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  1. Overnights
    Top Chef Masters Recap: Dave Hill on Fried Shrimp Heads and Kathie LeeThis week, pork meatball bánh mì, fried shrimp heads, and some festivities.
  2. Food TV
    Anthony Bourdain and Top Chef Receive Emmy NodsWho ever thought he’d be in the same category as Ryan Seacrest?
  3. NIMBY Chef
    Padma Lakshmi, Concerned NeighborShe’s opposed to NYU’s 2-million-square-foot expansion.
  4. Congrats
    Top Chef’s Gail Simmons Is PregnantInsert joke about bun/oven here.
  5. Quote of the Day
    Padma Lakshmi Knows the Secret of New OrleansShe’s got one hand on her hot sauce, and the other’s unwrapping a caramel.
  6. Quote of the Day
    Harold Dieterle on the Staying Power of Top ChefHint: It’s Tom Colicchio
  7. The Feeding Tube
    Bravo Announces Top Chef Masters Season 5 Cast, Premiere Date [Updated]The show’s season-five cast will be announced today.
  8. The Feeding Tube
    ‘Treme’ Creator David Simon Takes Down Bravo’s Andy Cohen Over ‘Top Chef’A writer and television personalities duke it out over New Orleans.
  9. The Feeding Tube
    Thank the BP Oil Spill for the Forthcoming Top Chef New OrleansDoes this mean one of the Quickfire Challenges will involve degreasing hapless waterfowl?
  10. Sweet News
    Clio’s Monica Glass in the Running For F&W’s ‘People’sGlass one of the few pâtissiers in the category who is not currently working in New York, and one of only two who are self-taught.
  11. Non-Openings
    Jen Carroll Pulls Out of Her West Village Restaurant, But She Hasn’t RuledThe project’s been set back, but it’s not dead.
  12. Quote of the Day
    Just BlaisRotovap ‘em if you got ‘em.
  13. Sweet News
    Jesmary Sbraga Named ‘Best Pastry Chef’Mrs. Top-Chef-Champ cooked up a winner with her take on a lemon tart.
  14. Top Chef
    18 Things You Learn While Attending the ‘Top Chef’ FinaleWe sat in on the taping, we ate the food, and we talked to all the previous winners — and we learned that Emeril will never tire of people yelling “Bam” when they see him.
  15. Overnights
    Top Chef Seattle Finale Recap: David Rees on Chicken Butts and Washed“If collards are the new kale, I’m all for it!”
  16. Overnights
    Top Chef Seattle Recap: David Rees on Unclean Sweetbreads and“Hugh enters the kitchen doing his best Michael Ian Black imitation.”
  17. The Feeding Tube
    Does The Taste Have an Anthony Bourdain Problem?Does ‘The Taste’ really suck that badly?
  18. Drawn Butter
    Kevin Gillespie Was on Archer Last NightLooks like it was a nice, abrupt change of pace from ‘Top Chef.’
  19. Overnights
    Top Chef Seattle Recap: David Rees on Sourdough Starters and Tom’s“Sheldon plays a ukulele, which is like a ‘starter’ for people who can’t get their act together and learn guitar. “
  20. Top Chef
    15 Things You Can Do to Improve Your Chances of Getting Cast on TopLet’s do this one more time.
  21. Coming Soon
    Spike Mendelsohn Confirms Good Stuff Eatery Is Coming to RittenhouseThere’s no word yet on when the burger joint will open.
  22. Overnights
    Top Chef Seattle Recap: David Rees on Ships, Icebergs, and Scylla and“Lizzie is adding bacon to her iceberg lettuce. She’s also adding anchovies, which are a type of sea creature. According to my calculations, this means her dish will be salty.”
  23. Top Don
    Don King Explains Why Josie Should Be Voted Back On to ‘Top Chef’“Eating her fried chicken, they tell me, is a religious experience.”
  24. Overnights
    Top Chef Seattle Recap: David Rees on Naked Sushi and Human Centipede“Our gang walks into the kitchen and sees a bunch of fish and sea creatures lying on a bed of ice. Is it a mafia-style warning?”
  25. Video Feed
    Padma Leash Me Makes Her Debut on SNL’s ‘Top Dog Chef’Mario Barktali’s a guest judge.
  26. Overnights
    Top Chef Seattle Recap: David Rees on Restaurant Wars and UnderstandingIf there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that raw fish doesn’t look good on TV. But Emeril, who can’t see the dish on TV, loves it.
