Susie, the Mexican Giada?

Let's talk food.  Or let's talk Battle of who will be the Next Food Network Star.  This series of shows has worked its way down to the finale next week where they will pick a winner.  That person will be awarded a cooking show on the Food Network and there are only three contestants left.  The selection will be from two male chefs and one female and an e-mail prompted me to post this with a title of Susie! Susie! Susie! who is the only female contestant left in the competition.  She has managed to hold on throughout the series and she takes her hispanic upbringing into her food with a modern twist.  She radiates a welcoming energy when she talks about making these recipes with her mother and grandmother in their kitchens growing up and, I think, she has a more honest approach than the other two contestants.  I can see where she would could handle a good cooking show.  The other two contestants, well, do they have enough to make a show?  One is the self-proclaimed sandwich king and the other, well, he wants to call himself a mama's boy.  Really?  Have you seen this guy?  I think it's just the only point of view he could come up with when his whole Vic Vegas persona fell flat.  He's been fumbling with point of view and cooking since the beginning of the series.  But then with the other male contestant...do I want to watch a show that is entirerly about sandwiches?  He filled two out of three sandwiches on the last challenge with mayo.  So what...I'll get a show with two sandwiches with mustard next time?  So that circles us back to Susie and she isn't such a bad choice.  This picture came along with the e-mail I received (from Selma!).  Nice shot, I think. 

It was even better when I got a follow-up email from Sonny saying...She is the Mexican Giada! 

And if you don't happen to watch the food network, Giada De Laurentiis is a big star on the food network with several Italian cooking shows to her credit so that statement says a lot.

  It will be fun to watch the finale as it has been watching the series and narrowing it down to the last three contestants.  We will see who actually walks away with a new cooking show next week. (Link to Food Nework site).

I am still waiting for the next Top Chef to start. (Different Network).  There have been rumors they have spotted the crews filming here in town!  Now, wouldn't that be something to watch?  More cooking...!

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