NEW YORK, Nov. 12, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- SIRIUS XM Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI) today announced that more than 30 of the nation's top chefs and entertaining experts -- including Martha Stewart, Emeril Lagasse, Wolfgang Puck, Marcus Sameulsson, Isaac Mizrahi, Mario Batali and Charlie Palmer -- will take turns behind the microphone to help listeners solve all of their turkey day dilemmas during the fourth annual Martha Stewart Living® Radio Thanksgiving Hotline.

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During this annual special, exclusive to SIRIUS XM, these leading chefs and entertaining experts will join the Martha Stewart Living® Radio hosts live in studio to reveal their juiciest Thanksgiving tips and tricks, while personally offering advice to listeners across the country.  In addition to tackling holiday cooking quandaries ranging from the traditional to the unexpected, the culinary legends will divulge their favorite Thanksgiving recipes for the main course, hors d'oeuvres, variations on the traditional turkey meal, desserts, wine pairings, specialty cocktails (including non-alcoholic suggestions) designed for the holidays and much more. Martha and her team of Thanksgiving experts will also share their personal Thanksgiving memories and family traditions, supply useful tips for cooking on a budget, and reveal simple yet elegant suggestions to spruce up the table and spread holiday cheer.

The Martha Stewart Living® Radio Thanksgiving Hotline will air November 22, 23 and 24 from 7:00 am - 5:00 pm ET exclusively on Martha Stewart Living® Radio, SIRIUS channel 112 and XM channel 157 as part of "The Best of SIRIUS."  Each full day of programming will replay in its entirety beginning at 7:00 pm ET nightly. SIRIUS XM Radio listeners can call 866-675-6675 or email their questions to radio@marthastewart.com.

Full lineup of scheduled guests:

Monday, November 22

7:00am  Tom Douglas, award-winning Seattle chef and restaurateur

8:00am  Mikey Price, executive chef and owner of Market Table

9:00am  Frank Stitt, award-winning chef, restaurateur, and cookbook author

10:00am Amanda Freitag, chef and TV personality

11:00am Emily Luchetti, award-winning executive pastry chef, San Francisco's
        Farallon and Waterbar restaurants

12:00pm David Burke, celebrity chef and restaurateur

1:00pm  Charlie Palmer, master chef and restaurateur

        Anne Burrell, chef and host, Food Network's "Secrets of a Restaurant
2:00pm  Chef"

3:00pm  Michael White, executive chef/partner of Convivio, Alto, Marea and
        Osterio Morino and Christophe Tassan, wine director, Mix in Las Vegas
        and Alain Ducasse Restaurant at Mandalay Bay, spokesperson for Cotes du
        Rhone Wines

4:00pm  Martha Stewart, live in studio to answer all Thanksgiving questions

Tuesday, November 23

7:00am  Sunny Anderson, host of Food Network's "Cooking for Real"

8:00am  Art Smith, chef, author and TV personality

        Bill Telepan, executive chef/owner of New York City's Telepan
9:00am  restaurant

10:00am Elizabeth Karmel, executive chef of Hill Country Barbecue Market and
        Hill Country Chicken, founder of GirlsattheGrill.com

11:00am Emeril Lagasse, chef, restaurateur of numerous restaurants including
        Emeril's and NOLA, television personality, and cookbook author

        Gale Gand, executive pastry chef and partner of Chicago's TRU
12:00pm restaurant

1:00pm  Michael Lomonaco, executive chef/managing partner at Porter House New
        York and Isaac Mizrahi, fashion guru/TV personality/entertaining pro

2:00pm  Wolfgang Puck, master chef and restaurateur

3:00pm  Carmen Quagliata, executive chef at New York City's Union Square Cafe

        Marcus Samuelsson, world-class chef, co-founder of The Marcus
4:00pm  Samuelsson Group, chef/owner of New York City's Red Rooster Harlem

Wednesday, November 24

        Marc Forgione, chef and owner of New York City's Marc Forgione
7:00am  restaurant

8:00am  George Mendes, chef and owner of Aldea

9:00am  Jonathan Waxman, acclaimed chef and owner, New York City's Barbuto

10:00am Geoffrey Zakarian, chef and co-owner of New York City's The Lambs Club

        Gina DePalma, award-winning pastry chef, New York City's Babbo
11:00am Ristorante

12:00pm Mario Batali, chef/owner of numerous restaurants including Babbo, Del
        Posto, Casa Mono, Esca, television personality, cookbook author

1:00pm  Rick Bayless, cookbook author, television host, James Beard
        Award-winning chef, Frontera Grill and Topolobampo

2:00pm  Sara Moulton, chef, TV personality, and author of "Everyday Family
        Dinners"

3:00pm  Nick Anderer, executive chef of New York City's Maialino restaurant,
        and Allen Katz, director of mixology/spirits education for Southern
        Wine and Spirits

4:00pm  Alton Brown, award-winning cookbook author and Food Network host

All of the chefs contributed their own recipes for a special, free online cookbook, Martha Stewart Living Radio's Thanksgiving Hotline Recipes, created for SIRIUS XM especially for the occasion. This extraordinary collection of recipes and tips, which covers everything from turkey to desserts to wine selections, is available for download at http://www.sirius.com/marthastewartlivingradio and http://www.xmradio.com/marthastewartlivingradio.

About SIRIUS XM Radio

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About Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc.

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. (NYSE: MSO) is a diversified media and merchandising company, inspiring and engaging consumers with unique lifestyle content and distinctive products. The Publishing segment encompasses four magazines, including the company's flagship publication, Martha Stewart Living, periodic special issues and books. The marthastewart.com website provides consumers with instant access to MSLO's multimedia library, search and find capabilities, recipes, online workshops, community and personalization, as well as wedding-planning tools powered by WeddingWire and digital invitations with pingg.com. The Broadcasting segment produces the Emmy-winning, daily television series, "The Martha Stewart Show," and other original programming on Hallmark Channel, including "Mad Hungry with Lucinda Scala Quinn" and "Whatever with Alexis & Jennifer." Broadcasting also encompasses Martha Stewart Living Radio on SIRIUS channel 112 and XM channel 157 as part of "The Best of SIRIUS." In addition to its media properties, MSLO offers high-quality Martha Stewart products through licensing agreements with carefully selected companies, including the Martha Stewart Collection exclusively at Macy's, the Martha Stewart Living line of home-improvement products at The Home Depot, Martha Stewart Crafts with EK Success at Michaels and independent retailers, the Martha Stewart Pets line at PetSmart and more. In 2008, Emeril Lagasse joined the Martha Stewart family of brands; MSLO acquired the assets related to Lagasse's media and merchandising business, including television programming, cookbooks, and emerils.com website and his licensed kitchen and food products. For additional information about MSLO, visit www.marthastewart.com.

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