Top Chef: Mother's Day Comes Early
I cracked up when they told them they would be shopping at Whole Foods with $10. It is pretty much impossible to walk out of the store with all of the ingredients for a meal under $30.
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Top Chef: Mother's Day Comes Early
My guess about the whole $10 thing was that the chefs were provided other "staples" a la the Top chef pantry in order to be able to overcome it. Not that something like this would ever get mentioned though on the show
Top Chef: Mother's Day Comes Early
My husband wasn't able to get over the $10 at Whole Foods. He's still griping that it can't be done...I'd like to see receipts, too.
I don't know, are we simply out of touch?
I feel like I shop pretty smart, going to Costco to buy some things in bulk, taking advantage of in season items, stocking up when there is a special, taking advantage of the ethnic market for certain produce staples on the cheap. Only by doing all this, is our food costs manageable. (Then there are those nights when hubby simply must have an 18 oz prime NY strip--oy!)
Top Chef: Mother's Day Comes Early
I am a bit confused by the $10 limit myself. If I remember correctly, they actually made six servings of food. There were the four plates served to their child sous chef and the three other kids at the table, plus the one served to the judges, plus the one Tom ate in the kitchen. I don't even think you can buy six portions of chicken at whole foods for ten bucks.
Top Chef: Mother's Day Comes Early
What about the scene at the Whole Foods register when they were 28 cents over and proceeded to pull leaves off the produce to reduce the weight by lb??????? I don't know 'bout your Whole Foods but mine would definitely frown on that practice.
Top Chef: Mother's Day Comes Early
there is no way they were only cooking with $10 worth of ingredients. i want to see receipts.
Top Chef: Mother's Day Comes Early
I was very happy to see these Top Chefs battling it out with only $10 of ingredients on hand! Being raised by a very young, working mother, we survived on about $20 a month for groceries for the both of us. Though things are allot better for us now, many people in America still live with such conditions. However, I agree with some of the earlier posts- Whole Foods is not known for economically priced items and no one on such a budget would be able to raise a family on such modest means.
What childhood food do you wish they still made?
Let's see here, KFC's barbeque chicken, Hollywood candy bars, Mounds candy bars,and Cherry Cooler cookies.
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What childhood food do you wish they still made?
Beemans chewing gum - this is still made, you can buy it at Economy Candy on the Lower East Side of NYC
What childhood food do you wish they still made?
Aspen Apple Soda and the bacon flavored chips shaped like a piece of bacon? I think it might have been a Frito-lay product. Anyone?
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