We pull back the curtain on how Pittsburgh’s local food television gets made, from planning and pacing a five-minute kitchen segment to building community around long-form public media cooking shows. Maria DeBone and Chris Fennimore share the inside scoop. Plus local TV food personality Chef Alekka offers an easy holiday crumble.

• Planning, staging, and timing a live kitchen segment
• Tips and hacks viewers value on short TV spots
• The origin and evolution of QED Cooks and its community format
• Realities of live-to-tape and behind-the-scenes crew work
• A beginner-friendly winter fruit crumble with oats
• Where to watch Alekka, Doug, and Chris across local TV

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