned to cook | Pamela’s Food Service Diary
Updated Jan 10, 2021;
Posted Jan 10, 2021
Susan DiGiovanni-DiCanio s family at Christmas in Graniteville after a meal prepared with family recipes. (Courtesy of Susan DiGiovanni-DiCanio)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. If the pandemic taught us one thing it was to fend for ourselves in the kitchen under quarantine. But how did some of us learn how to cook in our youth?
Mike Cappucci and his late grandmother, Veronica Facella, who taught the chef how to cook at a young age. (Courtesy of Mike Cappucci)
We caught chef Chef Mike Cappucci of Castleton Corners’ The Local shopping in Lidl at the Staten Island Mall recently and asked where he first learned to cook. Cappucci credits his grandmother for food schooling in his early years. She lived Upstate with big gardens and Rhode Island red chickens. She took Mike along to hunt wild cardoons in the woods and along roads. This vegetable looks like