THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, September 22, 1994 TAG: 9409200041
SECTION: FLAVOR PAGE: F1 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: RUTH FANTASIA
LENGTH: Short : 40 lines
AUTUMN MEANS pumpkins in the market, children in school and a new selection of food shows on television.
PBS will launch the season with ``Pennsylvania Diners and Other Roadside Restaurants,'' at 9 p.m. Oct. 5.
This 1-hour special, produced by WQED in Pittsburgh, takes a look at 18 diners. Among them is Downington Diner, where Steve McQueen battled ``The Blob'' in the classic 1958 horror movie.
Locally, the show will air on WHRO and WUND.
Elsewhere in the fall lineup:
The Learning Channel is introducing ``Carlo Cooks Italian'' with Carlo Middione, chef and owner of Viviande Porta Via in San Francisco and author of ``The Food of Southern Italy'' (William Morrow, 1987).
``Carlo Cooks Italian'' will air weekdays at 2:30 and 4:30 p.m. beginning Oct. 31.
The Learning Channel also will air ``The Burger Meister'' with Marcel Desaulniers, co-owner and executive chef of the Trellis Restaurant in Williamsburg.
Modeled after Desaulniers' book of the same name, the program will feature every kind of burger, from salmon to chocolate.
Next week the show will air at 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Saturday. Beginning Oct. 12, ``Burger Meister'' will air at 2:30 p.m. weekdays. ILLUSTRATION: PSB COLOR PHOTOS
``Pennsylvania Diners and Other Roadside Attractions'' will air at 9
p.m. Oct. 5 on PBS. It's one of several new fall shows dealing with
what and how we eat.
by CNB