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Top Chef Week Twelve: Welcome to Hawaii, come to a luau, and ‘aloha’ means...
One episode down, one to go. Two contestants down, one to go. That’s right, kids. Top Chef is coming to its culinary conclusion at long last… and the cooking is good. Our repeated complaints that too...
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Top Chef the Finale: Five courses, eight celebrity judges, and one Top Chef.
Like that roast you’ve been cooking in the oven all day long, Top Chef is done at last. And like that roast, it didn’t come out quite like you’d hoped: It’s dry, unappetizing and quite frankly, you’re...
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What should Top Chef 3 look like?
I think many of us agree that this second season was a bust for the most part. The quality of the food and creativity of the chefs were overshadowed all season by petty behavior, questionable ethics...
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What’s a birthday without cupcakes? Jack’s Blueberry and Meyer Lemon Cupcakes.
I’m happy to write this solo as my wife is currently recovering from the birth of our son. This morning, my wife gave birth to our son, Jack. As he was breached and came to us two weeks early via...
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‘Top Chef’ Epsiode 11: Restaurant wars
By popular demand (um, at least one of you asked… and, frankly, that’s enough for us!), we’ve decided to resurrect our Top Chef commentary. Of course, we’ve been watching all along — but only our TiVo...
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‘Top Chef’ Episode 12: High steaks
This is it! This episode will determine who the final four will be! This is the big showdown! This is where it all happens! This is — yawn — so boring… Perhaps it’s the lack of drunken head shaving...
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Top Chef Episode 13: Puerto Rico
And then there were three. And what a three! But wait, we’re getting ahead of ourselves… After a few months break, our four intrepid contestants reunited in sunny Puerto Rico for the penultimate...
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Top Chef Week 14: The End!
And it’s over. There were tears of joy, tears of sorrow, tears of bitterness. And finally, a winner. But first, the cooking and the parade of celebrity chefs come to get their grub on. Perhaps...
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Beer is good. Fathers are good. A post about excellent collaborations.
Fathers don’t always want ties for Father’s Day. They don’t always want breakfast in bed. Dads don’t always want power tools for their birthday (unless of course they are cooking geeks and want a cold...
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A Birthday Treat for Lily: Chocolate Cupcakes with Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting
We’ve been busy of late. Three weeks ago, my wife and I welcomed another addition to our family — our daughter, Lily. She was born a healthy 8 lbs and 1 oz, and since then has packed on the ounces to...
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