Mustard-see TV: “Hot Dog Man” on Food Network
Watch northern Colorado’s “Hot Dog Man,” Terry Miller, left, share his road food expertise on the Food Network’s “Unwrapped” at 7 p.m. Monday. The segment was shot with a local motorcycle club and at Miller’s deli at East Prospect and Specht Point roads in Fort Collins. Meanwhile, “The Next Food Network Star” kicks off with a two-hour premiere 7 p.m. Sunday. The series follows the network’s nationwide search for its newest on-air talent. This season, chef Bobby Flay joins the judging panel, which gets help from Rachael Ray, Mario Batali and Alton Brown.
Dinner tackles the land-mine problem
Have you been invited to (or hosted) a “Night of a Thousand Dinners”? No? Here’s the deal: The annual event raises funds to clear land mines and assist land-mine survivors. The idea is to host dinners between March 1, which commemorates the date of the Mine Ban Treaty, and April 4, recently recognized by the United Nations as International Day for Mine Awareness. Instead of bringing a gift to your host, you make a monetary donation to the charity. The campaign has raised $4 million so far. Consider:
There are up to 70 million land mines in up to 90 countries.
Land mines cost as little as $3 to make and up to $1,000 to remove.
A person, usually a civilian, is maimed or killed by a land mine at least once every hour and as often as every 22 minutes. One- third of victims lose a limb, and more than half die from the initial explosion.
One-third of land-mine victims survive, but suffer the loss of at least one limb.
Go to 1000dinners.com for information.
A bit o’ green at Chicago
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, Chicago, 6680 W. Colfax Ave., will have Green River sodas and corned beef and cabbage throughout March. It also serves pepper- and-egg sandwiches (a Chicago Lenten tradition). Chicago-Colorado.com, 303-233-0500.
