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Hhggrrmmmmm...."The force of molecular gastronomy and blogging is strong in you 'Young Blaise'!". Thanks and keep up the good work, and let us know when you will be in the Charlotte, NC area.

PS. Did you eat @ WD-50 while in NYC, or did you eat @ WD-50 while in NYC? lol

Jeffrey Steingarden has a colleague in you, Richard. Your blogging is reminding me of why great food writers get read. Its thought provoking, informative, and literary.

Love your new hair do! Great blog--thanks for your thoughtful comments.

I have always liked you, Stephanie and Carla (from Season 5). The three of you show how to cook with passion, love, skill, professionalism and seem very calm while doing all of this and keep it "real" without hamming for the cameras or trying to "put yourself out there" so that a big name chef sees you on tv and, hopefully, hires you. Keep it up and I hope I get to someday eat in one of your restaurants.

miss the hair. the new do, not so good.

do a Kate, and get a new one. :)

I say this with love.

tres bien!!
also tres bien to Jennifer Carrroll and Michael Voltaggio, I felt their dish was better received and spoken of by the revered Joel Robuchon and Tom I have actually never heard him compliment the chefs as he so did by saying Jennifer and Michael are young chefs, yet they presented and executed a very mature dish, Then Tom complimented Jennifer Carroll at Judges's Table by saying to her, "Jennifer, your Chaussen Hunter's Sauce was BRILLIANT"!!
There was more complexity and techniques involved and shown by Jennifer Carroll and Michael Voltaggio

Richard, I've come to look forward every week to your blog. More than always entertaining, I've learned so much.

I wish you had your own show.

Richard: You are AWESOME!!!!! I have a "bucket list" (Yes, the mirror tells me I am older and older every day:) ) The top 2 desires on my list(the rest are boring) are as follows: #2: To meet Tim Gunn and #1: To meet you and eat some of your delicious food. You cook with such finess and have SO MUCH class! I admire your sense of fair play tremendously! How wonderful of you to recognize Stephanie's abilities (although I will always believe you should have won) by giving her your prize! You are a credit to the culinary world. How lucky your wife and child are! BLOGGERS: Does anyone else dislike Mike I. as much as I do? He is very obnoxious and Bryan V.'s back must hurt alot from carrying Mike I.!!!!

I love you blogs. Their informative AND entertaining to read. Plus, some of your metaphors and analogies are instant classics. Yoda? Learn from him we will yes?

Richard, your blog rocks. It's informative while still being light and entertaining to read. Please continue to blog Top Chef!

Loved you on the show, Richard, and enjoy your blog, but who is that blond chick in the picture?

Richard- your blogs rock, I think you've found a backup career if you ever need it.

Good blog, Richard. I also appreciated the Yoda reference. Good writing.

I love your bogs. Always insightful and funny, keep up the great work for people like us who can't seem to get enough of the show.

The Yoda comparison is appropriate. I mentioned to my boyfriend as we watched that Robuchon holding forth reminded me of the Dalai Lama.

It was great to have such a powerful culinary presence at the table. Someone who could crush Tom Colicchio's ego with the mere thought of a gesture.
Disappointed though that at such a prestigious opportunity came down to not being able to properly cook the chateaubriand.
I hope they continue to gather some of the world's best chefs to appear in some of these episodes.
And as another jedi said: Walk on road, hm? Walk left side, safe. Walk right side, safe. Walk middle, sooner or later get squish like grape.

Lovely wrap-up on a soon to be classic Top Chef episode. The Yoda quote was awesome. Great job!

Richard, you are becoming an EXCELLENT blogger. Love your blog and your observations are right on the money.

You get an A+ for comparing the hierarchy of the culinary world to that of Star Wars because that was AWESOME. As always, it's a pleasure to read your blog.

:D