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  • Blogs

    May 24, 2012

    Curtis Stone Talks Around the World in 80 Plates, Filming All Over the World Part 1

    He has a new Bravo show and a recently born son, so it's a miracle that we got Curtis Stone on the line. Despite a whirlwind media day, the Top Chef Masters host gave us the scoop on Around the World in 80 Plates, traveling the world, and some destinations he'd like to re-visit. You have a new show ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    Under the Toque: Top Chef Spin-Off, Fried Chicken Face-Off

    A new Top Chef spin-off, Life After Top Chef, will follow the lives of four former Top Chef contestants: Jen Carroll, Richard Blais, Fabio Viviani, and Spike Mendelsohn. [Zagat] In case you're following the David Chang-Questlove fried-chicken battle: the Momofuku chef and Roots drummer have set a d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    Nine Food TV Shows We'd Love To See

    ​How did food television become so boring and predictable? Umpteenth season of Top Chef? Yawn. Endless cupcake wars? Yawn. Paula Deen pouring more butter into the cake? Yawn. Guy Fieri tucking into another giant hamburger? Zzzzzzzzz. Well, the time has come to invent new types of food-themed s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2011

    Geoffrey Zakarian on Winning The Next Iron Chef: Super Chefs

    Photo courtesy Geoffrey ZakarianGeoffrey Zakarian, Chef and Iron Chef​Geoffrey Zakarian is ending the year with a bang. The chef at the National and the Lambs Club can now also call himself an Iron Chef, having beaten nine other culinary pros competing on The Next Iron Chef: Super Chefs. We ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2011

    Has Spicy Tingly Lamb Face Jumped the Shark?

    As spicy and tingly as ever.​No way! The mouth-burning offal-laced "salad" is as addictive as ever. Even if it just this week was featured on Food Network's The Best Thing I Ever Ate.

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2011

    Why Is Canada's Food Network, Like, Way Better than Ours?

    Better than America's?​Food Network Canada might sound like a joke -- remember the hubbub over horse meat on Top Chef Canada? -- but its shows might actually be better than the U.S. Food Network's. Why else would we be importing so many of them?

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Lyon Chef Chris Leahy on Bastille Day Food and His Dislike of Guy Fieri: Interview Part 2

    Photo courtesy Chris LeahyChris Leahy = Macaron Man ​Yesterday we spoke with Lyon chef Chris Leahy about what makes Lyonnaise cuisine distinctive and what it was like working for Gordon Ramsay. Today, in honor of Bastille Day, Chris explains why the French macaron, is, in fact, superior to th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    It's Good to Be Anita Lo

    Photo courtesy of AnnisaShe's smiling for a reason.​People may continue to argue about how hard it is to be a female chef, but one thing it seems that everyone can agree on is that Anita Lo is in a badass class of her own.

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2011

    The Next Food Network Stars? Not Quite.

    WikipediaThe one "real" star​Being the Next Food Network Star is kind of like being Top Chef, Minus the chef aspect. But ultimately it can be much more lucrative than winning the $100,000 on the Bravo show, since it's an opportunity to build a brand...or is it?

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2011

    So Why Don't More Women Win Top Chef?

    Mike Isabella and Richard Blaise: Top Chef finalists, and men.​Another dude has won another season of Top Chef, and that's provided another opportunity to ask why there aren't more female chefs not only in the winners' circle, but also in the upper echelons of the kitchen hierarchy.

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2011

    The Week in Food Blogs: NYC's Best Slices, Worst Restaurant Websites

    This week in food blogs... Eater rounded up the "Best Worst" New York City bar and restaurant websites. And, yes, a Todd English joint makes the cut. Grub Street wondered if Columbus Tavern, which opened last week on the Upper West Side, is the latest media haunt. A Hamburger Today created an In- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2011

    Angelo Sosa On Being Naked On Top Chef All-Stars and Having No Fear

    bravotv.comAngelo Sosa, clothed.​Yesterday, we talked to Angelo Sosa about his forthcoming restaurant, Social Eatz, expected to open the first week in March. Today, he tells us a little more about how his second time around -- both as a restaurateur and Top Cheftestant. With Xie Xie, you talk ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2011

    Merchants NY to Close After Super Bowl, Reopen in Mid-March as Neely's Barbecue Parlor

    Neelys moving in.​Merchants NY, one of the city's last cigar bars and the space the Food Network's Pat and Gina Neely have announced will house their forthcoming restaurant, will close after Super Bowl Sunday. Renovations will start on the space immediately, according to an insider, and Neely' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2011

    What's Happening This Week: A Sausage Fest; Hot Plates

    As you may know, our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! Iron Chef America Screening Bagatelle Wednesday, January 26, 8 p.m. Chef Nicolas Cantrel, who just won the Battle Gruyere on Food Network's Iron Chef America, is ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2010

    So Long, Sweetie: Food Network Cancels Ace of Cakes

    foodnetwork.comThe Ace of Cakes moves on.​Food Network has announced the cancellation of Ace of Cakes, the reality show that follows pastry chef Duff Goldman and his merry band of bakers at Charm City Cakes in Baltimore. According to The Associated Press, the show's upcoming season -- its 10th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2010

