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What: “NBA Cafe”

Where: Food Network, Sunday, 10 p.m.

“NBA Cafe” is a light and fluffy NBA Entertainment production that focuses on the culinary habits of NBA and WNBA players. Although it is a show that may require an acquired taste, it will have you coming back for more.

It’s as much about fun and games as it is about pots and pans.

One of the features in the latest edition focuses on chef Bobby Flay, the host of the show, helping Jerry Stackhouse of the Detroit Pistons cook a seafood meal on his mother’s birthday. Stackhouse and Flay go shopping for lobster and shrimp and make a meal in the Stackhouse house that will have you drooling.

A feature at the end of the one-hour show is about Magic Johnson and his chain of restaurants. Johnson talks about how, after having success in the theater business, he was encouraged to try restaurants. Johnson owns a number of Starbucks, Fatburger and T.G.I. Friday’s franchises.

In another segment, Felipe Lopez of the Minnesota Timberwolves, during a trip to Los Angeles, pays a visit to the Conga Room, known for its Latin flavors and music.

Raja Bell of the Philadelphia 76ers takes viewers on a tour of some noteworthy Philadelphia eateries, Lorenzen Wright of the Memphis Grizzlies shows off his Sports Cafe in Memphis, where he waits on tables and cooks hot wings, and Kara Wolters of the Sacramento Monarchs cooks a meal for friends.

WNBA player Tisha Penicheiro says she likes cow tongue, which some viewers might find appropriate. Penicheiro plays in Sacramento.