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'Top Chef' Season 5, Finale: All Bets Are Off
i guess i'm surprised by the comments like "i hate hosea". "Uch" (mispelled.)
it shows that for the more moronic viewers among us, this isn't about technique, it's really just a personality contest. when you can't eat someone's food, how can judge it as bland? it's like looking in the window of a restaurant and saying that the food is bad.
In Videos: The Unofficial Trader Joe's Commercial
And I'd like to give props to Antonio Carlos Jobim who's "Aguas de Marco" ("Waters of March") was re-invented for the Trader Joe's song by the dude with the Treo. It's a very clever and fun re-interpretation. But if you want a real treat, go to youtube and watch Tom Jobim and Elis Regina sing the original.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97BwLXtLTT0
"It's a stick.
It's a stone.
It's the end of the road..."
Cook the Book: Frico Tacos with Mache
i'm shocked that even martha incorrectly pluralizes hors d'oeuvre. we've dumbed-down and american-ized french cooking to its detriment, so maybe we could at least be respectful of their language. according to the "food lovers companion "...the word hors d'oeuvre literally translates as "(dishes) outside the work (meal)" and no matter how many dishes there are, there is only one work. the word "hors d'oeuvre is properly used for the singular and the plural." as in, "...i made several hors d'oeuvre for the party." get with the program, martha. et merci.
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'Top Chef' Season 5, Finale: All Bets Are Off
marchpane: although you didn't cut hosea any slack, and because you did spell "misspell" correctly at least one of the three times in your epistle, i will apologize for my use of the word "moron".
i will continue to contend though that judging chefs by their personality instead of their cooking is moronic.
have a great day.
'Top Chef' Season 5, Finale: All Bets Are Off
i guess i'm surprised by the comments like "i hate hosea". "Uch" (mispelled.)
it shows that for the more moronic viewers among us, this isn't about technique, it's really just a personality contest. when you can't eat someone's food, how can judge it as bland? it's like looking in the window of a restaurant and saying that the food is bad.
In Videos: The Unofficial Trader Joe's Commercial
And I'd like to give props to Antonio Carlos Jobim who's "Aguas de Marco" ("Waters of March") was re-invented for the Trader Joe's song by the dude with the Treo. It's a very clever and fun re-interpretation. But if you want a real treat, go to youtube and watch Tom Jobim and Elis Regina sing the original.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97BwLXtLTT0
"It's a stick.
It's a stone.
It's the end of the road..."
Cook the Book: Frico Tacos with Mache
i'm shocked that even martha incorrectly pluralizes hors d'oeuvre. we've dumbed-down and american-ized french cooking to its detriment, so maybe we could at least be respectful of their language. according to the "food lovers companion "...the word hors d'oeuvre literally translates as "(dishes) outside the work (meal)" and no matter how many dishes there are, there is only one work. the word "hors d'oeuvre is properly used for the singular and the plural." as in, "...i made several hors d'oeuvre for the party." get with the program, martha. et merci.
Grocery Ninja: Agave Nectar, Not Just for Hippies
i use agave nectar in my coffee daily and occasionally in cooking...as a sugar replacement in my pizza dough, for example. i live in Lyons, Colorado which happens to be the home of Madhava, a honey and agave producer/distributor, but i buy it at my local Sunflower Market in bulk. for me, the question of a sweetener in my coffee had been a perpetual conundrum (refuse to consume artificial sweeteners, hate the taste of stevia) until i discovered agave. now both my sugar guilt and my glycemix index are assuaged.
McDonald's Filet-O-Fish: Yea or Nay?
filet of high fructose corn syrup, you mean.
I LOOOVE GUY FIERI
gag me with a ginsu knife. this guy is the poster child for all that is bad about the whole celebrity food business. sophomoric, uninteresting, ego-driven drivel that leaves you feeling like you just had some bad chinese food at the food court at the mall. please, please food network, give us less of this guy. or at least get him a haircut. it's really embarrassing.
Served: Welcome to the Restaurant World
I agree. This concept of not seating a table when one person may be running late, outside on the phone, or maybe even not coming, is nuts. If I make a reservation for four, and three show up, do we not get to eat at the restaurant? I don't get it. Sure, if I make a reservation for eight and only two show up, it's understandable. But let's face it, there are restaurants on every corner, and while my heart may have been set on your truffled mac n' cheese, I'm out the door if I give the majority of my party give YOU the courtesy of a prompt arrival and you won't seat ME because one of my friends can't find a parking space.
Vintage Candy Monday: Necco Wafers
When I was a kid, they cost five cents. We used to buy them and use them as BB-gun targets. And eat the rest.
