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Martha Stewart presents celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse with a birthday cake made entirely out of Rice Krispie treats, in New York, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008. The cake was fashioned in the shape of a golf course green after Emeril’s passion for golf.

The Times-Picayune
October 23, 2008
by Judy Walker

In February, Martha Stewart and Emeril Lagasse cooked up a business deal. On Friday, the two will cook — really cook — together for the first time in New Orleans.

At a gala to benefit the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, they will prepare a recipe from her new book, “Martha Stewart’s Cooking School.” The gala is being held in conjunction with the opening of two Macy’s stores here, at Lakeside Shopping Center and at The Esplanade. And Stewart and Lagasse are just two of the mega-watt stars of the culinary world coming to town for this weekend’s festivities.

Read the full The Times-Picayune article.

– Special One-Hour EMERIL GREEN Episode Airs Monday, November 3 from 8-9 PM (ET) –

(Silver Spring, Md.) – This Thanksgiving, Chef Emeril Lagasse is helping families across America celebrate the autumn harvest using the highest-quality, locally grown produce, seafood and meats in a special all-new episode of Planet Green’s EMERIL GREEN.   Premiering Monday, November 3, 2008, from 8-9 PM (ET), Planet Green viewers will join Chef Lagasse as he prepares a uniquely delicious Thanksgiving Day dinner for local farmers using fresh, seasonal ingredients provided by those same farmers who are located within 150 miles of the Whole Foods Market where EMERIL GREEN is filmed. Read more »

Proceeds from the Premier Gala and Wine Auction to Benefit Children’s Charities in the Gulf Coast Region

NEW ORLEANS (October 13, 2008) – New Orleans will become the center of the culinary universe as the Emeril Lagasse Foundation celebrates its 4th Annual Carnivale du Vin, which culminates on Saturday, November 15 with a star-studded gala and premier wine auction at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel. Read more »

$325,000 Dedicated to Culinary Training, Education and Schoolyard Gardens

NEW ORLEANS, LA (September 29, 2008) – Emeril Lagasse Foundation (ELF) today announced $325,000 in grants to be awarded to nonprofit programs in the New Orleans area, bringing the Foundation’s total contributions to Gulf Coast organizations to over $2.3 million. The Foundation extends its partnership with the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts (NOCCA) to establish the city’s first comprehensive 4-year professional training program in culinary arts for high school students. Other grants will provide New Orleans youth with nutrition, gardening, and food studies, as well as culinary and life skills development. Read more »

Las Vegas Review-Journal
September 19, 2008
by Heidi Knapp Rinella

So now we come to the Palazzo’s Table 10, the name an affectionate nod to the table in his first New Orleans restaurant where planning for the restaurant was done and where staff gathered once it was open. In so many ways, it’s quite different from the widely known Emeril tradition.

For one thing, the menu is sort of all over the place. In less skilled hands, that tends to spell trouble, as an indication that a restaurant has no idea what it is and what it’s trying to do. Table 10, however, comes across as a cruise through the best of the world’s cuisines. Read more »

VIP GALA TO BENEFIT THE NOCCA INSTITUTE

Ooh! – The stars will shine brightly for Macy’s big city opening in New Orleans!

Ahh!! – See and be seen at a fabulous cocktail gala featuring lively entertainment, culinary delights and a high-energy fashion show to benefit The NOCCA Institute

Friday October 24, 2008 at Macy’s Lakeside Shopping Center.

Wow!!! – Mingle with Macy’s famous friends including Martha Stewart and Emeril Lagasse, Tommy Hilfiger, Russell Simmons, Clinton Kelly, Steve Madden, Chef Tyler Florence, Chef Cat Cora, Chef Dave Lieberman, Gavin DeGraw, Irma Thomas, Nestor Torres and more!

New Orleans, LA – Just days before it celebrates its 150th birthday, Macy’s is opening two new stores in New Orleans with one giant party. Honorary co-chairs Martha Stewart and Emeril Lagasse will join Macy’s Inc. Chairman, President & CEO, Terry Lundgren to welcome an array of local and national celebrities to Macy’s Cocktail Gala benefiting The NOCCA Institute. The evening’s star-studded festivities will be held at Macy’s new three-level store at Lakeside Shopping Center, and feature a first-time-in-New Orleans cooking demonstration by Martha Stewart & Emeril Lagasse, plus a high-energy celebrity fashion show. Read more »

NEW ORLEANS, LA (Friday, September 5, 2008) – Emeril’s Restaurant, Lagasse’s flagship restaurant in New Orleans’ Warehouse district, reopens Friday, September 5th with dinner service at 5:00pm, as will NOLA, his casual and funky French Quarter outpost.  Emeril’s Gulf Coast Fish House in Gulfport, Mississippi returned to service on Wednesday. Read more »

New York Daily News
September 5th 2008
Daily News Staff

Celebrity chef Emeril signs 10-book deal

Celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse has signed a 10-book deal with HarperColins, Crain’s New York Business reports. The first book in the deal is set to be released in May 2009. The book’s theme will be indoor and outdoor grilling. It will be the first book from Lagasse in four years.

Read the full New York Daily News article.

New York Post
September 5, 2008
by Keith J. Kelly

STAR CHEF TO WHIP UP 10 TITLES FOR HARPER STUDIO

Harper Studio, the new imprint of HarperCollins headed by one-time Hyperion president Robert Miller, has snagged celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse as part of its debut list of authors.

The long-term deal calls for Lagasse to publish a 10-book series on a wide range of topics over the next five to seven years.

Read the full New York Post article.

Crain’s New York Business
September 4, 2008
by Kira Bindrim

Chef Emeril Lagasse signed a deal to write a series of books for HarperCollins’ new, experimental imprint, HarperStudio.

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc., which owns the rights to the Emeril Lagasse franchise of books, television shows and kitchen products, on Thursday announced a 10-book deal between the celebrity chef and publisher HarperCollins.

Under the multi-year agreement, Mr. Lagasse is set to release his first book—with a focus on indoor and outdoor grilling—in May 2009. Although the chef, who is known for his enthusiastic cooking style, has produced 12 titles with HarperCollins since 1993, the book will be his first in four years. It will also be one of HarperCollins’ first releases under its new HarperStudio imprint.

Read the full Crain’s New York Business article.