The
slated airdate, and first pledge drive towards funding for the full series is
Saturday May 20, 2006. Because Alabama Public Television is the presenting
station everything as far as the show goes emanates form there. To learn more
and to support public TV, I ask you to visit their web site at www.aptv.org
click on schedule go to May 20, highlight Cooking Fresh, then make a Hugh
donation!
APT
COOKING SHOW SPOTLIGHTS ALABAMA
BIRMINGHAM,
Ala., April 27, 2006
– Alabama Public Television (APT) is helping Alabamians cook and eat healthy
foods this with a new one-hour special focusing on the wealth of fresh produce
and foods raised by Alabama farmers.
“Cooking Fresh with Curtis Aikens,” which
is scheduled to air on Saturday, May 20, features southern chef Curtis Aikens, a
charismatic professional whose recipes blend his Southern upbringing with a
decade of living in California and extensive travels in the U.S. and Europe.
Aikens has entertained national television audiences in appearances on
“Oprah,” ABC’s “Good Morning America,” PBS’ “Reading Rainbow”
and was one of the first chefs to have his own show on The Food Network at its
inception.
Aikens
is especially responsive to questions from viewers and
invites anyone with a cooking question to contact him at fanline@aol.com.
The program
also visits three local Alabama farms where the food prepared by Aikens is
harvested: Snow’s Bend Farm, an organic vegetable farm located 10 miles west
of Tuscaloosa that grows mostly specialty, heirloom, gourmet and ethnic
vegetables; Bay Boy Farms, a Lowndes County inland shrimp farm that is
stocked with Pacific White
jumbo shrimp; and Chilton County peach grower Burnette Farms.
About
Alabama Public Television
Alabama Public Television, America’s first statewide public television network, celebrated its 50th continuous year of operation during 2005. Affiliated with the Public Broadcasting System (PBS), it is a seven-day-a-week educational resource for Alabamians of all ages through online services, analog and digital television programming, documentary production and outreach activities.
