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Top Chef Las Vegas: Big Gambles on the Strip

This week's episode started with breakfast in bed for Padma and guest judge Nigella Lawson, but it certainly wasn't a leisurely day for anyone. The chefs were hard at work with a catering event, and t...

Top Chef All Stars: How NOT to Host a Dinner Party

Top Chef Las Vegas took a break this week, but we got to see a few all stars from past seasons reunite for a dinner party. With fan-favorite Fabio Viviani as the evening's host, there was plenty of dr...

Top Chef Las Vegas: Hold The Meat, Please

TV dinners! Natalie Portman! Vegetables! This week's episode of Top Chef brought us another movie star vegetarian challenge and some interesting interpretations of what constitutes a "protein." Note...

Tonight on PBS: The Botany of Desire

Are you as excited as we are about the PBS premiere of "The Botany of Desire"? Based on Michael Pollan's best-selling book of the same name, the documentary examines the relationship between people an...

Video: Eddie Izzard on Supermarket Psychology

Happy Friday! Our discussion on choosing the fastest checkout line reminded us of this more humorous take on "queue strategy." Get your weekend started with a laugh from one of our favorite comedians,...

Top Chef Las Vegas: Restaurant Wars!

The always exciting Restaurant Wars episode took on a few new twists in this episode, not the least of which was a focus on sustainable seafood. Note: We reveal the winner and losers below ......

Will You Watch Gourmet's Adventures with Ruth?

The new PBS show Gourmet's Adventures with Ruth will begin airing tomorrow in select markets, less than two weeks after Condé Nast announced it would cease production of the magazine. Are you excit...

Top Chef Las Vegas: Of Pigs and Pinot

We love a good pairing, so this week's episode was right up our alley. The challenges featured both high- and low-end combinations, both good and bad. Note: We reveal the winner and losers below ......

Top Chef Las Vegas: Like No Dinner Party We've Ever Had

We felt right at home watching last night's episode of Top Chef. First, they highlighted a website we've mentioned several times before. Then, they highlighted our favorite subject matter of all: home...

Top Chef Las Vegas: Angels and Devils

There was no shortage of personalities on this week's episode of Top Chef with guests Penn and Teller and Michelle Bernstein, and the return of judge Toby Young. Note: We reveal the winner and loser...

Top Chef Las Vegas: Foam on the Range

The cheftestants were roughing it this week as they headed out to the desert to cook a high-end meal. As you might expect, not everything went smoothly. Note: We reveal the winner and losers below .....

A Tour Of The Food Network Prop House

What is it about the idea of 200 cake plates or 100 salt and pepper shakers in the same place that gets us all giddy inside? Eddie Ross recently had magnificent adventures, backstage in the prop dep...

Top Chef Las Vegas: All Things French

This week's episode was all about French food and notable French chefs. There were some impressive mouths to feed, but not everyone was up to the challenge. Note: We reveal the winner and losers belo...

Reviewed: Food Network's Money-Saving Shows

Saving money is a top priority these days, and the Food Network has gotten into the penny pinching game with two budget conscious shows: "Sandra's Money Saving Meals" and "$10 Meals with Melissa d’A...

Top Chef Las Vegas: The Best of Plates, The Worst of Plates

How do you cook a meal for 300 with no stovetops and a lot of canned ingredients? For a military cook, it's just another day in the kitchen but it put the Top Chef contestants to the test. Read on to ...

Top Chef Las Vegas: A Shot At Love With Tequila

Todd English stopped by to guest judge in week two of Top Chef Las Vegas. If this episode proved anything, it's that this season will likely be just as cheesy as we expected – the craps table, the b...

Farm Fresh Salads and Beet Carpaccio au Bleu
From Nationwide Newspaper Food Sections 8.19.09

We're craving colorful late-summer salads right now – like baby beets and turnips with blue cheese, or a panzanella with sweet, juicy watermelon. More on those recipes below, plus ginger fried chic...

Top Chef Masters: A Winning Storyteller

For last night's final episode of Top Chef Masters, finalists Michael Chiarello, Hubert Keller and Rick Bayless were asked to cook the meal of their lives, quite literally. Note: We reveal the winner...

Top Chef Las Vegas: Premieres Tonight!

Top Chef fans: At last, the wait is nearly over. Top Chef Las Vegas premieres tonight on Bravo. Read our thoughts on the upcoming season and share your reaction to tonight’s episode below. ...

Top Chef Masters: Mountain Goats at the Beach

Top Chef returns next week with its sixth season set in Las Vegas. We've been enjoying Top Chef Masters this summer and thought we'd chime in with a few thoughts as the competition wraps up and we pre...

The Cocktails of Mad Men
The New York Times 8.12.09

Mad Men returns this Sunday. Do you have your Manhattans, Old Fashioneds, and Pink Squirrel Martinis ready?...

Playing a Potato Expert on TV with Sean Conway

I spent yesterday on the set of Cultivating Life, a television show about reconnecting with the land. No, no big sound-stage; no wardrobe and make-up trailers (which might have helped curtail my copio...

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