Food Stylist Adds to Show’s Flavor
extra in a recent episode. “I had a good hair day, and they used me,” she quips. After a brief interruption to answer a crew member’s query about the whereabouts of shaved cheese, Iland insists that most of the show’s food is real — yes, those are tasty filet mignons, New York steaks, and ribs (though she had to have the ribs cut longer to accommodate a director’s request). Exceptions are ice cream and sorbet because both will melt before scenes can be shot; mashed potatoes are substituted for ice cream and a mixture of lard and powdered sugar becomes “glistening” sorbet. When the script called for a chef’s cut-off finger to inadvertently be served to a restaurant critic, Iland used saffron rice. “It concealed the ‘finger’ perfectly,” she recalls with a chuckle. The California native (“I’m a true Valley Girl!”) polices what is eaten and when it’s eaten on the set. “I don’t
