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WATCH: Batali, Colicchio, Flay, And Ray Are Super Self-Aware Celebrity Chefs

by Tina Nguyen

In a preview for Bloomberg TV's Titans at the Table, airing on June 25th, Mario Batali, Bobby Flay, Tom Colicchio, and Rachael Ray ponder the oddities of their success.

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Nigella's Husband On Choking Incident: Nothing More Than 'A Playful Tiff'

by Tina Nguyen

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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9 Other Colossally Stupid Paula Deenisms

by Mariella Mosthof

You know, besides dropping the "N-word" at employees, and expressing a deep-seated desire to have African American members of her restaurant staff dress up as slaves...

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White Person Enlists Other White Person To Write Book On Yellow People's Street Food

by Tina Nguyen

Okay, the headline should technically read "Anthony Bourdain Signs Graham Holliday To Write Book About Vietnamese Street Food," but you know what? I can't.

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FOOD FEUD: Pete Wells Has Beef With A Talking Ham

by Tina Nguyen 5:52 pm, June 7th

Today we learned that Prosciutto di Parma has its own Twitter account, which means — oh no — we’ve been eating sentient ham all this time. Oh…oh dear God. What have we done!?
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Sno-Cone Joe Arrested After Inciting Soft-Serve Turf War With Mr. Ding-A-Ling

by Tina Nguyen 5:58 pm, May 1st

Picture this: a ~~hilarious~~ deadly, ~~dopey~~ vicious, turf war breaks out between a upstart ice cream man and a vast soft-serve empire, deep in the rough-and-tumble heart of (upstate) New York.
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FEUD: Overweight Teenager Sues Rachael Ray For ‘Emotional Distress’

by Tina Nguyen 12:19 pm, April 17th

Everything we’ve ever thought about Rachael Ray has just irrevocably and totally changed with news of a paradigm-shifting lawsuit, one that reveals that the happy, catchphrase-spouting TV sprite could actually be a sadistic monster.
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FOOD FEUD: Canadian Critics Spar Over David Chang’s Place In Toronto

by Tina Nguyen 5:55 pm, April 15th

Two critics, both alike in dignity, In fair Canada, where we lay our scene, Where David Chang came from New York City, With porcine blood and ramen bowls — a dream!
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FOOD FEUD: Who Does Keith McNally Want To Put In A Meat Grinder?

by Tina Nguyen 10:48 am, April 12th

In the wake of the failed transplant of his famed NYC restaurant Balthazar to London (and the extra harsh critical backlash), McNally gave The Independent the verbal equivalent of double deuces to his colleagues.
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FOOD FEUD: Everyone Better Stop Mistaking Tyler Florence For The Voice’s Blake Shelton OR ELSE

by Mariella Mosthof 5:09 pm, April 8th

Ex-LFO member Tyler Florence might have escaped 1990s boyband-dom unscathed, but now he’s constantly being mistaken for The Voice judge Blake Shelton and he is not pleased.
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FOOD FEUD: A Professional Octogenarian Feuder Takes On Batali’s Babbo

by Mariella Mosthof 3:35 pm, April 1st

84-year old Doris Diether has been sitting on the Community Board 2 since the 1960s, where she has acted as, as The New York Times put it, “kind of a one-woman shame squad against crooked landlords, reckless renovators and haughty developers all over the city.” Her current target: Mario Batali’s Babbo.
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FOOD FEUD: Owner Of Different Carbone’s Might Burn Down Torrisi-Owned Carbone’s

by Tina Nguyen 1:19 pm, March 30th

We think Alessandro Last-Name-Unknown, the owner of Carbone Ristorante Italiano in Hell’s Kitchen, is cracking wise in this interview with Grub Street. We say this because we believe in pacifism, harmony, and not going to federal prison
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FOOD FEUD: Cheating Next Great Baker Contestant Says TLC Put Her Out Of Business

by Tina Nguyen 11:03 am, March 29th

Much like Lucifer waged war against his Creator (happy Good Friday), Gretel-Ann Fisher is mad at her own creator, TLC, for causing her Winooski, VT bakery to shut down last Saturday.
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Food Feuds: Homaro Cantu Vs. Airports

by Tina Nguyen 1:33 pm, March 28th

Chefs can be a heated bunch. We’re collecting some of their sharpest barbs against the world at large, because — and this might be wild — what if it makes the world a better place one day? Think on that, folks. And maybe don’t expect great food at airports.
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