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If you travel more than 1/2 mile to get to any of these joints, you are nuts. This is not pizza. Old Forge is a ridiculous marketing campaign for fried wonder bread with american cheese and canned tomato sauce. Truly disgusting. I would much rather drive 250 miles to New Haven than cross the river to eat this cr*p.

I lived in NH area from 89-98 and still eat pizza there several times a year. My list would be
Pepe's The Spot
Pepe's
Bar
Sally's
Modern
I would eat in any of these pizzarias before almost anywhere else on the east coast. The Spot is the original Pepe's and the original oven. It is hotter. The crusts are crispier, crispier to the point where people get injured), The dough is sweet and chewy. A key is to order your pie well done. My favorite is bacon, onion, mushroom, mozz, tomato pie well done. Also, the small pies tend to be better and more consistent than the medium or large. Love the birch beer.

Bar has great pie, and much more convenient if you are downtown, and it is a great bar, but not the same as Wooster Street.

Sally's has wonderful flavor and maybe the best sauce.

Modern is still real New Haven pie, and many local prefer it. I think the crust is too soft.

That's exactly what I did!

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Debbie was not an asian chef. She is a southern cook with some vague concepts of Korean cuisine.

Lucky Jeff. Go go go Debbie. Oh, You're Korean? That's different.

Everyone on this show either is unbelievably annoying, can't cook, lies, or freezes in front of the camera. I can't stand Debbie or Melissa, and they seem to be the judges favorites along with Jamika, who is just plain weak in the kitchen when she isn't in the middle of her comfort zone. Debbie has consistently lied and played up every supposed slight. Melissa is tedious, boring, and hyperactive. I'm waiting for her eyes to explode from her head. Jeffrey is not very smart, and his smoothness is turning bland. Which leaves Michael, who has the potential and some culinary skills but appears to be a psychological time bomb.

I think FN originally figured that Debbie, Mellisa, or Jeffrey would do just fine. Now they are looking at a potential no win situation. If they pass Debbie through another disaster, the fix may be in. "I'm lying and deceitful, and I love to use soy sauce and ginger because ..."

Jeffrey was a total idiot. Here is what he should have done and it would have been great, and won the challenge.

Red, White, and Blue Lobster and Blueberry Salad American Flag

Boil and shell lobster, slice into into half inch thick strips with some red "skin" on each strip.

Prepare a simple lemon creme: Beat heavy cream to soft peaks, fold in lemon zest and powdered sugar.

Arrange lobster strips on a rectangular plate like the stripes on an American flag.

Fill the upper left portion of the plate with the lemon creme, about half an inch in depth.

Arrange a solid single layer of blueberries on the creme, and press them into the creme so creme comes up between blueberries like white stars on a blue field.

Make a sauce of fresh orange juice, smoked sea salt (the third ingredient in Jeffrey's Maine basket), and tarragon. Reduce by a third, strain and mount with butter over heat. Pour over lobster portion of the flag.

I'm going to make this for 4th of July. What a great photo for USA Today Weekend!

Howard N