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food network party | The Food Network — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:03:55 +0000

[...] Party on the Food Network! | Sepia Mutiny Lakshmi did a brief write up on Aarti as the competition to select the Food Network's next celebrity chef began, and now we can see the results come full circle. Aarti's show, currently titled “Aarti Party,” will be the first cooking …http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/20 .. [...]

By: Lakshmi.

Lakshmi. — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 04:48:31 +0000

i'm glad to know that Food network has finally chosen to pay the south-asian cuisine its due respect. It was about time. What with all the attention garnered by Bollywood in main stream American media, this comes as no surprise to me. There's a stereotyped desi on a number of shows these days just like the way Americans equate South-asian cuisine to chicken curry or chicken tikka masala. I hope this show will to some extent showcase the diverse cuisine south-asians have, and educate the general public to try and look for other tasty dishes than the chicken curry when they go eat in an south-asian restaurant. Nothing wrong in ordering chicken tikka masala, but that's just not to it when you go dine in a nice Indian cuisine.

I wish Aarti good luck, and will definitely tune in to watch her show.

By: patm

patm — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 02:10:59 +0000

And also, Iâ€™m going to scream this from the mountain top, thereâ€™s no such thing as â€œa curry.â€

Can we also spread the word about not using "curry" as an adjective? It's not curry chicken or curried chicken, it's chicken curry.

By: Robbie

Robbie — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 00:49:09 +0000

She look like a Mexican.

By: ARC

ARC — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 03:35:11 +0000

lol @ Rahul

By: juice

juice — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:50:49 +0000

@Ritu – thanks for that excerpt. Sounds like Aarti is going to produce more than standard Indian fare – that’s great to hear. Cinnamon, Shankar, Yoga Fire – thanks for the tips on cooking smells.

Btw, YogaFire, you ask “You’re going to second-guess the judges who actually tasted the food based on what you saw on the show?” Isn’t that the point of reality TV shows? If we all agreed with the judges in such shows it’d be a little dull don’t you think? Granted a cooking show isn’t like American Idol where you see the product completely but you seem to imply that the judges are beyond questioning.

By: Rahul

Rahul — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:55:29 +0000

Am I the only person who is bothered by the fact that 'Aarti' and 'party' don't rhyme?

Dude. With all the talk of lentils on this thread, I'm just happy that party was the rhyming word that was chosen.

By: Lakshmi

Lakshmi — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:18:41 +0000

@ARC- Aarti herself pronounced her name “Artie” throughout the show and I believe she always used that pronounciation on her online show as well.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:38:24 +0000

Where is Andrew's bio ?

Good question

By: ARC

ARC — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:50:25 +0000

Am I the only person who is bothered by the fact that ‘Aarti’ and ‘party’ don’t rhyme? Or (heaven forbid) do they make them rhyme for the purpose of the show, so her name is pronounced like “Artie”?