TC Episode 3 Preview

Serving George Washington: The chefs head to Mount Vernon for this grilling challenge.







Desserts No: Since we're in D.C., the chefs are challenged with a great American tradition but some chefs are a bit freaked out.

Monday Morning Mix-Week 2

My Monkey Could Do That- Outside the Lunch Box.

Minx Eats- Episode 2 recap.

Cliffieland- Salisbury and Tater Tots...Again?

Dealing in Subterfuges- Sangwiches and Anguishes.

Max the Girl- Hell-nO: The Top Chef Recap.

What'ere, Jane Eyre- Happy Meals.

David Dust- Our dearest David was in the hospital so no recap from him. David is now home and doing better. Lots of love and Dr. Pepper to ya David, stay well.


Sorry for not getting the Mix up sooner. Thanks to the many thunderstorms in the Midwest, our power, the internet, and/or Direct TV have been wonky for days. Just in case it acts up again, chat will be open at its regular 7:30 CST on Wednesday but I may or may not be there, depending on the weather.

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Ilan Hall has procreated. Sign of the Apocalypse? You decide.

Personally, I liked Ilan during his season on TC and if my beloved Sam couldn't win, I'm so glad Ilan did. I still like the kid so congratulations to Ilan and Ayame.


Read all about it here at Slashfood.com.

Thanks Janelle

Top Chef Episode 2

What a great challenge. How many of you want these aprons and who do you want to wear them with?!?!


Ah... She has a crush on him. No matter, you both one the QF challenge. Way to go

OK you all fussed a little with one another but you pulled it off. Now, moving on team!!

Chef Jacqueline pudding will do it to you every time. We are sorry to see you go. Hope you drop by the little kitchen.

See what Chef Tom has to say in his blog this week about food and American Children. Good reading.

Anthony Bourdain - New Book

He has done it again. Anthony has a new book.

From ABEBOOKS.com

In the ten years since his classic Kitchen Confidential first alerted us to the idiosyncrasies and lurking perils of eating out, from Monday fish to the breadbasket conspiracy, much has changed for the subculture of chefs and cooks, for the restaurant business—and for Anthony Bourdain.

Medium Raw explores these changes, moving back and forth from the author's bad old days to the present. Tracking his own strange and unexpected voyage from journeyman cook to globe-traveling professional eater and drinker, and even to fatherhood, Bourdain takes no prisoners as he dissects what he's seen, pausing along the way for a series of confessions, rants, investigations, and interrogations of some of the most controversial figures in food.

Beginning with a secret and highly illegal after-hours gathering of powerful chefs that he compares to a mafia summit, Bourdain pulls back the curtain—but never pulls his punches—on the modern gastronomical revolution, as only he can. Cutting right to the bone, Bourdain sets his sights on some of the biggest names in the foodie world, including David Chang, the young superstar chef who has radicalized the fine-dining landscape; the revered Alice Waters, whom he treats with unapologetic frankness; the Top Chef winners and losers; and many more.

And always he returns to the question Why cook? Or the more difficult Why cook well? Medium Raw is the deliciously funny and shockingly delectable journey to those answers, sure to delight philistines and gourmands alike.

Monday Morning Mix

It`s recap time! Welcome back to the regulars, hello to any noobs, you'll be missed to those no longer blogging and a big hug to my favorite bitch, David Dust.

My Monkey Could Do That-Top Chef 6/16/10--"House of Chef-presentatives"

MinxEats - Top Chef DC Episode 1 Recap.

Cliffieland - Top Chef:DC: Setting Presidents.

Dealing In Subterfuges- Top Chef: Welcome to Our Nations Capitol!

Maxthegirl - Mousse Hunting:The Top Chef DC Recap.

What'ere, Jane Eyre -Primary Race.

David Dust-Hell to the Chef.

Great job everyone. I love all the recaps and look forward to them almost as much as I do the show! If you want to be added to our fabulous group of recappers, just email us your link at bloggingtopchef@gmail.com.

I "borrowed" the TC DC image from a blogger named Stephy404 at AREA 404.

Kenny is a bad mother...Shut your mouth!

Kenny
Who's the black private chef
that's a sex machine to all the B.O.H?
(Kenny!)
You're damn right
Who is the chef
that would risk his mise en place for his brother chef?
(Kenny!)
Can ya chop it?
Who's the chef that won't chop out
when there's flavor all about
(Kenny!)
Right on
You see this chef Kenny is a bad mother-
(Shut your mouth)
But I'm talkin' about Kenny
(Then we can chop it)
He's a complicated chef
but no one understands him but his sous chef.


If these lyrics offend you, blame the late, great Issac Hayes. If my changes offend you, too bad. Chuc, TY for the idea.

While you wait... go and meet the Chefs and let us know who your pick is before the show begins.

Top Chef Season 7 - Begins Tonight

Are you ready for tonight?

They are!!!


Check out the preview and join us tonight in our live chat room

It is season 7 and we are excited!!!!

TCM vs. TC-you decide

Posted by Mark Caro

Though I have less of a rooting interest now that Tony Mantuano of Spiaggia is gone, I’m still watching “Top Chef Masters.” Nonetheless, I feel compelled to point out…

5 reasons “Top Chef Masters” is inferior to “Top Chef”:

1. Kelly Choi. Set aside Padma Lakshmi‘s va-va-voom factor, and the “Top Chef” host still comes across as fully engaged in the food as well as the competition. The blank-expressioned Choi could just as easily be reading cue cards on “Entertainment Tonight.”

2. The judges. True, Toby Young was a “Top Chef” annoyance last season (and will be replaced by New York’s Le Bernardin chef Eric Ripert in the upcoming season), but Tom Colicchio boasts more authority and insight than the combined “Top Chef Masters” judging crew. When the chefs disagree with the judges on “Top Chef,” you believe the judges. When they do so on “Masters,” you’re more likely to believe the chefs.

3. The stakes. “Top Chef” is a career-making contest among talented but relatively unknown chefs whose desire and occasional desperation are palpable. For the “Masters” chefs, the contest is icing on a cake that’s already being widely enjoyed. These folks have egos, sure, and want to win money for their charities, but they’re mostly having fun and gaining exposure for their well-established restaurants and careers.

4. The personal tension. The “Masters” chefs are a collegial bunch, as you’d expect from such recognized pros. The lack of snippiness is refreshing compared to some of the immature behavior on “Top Chef,” but television is about drama, and there’s only so much mutual backslapping and toast-giving one can take. Thank goodness arrogant Susur Lee and chicken-thigh-hoarding Marcus Samuelsson occasionally rub their colleagues the wrong way.

5. The star ratings. Unlike “Top Chef,” which determines its weekly winners and losers with no numerical justification, “Top Chef Masters” has its three judges plus collective guests rate the chefs’ dishes on a 1-to-5-star scale, and whoever accumulates the most and fewest stars wins and loses, respectively. Such transparency may seem welcome, but the culinary arts—and that’s what they are at this level—cannot be summed up in objective number rankings that don’t apparently allow the judges collectively to rescue a chef who stumbled interestingly. Also, there’s just something demeaning about these top chefs working their tails off only to face panelists’ declarations of “Two-and-a-half stars!”

Pictured: (from left) Rick Moonen, Kelly Choi, Susan Feniger -- Photo by Kelsey McNeal/Bravo

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