    Naomichi Yasuda Leaves New York; Laurent Gras Lands Here

    ​Naomichi Yasuda, the chef-owner of Sushi Yasuda, is leaving New York to open an eight-seat sushi bar in Japan. [Eater] Laurent Gras, of the Michelin-starred L20 in Chicago, is moving to New York to work on an unnamed project. [Food & Wine via Eater] Bravo has announced a new cooking show st ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    October 27, 2010

    ALL MIXED UP

    Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    Surprisingly, You Can't Make Jamie Oliver's 30-Minute Meals in 30 Minutes

    Not so fast.​Rachael Ray's numerous detractors are fond of pointing out that you can't actually make many of her 30-Minute Meals in 30 minutes. Britain is also a country that likes to take its food celebrities to task, and the folks at The Guardian are doing their part by giving the time-teste ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2010

    Yet Another Reason to Love Top Chef's Kevin Gillespie

    Food Gal​Kevin Gillespie was far and away our favorite contestant on Top Chef Season 6, thanks to both his extraordinary decency and his extraordinary beard.

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2010

    Top Chef: All Stars Line-Up Announced

    Weeks after everyone pretty much figured out that Top Chef's next season would feature an all-star line-up, Bravo used last night's Season 7 reunion episode to formally announce that next season will be, yes, Top Chef: All Stars. It will premiere on Dec. 1 with the following contestants:

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2010

    Kings of Pastry Playing at Film Forum Through Sept. 28

    KINGS OF PASTRY Theatrical Trailer from Pennebaker Hegedus Films on Vimeo. Although it premiered last Wednesday, we'd like to give a shout-out to Kings of Pastry, the new documentary from Chris Hegedus and DA Pennebaker playing at Film Forum through Sept. 28. While shows like Top Chef: Just Dessert ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2010

    Top Chef: Just Desserts Will Be Judged by Johnny Iuzzini, Hubert Keller, and DailyCandy Editrix

    johnnyiuzzini.comJohnny Iuzzini displays his decorating skills.​Following Johnny Iuzzini's appearance on last night's episode of Top Chef, Bravo has announced that Iuzzini, Hubert Keller, and DailyCandy editor-at-large Dannielle Kyrillos will be the judges on the forthcoming Top Chef: Just Des ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    Padma and Friends Declare Food Television Safe for Consumption

    Keith WagstaffCulinary types discuss culinary television programming.​Michael Pollan's New York Times article "Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch" hung heavily over the "Food on the Tube: How TV Shapes the Way We Think About Food" talk Tuesday night at the 92nd Street Y. In attendance: Padma L ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2010

    Our Ten Worst Food Show Hairstyles

    On this fine Friday, we turn our thoughts from food to follicles. Among the many, many reasons to watch televised cooking shows are the coiffures sported by their hosts and contestants. Top Chef wouldn't be Top Chef without its dependable supply of fauxhawks and Sapphic mullets, or, for that matter, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2010

    Thu Tran Gets Set to Bring Her Food Party Back to Your Television Set

    Photo courtesy of IFCThu Tran, hostess with the mostess.​ On April 27, the IFC Channel will roll out the second season of Thu Tran's Food Party. Simply put, Food Party is a collection of 20 15-minute episodes dedicated to the cooking adventures of Tran and a cast of puppets. But beyond that de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    Beard Awards Media and Journalism Finalists Are Announced

    The man himself.​The James Beard Foundation is announcing its James Beard Awards finalists via Twitter this morning. The list of chefs has just started rolling out (currently, regional finalists are being named), but the list of final nominees for the foundation's Media and Journalism Awards a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2010

    Michael Symon Sings Resto's Goaty Praises on the Food Network

    On the latest episode of the Food Network's The Best Thing I Ever Ate, which aired originally on Jan. 29 and again last night, Iron Chef Michael Symon had nothing but love for Resto in Murray Hill and its Large Format Feasts, for which Chef Bobby Hellen prepares a whole animal, using ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2009

    Baohaus Brings Steamed Buns and Design-Inspired Puns to Rivington Street

    Baohaus opened on Rivington Street on Christmas Eve​On Christmas Eve, Rivington Street became home to Baohaus, a subterranean shop peddling Taiwanese gua bao, or steamed buns. Located in a storefront between Norfolk and Suffolk Streets that was formerly occupied by the Naked Earth Cafe, Baohau ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2009

    Marshall Efron's Screw-You to the Food Network: Sardine Rarebit

    Marshall Efron, of The Great American Dream Machine fame and author of such children's books as Bible Stories You Can't Forget: No Matter How Hard You Try, takes on the Food Network with a recipe so vile no cooking show host could stomach it. It begs the question: just how mmm-delicious are all th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2009

    Assorted Food Industry Folk Offer Their Thoughts on the Future of American Food and What Food TV Has Wrought

