Johnson's Cooking in Food Channel Kitchen; New President Wants to Zest Up Prime-Time Offerings, Enrich Promotional Menu.(Cable Connection)

Byline: Jon Lafayette

A pinch of new prime-time programming and a dollop of promotion. That's new President Brooke Johnson's recipe for the Food Channel.

"Nothing is broken here, thank God,'' said Ms. Johnson, who joined Food Network nine months ago as senior VP and general manger. She succeeds Judy Girard, who left to run Shop at Home Network. Both channels are part of Scripps Networks.

Food Network just had its three highest-rated shows in its history over the weekend of April 24-26, when "The Iron Chef America: Battle of the Masters'' appeared. The finale of the series drew 1.3 million viewers, helping the network to its highest-rated Sunday ever. "Iron Chef'' …