  27. Overnights
    Top Chef Seattle Recap: David Rees on Mojo Sauce and Thai-German FusionThis, week, the gang encounters Wolfgang Puck, and their worst fears.
  28. Overnights
    Top Chef Seattle Recap: David Rees on Healthy Food and Sexy Knives“The winning dish will, in turn, inspire a new Healthy Choice ‘Café Steamer,’ which sounds like a sex act from a French frat house. “
  29. Overnights
    Top Chef Seattle Recap: David Rees on Oyster Bogs and Old Turkey BonesThis week, the chefs go to a Roller Derby match and watch the women slam into each other and use bad language.
  30. Overnights
    Top Chef Seattle Recap: David Rees on Beautiful Berries and Shredded“The chefs drive to an old property called Remlinger Farms. It looks poverty-stricken and dilapidated, like a meth lab with cows.”
  31. Overnights
    Top Chef Seattle Recap: David Rees on Marilyn Hagerty and Missing the“Stefan and Kristin flirt. Somebody burns a spatula handle. Paul McCartney sings with Nirvana, or so Twitter tells me.”
  32. Overnights
    Top Chef Seattle Recap: David Rees on Vegan Sushi and Artisanally Candied“I thought Seattle artisans would be young and skinny-jeaned. Am I guilty of artisan-profiling?”
  33. Grub Guide
    Where to Feast on Seven Fishes This Holiday SeasonEven if you don’t celebrate Christmas, you can still take part in this time-honored Italian tradition.
  34. Top Chef
    Save Chrissy Camba’s Top Chef Bid By Texting and TweetingChrissy Camba still has a chance on Top Chef.
  35. Overnights
    Top Chef Seattle Recap: David Rees on a Handsy Padma and Old-Timey“They are reincarnating old dishes! This is going to be a GHOST DINNER FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE.”
  36. Overnights
    Top Chef Seattle Recap: David Rees on Cheese Ball Sophistication andOh, and it’s Thanksgiving in Top Chef world.
  37. Interviews
    Padma Does PlayboyThe photo is very tasteful, though.
  38. Overnights
    Top Chef Seattle Recap: David Rees on Personal Branding and GeopoliticalThe teams must prepare their dishes before the Space Needle completes a full rotation. It’s like something out of Dr. No.
  39. Overnights
    Top Chef Seattle Recap: And We’re Off!Top Chef continues to represent an upper-middlebrow trashy sensibility that purees accessibility, celebrity, and actual talent in a back-stabbery broth of semi-sophistication.
  40. TV Land
    Reminder: Top Chef: Seattle Premieres TonightWatch our hometown girl go!
  41. Foodies With Benefits
    Opa Donating a Portion of Tonight’s Till to Red Cross; Sbraga OfferingMany of us were unscathed by the storm, but even more weren’t so lucky.
  42. Menus
    Brooke Williamson Launches New Menu at Hudson HouseThe chef sounds like she may have chased her Top Chef appearance with a tropical Southeast Asian vacation.
  43. TV Land
    See Lizzie Binder on the Top Chef: Seattle TrailerWe only see her for a second.
  44. Overnights
    Top Chef Masters Finale Recap: Playing With HeartBow down to the new Top Chef Master.
  45. TV Land
    Is Chris Cosentino Going to Win Top Chef Masters Tonight?He’s got a pretty good shot!
  46. TV Land
    Confirmed: Lizzie Binder Will Be on ‘Top Chef’She’ll be on the new season which premieres November 7.
  47. Overnights
    Top Chef Masters Recap: When Teens Take OverSomeone got kicked off last night, and chances are you’re pretty happy about it!
  48. The Feeding Tube
    Top Chef’s New Season Debuts in November, Won’t Change ThingsThe cheftestants (all 21 of ‘em) are headed to Seattle.
  49. Prix Fixes
    Sbraga Announces Themes For This Fall’s Chef’s Counter DinnersThe tasting menus cover Halloween and Thanksgiving, as well as Jewish, Italian, and Puerto Rican holiday celebrations.
  50. The Grub Street Diet
    Chef Dale Talde Offsets Poutine With Bike Rides, Cures Everything With Fernet“After you open a restaurant, you realize you’re two full pant sizes up and you look like you got stung by a hive of bees.”
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