Indoor Grills Featured in Steven Raichlen's Newest BookWritten by Laura Ciocan
With a great number of city people living in condos, with no possibility to grill outside, Raichlen's latest book, "Indoor! Grilling" covers a topic of large interest, especially that grilling is a tradition in America, some sort of a national custom. So, this theme surely relieves a lot of frustration for part of audience that had been previously left out!Steven Raichlen is a cooking teacher, lecturer, author, journalist and TV host. He founded Carribean cooking school Cooking in Paradise. Raichlen's TV show, Barbecue University debuted in 2003 on public television. The same year he was named "cooking teacher of year" by Bon Appetit magazine. Participating in a "barbecue battle" on Japanese television and defeating Iron Chef Roksbura Michiba attracted him nicknames such as "Michael Jordan of Barbecue", as Howard Stern called him or, like Oprah put it, "Gladiator of Grilling". Raichlen published over 25 books of which best-sellers such as Barbecue Bible Sauces, Rubs, and Marinades, Beer Can Chicken, Healthy Latin Cooking, Miami Spice, Big Flavor Cookbook and famous first and foremost book on grilling, The Barbecue Bible, that appeared in 1998. It was first guide on grilling, a study of barbecuing around world and a course on live fire cooking techniques. His writing won 3 IACP awards and 4 James Beard Awards and was translated into ten different languages.
| | George Foreman Grill Producer vs. George Foreman Foods Inc.Written by Laura Ciocan
Salton, Inc., producer of George Foreman Grill filed a complaint against George Foreman Foods Inc. regarding use of domain name . The complaint was denied.Beyond fame gained as a heavyweight boxer, becoming world champion in 1973 and 1994, George Foreman has become a renown brand for quite a wide range of quality products. In fact, name has become so famous as a product brand that many of younger generation have come to know famous character through products sold under this brand. Foreman himself admits that he gained more fame and wealth as a product endorser than he thought possible. The brand sells from electrical products, to clothes, cleaning products, low-fat, grill-compatible products. However, most notable of this series is George Foreman Grill produced by US marketers Salton Inc. The company owns trademarks and trademark registrations for mark GEORGE FOREMAN in United States and elsewhere for products used for preparing, cooking, serving foods and beverages since 1995. In 2002, George Foreman concluded an agreement with an entrepreneur to launch a line of meat products and other foods. The company became George Foreman Foods Inc. and was going to cause a whole series of problems. At present, Foreman is fighting to unwind contract on grounds that company introduced products he didn't approve, such as coffee and old frozen meat products, thus putting Foreman's image at a risk of being spread too thin.
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