the ap is reporting that his royal bam!-ness emeril lagasse has signed a deal with martha stewart living omnimedia inc. the deal is reportedly worth $50m ($45m in cash and $5m in stock). she does not however get control of his empire of restaurants. this is actually the second time he has sold his soul. the first time he sold it to the scripps media empire.

after the food network and scripps had grown tired of his shtick and wanted to renegotiate when his contract was up in november talks ceased and he is out of the network just like the orange clog wearing mario batali. emeril, i wish you the best, however make sure martha gets her ‘pound of flesh‘ otherwise her goons might come after you. consider yourself warned.