Thomas Colicchio, courtesy The Feed Bag, and Tony Bourdain, courtesy Michael Ruhlman's blog.

OK, we said that the round of food porn yesterday would be all there was in The Year That Was here on the Serious Eats homepage, but I'm dredging up these photos of Messrs. Colicchio and Bourdain as the set up to a very big punchline you're all going to love. I promise. So gawk at the pix above and come back in a bit for the big reveal.