Capital Cooking in St. Louis

Capital Cooking with Lauren DeSantis will begin airing in St. Louis on Wednesday, August 20th and will continuing airing every Wednesday at 1p.m. It will air on Channel 21, on Charter Cable in Saint Louis City. Check out the Meet Me in St. Louis episode in August. It will reach approximately 60,000 households within the city limits on KDHX.

News: August Airing Dates

Lots of exciting news today! We just found out our August airing dates for the show and I finally got some clips uploaded to YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/user/capitalcooking

Capital Cooking will air on Cox Cable Channel 10 in Fairfax in August on the following dates and times:

Cooking For Kids: This show will be centered around making healthy
food for the kids. Lauren and Kitty will show viewers a chicken
nugget recipe, fruit dip, smoothies, and healthy macaroni and cheese.

August 8: 5:30 p.m.
August 9: 9:30 a.m.
August 11: 11:30 p.m.
August 13: 11:30 a.m.
August 14: 3:30 p.m.

Asian Fusion Cuisine: Join Lauren and the chefs from Ping by Charlie Chiang's
while they make Pot Au Feu, Rosemary Red Pepper Chicken and Shiny
Slippery Shrimp. This innovative cuisine will highlight the fusion of
American tastes and local ingredients with the exotic, pleasing
flavors of Asia.

August 15: 3 p.m.
August 16: 3 p.m.
August 17: 9:30 p.m.
August 19: 12:30 p.m.
August 21: 10:30 p.m.

Calling all Food Bloggers...

Food Bloggers Challenge

Do you write for a food blog and love to cook? If yes, then email me for a chance to be on the food bloggers challenge at capitalcooking@gmail.com. Compete with me and three other bloggers to prepare one dish on Capital Cooking. A panel of judges will determine the winner along with votes from readers and viewers. We are still finalizing the details and the date. Each blogger will be required to find a sponsor to cover the production costs. If you are interested email me with your information, including the name of your blog and how many readers you have and I'll send you further details about participation.

Experience

My mom is the one who got me interested in cooking. She started cooking at a young age with my grandmother. It was a lot of work to feed a family of eleven so my mom learned fast in the kitchen. She passed down some of the Italian traditions to me. My nana would also cook for my sister and I when she would babysit us. It was always our favorite. Back home, if you are an Italian woman, you usually love food and also like to cook.

I don't have any prior television experience and I'm not a professionally trained chef, but I haven't let that hold me back. I've been cooking at home most of my life. I love food and cooking shows so I had been wanting to do this for a long time. I've also taken several cooking classes focused on different International Cuisine. Cooking for me has a lot to do with tradition...it is really about enjoying food with family and good friends. Most of my favorite memories involve home-made food shared with loved ones. It is great if you have the fancy techniques, but what is most important is for the food to taste good. Follow your dreams and your taste buds!

Happy Birthday to My Sister Linsey!!

Photo of Nana and Me.

New Story about Capital Cooking

Endless Simmer: http://www.endlesssimmer.com/2008/07/23/capital-cooking/

All I can say is that I try my best. Each episode gets better than the next, but it takes time. The most important thing is that we have a ton of fun producing each show and meeting all of the wonderful guests.