Catherine Jheon of Food Network Canada’s "Food For Thought Blog" recently interviewed This Food That Wine authors Stacey Metulynsky and Angie MacRae during their book tour in Toronto. Have a look at the post on Food For Thought. The blog post covers some wine and food pairing tips and also mentions a contest where you can wine a copy of the book!  While you are there have a look at the wine and food pairing tool (Stacey and Angie contributed to the wine and food pairing content).

Check out this new contest courtesy of ELECTRASOL.  You could win a wine and food party with Stacey and Angie, hosts of Food Network’s This Food That Wine!

We’ve had lots of emails and feedback about the TV series, This Food That Wine so we thought it would be helpful to put a page together with all the information we have about the show.

What is This Food That Wine all about?  The Food Network TV series is about pairing food and wine.  In every episode, Angie and Stacey meet up with someone planning a party (birthday, games night, bachelorette party, home coming, etc.). They get together in Angie’s kitchen for a day of menu planning, cooking and wine pairing. Then, armed with recipes and a wine list, our “guest du jour” returns to home to cook up a feast and bask in the adulation of his/her happy guests.

Knight Enterprises produced the 13 episode series and issued a press release that explains the show in more detail.

What channel is the show on?  Food Network Canada.  It is available on standard cable is most major markets across Canada.  In Ottawa it is on Rogers Digital Cable channel 258 or any service that subscribes to Food Network Canada.

When is the show on air and for how long?  Each week a new episode airs Monday 7:30pm, then the episode replays Tueday 12:30am, Friday 10:00pm, Saturday 1:00am, Saturday 3:30pm, and Sunday 11:30am.  Season 1 began October 2, 2006 and it airs until December 31, 2006.

Who are the hosts on the show? Stacey Metulynsky, groovy grapes co-founder and Sommelier and Chef Angie MacRae host the series. 

What are the episode topics?  We’ve created blog entries for each episode as they go to air:

Episode 1: The Birthday Party

Episode 2: The Homecoming Party

Episode 3: The Bachelorette Party

Episode 4: The Boys Night In Dinner

Episode 5: The Forgotten Anniversary Dinner

Upcoming Episodes:

Adults Only Party
Baby’s Out, Let’s Drink Dinner
Canadian Themed Dinner Party
Forgotten Anniversay Dinner
Games Night Party
House Warming Party
The Book Club Dinner
The Fondue Party
The Homecoming Party

Where can I find all recipes and wine seletions used on each episode?   Visit the individual blog entries we’ve created for each episode or visit Food TV’s recipe archive.

What articles and tools have been created to support the series? Visit our This Food That Wine Articles and Tools archive for an up to date list of wine and food pairing tools and articles.

How can I share my feedback about the series?  We’d love to hear what you think about the first season of This Food That Wine.  Please send us feedback and also take the time to share your thoughts with Food Network through this special web form.

What kind of media attendtion has the series received?  Visit our This Food That Wine news archive for an up to date listing of media articles.  Stacey and Angie have made appearances on CTV, CBC Radio, Motts Call in Radio, Sun TV, A-Channel and Rogers Television.

How can I get myself and my friends on a future episode of This Food That Wine?  It looks like Knight Enterprises is coninuing to accept applications for upcoming seasons of the show.  Why not apply and have a chance for a free wine and food party not to mention a great opportunity to learn more about wine and food pairing with your own chef and sommelier as your guides…

For tips on how to plan the perfect dinner date have a read of this article from Metro News.  This writer takes tips from a This Food That Wine episode.

Metro newspaper lists the tv schedule for This Food, That Wine.

Tony Aspler is one of Canada’s most respected wine writers.  He recently saw a preview clip of “This Food, That Wine” and wrote about it in his online journal.

“In the afternoon I attended the seminar by Emily Morgan, VP of Programming at the Food Network. Her topic, “TV and Our Taste Buds,” turned out to be one long promo for the Food Network’s fall season, complete with lengthy clips from the shows. One interesting thing – a new show called This Food, That Wine, about matching food and wine, shows visuals to illustrate winespeak. When the sommelier talks about silky mouth feel you see silk wafting in a breeze or a spoon of jam about to be applied to toast when she mentions “jammy.”

Read more about Tony on his web site. 

“THIS FOOD THAT WINE will make it’s debut on Food Network Canada on October 2nd.  Join hosts Angie MacRae and & Stacey Metulynsky as they get together with the “guest du jour” in Angie’s kitchen for a day of menu planning, cooking and wine pairing.”  Have a look at the posting on Knight-tv.com.

The Ottawa Citizen’s Jennifer Campbell covers This Food That Wine Fundraiser in this about town article.

The Ottawa Citizen just ran an article about the upcoming Food Network TV series “This Food, That Wine”.  Gay Cook profiles Stacey Metulynsky, Groovy Grapes Sommelier and Angie McRae, Chef. 

Hope to see you at the fundraiser and Premiere tonight!

If you’ve been wondering what my new show is all about (food and wine obviously) have a read on FoodTV.ca.  There’s also a link to my new Food Network Bio.