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Paula Deen Defends Use Of 'N-Word', Wants Black Employees To Dress Like Slaves
Just when we started liking Paula Deen, she just has to turn around and start dropping horrible, weirdly-intentioned racial jokes about black people. That is, if this report from the National Enquirer is true.
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Nigella's Husband On Choking Incident: Nothing More Than 'A Playful Tiff'
The alarming photos, along with witness corroboration, compelled Scotland Yard to examine the incident which took place a week ago. Now, Saatchi has given a statement to the Evening-Standard.
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PHOTO: Anthony Bourdain Gets In A Fight
Violence and mayhem! (Maybe.)
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Kat Kinsman Formally Responds To Bon Appetit's 'Dudes-Only' Grilling Guide
In an essay response on how, when, and why she fell in love with grilling, Eatocracy managing editor Kat Kinsman expounded upon why exactly that Bon Appetit manly grilling guide for men ruffled her feathers quite so much.
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Scott Conant Denies Trainwreck Socialite Rachel Uchitel Signed On As LDV Hospitality Consultant
Yesterday, Page Six ran a post alleging that our favorite Tiger Woods mistress turned Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew alum Rachel Uchitel was “returning” to the New York hospitality scene as a consultant for LDV Hospitality, which owns Scott Conant’s Scarpetta. Scott Conant promptly donned his myth-busting hat and fired off a statement to us.
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Is It Just Grant Achatz, Or Did This Culinary School Gank Alinea’s Chocolate Piñata?
We know, we know. There isn’t really such a thing as “stealing” other chefs’ dishes. Imitation is the highest form of flattery, great minds think alike, etc etc. But, as Grant Achatz pointed out via Twitter earlier today, a culinary school in Oslo called Kulinarisk Akademi apparently features a dessert demo for students that seems awfully familiar.
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Chefs Hoping For ‘Straight F*ckin’ Cash’ Ended Up ‘Bummed’ By GoogaMooga
Anthony Falco of Roberta’s said “this is what you plan for when you do outside events, this is how it works.” But some other chefs are facing some major debt after the downer GoogaMooga cancellation.
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PETA Wants Pigs To Have A Comfier Ride To The Slaughter
How hard is it to put a leather seat, headrest DVD player, and a damn cupholder in the bed of a pickup truck, jeez?
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Gabrielle Hamilton Ambushed By Foodies On Search For Average Home Cooks
Most of the families welcomed Gab-Ham to the table with charmingly amateur, but deliciously cooked foods. The family potluck at the Cooleemee Plantation House in Davie County, NC, however? Well, she may have been duped…
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Taco Bell Pulls Ad Making Fun Of People Who Bring Vegetables To Parties
Shh, don’t tell Lorena “Cantina Bell” Garcia about it, but Taco Bell recently ran an ad that was super anti-veg. Prepare yourselves for the shock: it was a Superbowl-themed commercial.
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HYPOCRISY ALERT: Top Chef Seattle’s John ‘Sustainability’ Tesar Flies His Restaurant’s Fish Into Dallas From California
What perfect timing for a sustainability fail of epic proportions.
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Chef Who Made Dismissive Comments About Sandy Hook Shooting Closes Restaurant After Receiving Threats
After making angry, dismissive comments on his Facebook page about the victims of the recent Sandy Hook shooting, the owner of an Austin noodle house (who may be its chef) has closed his restaurant.
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Not Even Mario Batali’s Eataly Can Rescue Katie Holmes’ Cooking
In a recent interview with Vogue, Katie Holmes and her Dead Accounts co-star Norbert Leo Butz were chatting about how a kitchen play is rife with theatrical possibility, when she dropped the Eataly bomb, confessing that not even Mario Batali’s fancy artisanal Italian supermarket Eataly can rescue her food.
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Trump Steak House In Las Vegas Shut Down After 50+ Health Violations
Among them: month old caviar, and expired yogurt. Sorry for ruining brunch forever.
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