John Krasinski’s “Some Good News” paid tribute Sunday night to the food industry, restaurant workers and the lengths to which ordinary Americans are going to make sure people get fed during the pandemic — and he brought in some special guests to help. He had previously asked viewers to send in their favorite family recipes for …
John Krasinski’s “Some Good News” paid tribute Sunday night to the food industry, restaurant workers and the lengths to which ordinary Americans are going to make sure people get fed during the pandemic — and he brought in some special guests to help.
He had previously asked viewers to send in their favorite family recipes for a segment called “SGN Potluck.” Then he surprised four winners by having Martha Stewart, Guy Fieri, Momofuku chef David Chang and actor Stanley Tucci — Krasinski’s brother-in-law — cook the dishes.
Tucci, 59 — who became a viral sensation last week thanks to a viral video of him making a Negroni — shook some Quarantinis. “I won’t be walking after this,” the “Hunger Games” star noted after putting in two shots each of vanilla and orange vodkas.
Stewart, 78, whipped up cabbage pierogi, which she also showed off on her own social media, and said she ate with “a lot of vodka.”
Chang, 42, made a “very, very rich” pasta dish. And Fieri, 52, prepared “Dynamites” — a “monster” Sloppy Joe-esque meat and cheese sandwich on sourdough.
At the end of the segment, Krasinski, 40, shocked Fieri with the news that the chef’s relief fund for hard-hit restaurant employees had reached the $20 million mark thanks to a $3 million donation from PepsiCo. Fieri said the announcement gave him goosebumps.
Krasinski also saluted chef José Andrés, 50, who has set up kitchens inside churches and national stadiums from Washington, DC, to Spain to “feed as many people” as possible. (So far, over two million meals have been served.) The actor also gave props to a New York City landlord who gave free rent to a pizzeria that’s been feeding health-care workers.
“The beautiful thing about food … is you don’t have to be a big-time chef to make a huge difference,” Krasinski said, pointing to a family who turned their lawn into a food pantry and members of the National Guard packing meals for food banks in Washington state.
“It’s heartwarming to point out that every single person in that segment, that was making food to make a difference, they were doing it all without charging a dollar, because that is just what heroes do,” Krasinski added.