    Mike Licht/NotionsCapitol.com/flickr​Yesterday, NYU held a panel discussion entitled "Food Show: When Performance Becomes Lunch and Why We Finally Have an Appetite for a New Sort of Cooking Show." Though the title could have used a bit of editing, the panelists were a well-curated bunch: Harol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2009

    RIP Keith Floyd

    Yesterday's Times ran an obituary for Keith Floyd, the British chef, cookbook author, and cooking show host who died on Monday at the age of 65. Although his name is hardly as well-known as Julia Child's or even the Frugal Gourmet's, Floyd earned a devoted following here and in the U.K. for his show ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2009

    Our 10 Best: Food-Themed Television Shows

    ​A few afternoons ago I had the pleasure of hearing Jacques Pepin discourse on his friendship with Julia Child, whom he met in 1960. He recalled their opportunity to work together on a show called Julia & Jacques Cooking at Home, created in 1999 in Boston and featuring both of them in the kitc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2009

    Finger on the Pulse's Bresnitz Twins Bring You "Dinner with the Band" & Other Hipster Foodie Feed

    Arlie John CarstensDarin (left) and Greg (right) Bresnitz​How do twin DJs itching to get into the New York food scene go about doing so? you might ask. Simple. Just Google "hipster chefs in New York" and one name is sure to pop up: Sam Mason. "We just called him up and said, 'Hey, you don't k ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2009

    The Next Food Network Star--Who Do You Like?

    Photo borrowed from Food NetworkThe Next Food Network Star premieres this Sunday and the contestants have been introduced. There's the perky mom next door (Jen Isham), the less perky mom next door (Melissa d'Arabian), the soulful Korean mama (Debbie Lee), and the health nut who secretly loves bacon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 4, 2008

    Michelle Obama on the Food Network

    Photo borrowed from Food NetworkThe Next Food Network Star premieres this Sunday and the contestants have been introduced. There's the perky mom next door (Jen Isham), the less perky mom next door (Melissa d'Arabian), the soulful Korean mama (Debbie Lee), and the health nut who secretly loves bacon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2008

    4 Questions: Anne Burrell Wants to Read Your Mind

    Photo borrowed from Food NetworkThe Next Food Network Star premieres this Sunday and the contestants have been introduced. There's the perky mom next door (Jen Isham), the less perky mom next door (Melissa d'Arabian), the soulful Korean mama (Debbie Lee), and the health nut who secretly loves bacon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2008

    Anne Burrell's 'Secrets,' Plus Resto Reccs and Why Being a Girl Chef isn't a Big Deal

    Photo borrowed from Food NetworkThe Next Food Network Star premieres this Sunday and the contestants have been introduced. There's the perky mom next door (Jen Isham), the less perky mom next door (Melissa d'Arabian), the soulful Korean mama (Debbie Lee), and the health nut who secretly loves bacon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2008

    NYC Wine and Food Fest: Tickets On Sale Monday!

    Photo borrowed from Food NetworkThe Next Food Network Star premieres this Sunday and the contestants have been introduced. There's the perky mom next door (Jen Isham), the less perky mom next door (Melissa d'Arabian), the soulful Korean mama (Debbie Lee), and the health nut who secretly loves bacon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2008

    Top Chef: Hobbit or Not?

    Photo borrowed from Food NetworkThe Next Food Network Star premieres this Sunday and the contestants have been introduced. There's the perky mom next door (Jen Isham), the less perky mom next door (Melissa d'Arabian), the soulful Korean mama (Debbie Lee), and the health nut who secretly loves bacon ... More >>

  • News

    March 4, 2008

    Letters

    Photo borrowed from Food NetworkThe Next Food Network Star premieres this Sunday and the contestants have been introduced. There's the perky mom next door (Jen Isham), the less perky mom next door (Melissa d'Arabian), the soulful Korean mama (Debbie Lee), and the health nut who secretly loves bacon ... More >>

  • News

    February 26, 2008

    Letters

    Photo borrowed from Food NetworkThe Next Food Network Star premieres this Sunday and the contestants have been introduced. There's the perky mom next door (Jen Isham), the less perky mom next door (Melissa d'Arabian), the soulful Korean mama (Debbie Lee), and the health nut who secretly loves bacon ... More >>

  • Dining

    February 19, 2008

    Iron Chef Boyardee

    Our man Sietsema opens up a can of worms

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2008

    Jamie Oliver Cooks in a Beenie, Naturally

    Our man Sietsema opens up a can of worms

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2007

    Food Network: Emeril Out, Batali Close Behind?

    Our man Sietsema opens up a can of worms

  • NYC Life

    August 28, 2007

    Aarón Sanchez's Last Meal

    Back to the table of his abuela

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2007

    We Hate People With Personalities That Pop

    Back to the table of his abuela

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2007

    New Iron Chef to Join the Show

    Back to the table of his abuela

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2007

    Top Sous Chef?

    Back to the table of his abuela

  • NYC Life

    January 3, 2006

    Culinary Smack Down

    Iron Chef New York: Batali vs. Dufresne

  • News

    January 27, 2004

    The F-Word

    Today's special: Diet-guru crash course—with a side of celeb-chef comfort food

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