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Chefs Hoping For 'Straight F*ckin' Cash' Ended Up 'Bummed' By GoogaMooga

by Laura Norkin

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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WATCH: The Most Intense Moments (And One Sweet One) In Anthony Bourdain's Trip To Libya

by Tina Nguyen

Goodbye, food porny trips to elegant France; hello, looped footage of Muammar Gadaffi being viciously beaten to death.

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WATCH: Rachael Ray & Guy Fieri Imitate Anchorman In Painful 'Improv' Bit With Wayne Brady

by Mariella Mosthof

Guys, did you know that Rachael Ray and Guy Fieri love Anchorman? Because, they're like, totally obsessed.

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UPDATE: Superfly to Refund GoogaMooga VIP Tickets For Rained-Out Sunday

by Laura Norkin

We spoke to Superfly Co-Founder Jonathan Mayers about the Great GoogaMooga Debacle of 2013 (not to be confused with the Great GoogaMooga Debacle of 2012), and he confirmed that his company would be refunding VIP ticketholders, as well as drink tickets that were purchased today.

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This Is Cool: An Infographic Cookbook

by Laura Norkin 10:56 am, May 18th

After a long day at the office stringing words together in varying degrees of coherence, the last thing we want to do is keep communicating in complete sentences. Replacing the grunts and gestures we rely on to get dinner on the table, is Picture Cook, a tome that turns the traditional cookbook on its head; it offers illustrated recipes rather than wordy instructions.
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Jay Rayner Talks Early Exposure To Sexuality, Namely The Time His Mom Got A Penis In The Mail

by Laura Norkin 9:32 am, May 14th

Nothing to jumpstart your Tuesday morning like a chipper Jay Rayner, reading aloud from his book A Greedy Man In A Hungry World. In this clip, he regales us with tales of his childhood, like that time a patient carved his “cock” out of wood and sent it to Jay’s mother.
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The First Book From Bourdain’s Imprint Arrives With An Open-To-The-Public Party

by Laura Norkin 3:33 pm, May 9th

We may have been a bit overly excited, announcing the first title in Anthony Bourdain’s publishing arm (Ecco, a HarperCollins imprint) all the way back in November, but now The Prophets of Smoked Meat is nearly here and we’re breaking out in meat sweats all over again.
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WATCH: Alex Atala Previews First English Cookbook In Sensual Brazilian Accent

by Laura Norkin 4:13 pm, May 6th

We can’t help it. Ever since a particularly well-fated study abroad dorm assignment, we’ve had a thing for a man speaking Portuguese-inflected English. We could easily spend the rest of the evening staring at the panoramic Amazon-river views in this video, and listening to chef Alex Atala talk about his culinary background. Oh yeah, something about an important restaurant and a new book, too.
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PHOTOS: Alex Guarnaschelli’s Book Launch Veered Into Lovefest Territory With Wylie Dufresne, Josh Capon, And Cake

by Mariella Mosthof 12:27 pm, May 1st

Last night, Food Network Magazine threw its homegirl (and newest crowned Iron Chef) Alex Guarnaschelli a book launch party at her NYC restaurant Butter, in celebration of her latest title Old School Comfort Food: The Way I Learned To Cook. Rather than the stuffy elbow-rub-athon that these things tend to be, the event was basically a celebrity chef lovefest of epic proportion.
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LISTEN: Jay Rayner Rants About The Seasonality ‘Food Warriors’

by Tina Nguyen 10:24 am, April 26th

Are you sleepy and tired and looking for something to kick you in the face this morning? Here’s a shot of Jay Rayner, reading aloud from his new book A Greedy Man In A Hungry World .
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More Milk Bar Treats For You! Christina Tosi To Publish Second Cookbook

by Mariella Mosthof 11:35 am, April 12th

Christina Tosi’s about to expand your dessert library with her second cookbook entitled Milk Bar Life. Happy Friday, everyone!
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Sandra Lee Is Quitting Cookbooks To Focus On Her Magazine

by Mariella Mosthof 2:04 pm, April 6th

After 25 cookbooks, Governor Andrew Cuomo’s First Ladylove is capping her pen and quitting the book biz to focus on the publication of her self-titled magazine.
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Julia Child Gets Her Own Comic Book

by Tina Nguyen 11:54 am, February 9th

Though the words “Julia Child” and “comic book” may seem an odd pairing, a publisher has announced that as part of their comic book series celebrating the lives of famous and influential women, they will soon release a 32-page biographical comic about the influential television chef.
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Buy This New Issue Of Lucky Peach, Or Ted Nugent Will Shoot This Cat

by Tina Nguyen 1:53 pm, February 8th

It’s nearly time for the “Apocalypse” edition of Lucky Peach to hit newsstands (because, remember, the apocalypse didn’t happen), and the editors gave us a sneak preview of the issue’s cover.
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