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Fire up those grills for an end-of-summer cookout!

LODI, Calif. (For release on September 24, 2003) – The kids are back at school and the days are getting shorter. While the weather’s still warm, take advantage of these Indian summer nights and have some fun with the BBQ basic - burgers!

This week on Bringing it Home with Laura McIntosh, we welcome a special guest - cookbook author Norman Kolpas - who offers some alternative ways to dress up that burger: from mixing it up with a hot “Ham and Cheese”-burger to adding a bit of Italian flair with a Pizzaiola burger. These two variations on the classic burger are fun and easy to do, making it possible to enjoy a burger – in some way or another – as frequently as you’d like!

There are many versions of the origin of the hamburger, but however they arrived in America, we embraced them and made them one of our favorite foods. Dress them up and fix them any way you like them, burgers are the perfect meal for any occasion. Whether cooking up a bulging burger for yourself or serving up dozens of juicy patties for your party guests, all-beef patties with all the fixin’s are simple to prepare, always flavorful and All-American.

Bringing it Home with Laura McIntosh™ “Grilling”

“I love to grill at home for myself, my wife Katie, and our 13-year-old son Jake” says Norman Kolpas, author, The Quick Grill Artist. “But I never like to plan in advance. I’m an instant-gratification griller, wanting spectacular results with minimal planning and effort.”

That is the philosophy The Quick Grill Artist cookbook was based on: deliciously gratifying meals made with minimal preparation. Appearing on this week’s show to teach the rest of us exactly how to do that is Norman Kolpas, himself. Having written over 40 books, many of them focused on cooking and dining, Mr. Kolpas is truly an expert in home cooking the gourmet way.

With several shows in the bag and many more delicious episodes to come, the cooking program Bringing it Home with Laura McIntosh™ receives five full forks for its creative approach to the usually routine format of oh-so-many cooking shows on the air today. With an entire network devoted to food and weekend mornings offering up cooking demonstration after cooking demonstration, it becomes hard to differentiate between them all. Bringing it Home with Laura McIntosh™ is a reality-based series showing real people making real food in real places.

Airing every Sunday on network affiliates, Bringing it Home with Laura McIntosh™ offers a “fresh” version of that same old cooking show. Traveling from field to field, Laura McIntosh enlists the help of a local farmer and local gourmet chef to show us exactly how to handle the fruits of this agricultural bounty by which we are surrounded.

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