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... (2 replies, last updated by Boudleaux August 25, 2009)

— 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... (2 replies, last updated by taterjane October 24, 2006)

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... (36 replies, last updated by Ruth Lafler April 12, 2006)

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. (53 replies, last updated by James Cristinian November 16, 2009)

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... (44 replies, last updated by TampaAurora July 10, 2009)

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! (31 replies, last updated by sox_foodie October 4, 2008)

_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 (26 replies, last updated by DanaB June 30, 2009)

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... (55 replies, last updated by zee December 31, 2006)

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... (137 replies, last updated by buttertart September 23, 2009)

my first thought is capo. their wine list is amazing...albeit the mark up is huge. (91 replies, last updated by lambrusche April 14, 2009)

. 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... (132 replies, last updated by Pete Oldtown April 27, 2008)

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. (25 replies, last updated by jofhurley April 19, 2009)

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... (47 replies, last updated by a_and_w February 26, 2009)

Simmons is intersting to listen to but I really don’t get anything tangible from her. Colicchio really was a turn off early on because he has that clipped, staccato way of pronouncing judgement. Maybe this is the way the... (25 replies, last updated by SpongeBobSquarePegs April 4, 2006)

-fill"...I think the latter by Bayless). So – now we have to wait two weeks until Ep. 4 – with the write-up saying "Chief chefs Anita Lo, Douglas Rodriguez, John Besh and Mark Peel are all tied up. That is, they must... (121 replies, last updated by chicgail July 1, 2009)