NEW YORK, July 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Along every road,
in little towns and big cities, you will find amazing places and
people whose love for cooking is matched by their profound passion
for their faith. On Holy & Hungry, premiering
Sunday, August 23rd at 10:00pmET/7:00pmPT
on Cooking Channel, Emmy award-winning TV personality, best-selling
author and comedienne Sherri
Shepherd highlights these passionate people and the
delicious dishes they make to feed the body and the soul.
"Holy & Hungry celebrates something that
people of all religions enjoy – delicious food," said Michael Smith, General Manager and Senior Vice
President, Cooking Channel. "The unique lens of faith to explore
food is unlike any other series on Cooking Channel, and
Sherri Shepherd's appreciation and
ability to relate to the faithful people spreading their love for
their faith through their food, makes her the perfect host."
"Eating has always been like a religious experience for me.
Growing up my father was a Deacon and my mother always cooked all
of our meals, so we had good food on the table and faith in our
hearts. I'm excited to share the personal stories and mouthwatering
recipes of those who are just as passionate about food and faith as
I am," said Shepherd.
Over the course of the six half-hour long episodes, Sherri
breaks bread with a variety of people who share her passion for
food and faith, letting her into their worlds and sharing recipes
and cooking tips. On the premiere episode, Sherri is eager to stop
talking and start eating at Hush Bistro in Farmingdale, New York. The chef is also a
preacher, and prepares a flavorful signature dish of Adam's
Ribs, that are triple cooked and are so tender that the meat
falls off the bones. Then, it is over to Holy Schnitzel in
Staten Island, New York, a family
run restaurant that serves up fast-food inspired kosher fare that
features over 20 homemade dairy-free sauces. Sherri gets a taste of
their Holy Toasty sandwich that is stacked with cornflake
crusted schnitzel, hot pastrami, and topped with two of their
secret sauces.
Sherri's next stop is in New
York's East Village at Veniero's Pasticceria, a 120 year old
haven for heavenly treats. There, she gets a lesson on how to make
Sfingi, a fried dough pastry stuffed with sweet ricotta
cream filling and topped with crushed pistachios. Afterwards, she
heads uptown to meet Caitlin Scott
in her "kitchen" - Manhattan's
famous Riverside Church. She shows Sherri how to make her famous
Jesus and Mary Biscuits with a spicy chorizo gravy topped
with apricot jam for her monthly supper club, Grits to Grace.
Fans can visit CookingChannelTV.com/HolyandHungry to unearth
foods with religious symbolism and see the most unique
religion-themed restaurants in the world. To join the conversation,
use #HolyandHungry on Twitter.
Sherri Shepherd is an actress,
best-selling author and comedienne - known for her role as co-host
of ABC's The View, for which she won a Daytime Emmy.
Shepherd's film credits include One For The Money, Think
Like a Man and the upcoming Woodlawn and Ride Along 2. She has
appeared as a frequent guest star on How I Met Your Mother,
30 Rock, and Hot in Cleveland, and also executive produced her
own sitcom on the Lifetime Network entitled Sherri.
Shepherd produced and hosted The Newlywed Game and made her
Broadway debut as the first African American wicked stepmother in
the Tony award winning musical Rodgers + Hammerstein's
Cinderella. She became a New York
Times best-selling author with the release of her books
Plan D: How to Lose Weight and Beat Diabetes Even if You Don't
Have It and Permission Slips: Every Woman's Guide to Giving
Yourself a Break.
Holy & Hungry is produced by Loud TV.
COOKING CHANNEL (www.cookingchanneltv.com) is an entertainment
brand dedicated to today's passionate food lover. For food
people, by food people, Cooking Channel is the answer to a growing
hunger for more content devoted to food and cooking in every
dimension from global cuisines to international travel, history and
unconventional how-to's. Cooking Channel is part of the media
portfolio of Scripps Networks Interactive (NYSE: SNI), which also
includes Food Network (www.foodnetwork.com), HGTV (www.hgtv.com),
DIY Network (www.diynetwork.com), Travel Channel
(www.travelchannel.com) and Great American Country
(www.gactv.com).
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