Canadian chef Mary Berg is the center of a model new house cooking show, coming to the Food Network this weekend. Everyone loves rooting for the underdog, which is what makes Beat Bobby Flay a must-watch. Aspiring chefs go on the show to take down the one-and-only Bobby Flay, all for the sake of bragging rights. Even though Everyday Italian is tough to beat, there’s one thing so laid-back and effortless about Giada’s second show, during which she cooks straightforward and scrumptious recipes in her California kitchen. Any show that may nab a magician — and then a member of the Mean Girls cast — as host is special. The cupcake-making competitors is an hour respite from the actual world, all sugar, a little spice (the shedding bakers’ reactions are golden), and every little thing good.
“Inspired first by the necessity to hold the cameramen awake, Emeril began yelling as …