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What will all those Lonely planeteers do now?

They'll go to Laos and smoke opium, or dissolve it in tea or go to Myanmar.

In Phnom Pen I remember there was something called *Space shuttle* which was vodka steeped with cannabis. A poor mans absinthe if you will.

How about the Black hat chef.

Boy was he awful but it was like watching a train wreck I couldn't turn away.

Graham Kerr , well done! Good memory, how about that English sot Floyd doing a local gig that Bourdain has lifted the Two fat ladies! Yes!

The irony is you folks love to grouse but you can't take your eyes away from that channel! There is so much better out there but you have to watch PBS instead. True some of PBS's stuff is horrid (MA Esposito? How do you say PB+J in Eyetalian?) and *Everyday food*? for a Prozac nation perhaps.

The bitterness heaped upon Ms. Lee is laughable, the only thing that would make you ladies detest her more and send her rating through the roof would be to put her in a bikini or less lol!

Hair of the dog lightweights.

Hey *surfchef* do us all a favor, rather than seeking justice here at this website behind your keyboard (where the issue surely IS NOT) take your crusade of rightous enlightenment to Asia and start working on the 2.5 billion there whom commit the vast preponderance of crimes against The flying spaghetti monsters vast panapoly of creatures.

Our actions here at SE are the proverbial "Drop in the bucket".

Drop a little action on that AmEx *Gold card* and get your crusading ON!\

You go boy!

I moved away from Pittsburgh the Bay Area (where there is plenty of good pizza) and i STILL crave Aiello's!!!! Pittsburgh pies do have a unique taste- its the sweeter sauce.

Ohio Valley pizza certainly deserves its own category- its pretty unique.

If you want true Ohio Valley Pizza, you have to go to the Firehouse in Ambridge, PA on Merchant street. Only open on the weekends, the business is run by firemen to support the firehouse (we're talking real social capital here). Its not my favorite (really dougy crust) but its certainly an experience.

Another experience would be Tony R's pizza in Sewickley on Nevin Ave. A tiny pizzaria run by Tony (who does all the deliveries himself) and his two sons.

Don't eat the damn food if you don't like the content! You are not being forced to make these recipes, nor eat the food. YOU eat what YOU like and the rest of us mature adults will eat what WE like. I am sure that you have eaten a hamburger, french fry or doughnut in your lifetime....well, guess what, you have just eaten a fried cheese and butter ball. It's all the same thing, just a different flavor.

Remember, it is people like you and me who made her famous, not to mention her scrumptious recipes. There is no harm in eating food like this if you ingest in moderation.

I was a big fan of the Frug' and I think his influence changed a lot about how cooking shows are presented. I can't think of another show at that time that really explained the regional differences in how people eat.

He really raised the bar of food knowledge in the country, especially in the midwest where I grew up. In the mid-80s people just weren't eating things like squid ink pasta, balsamic vinegar, fennel bulbs, etc. etc. Al dente' was a word most had never heard.

If he hadn't had his troubles, and the evidence is pretty overwhelming against him even if he never had to admit to anything, then I believe he would be among the most revered food educators. As it is, most younger people don't know him at all, but his influence is still being felt in very strong ways.

It was a deep personal loss to me, he really taught me how to cook and also why it's important to be curious about the foodways of other cultures. I still have all of his cookbooks, but I don't use them much.

As a person who is turning 21 in August, and currently thinking about how I plan to celebrate with my family, I think it's very, very cool that you brought it up on Serious Eats.

I do wish people would hush about the hanging out thing. The bars don't get serious till 10, 11 or even 12. So dinner at 7.30 or eight would be lovely. Also, just because you're out for 21 doesn't mean you have to drink yourself ill.

I agree that his accomplishments in food education on TV, and otherwise, were enormous. I also agree that ignoring his greatness because of unproven allegations (for which he was never prosecuted) is foolish. Every time I head to the stove I never fail to think to myself, "Hot pan, cold oil, food won't stick!" Plus I think it's silly to hold something that may or may not have happened (but probably things happened) against a dead man. I'm sure those last few years of his life were hellish and he suffered enough.

As for uppity Craig Wollam, he grated on my nerves something fierce! I suspected (even way back when he first appeared on the show) that he and The Frug were more than just "friends." I mean, all the trips, come on. However, I expect he's much more circumspect now that he's been taken down a bunch of pegs. I think counseling for kitchen workers that have been abused is a great idea and he will never run out of clients. All kitchen workers have been abused at some point.

As an aside, I once asked a chef why he was so hard on his crew and was told that he was treated the same way when he started. So, just like abusive parents being a repeating cycle, so goes abusive chefs.