Thursday Night Smackdown: Sometimes Standing Up is a Challenge in Itself
I think I might have a girlcrush on Charlie Palmer, because his Practical Guide to the New American Kitchen can do no wrong. Every recipe I’ve tried has been delicious and the book is washable, so there’s that. Plus? Scallops wrapped in bacon, creamy paprika-spiked mascarpone* polenta and the most delicious roasted, wine-soaked red peppers ...
Liveblogging Top Chef: Episode 7
If Bourdain were guest judging and said some shit like “It’s the bland leading the bland,” it would intensify my already-overwhelming desire to stab him in the eye with my fork. When new guest judge Toby Young says it, I want to invite him over for dinner to talk about how much we’d like to ...
I’m only mostly dead.
What do I have that’s worth living for? Top Chef, that’s what. Well, that and whole wheat-and-nutella sandwiches. So see you tomorrow night, suckers.
You are so not off the hook
You think you can get out of First Thursday because it falls on a holiday and you’re all hungover? WRONG. For it has already been officially pushed to next Thursday. The theme: challenge yourself. The rules: here, as always. Now drink some water, take some aspirin and get your shit together.