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three months on the road. For the sec-
ond set of tapings, the network decid-
ed to change scheduling and make it
nightly, so 56 shows would be shot
instead of 26.
The second set is airing now, and
the crew still is in the process of
shooting for presentation in the next
two to six months.
•
"I work out of my home to write
most of my stuff," Silverstein explains.
"I'll fax it off, and it will be edited in
Philadelphia, Cincinnati or Los
Angeles. They put the show together
in Philadelphia, and it's broadcast out
of Knoxville, Tenn. I write it, and the
next time I see it, it's on the air."
Silverstein believes that almost all the
places he describes have made for really
good stories: the trendy West Coast
Brazilian steakhouses, where people can
eat all they want for one price; a hot dog
stand in Los Angeles, where the atten-
tion to personalities rivaled the food;
and a small eatery at the Key West
Airport, where people have enjoyed the
fare so much they missed their flights.
The show has spotlighted four
Michigan restaurants to go along
with different themes - The
Whitney and MGM Grand in
Detroit, Turkeyville USA in
Marshall and Rosie's -Diner in
Rockford.
"I really like the dives,"
Silverstein confesses. "I'm just more
comfortable at casual places."
Certainly casual are some of the
Jewish-style restaurants the show has
profiled, including Miami's Rascal
House with its home-like tastes and Los
Angeles' Art's Deli with snowball-size
matza balls. He's also liked the more
formal Abigael's in New York, where
every kind of entree is just done kosher.
"We went to the Parkway Deli in
Washington, D.C., which is a place I'd
been to a million times," Silverstein
recalls. "I didn't even know it was on
the list, and then all of a sudden, I'm
yelling, 'Yea, it's Parkway!'"
Silverstein and Cordes did not meet
until being hired for the show, but
have developed a close friendship.
"We met in Philadelphia at a pro-
duction meeting and totally hit it off,"
Silverstein says. "We call each other
and use e-mail as our water cooler.
"I think what works in our case is that
we're two different personalities. Jill is
„extremely bubbly, happy and personable.
I'm like an old news guy and bring that
newsy edge to a-story Over the course of
a half hour, viewers get a good mix."
Silverstein, who grew up in
Wilmington, Del., and now lives in
Baltimore, liked watching news as a
child and considered the anchors his
heroes. He worked on his high school
newspaper and announced the school
football games.
While attending Tulane University
in New Orleans, the newsman worked
on a radio station and did freelance
assignments for ABC Sports. After
transferring to the American
University in Washington, D.C.,
where he earned a bachelor's degree in
broadcast journalism, Silverstein won
internships and worked on Capitol
Hill interviewing congressmen.
"I took any job I could get —
working for money or free," says
Silverstein, who did political and gen-
eral reporting in Illinois, Texas,
Oklahoma, Ohio and Maryland
before moving on to D.C.
As a consumer advocate in
Baltimore, he received several Emmy
nominations and won an Emmy for
specialty reporting. His continuing
series on problems with child safety
seats earned him the Public Service
Award from the National Highway
The show has spotlighted
our Michigan restaurants.
Traffic Safety Administration.
Silverstein is married to Kathy
Fowler, a reporter for the CBS affiliate
in Baltimore, where the two live with
their infant son, Spencer.
"This is a very hectic time for us,"
says Silverstein, who can still relax at a
restaurant that's not being profiled for
his show, even when recognized and
approached by fellow diners. "Going
to Friday's is a big night out for us.
We like regular food."
Since doing his series, Silverstein
has acquired a taste for fish and does-
n't take long to decide what would be
on his dream buffet table — sesame-
crusted tuna, sushi, hot dog burritos,
pastrami with chopped liver on rye
and a dessert medley.
"The biggest change [since doing
this show] is that I will never in my
life put salt on food in a restaurant,"
Silverstein says. "The No. 1 ingredient
of all the great chefs I watch is salt."
The Best Of airs 1:30 p.m., 9:30
p.m. and midnight Mondays-
Fridays and 2 p.m. Saturdays and
Sundays on the Food Network.
Check your local cable listings.