Weekend Book Giveaway: 'The Saucier's Apprentice'
You might also read the original "Saucier's Apprentice" by Raymond Sokolow, published in 1976. Subtitled "A Modern Guide to Classic French Sauces for the Home," it's a tour de force, and a must for every serious cook. I haven't read Spitz's, but am I alone in tiring of all the many post-modern permutations of food books? I'm a food blogger myself, and a voracious reader of literary food crap. But as my stomach has distended from too much good food, I feel a similar pressure on brain from too many food magazines and clever personal stories about cooking/eating. Or maybe it's just Monday and I'm cranky.
David Foster Wallace's 'Consider the Lobster'
"A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again" is perhaps one of the funniest, sharpest essays of the twentieth century. As he usually did, Wallace took an essay about cruise ships and turned it in to a commentary on American life, selfishness and excess. His passing saddens me and I wish hi Godspeed to his next destination.
The French Laundry's Thomas Keller on Being a Successful Chef and Businessman
I recently ate at Bouchon in Las Vegas, the land of the free and the home of the fake. Keller's faux-bistro attempt fits right in at the Disneyland-ish Venetian hotel. The meal wasn't bad, but it wasn't worthy of Thomas Keller. I've had much better French bistro food at Vendome in Denver. And much better service, as well. The decor, in its less-than-charming Pottery Barn-ish was meant to replicate a French bistro.One that could a turn couple hundred covers a night. The waiters were too glib, and way too busy. I've been trying to come with a word for the whole Bouchon/Las Vegas experience and I've settled on "sad".
Cook the Book: Bobby Flay's Grill It!
i admit it. i have a crush on amy finley. where is she? coming to cook dinner at my house?
Top 10 Awesome Nostalgic Foods We Want Back
please, please bring back Mr. Salty pretzel sticks. i'm lonely without him.
McDonald's Filet-O-Fish: Yea or Nay?
I haven't had one in decades but just to keep this sandwich going, I will go there and have them.
McDonald's Filet-O-Fish: Yea or Nay?
They're tastey but they're like 700 calories each!!!!!!
Top 10 Awesome Nostalgic Foods We Want Back
I miss the S'mores cookies and Fudgies, the little Kraft chewy candies in a gold wrapper. Does anyone remember the cereal, Double-Dip Crunch? I was like a "frosted" Crispix. Mmmmm!!! Oh, and the Quacker "strawberry" snack/dessert bars that looked like Nutri-Grain but had a little "squiggle" of white "icing" on top. I'm hungry now.
Top 10 Awesome Nostalgic Foods We Want Back
This is hysterical - I have been trying to enlighten my fiance on the yumminess of Magic Middle cookies (apparently he was sheltered and never tried them) and he just doesn't get it. I guess if you never tried one, you wouldn't know what you were missing, but still. Also, LOVED Crystal Pepsi!!! Was it really only out for one year? That's surprising - I thought it was fairly popular in my little neck of the woods.
Top 10 Awesome Nostalgic Foods We Want Back
I miss everything on the top ten list with the exception of the C3PO's-never had those. I also miss Planters Cheeseballs and Cheesecurls, and O' Boises (those were by far my favorite potato chip growing up-especially the sour cream and onion).
But I'm super surprised that one of the most amazing foods of the 80's was left off of this list and wasn't named by anyone. I want to know what happened to Red Devil Cheese Puffs. My mom would buy them every year for New Years Eve and we were so excited to take them out of the freezer and bake them-and even if they were burnt they were still good. I really miss those and can't find them anywhere.
As far as fast food restaurants, I was very happy to find a Roy Rogers a couple of years ago (to only have it taken away from me) but all of their food from my childhood all tasted the same right down to the french fries and the pickles in the fixin bar.
Also, I don't know if any one has noticed but the good old "two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame bun" (of course I'm referring to the Big Mac), the special sauce is different from when I was a kid-which I kept telling my mom about and she thought I was crazy, but I saw something on food network recently that said McD's lost the special sauce recipe in the 90's and the sauce is different now-so that being said I also miss the original big mac.
McDonald's Filet-O-Fish: Yea or Nay?
I love them!!!!!!!!!!!
McDonald's Filet-O-Fish: Yea or Nay?
cheap and delicious - it's a classic. during the mad-cow scare, this was the only sandwich my gf allowed me to eat from the mcd's and i learned to love it. and believe me people, you should worry more about where they get their dairy and poultry than worry about the fish. lastly, i love the tartar sauce overload, once i take it out of the box, i smear half of it on my box and use it as dipping sauce for my golden delicious potato stix. =)
Top 10 Awesome Nostalgic Foods We Want Back
Gizmosma , totally LOVED Boppers! Would love to see those again. I also remember Fruit Wrinkles and Fruit Bars.
'Top Chef' Season 5, Finale: All Bets Are Off
So who else hates Casey?
