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Monday, November 01, 2004

 

Country cooking always satisfies

Monday through Thursday, the Food Network is offering up "Crazy for Country Week" — a celebration of the traditions and foods that make up "country" culture. You'll be able to see food shows featuring artists such as Tracy Byrd, Charlie Daniels and Wynonna. To wrap it all up — bam! — Mama Judd will debut her Naomi's Country Stars on Thursday night. Coincidence? I think not.

So, if you're one of those obsessive country fans (like me) and you can't get enough information about your favorite singer, here's what some of them put in their grocery carts at the Piggly Wiggly.

All you Mrs. Kenny Chesney-wannabes out there, his favorite foods are macaroni and tomatoes, ice cream and peanut butter. (We can only hope it's not all mixed together.)

For Garth Brooks, bring on the ice cream.

Alan Jackson likes to whip up pineapple and mayonnaise sandwiches when he's at home.

For Tim McGraw, it's spaghetti and meatballs, please. His wife Faith Hill says her favorite thing to eat is anything cooked by Tim.

Texas George Strait wants you to serve up the tacos.

LeAnn Rimes joneses for pizza whenever she can get it.

It's cheese pizza only for the boys in Rascal Flatts, but please leave the lobster bisque in the kitchen.

Terri Clark chows down on french fries and gravy.

Trace Adkins says "ditto" to the french fries, but "no" to sushi, beets and Raisin Bran. He says the reason he works out so much is so he can eat all the fried food he wants!

Reba McEntire lists her mama's biscuits, grilled vegetables and chicken as her food of choice.

Lee Ann Womack also asks for mama's biscuits.

The woman voted "sexiest vegetarian," Shania Twain, doesn't say what her favorite foods are, but I'm thinking it's leaves and grass.

Martina McBride, Travis Tritt and Billy Ray Cyrus are all about the home cookin' — meatloaf, chicken fried steak and pork chops.

But my favorite food choices were made by Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss, the Whisky Lullaby duo. It's Goo-Goo Clusters for Brad and candy corn and chocolate milk for Alison.

Coming from someone who calls cereal her favorite food in the whole wide world (peanut butter Cap'n Crunch), I'd say that's "kickin' it up another notch!"


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REBA moves WB up in ratings.

At 9 p.m., NBC had the highest-rated show of the night, "Third Watch," 6.5/12. CBS held at No. 2 with "JAG," 6.2/11, and ABC stayed in third place with "Hope & Faith," 4.7/8, and "Less Than Perfect," 4.0/7. The WB rose to fourth with back-to-back episodes of "Reba" averaging a 2.7/5 for the hour. FOX slipped to fifth place with a repeat of "Renovate My Family," 2.0/4, and UPN has last place all to itself with a repeat of Wednesday night's "America's Next Top Model," 1.3/2.

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New faces can revive old shows

...Some seasons ago, however, Weissler and her husband and partner, Barry, replaced Broadway darling Bernadette Peters with country music favorite Reba McEntire as the pistol-packing lead in "Annie Get Your Gun." They watched their show become a hit all over again. But back in 1990, their "Gypsy" faded after Linda Lavin succeeded Tyne Daly as Rose. ... CLICK HERE to read the full article.

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