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Top Chef Finale

Friday, June 13th, 2008

You know when you're watching the Final Four and you feel like you're going to vomit? With fifteen seconds to go your team--the one you've been rooting for all season--is up two points but the opponent has control of the ball, and they're driving slowly down court hoping to ...

A Bit on Blais

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Tofu Steak Marinated in Beef Fat with Green Curry I didn't get a chance to comment on last week's episode and I wanted to because I'm sorry but that tofu thing actually sounded really good. Of everything I've ever seen made on Top Chef that was the one dish that for me ...

Top Chef

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Next week it looks like we get some more uptight-bitch vs Filipino smack-downs, and while that should be pretty entertaining, this week we got another relatively stupid episode of Top Chef. Not being an Oprah supporter I didn't know who Art Smith was prior to tonight, but I have to ...

Top Chef Spoilers

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

This season of Top Chef seems to be filled with more Real Worldesque drama than ever before. It's annoying and it detracts from what made the previous seasons so enjoyable to watch even when the challenges were ridiculous like that airplane one. And speaking of challenges we've had two now ...

This is my house.

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

So far I think this season of Top Chef is the worst. There are no clear favorites and all the overly-arrogant personalities leave me wondering how they even have the jobs they have because some of their resumes are fairly impressive. I guess being on TV is just a free ...

Top Chef 4

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

From the hilariously inappropriate but appealing dressed Padma Lakshmi who acts as the comedic straight-woman as she delivers her product placements as if she was having a normal conversation; to the celebrity chef guests and Tom Colicchio who actually attempt to judge these challenges as if they were everyday situations ...

Symon Says

Saturday, November 17th, 2007

Michael Symon has a blog now, and it's titled exactly what you'd expect it to be: Symon Says. And as I can't mention Symon without people instantly thinking about his recent claim to fame, I might as well comment on that too. Honestly, I hate Iron Chef . Maybe that's a ...