'Top Chef' Season 5, Finale: All Bets Are Off
@kmitch - I agree completely. I knew when they started with that ridiculous apple-peeling that it was gonna be bad.
Carla should have told Casey no and to shut the hell up. Casey, girl, I liked you but you should be ashamed of yourself. You were there to help, not ramrod something that *you* wanted to cook!! Bad move.
The fact that they don't consider the entire season's worth of cooking/challenges is asinine. The show may as well be "Chopped"...WTF is the point in HAVING an entire season if one night's meals can determine who the Top Chef is????!! It doesn't make any sense. Hello??? Producers?????? Anyone home? Or are they listening to Casey-esque types who are taking them totally down the wrong road? I bet your ratings were down exponentially this season and will continue that slide unless you change the format to one that makes sense. Oh, and while I'm on the subject - stop with the catering-focused challenges. That's stupid, too.
'Top Chef' Season 5, Finale: All Bets Are Off
Easily the worst season of TC. Right from the start, apple peeling, the season was weak. Not one of the final three chefs would have stood a chance in the first couple seasons. This season should have been called "Under The Radar" as Hosea cooked well enough to move on and then waited for his final two competitors to screw up.
Don't blame Casey for Carla's downfall. She should have stuck with her menu ideas and told Casey to assist. I was actually surprised how quiet Marcel was, apparently knowing his foams would not worked for Stefan.
Hosea could have given a weeping Carla a hug by the way, as Stefan did. He came across as a boob (rolling on couch groping Leah) while he evidently had a girlfriend. Hopefully Season 6 will bring back the talent.
'Top Chef' Season 5, Finale: All Bets Are Off
I read another comment somewhere where Carla said that she wanted to call Casey and chat with her and that she hoped that she (casey) wasn't getting the worst of it...
'Top Chef' Season 5, Finale: All Bets Are Off
If Carla can be easily talked into not being herself, then she isn't a Top Chef. Don't blame Casey for throwing out suggestions.
'Top Chef' Season 5, Finale: All Bets Are Off
if not mentioned before, Casey has been trash-talking Carla already.
Very classy.
http://tinyurl.com/dgqtnh
'Top Chef' Season 5, Finale: All Bets Are Off
Can I just say that the bitchface and eye-roll that Gail made when Rocco the douche made his super-douchy comment about foie gras made my night? I rewound it three times to make sure. Even if it was just edited to look like she did it when he was speaking, it was freaking sweet.
'Top Chef' Season 5, Finale: All Bets Are Off
Thanks Radman, you're a nice guy.
'Top Chef' Season 5, Finale: All Bets Are Off
Dingo - it's called a DVR - you may want to check it out - an amazing invention
'Top Chef' Season 5, Finale: All Bets Are Off
There were so many freaking commercials in that episode last night. They showed maybe 8 minutes of cooking and 35 minutes of ads. Does anybody else think there are more ads now? Is it the recession?
And I hate how they have those moments where they come back from a commercial break for two seconds of Top Chef and then go straight back to commercial.
'Top Chef' Season 5, Finale: All Bets Are Off
There was so much product placement throughout this season that I was starting to feel like I was watching something akin to "The Truman Show."
I do wish Carla had stuck true to her style of cooking. Yes, she was a bit wacky at times, but she certainly seemed true to herself. It was sweet that Stefan genuinely seemed concerned about Carla's tears at the end. I wish we'd seen more of that side throughout the season and perhaps reflected more in his cooking.
'Top Chef' Season 5, Finale: All Bets Are Off
@sweethunibabi Top Chef has sous-vide'd the shark.
'Top Chef' Season 5, Finale: All Bets Are Off
CrazyPheel thanks for the juicy gossip thats awesome!
"I am done with TC. I did not influence her. She has NO ideas of her own, oh, except a cheese course."
Wow is right...I might be done with TC as well. I almost cried at the end of last nights episode, oh, and not with happiness
'Top Chef' Season 5, Finale: All Bets Are Off
Top Chef has jumped the shark.
Or drowned.
Or whatever.
'Top Chef' Season 5, Finale: All Bets Are Off
Found a link with some HARSH words from Carla's sous chef Casey Thompson from a magazine down here in Dallas.
http://sidedish.dmagazine.com/2009/02/26/casey-thompson-speaks-out-about-top-chef/
'Top Chef' Season 5, Finale: All Bets Are Off
@marchpane, you moron! don't you know television shows are STRICTLY about the cooking??? especially reality television!
'Top Chef' Season 5, Finale: All Bets Are Off
I was not happy with the result...Hosea is mediocre at best.
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marchpane: although you didn't cut hosea any slack, and because you did spell "misspell" correctly at least one of the three times in your epistle, i will apologize for my use of the word "moron".
i will continue to contend though that judging chefs by their personality instead of their cooking is moronic.
have a great day.