Martha Stewart Living Hosts Thanksgiving Hotline on SIRIUS XM Radio

The annual "Thanksgiving Hotline" on SIRIUS XM Radio's Martha Stewart Living Radio show will air over the course of three days -- November 23, 24 and 25, 2009. More than 30 top chefs and entertaining experts will broadcast tips, tricks, recipes, and kitchen secrets while answering holiday cooking questions from callers.

Leading chefs and entertaining experts including Martha Stewart, Emeril Lagasse, Mario Batali, Lidia Bastianich, Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Bill Telepan will join the Martha Stewart Living Radio hosts live in studio to reveal their best Thanksgiving tips. They will personally answer questions and offer advice.

The Martha Stewart Living Radio "Thanksgiving Hotline" will air November 23, 24 and 25 from 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET on Martha Stewart Living Radio, SIRIUS channel 112 and XM channel 157 as part of "The Best of SIRIUS" package.

Each full day of programming and interviews will replay nightly at 7:00 pm ET on both SIRIUS and XM. The "Thanksgiving Hotline" offers Martha Stewart Living Radio and SIRIUS XM listeners a rare chance to hear these culinary greats reveal their favorite Thanksgiving recipes for the main course, hors d'oeuvres, variations on the traditional turkey meal, desserts, wine pairings, specialty cocktails (including non-alcoholic suggestions) designed for the holidays and much more. They will also share their personal Thanksgiving memories and family traditions.

Martha and her team of Thanksgiving experts will also supply useful tips for cooking on a budget and share simple yet elegant suggestions to spruce up the table and spread holiday cheer.

Here is the line-up of guests for the "Thanksgiving Hotline" series:

Monday, November 23
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7:00 am ET: Alex Guarnaschelli, chef, Butter
8:00 am ET: April Bloomfield, executive chef, co-owner, The Spotted Pig
9:00 am ET: Michael Anthony, chef, Gramercy Tavern
10:00 am ET: Thomas Keller, executive chef, restaurant owner, Per Se,
The French Laundry, Bouchon
11:00 am ET: Gina DePalma, pastry chef, cookbook author
12:00 pm ET: Bill Telepan, chef/owner, Telepan, cookbook author
1:00 pm ET: David Burke, chef, David Burke Townhouse, David Burke Prime
and Fishtail
2:00 pm ET: Amanda Freitag, executive chef, The Harrison
3:00 pm ET: Emeril Lagasse, chef, restaurateur of numerous restaurants
including Emeril's and NOLA, television personality, and cookbook author
4:00 pm ET: Martha Stewart, cooking, entertaining expert and founder of
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia

Tuesday, November 24
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7:00 am ET: Mikey Price, executive chef/owner, Market Table
8:00 am ET: Lidia Bastianich, Italian chef, owner of numerous restaurants
including Felidia, cookbook author, television host
9:00 am ET: Michael Lomonaco, executive chef, Porter House, television
host, cookbook author
10:00 am ET: Nigella Lawson, television host, bestselling author
11:00 am ET: Johnny Iuzzini, executive pastry chef for Jean Georges,
author, Dessert FourPlay: Sweet Quartets From a Four-Star Pastry Chef,
12:00 pm ET: Charlie Palmer, chef, restaurant owner of numerous
restaurants including Aureole, Charlie Palmer Steak, cookbook author
1:00 pm ET: Anita Lo, chef/owner, Rickshaw Dumpling Bar; food/wine
columnist
2:00 pm ET: Marcus Samuelsson, chef, owner, Aquavit, cookbook author;
Isaac Mizrahi, leader in the design business for almost twenty years
3:00 pm ET: Frank Stitt, chef/owner, Highlands Bar & Grill, Bottega and
Cafe Bottega
4:00 pm ET: Jean-Georges Vongerichten, chef, restaurant owner, television
personality; Bernie Sun, sommelier, corporate beverage director for Jean-
Georges' four-star restaurant group

Wednesday, November 25
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7:00 am ET: Franck Deletrain, chef, Cafe Centro
8:00 am ET: Pierre Schaedelin, executive chef, Benoit Bistro
9:00 am ET: Mario Batali, chef/owner of numerous restaurants including
Babbo, Del Posto, Casa Mono, Esca, television personality, cookbook author
10:00 am ET: Paul Liebrandt, executive chef, Corton, New York City
11:00 am ET: Elizabeth Karmel, chef, cookbook author and founder, Girls at
the Grill, website that provides backyard cooks with simple barbecue
instructions and recipes
12:00 pm ET: Jonathan Waxman, chef, restaurateur, Barbuto, cookbook author
1:00 pm ET: Rick Bayless, James Beard Award-winning chef, Frontera Grill
and Topolobampo, cookbook author, television host
2:00 pm ET: Anne Burrell, chef, television personality
3:00 pm ET: Joey Campanaro, chef and owner, The Little Owl and Market
Table, television personality
4:00 pm ET: Allen Katz, director of mixology and spirits education for
Southern Wine and Spirits of New York; Govind Armstrong, executive
chef/owner, Table 8, cookbook author

All of the chefs contributed their own recipes for a free online cookbook, Martha Stewart Living Radio's Thanksgiving Hotline Recipes. This great collection of recipes and tips covers everything from turkey to desserts to wine selections, and is available for download at www.sirius.com and www.xmradio.com.

If you don't have Sirius XM Radio, you can get a free 7 day trial online by registering on the Sirius site with your email address.

For more information on the "Thanksgiving Hotline" series on Martha Stewart Living Radio, visit: www.sirius.com/martha and www.sirius.com/thanksgiving