If Rory wins, she wants to stay in Vega

A reader the other day posted an interesting question regarding Rory Schepisi being a finalist in “The Next Food Network Star”:

So if Rory wins the Food Network Star Challenge will she tape the show in Vega TX or will someone else be running the Boot Hill?

I thought it was a pretty good question. So I e-mailed Rory a similarly worded query. A few hours later, she replied via text message:

Vega is my home. If I won I hope to do a show about the places on
route 66 and the Texas panhandle.

I am all for a Food Network program that focuses on all the great restaurants on the Mother Road. It would be yet another publicity boon for Route 66.

And, as this Rory video from Homer’s Backyard Ball shows, there’s enough fascinating cuisine with Texas Plains cooking to make a solid show:

Let’s hope she wins.

We’ll find out at 8 p.m. Central on Sunday.