my television debut. OR, why fabian should pay me to promote pasta cosy. OR, how i became bff with rachael ray.

so the other day, my family (who was here visiting) and i were walking through the big outdoor market in aix when we noticed a camera crew filming someone who was strolling through the market. we look closer, and suddenly my sister yells out "it's rachael ray! it's rachael ray!" (my sis is a big fan of 30-minute meals). we figured she was in my wonderful town of aix-en-provence filming an episode of her show, tasty travels. the fam and i had just eaten a fabulous meal the night before at pasta cosy, our favorite restaurant in town owned by our friend fabian. thinking about the phenomenal white truffle ravioli we'd eaten the night before, lauren said, "let's go recommend pasta cosy to rachael ray!" she's heading away from her camera crew at this point, so lauren and i head over, and lauren says "rachael! she lives here, we want to recommend a restaurant to you." rachael looks at me and says "sure! can we film it?" so before i even know what is happening, there's a camera in my face and i'm talking to rachael ray about why she should go eat at pasta cosy. true story people. rachael even said at the end that next time she's in provence, she'll come cook in my kitchen. ye-ah! so i'm thinking, if i actually get pasta cosy mentioned on the food network, fabian is gonna owe me free desserts for the rest of my life. i'm talking unlimited chocolate springrolls, yeah?