Fishcakes in the Fast Lane…

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Fishcakes in the Fast Lane…

April 4, 2012 by Robin Ellis

Just received this link to my segment on the CBS-TV Morning Show in Chicago. http://chicago.cbslocal.com/video/6884361-diabetes-can-still-mean-eating-well/

FAST FOOD!

Under two minutes from a whole piece of salmon to a fishcake in the mouth.

Below is the piece I wrote while recovering in a coffee shop, waiting for the wonderful ( i.e. full of wonders) ART INSTITUTE of Chicago to open.

: With CBS anchor Kris Gutierrez in Chicago for the early show this morning (as part of their upcoming diabetes awareness program)

Dawn came up as we headed downtown with the early risers this morning–sister-in-law Mary driving us through the light traffic just a little before her normal hour.

The early morning CBS program had invited me to do a brief cooking piece to be aired as part of their ground-breaking Diabetes Awareness campaign–so great they have taken the lead on this important health issue.

It was anchor Kris Gutierrez’s second day on the job–he recently relocated from Dallas–and it was my first ever on-air demo!

So two debutantes “struttin’ with some barbecue“!

Meredith was holding her breath–she gets nervous on occasions like this.

Kris was a delight and made me feel like I knew what I was doing.

I could get a taste for this…

Posted in Diabetes, Food, other sides to this life, Recipes, Robin Ellis | Tagged art institute of chicago, cooking demonstration, early morning tv show, Kris Gutierrez, no potato fishcakes, no-potato salmon fishcakes, salmon fishcakes, wcbs-tv | 19 Comments

19 Responses

on April 4, 2012 at 9:19 am | Reply Jackie Doucette

Robin, you should have your own cooking program on TV. The segment you appeared on in Chicago was wonderful.

I love your cookbook! I don’t have diabetes, but your recipes are wonderful and can be enjoyed by everyone.
- on April 4, 2012 at 10:23 am | Reply Robin Ellis
  
  Thanks, Jackie–glad you like the book–it is as I say on camera, for everyone not just those with diabetes.
on April 4, 2012 at 9:43 am | Reply Katherine Tallmadge

Wow Robin, you were a wiz in the TV kitchen, explained and showed the salmon cakes so well!
- on April 4, 2012 at 10:22 am | Reply Robin Ellis
  
  Hi Katherine and thanks. We are just today feeling that “normal” might return!
on April 4, 2012 at 9:59 am | Reply Odette Stimburys

Hi, Robin,

but of course you knew what you were doing! You are a very talented actor and a new horizon is slowly opening up for you – a cooking show for Diabetic people. What a wonderful idea provided your health permits it.
Good luck, Robin!
on April 4, 2012 at 10:02 am | Reply Hedvika Krone

How simple! Clever interaction with Kris(lemon& whites) made me to memorize it at ones.
on April 4, 2012 at 11:41 am | Reply I'm So Pretty I Fart Fairy Dust

That was wonderful — thank you for posting the link. I agree, you should definitely host your own cooking show!!
on April 4, 2012 at 1:03 pm | Reply Mary Anne

I love the link and heartedly concur with those who say you should have your own cooking show!

I lived in Chicago for 2 years and was a frequent visitor to the Art Institute (free on Mondays back in the day) and always found something new and wondrous on each visit! Did you get a chance to see the Getty Museum out in California?
- on April 4, 2012 at 1:22 pm | Reply Robin Ellis
  
  No time to visit the Getty, Mary Anne–though we had been there before.
on April 4, 2012 at 1:11 pm | Reply teague1

Thank-you so much for the link. I had been so disappointed to have missed. your segment. You were great…and the fishcakes looked yummy!
on April 4, 2012 at 1:13 pm | Reply teague1

Thank-you so much for the link! I had been so disappointed to have missed the segment. You were great … and the fishcakes looked yummy!
on April 4, 2012 at 1:31 pm | Reply Jill

Brilliant!!! HUgs, Jill
- on April 4, 2012 at 1:44 pm | Reply Robin Ellis
  
  Thanks Jill and welcome!
on April 4, 2012 at 3:09 pm | Reply nancyinmi

You were wonderful! You could certainly carry your own cooking show. If Food Network is smart, they will snap you up pronto. Sure made me want fishcakes again. Yum!
on April 4, 2012 at 6:25 pm | Reply Brenda

Well done! You didn’t even look or sound nervous!
on April 4, 2012 at 9:26 pm | Reply Dianne P.

I love seeing you make the recipes, Robin, ‘cuz then I can gauge exactly how much dill to use, how big to make the patty, etc. (Though I must say mine came out pretty well a week ago!) And we used the yogurt sauce on EVERYTHING–it smelled so good whenever we opened the fridge door!
Cheers & hugs!
- on April 5, 2012 at 10:25 am | Reply Robin Ellis
  
  Sounds good, Dianne. And thanks for those photos–must be from a “People Mag” shoot way back in ’78!–my word!
  The fishcakes can be whatever size you want of course.
on April 5, 2012 at 2:22 pm | Reply Toffeeapple

I adore salmon fishcakes and, done your way, they would let the flavour of the fish shine through, unlike potato ones. I can see me doing this dish very soon.

Good to see you in action too.
on April 5, 2012 at 5:49 pm | Reply nancyinmi

Grew up listening to Satchmo and still miss him . . . and I think I’ll try cooking the fishcakes out on the grill this summer . . . salmon bar-b-q!