TASTE AWARDS unveil new Medal Design

TasteTV and the TASTE AWARDS Committee are pleased to unveil the new design of the Winners Medals for the 4th Annual TASTE AWARDS.

The new 3D medal designs are based on the TASTE AWARDS logo, and are encircled by the statement: "Awarded in Recognition by the Academy of Media Tastemakers."

Each winning program will receive the new medal at the Red Carpet Gala in January. In addition, the traditional TASTE AWARDS trophy will continue to be given in select branded award categories.

Final Nominees will be announced on Nov. 2nd, and the Winners of the 4th Annual TASTE AWARDS will be announced via Livestream from San Francisco on Dec. 4th, followed by the glamorous TASTE AWARDS Red Carpet Gala on Jan. 17th.

All-Natural Home Design is for the Birds

If you think that preparing your home for a dinner party or friends is creatively demanding, then just imagine being the Bower Bird. The male Bower Bird creates a one-of-a-kind nest design in order to woo the female.

He decides on a scheme, and then collects bits and pieces of material and items (including berries, feathers, string, shells, cans, plastic bottle tops..) to pull it together. In addition, he has to construct an actual threshold that she will find enchanting to cross.

No two nests are alike, and unfortunately, most males lose and remain stylish and confirmed bachelors.


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Chocolate Truffle Art Awards

TasteTV and the International Chocolate Salon are pleased to announce the winners of this year's national competition for:  Best Truffle Art

Chocistry's Memphis BBQ Chocolate Truffle

Local artisan chocolatier Chocistry of Tennessee has developed a delicious and unique Memphis BBQ Truffle (the blue one in the box).

The real barbeque flavor in the chocolate ganache is not spicy, not strong, but definitely there. 

A very unique combination, but about 65% of people who tried it really, really liked it

TASTE AWARDS: Food TV/Fashion TV Industry Roundup

A Roundup of Food Television and Fashion Television Industry News

• Felicia Day Sees CW Airing 'Dr. Horrible' as Big Victory for Web Series bit.ly/TenFG6 (THR)
• Variety is sold for about $25 million to Penske Media pulse.me/s/e8Lyr (LA Times)
• Oprah Winfrey's Network Slowly Clawing Way Out of Trouble j.mp/OnPtLe (THR)
• WATCH: Bay Area's Best Soul Food- Brown Sugar Kitchen nbcnewyork.com/video/#!/blogs… (NBC NYC)
• New TV: Claire Robinson’s "Quest for the Fresh" -est sources of food  pulse.me/s/e2vPF
• Fashion/Cooking Show "Haute Cuisine" by Delivering new episodes pulse.me/s/e3wDm (Fashionista.com)
• Christopher Walken's Cooking Show Is Very Christopher Walken-y (VIDEO) huff.to/VlHVvx (HuffPostFood)
• Rock This food fashionista Look: Nadia G. Goes Retro pulse.me/s/dI6sR (Cooking Channel)

Eggless Scrambled Eggs: The Hijiki Tofu Scramble

If you are like many people and are currently on an eggless diet, but really love scrambled eggs, then an alternative is scrambled tofu. BStar Bar & Restaurant in San Francisco's Inner Richmond Clement Street Corridor has a delicious Hijiki Tofu Scramble with tomato, shiitake, ginger, daikon sprouts, avocado. In the photo you'll see it is a bit yellow, because we added Monterey Jack cheese to it, and shortly, the avocado and sprouts will be incorporate into the entire dish.

The pink items, by the way, are ginger. You probably do not want to add those to your mix.

Cheeses of France Pop-Up Cheese Cafe

TasteTV visited the recent Cheeses of France Pop-Up Cheese Cafe tasting event, where there was interesting 'fromage', wine, charcuterie, and even cheese sculptures.