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Well, Hung!

October 3, 2007

For me, this final episode brought us one of the simplest, best, most defining moments of the entire season: The scene when our three finalists first approached their ingredients at 11,200 feet, on top of Aspen Mountain. What did... read more >>

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Brian's Brokeback Mountain

September 27, 2007

(Or, perhaps, “The Other Side of Aspen, Part II”) Whoa -- what was that? Sweet mother of God, I think I just experienced an … emotion … while watching a reality show. This is creeping me out! But, you... read more >>

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The Final Four!

September 19, 2007

One thing’s sure: None of us, and none of you, has any business being pissed off about the four chefs going into this finale. Not the viewers, not the network, not the blogosphere, nor the judges. All four put... read more >>

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Howie Livingston Seagull

September 5, 2007

As the sun kissed the horizon in the Bombay Sapphire sky*, a lone seagull wheeled over the bridge of the gleaming white ship, tipped a wing in salute, and carved a farewell arc in the air. (*Unpaid literary allusion)... read more >>

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Go, Bad News Bears!

August 23, 2007

Yee-owch, you viewers were lusty for some chef blood last week, weren’t ya?! And not even just the two or three “politically-correct”-ravin’, Oxycontin-munchin’, Limbaugh-listenin’, Falwell-missin’, hard-right conservative Bushies whose tender feelings I apparently bruised in last week’s blog. (Sorry—really... read more >>

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Common Scents

August 15, 2007

In this post: The last word on Cleavagegate, “Rats with Hats”, and Dale’s Queer Eye. Also in this post: So-called “political correctness” (grrrrrrrr!) But first: Just wanted to say for the record that I didn’t mean to spark so much... read more >>

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Is Cheffing a Man's Job?

August 8, 2007

On Rocco vs. Anthony: I’ll get to that in a minute … (heh-heh!) But first, it has always struck me as funny that in a culture where women are still often expected to be the cooks at home, the business... read more >>

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