NEW ORLEANS, LA (Friday, July 18, 2008) – Wine Spectator magazine, the nation’s leading wine resource, has named Emeril’s Restaurant as a 2008 Grand Award winner – the only restaurant in Louisiana to earn the distinction.

Only 72 restaurants in the world have garnered the Grand Award honor, noted by breadth of top vintners, excellent depth in mature vintages, selection of large-format bottles, and superior organization, presentation and wine service. Read more »

(Silver Spring, Md.) – Planet Green celebrates the launch of Emeril Lagasse’s new series with a night of world premiere episodes of EMERIL GREEN. Six episodes of the exclusive series will debut on the new network on Monday, July 14 from 8-11PM (ET). In EMERIL GREEN Chef Lagasse shares his philosophy for fresh, organic, locally grown foods with Planet Green viewers – a practice he has been using in his restaurants and personal kitchen for more than 30 years. EMERIL GREEN will air regularly Monday through Friday at 8 PM and 8:30 PM (ET). Read more »

Do you have the secret to a spud-tacular summer side dish? If so, Chef Emeril Lagasse is searching for the Best Potato Salad Ever — and he wants to hear from you!

If your potato salad makes the cut, you could be talking taters LIVE on “Good Morning America” with Emeril!

Here are some of Emeril’s favorite potato salad recipes:

Emeril’s Favorite Potato Salad

Spicy Dill Pickle Potato Salad

Cilantro-Avocado Potato Salad

Hot German Potato Salad

Day-After Crab Boil Potato Salad

Read the official contest rules and submit your recipe and enter the contest online.

Everyday Food magazine now features a fresh new section – “Everyday with Emeril”.

The July/August issue of Everyday Food is the first installment of Emeril’s new feature column, called Kick it Up—Everyday with Emeril. Inside, Martha and Emeril share grilling ideas for the perfect summer barbecue.

The Ultimate Summer Grilling issue is on newsstands now!

‘Emeril Live!’ Debuts All-New Episodes Beginning July 7 at 7pm ET Followed by ‘The Martha Stewart Show’ at 8pm ET/9pm PT

NEW YORK, June 23, 2008 – This July, Fine Living Network (FLN) kicks up its primetime lineup with the addition of TV icon Chef Emeril Lagasse. The network will celebrate the launch beginning July 7 with all new, never-before-seen episodes of Emeril Live! airing from July 7-11 at 7pm ET followed by The Martha Stewart Show at 8pm ET

The all-new premiere week for Emeril Live! airs Monday-Friday, July 7-11 at 7pm ET. Special encore presentations will air Saturday and Saturday, July 12-13, at 7pm ET. Beginning July 14, a new episode of Emeril Live! will premiere on FLN every Monday at 7pm ET, with episodes from the Food Network library re-airing in that time slot on FLN Tuesday through Sunday, giving a new audience a taste of Emeril seven nights a week. In addition, Emeril Live! will continue to air on Food Network in daytime. Read more »

Sample Ten Tastes of Delmonico for Ten Dollars Each

Delmonico, an icon in the New Orleans restaurant industry, has been in business on St. Charles Avenue since 1895. Re-established under the ownership and direction of Chef Emeril Lagasse in June of 1998, Emeril’s Delmonico commemorates its tenth anniversary with a week-long celebration and a special menu of Creole specialties.

Chef Emeril and Chef de Cuisine Spencer Minch have created a menu of ten dishes, including modern renditions of mainstays on the original Delmonico menu, presented in small-plate style for ten dollars each. The 10th anniversary menu is available June 23-29, with dinner served nightly beginning at 6:00 pm.

Taking over from Delmonico’s founder Anthony Commander, Anthony and Marie LaFranca operated the restaurant from 1911 until the 1970s, when they enlisted daughters Angie Brown and Rose Dietrich to continue their Creole traditions. The sisters oversaw the restaurant until 1997, when they chose Lagasse as the next proprietor to honor its rich heritage and history.

Dinner service is from 6:00pm-10:00pm Sunday-Thursday and 6:00pm-10:30pm Friday & Saturday.  For reservations, please call 504-525-4937 or visit emerils.com. Complimentary valet parking is available in front of the restaurant at 1300 St. Charles Avenue.

Delmonico’s anniversary menu includes:

- Redfish Meuniere

- Confit Pork Cheeks with Dirty Rice

- Petite Charcuterie

- Crabcake with Chili Lime Sauce and Mango Salsa

- Turtle Soup

- Shrimp Remoulade

- Bacon Wrapped Oyster Brochette with Lemon Butter Sauce

- Chicken Thighs Braised “Delmonico” Style

- Petite Filet Mignon with Bordelaise Sauce

- Morris Kahn’s Steak Tartare

Martha Stewart and Emeril Lagasse to Appear on the Cover for the First Time; Everyday Food Brand Continues Growth Across Multiple Platforms

NEW YORK, June 9 — Everyday Food, the easy-to-use, digest-size cooking magazine published by Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, welcomes guest columnist Emeril Lagasse, the newest member of the Martha Stewart family, in the July/August issue (on newsstands June 23). Emeril unveils his column — “Kick It Up - Everyday with Emeril,” which features eight pages of grilling ideas perfect for summer barbeques in this issue. To coincide with the premiere column, Martha and Emeril appear on the magazine’s cover. Additionally, on Monday, June 16, from 4:00-5:00 p.m., Emeril will join Martha for a special edition of At Martha’s Table airing on Martha Stewart Living Radio on SIRIUS Satellite Radio, Channel 112. Read more »

Hit Show to Debut with All-New, Never-Before-Seen Episodes - Beginning July 7, 2008, Seven Nights a Week at 7pm ET

NEW YORK, May 20, 2008 - Scripps Networks announced today that the ground-breaking series Emeril Live!, hosted by Chef Emeril Lagasse, will premiere with all new, never-before-seen episodes on Fine Living Network (FLN) starting July 7, 2008, and will air seven nights a week at 7pm ET, followed by The Martha Stewart Show at 8pm ET. The show will continue to air on Food Network in a new daytime slot at 2pm ET/PT weekdays. Read more »

Local growers and producers supply many of Delmonico’s fresh ingredients, which Minch uses to create classic dishes, prepared in a modern, lighter style.

When Emeril Lagasse was well on his way to achieving super stardom during his years as Commander’s Palace executive chef, who could have guessed that he would one day own a restaurant founded by a member of the original Commanders family?

Well, it happened in 1997 when Emeril Lagasse purchased Delmonico’s, the restaurant begun more than one hundred years earlier by Anthony Commander. Anthony was the older brother of Emile Commander who established Commander’s Palace in 1880. Read more »

Three Sides of Emeril

The chef with the megawatt smile claims a nationwide empire, but his restaurants started in New Orleans. Come taste where it all began.

By Warner McGowin / Photography Jennifer Davick

Certain icons make New Orleans different. Hot jazz on the street corner. Beignets as light as air, paired with coffee that kicks. Bourbon Street in all its rough-hewn glory. And, of course, Emeril Lagasse.

Twenty-five years after arriving in the Crescent City, the man who practically invented the concept of the celebrity chef is a household name and the head of a culinary empire. Luckily for visitors here, he maintains three restaurants in New Orleans, each with its own identity.

“Three Sides of Emeril” is from the May 2008 issue of Southern Living. Read the full article and watch an audio slide show of Emeril Lagasse on SouthernLiving.com.

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