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WATCH: Every Whack-Job Montage From Last Night's MasterChef Auditions

by Mariella Mosthof

MasterChef Season 4 kicked off last night with a two-hour premiere, and, as we look forward to every summer, the kooks came out of the woodwork for the open audition rounds. Of course, those are way more entertaining than the tear-filled, moving stories of overcoming adversity or whatever, so we conveniently compiled all the Crazies Montages in one convenient space for your perusal. You're welcome.

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Lady Chef Stampede: Here's Why Amy Scherber Is The One Baker Ever To Be Profiled In This Column

by Tina Nguyen

This week, on the Lady Chef Stampede, we get baked with Amy Scherber, the woman behind Amy’s Bread. Normally I am deeply suspicious of bakers, regarding them as a mutant offshoot of pastry cooks (if you want to know about pastry cooks, I suggest trying reading some H.P. Lovecraft, who wrote about them in great detail).

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Amy Bouzgalo Served Time In Federal Prison For Social Security Fraud

by Tina Nguyen

In an Arizona Republic article, Jennifer McClellan reports that Bouzgalo formerly went by the name "Amanda Bossingham," and spent 14 months in federal prison in 2008.

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The Braiser Is Hiring Summer Interns!

by Laura Norkin

If you know your Blais from your Bourdain and are passionate about the culture surrounding food; if you can write in a compelling -- if sometimes sarcastic -- tone and wait with bated breath for the James Beards Award announcements and other foodie news, please apply.

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How To Quit Your Job Like a Boss: A Cake Resignation Letter

by Tina Nguyen 9:53 am, April 16th

The most important events in one’s life are often commemorated with cake, but rarely does someone literally use a cake to make a major life change — written in perfect piping, to boot.
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Barbara Lynch On Protégé/Top Chef Winner Kristen Kish: Her Victory Is ‘For All Women Chefs’

by Tina Nguyen 1:30 pm, March 1st

Of all the people thrilled over Kristen Kish’s victory on Top Chef, only one has the privilege of calling themselves the proudest: Barbara Lynch, the famed chef of Boston restaurants like Stir and No. 9 Park, who is also Kristen’s boss.
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Art Smith Challenges His Husband To Become First Same-Sex Couple To Climb Kilimanjaro

by Mariella Mosthof 12:07 pm, February 5th

He told us we’d think he was “bat shit crazy” for doing it, and, well, we kind of do.
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Ottavia Bourdain Greets Her Friends By Wrestling Them, Because Of Course

by Tina Nguyen 4:45 pm, January 31st

We are a little concerned with the Brazilian jiu-jitsu obsession that’s overcome Ottavia Bourdain, Anthony Bourdain’s beautiful, graceful and perfect wife (ohgodpleasedon’tcrushus).
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14-Year-Old Wunderchef Flynn McGarry: 2012 Is Not The End Of Teen Chef

by Mariella Mosthof 4:45 pm, January 28th

With the brouhaha bubbling over MasterChef Junior’s green light from Fox, 14-year-old prodigy chef Flynn McGarry is insisting child chef stars are here to stay.
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Nigella Calls Bourdain A ‘Liar’, Declares Herself A ‘Pathetic’ Drinker

by Verena von Pfetten 5:28 pm, January 21st

We all know Anthony Bourdain doesn’t lack for experience in the drinking department, and his partner-in-Taste-judging-crime, Nigella Lawson, doesn’t seem like the type to turn down a cocktail or seven, so we were surprised to see her describe her drinking habits as “pathetic” — and call Bourdain a liar for lauding them.
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Duff Goldman Is Baking The Cake For Obama’s Official Inauguration Ball As You Read This

by Tina Nguyen 1:41 pm, January 20th

Duff Goldman, the no-longer-televised Ace of Cakes, has been tapped to make Barack Obama’s inauguration ball cake, and one thing’s for sure: this is going to be the best cake ever made for a presidential inauguration, ever.
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Hell’s Kitchen Season 10 Winner Christina Wilson Reveals Her Gordon Ramsay Steak Tasting Menu

by Mariella Mosthof 2:18 pm, November 28th

As she warms up at Steak, she’s offering a limited edition Hell’s Kitchen tasting menu featuring a five-course meal of dishes that helped win her the competition.
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Richard Blais Unveils Genius Plan To Forage For NYC Pigeons To Make Top Chef Kitchen Squab

by Mariella Mosthof 6:00 pm, November 13th

“Obviously, it didn’t go over very well.”
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Pepsi To Celebrate Ferran Adria by Printing His Face On Side Of Cans

by Tina Nguyen 12:11 pm, November 7th

A Spanish press release from PepsiCo announced that as one of the world’s “brightest minds,” Adria and five contemporaries in different fields would be honored with their portraits printed on their iconic blue can.
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