Padma Breaks Up the Band

Episode 8: Musical talent does not a Top Chef make.

What Would George Washington Eat?

I follow a lot of them. John T. Edge, John Besh, Michael Ruhlman, Rick Bayless, Ruth Reichl, Blackened Out, Richard Blais, Tyler Florence, Mark Bittman, Kat Kinsman, Slashfood, Cake Wrecks, Wilo Benet, Dorie Greenspan, Michael...

— okay, but a bit bland. Steamed beef with asparagus and black mushroom — this was marked on the menu as “From the Bamboo Spa Selection: Refreshingly healthy alternatives.” Frankly, it didn’t seem...

is supposed to be the Tim Dunn of this show, but he isn’t doing that much. He doesn’t really voice his displeasures as overtly as Tim did but he does do so in his blogs. So far, the guest judges have been the most...

On Iron chef America Sunday night, Mark Simmons from season 4 was sous chef for Brad Farmerie. They took on Cat Cora in a Maple battle. Mark seemed very quiet and head down and went to work. They ended up smoking Cora.

What a great group of chefs to compete! Besh, Lo, Rodriguez, and Peel? Fun. But even better is having Gail Simmons there to judge the egg QuickFire – who doesn’t know her aversion to RUBBERY EGGS? Based on how...

Definitely not Simmons College. MIT supposedly has a falafel restaurant.. one that was in Watertown. It is delicious and I totally forget the name. But if it is there, it is absolutely worth sneaking on to MIT!

_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243874363&sr=1-4 I don’t use this one as much, but it still has lots of great ideas. Many of the vegetable treatments make perfectly fine side dishes without the pasta. Fig Heaven by Marie Simmons http

I was never a big fan of the permanent judges except for Colicchio. As I read the blogs my distaste for Simmons is increasing multifold. At least Colicchio is in the kitchen with them observing how they are reacting with each...

to Chicago the last weekend in July, the Newberry Library has a big famous annual sale of 100,000 donated books which always include hundreds of cookbooks, all marked very cheap—-a good place to stock up on some particular...

my first thought is capo. their wine list is amazing...albeit the mark up is huge.

. They ARE the most consistent. And Dale wins!! And he gets a freaking Bears jersey and a studly grill grill, I guess thats OK, I still would rather go to Italy. OK, Gail Simmons still bugs me. OK, whaling on Nikki, Ryan, and Mark...

sound that is. They need to give a little back. As Gene Simmons says, “I just work here.” This means the fans are the boss.

I was just reading Gail Simmons blog on Bravo from a few weeks ago. she says this: "New Orleans will really show the true colors of the remaining chefs. Nothing is as it seems. Nothing." Okay here is my theory. Stefan has been...