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Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza has a new location in my 'hood:
http://www.anthonyscoalfiredpizza.com/pinellas.html

Also some new locations in the Miami area: http://www.anthonyscoalfiredpizza.com/miami_dade.html

Michael has many meathead-like qualities. Most assholes are just that way and don't know it, Michael seems to try at it.

I like both Voltaggio's, but they would really have to be outstanding to both make it to the final three. It could be compelling telie for the episode where they go from four to three. Could there really be the two of them in the final three?

"On the Line" does a great job of explaining the Ripert way. Will JC be the poster child for "anti-Ramsay/ MP White" school?

Laurine is an absolute mystery to me after two entire shows. I remember nothing about her.

It was about this time last season that we thought Ariane was going to be the next to go. Is Jesse this season's Ariane?

What bothered me most about the same-sex marriage discussion was how the producers decided to frame Preeti and Ashley in the same shot and show it from 3 different angles. What was that all about?

Shuffer: Sorry but that rationale just doesn't fly. Signing on for a cooking show in Vegas, and then pouting because they want you to cook for a wedding-related event is just juvenile. She even admitted that she knew it was probably going to happen. So what's her problem, exactly? She seemed to have a beef with Top Chef for 'putting her in that situation' more than society in general for 'not letting her get married'. Imagine a chef who is in Gambler's Anonymous who signs on for Top Chef: Vegas and then pisses and moans because they keep asking him to roll dice and play poker as part of the challenges. Man up, Nancy. You knew what was going to be involved before you showed up, so you have no one to blame but yourself.

Also of note, the best hamburger I've ever had in my life was at a restaurant where the chef was a very strict vegetarian (for morale reasons). She managed to take his personal convictions out of the picture and give the customer what he wanted. Why is Ashley so special

One of two things is going on. Either Ashley is a spoiled, whiny little attention whore who has to piss on everyone else's good time (in which case, she needs to be the next to go), or the producers just injected a little manufactured drama to boost ratings (in which case, Top Chef is not the show I thought it was and is, in fact, more like Real World)

Forget Ashley. Let's figure out who this season's Leah & Hosea are going to be!!

I agree that the same-sex marriage "controversy" seemed liked it was a bit forced and set up or at least egged on by the producers. Notice that most of the gays who got dragged out to the griping table just sat there and never said a word about it.

I guess the chick who was so upset will never take a job catering a wedding or cooking dinner for a couple on their anniversary or honeymoon. Please.

pbelardo, that is exactly what I came in here to say! I don't know if it was contrived by the show producers or if Ashley is just such a drama-queen attention-whore that she decided to make a big deal out of if, but the whole thing was really getting on my nerves. You know what? If the challenge offends you that much, quit the show. There are plenty of other chefs who *want* to be there.

@Erin "ce-veech" is the French pronunciation, which isn't suprising for her to use considering she works in an Eric Ripert restaurant.

So glad that Eve left. Her personality was just so down. Every scene she was in made me just feel kind of drained of energy.

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No sense of humour, you guys. No wonder all the good ads are from Europe and Japan.

And this sounds very much like my home-made version of a Philly cheese steak,
except it's a burger patty instead of Steak-Umms, and I use HP Chicken & Rib sauce which is slightly sweeter than A-1. (BTW, in the UK, that "Chicken & Rib" sauce is called "HP Fruity Sauce"; wrap your heads around that..) I'd try it once; further adventures would depend on how it tasted.

I remember growing up and being really happy to sometimes get a toy from my fast food meal. I really miss those Mario-themed toys from McDonald's! So I can tell from personal experience that the toys did made me want to go. And we'd go once in a while.

To state that it is the parents' responsibility to choose where to eat is too obvious considering the SE audience. There are families out there that just don't have the time/privilege/knowledge/understanding to fend for themselves. I'd like to draw a comparison with the recent credit crunch where creditors were lending money to people who normally shouldn't be able to get one. Some things may be common sense to some, but not to others.