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Incoming Message To SideDish From The Next Food Network Star

Posted on July 9th, 2008 1:15pm by Nancy Nichols
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Yesterday I reported that Lisa Garza was no longer blogging about her appearance on the Next Food Network Star, which is a real drag because I love it when she takes her wheels off and veers out of control. It makes me feel like a centered, grounded woman with a clear direction on life. Without my Monday dose of Loopy Lisa, I was fuzzy and out of focus and frankly, a little hurt that she just shut up without giving me notice. I feel better now thanks to Shane, the nice PR person from the Next Food Network Star who just sent me this note:

Unfortunately as we get closer to the finale and with only four finalists remaining, we’ve asked ALL the finalists to discontinue any blogging they have been doing during the run of the show. It’s a tactic a lot of reality shows take and it helps to keep the integrity of the show intact. This rule is no way being put in place due to anything Lisa alone has done. It’s a rule that encompasses all of the finalists.

Oh, the integrity of the show. Silly me, I totally forgot about that. And who said anything about Lisa doing anything wrong? Sean, spill the couscous–what did she do? I mean, you brought it up.

As far as I’m concerned, nothing could top my already favorite moment on this season’s show–it came the second Aaron muttered “Coke the Van” when referring to coq au vin. I am obsessed with working the phrase into my everyday life: Last night I called my friend and said, “Dude, let’s coke the van and get a bite.” How do you coke the van?

8 Comments to “Incoming Message To SideDish From The Next Food Network Star”

KD @ July 9th, 2008 at 2:13 pm

Keeping “the integrity of the show intact” would require that the show had integrity in the first place. Poor Lisa, she shines on her own and doesn’t need the brassy glare of the FN to help her along.
JB @ July 9th, 2008 at 4:25 pm

I’m wondering if you slow stewed a chicken in Coca Cola with onions, celery, roasted garlic and a little VANilla if you could call it “Coke the Van” and what it would taste like? Maybe Aaron knows a secret winning recipe………….
Nancy Nichols @ July 9th, 2008 at 6:16 pm

Yum. Me. Or just pop a vanilla coke.
Cassie @ July 9th, 2008 at 7:58 pm

Haha, “integrity of the show.” That’s cute.

I guess I’m Coking the Van (Lite) right now, Diet Vanilla Coke is all there is to drink. Wasn’t there something about a hoopdy and Cruella DeVille in there too?
Cassie @ July 9th, 2008 at 10:08 pm

PS. I think you mean “Spill the Cassoulet”
Coby @ July 10th, 2008 at 6:52 pm

Coke the Van used to be the dude we “connected with” in the Bennigan’s parking lot before we went to the Stark Club. Now it’s a culinary term? What?
bertski @ July 14th, 2008 at 5:53 pm

You guys are so mean. I may have to send some Camden, NJ guys out there to Big D to handle this “Coke the Van” situation.
Alex @ August 6th, 2008 at 2:59 pm

The show on Sunday was a disaster. He has no charisma, which he needs in order to maintain interest in the show. He started to do the same shtick-faking crying that he did in Las Vegas. If FN people wanted an urban cooking show, they never should have put on the false pretense of contest.