Even a rising young star on the Food Network met her culinary match when she tried to grill an octopus.
“It was tough as a tire,” said Mary Nolan, a 2004 University of Wisconsin-Madison journalism graduate, and host of the new series, “Chic & Easy,” which airs locally at 8:30 a.m. on Sundays on the Food Network, which Charter subscribers can find on Ch. 38.
Plenty of chefs have their own kitchen disaster stories, but fortunately for Nolan, she’s had a string of exciting successes lately.