“Top Chef” recap: Earning a coat can be a bloody mess
I spoke too soon last week. The contestants who have already won a "Top Chef" jacket are shown celebrating at their home base and - the bunk beds are back this season. Seriously, "Top Chef" producers?...
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Yee-haw! Here we go with the new season of "Top Chef." Air kiss, air kiss! Oh, how we missed you. New judges this year include Emeril Lagasse, looking more Ewok than ever, and, coming next week, "Top...
View Article“Top Chef” recap: Bocuse d’Or or bust
Is it me, or did it look like NO cheftestant really wanted to win a chance to compete in the actual Bocuse d'Or, the "Olympics" of the culinary world, after the mentally and physically exhausting...
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Was out and about last night in this you-can-fry-an-egg-on-the-pavement steamy weather and missed last night's "Top Chef D.C." Guest judge was White House chef Sam Kass. Enjoy Tom Colicchio's blog...
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Wrong, wrong, wrong. Bad move last night on TC. But let's start from the beginning: I taped last night's episode and somehow cut off the first couple of minutes - and didn't catch one of the reruns -...
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Last night's "Top Chef" should have been called the French Connection. I can only imagine what it was like trying to cook for and impress French chef (gods) Joel Robuchon, Daniel Boulud, Hubert...
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Call 'em taters, spuds, whatever. Who doesn't love potatoes? Actually, my favorite 7-year-old didn't like mashed potatoes for a long time and she almost lost her family membership. Mom Mom hasn't been...
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Are we gearing up for a brother-versus-brother "Top Chef" showdown? It's starting to look that way. Cooking siblings Michael V. and Bryan aren't exactly the Jonas Brothers hug-it-out type, are they? It...
View Article“Top Chef” judge shares easy fried chicken recipe
"Top Chef" Tom Colicchio is no chicken when it comes to expressing how he feels after eating a dish made one of the contestants on the Emmy-winning Bravo cooking series. And last night's fried chicken...
View Article“Top Chef” judge Acheson signing cookbooks Sunday in Glen Mills, Pa.
“Top Chef” judge Hugh Acheson, who will be signing copies of his new cookbook Sunday at Terrain at Styer's, has a wide-ranging culinary background. The native Canadian learned the fundamentals of...
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