Food Network Related News and Links

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Here are some recent Food Network related news items:

• Discovery+ is a streaming service launching in the United States in January that will feature all of Discovery's brands including Food Network.  There is a large library of shows and they will also have new, original content.  The new content listed for Food Network includes: Bobby and Giada in Italy, Cakealikes, Duff's Happy Fun Bake Time, Foodways with Carla Hall (working title), Luda Can't Cook, Mary McCartney Serves it Up, What's Eating Sebastian Maniscalo(working title), and Amy Schumer Learns to Cook: Uncensored. (Link with show descriptions).

• Guy Fieri is the executive producer of a documentary called Restaurant Hustle 2020: All On The Line. It follows chefs Maneet Chauhan, Antonia Lofaso, Christian Petroni, and Marcus Samuelsson as they document the challenges their restaurants faced during 2020.  It will premiere on Food Network Sunday, December 27th at 9pm ET/PT. (Link)

• Ree Drummond introduced her foster son to the world and he has been living with her family for a year and a half. (Link)

• Buddy Valastro had his hand impaled during an accident at his home bowling alley.  He has undergone multiple surgeries and continues to recover with hopes of being able to bake the way he used to. (Link)

• Carla Hall will be the mentor competing against Anne Burrell in the upcoming season of Worst Cooks in America scheduled to begin January 3rd at 9pm on Food Network. (Link)

• Here are some recent Food Network books that have released in the past month:

• Ina Garten - Modern Comfort Food: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook 
• Alex Guarnaschelli -  Cook with Me: 150 Recipes for the Home Cook: A Cookbook
• Ree Drummond - Frontier Follies: Adventures in Marriage and Motherhood in the Middle of Nowhere.  The story about her foster child is detailed in here.