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WATCH: Every Whack-Job Montage From Last Night's MasterChef Auditions
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
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
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!
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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WATCH: Ming Tsai And Cris Comeford Asian Up The USDA’s Nutrition Recommendations
Hewing to the MyPlate dietary recommendations made by the USDA, Tsai and Comeford make two super healthy dishes from Comeford’s home kitchen below: Shrimp, Chicken and Vegetable Fried Rice, and the Filipino dish halo-halo.
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Jamie Oliver’s Restaurant Pays $12,200 Settlement To Woman It Nearly Killed With Gluten
A celiac-suffering British woman went to a Jamie Oliver-owned restaurant and didn’t get the gluten-free pasta she requested. And now she can’t get a heart and lung transplant. GOOD JOB, GUYS.
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While Angelina Jolie Discusses Double Mastectomy, Cat Cora Live-Tweets Colonoscopy Prep
Never folk to be outdone by A-Listers, celebrity chefs find their own ways to enrich the lives of us non-famouses. To wit: as Angelina Jolie movingly wrote about her radical, preventative double mastectomy in the New York Times to encourage women to take control of their own health and bodies, Cat Cora tweeted this photo of her newly arrived Bowel Prep Kit…
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Study: 87% Of Recipes By Celebrity Chefs Are Obscenely Unhealthy, Chefs Call Study ‘B.S.’
Naturally, the chefs of Canada, those stomach-bursting, decadent hedonists in the Yukon, disagree vehemently.
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Woah: Southerners Aren’t More Obese Than The Rest Of America, They’re More Honest
“But the South has fried chicken!” you might gasp. “But Paula Deen is from the South! The South is coated in bacon lard and butter sticks!” It turns out that Southerners aren’t the most obese in the nation, they simply lied less when talking about their weight.
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Why Bloomberg’s Tiny Anti-Obesity Sodas Could Totally Backfire
A study by a graduate student at the University of California San Diego might challenge Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s fancy instincts about how to fight obesity in New York City.
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Bird Flu Pulls A Justin Timberlake, Goes On Comeback Tour In China By Killing Six People
After a long hiatus where it decided to try its hand at acting, taking on roles like “Swine Flu” and “SARS,” bird flu has decided to stage a comeback tour by returning to the thing it does best: killing six people and infecting 18 in Shanghai, China.
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West Village Restaurant Exposed 3000 Diners To Hepatitis A This Week
Those of you who may have visited Alta in the West Village between March 23rd and April 4th and opted the skip dessert? Congratulations! You’re not so much at risk for developing Hepatitis A. Those of you who did go for something sweet to end your meal? Rough luck.
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Is The Porn Industry ‘More Responsible’ Than The Food Industry?
Professor Doug Powell is apparently both an expert on food safety and porn, if his recent statements made to the Alberta Food Processors Association are any indication. Speaking about the lax nature of food safety culture, he came out with this pretty damning statement: “I would argue that the porn industry is more responsible than the food industry.” So basically, it could be safer to put penises in your mouth than food.
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We Don’t Recommend José Andrés’ Extreme Diet, Even If It Allows Butter
Andrés lost 40 pounds from his 278-pound frame, with a few obvious practices (eat more vegetables, enjoy things in moderation, etc.), and a rather alarming one: his 1000-calorie-a-day diet.
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