http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/scituate/2011/02/celtics_cooking_show.html
If anyone could get the very private young Celtics star Rajon Rondo to cook for all the world to see, it would be Shannon Allen, the wife of Rondo’s teammate Ray Allen.
And Shannon does that – on tape – in an upcoming episode of her new Comcast SportsNet and NECN food show, “The Pre-Game Meal,” making it debut on Feb. 13 at 7 p.m.
I saw a short clip of the episode late last month at an elegant kickoff party for the show at Winston Flowers in Chestnut Hill — catered by none other than South Shore Chef Mark Ellis of The Chef’s Table in Pembroke.
While excerpts from the show silently looped on several flat screens throughout the gorgeous space, more than 250 people snacked on Ellis’s renditions of recipes that Shannon features on the show.
Most of the dishes Shannon will make are hers – developed over 15 years of cooking for her kids and her famously health-conscious husband. In that time, she’s gleaned some “serious kitchen wisdom,” she says, from family and friends, especially her mother-in-law, the ever courtside Flo Allen-Hopson.
Other show recipes come from Shannon’s guests, which include celebrity chefs – Lydia Shire, Ming Tsai – local foodie personalities, Boston athletes, and the sisterhood of athletes’ wives.