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BY KATE O'HARE 'REWRAPPED' makes factory snacks into homemade treats Joey Fatone I n the classic 1988 action movie "Die Hard," besieged NYPD officer John McClane, trapped in a Los Angeles skyscraper with murderous thieves and hostages, is talking to his police-radio buddy on the outside, LAPD Sgt. Al Powell (Reginald VelJohnson). McClane is trying to fortify himself by eating a "1,000-year-old Twinkie," and he asks Powell – seen buying the snack cakes earlier in the movie, allegedly for his pregnant wife – "What do they put in these things, anyway?" Says Powell: "Sugar, enriched flour, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, polysorbate-60 and Yellow Dye No. 5. Just everything a growing boy needs." Whatever the ingredients of the current iteration of the Twinkie, the ingredients and manufacturing process of our favorite snack foods retain an air of mystery, making one wonder if they can be reproduced in a home kitchen. That question gets answered Monday, April 21, on Food Network with the premiere of "Rewrapped." It's a spinoff of the network's long-running show "Unwrapped," which digs into the origins of commercial foods. That show's host, Marc Summers, is the head judge on "Rewrapped," and Joey Fatone is the host. "I thought Joey would make a great host," says Summers, "which he is, and they wanted to make me head judge because I am the king of all food such as Twinkies and chocolate chip cookies and Pepperidge Farm Goldfish and stuff like that." In Round 1, contestants have to re-create the chosen snack food of the day with the goal of making theirs as close as possible to the original in taste, texture and appearance. "One guy," says Summers, "one guy made a Hostess cupcake that looked like it just came off the assembly line. I wondered how it got made. He knew the amount of squiggles, and he had it absolutely perfect. "The taste was 89.6 percent right on the money. Obviously, they're using different kinds of chocolate or whatever, but not only trying to make it look exactly like it but then making it taste exactly like the product – that was fascinating." Then in the second round, the cooks must use the packaged product to make an innovative dish of their own. "On many episodes," says Summers, "the people who were in the basement at the end of Round 1 came back and won the thing, because now you have to take that item and do something that's creative, either sweet or savory. BEST TEACHER SHOWS "Mr. Novak" (NBC, 1963-65) James Franciscus represented an ideal of the profession as an English teacher learning the ropes of teaching and advising. "Room 222" (ABC, 1969-74) The James L. Brooks-created comedy-drama, very relevant to its times, made Karen Valentine an Emmy-winning star as newbie teacher Alice Johnson. "Lucas Tanner" (NBC, 1974-75) Before he became a host of ABC's "Good Morning America," David Hartman's last acting gig was as the title teacher. "Welcome Back, Kotter" (ABC, 1975-79) Teacher Kotter (Gabe Kaplan) was an ideal foil to the students known as the Sweathogs ... and, very particularly, Vinnie Barbarino (John Travolta) "The White Shadow" (CBS, 1978-81) Created by Bruce Paltrow (Gwyneth's father), this superb drama cast current Screen Actors Guild president Ken Howard as a retired NBA star coaching basketball at an inner-city-school. "Fame" (NBC, 1982-83; syndication, 1983-87) It may not have lived forever, per the title song, but this musical drama based on the same-named movie still had a healthy run, with Debbie Allen and Albert Hague as key faculty members. "Saved by the Bell" (NBC, 1989-93) Zack, Kelly and Screech (Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, Dustin Diamond) learned lessons from kindly Mr. Belding (Dennis Haskins). "Boston Public" (Fox, 2000-04) Created and produced by David E. Kelley, this drama took a realistic approach to educators' challenges, with Chi McBride a standout as the school's even-tempered principal. "Friday Night Lights" (NBC and DirecTV, 2006-11) A Texas town's high-school football team was led, with "clear eyes" and "full hearts," by a coach played by Emmy winner Kyle Chandler. "Glee" (Fox, 2009-present) Ever-compassionate "Mr. Schue" (Matthew Morrison) guides an Ohio high school's glee club in the musical drama. Dennis Haskins of "Saved by the Bell" BY JAY BOBBIN Matthew Morrison of "Glee" "Welcome Back, Kotter" 8 The Goshen News • TV Spotlight • April 21-27, 2014

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