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Graham Elliot Recruits Tony Mantuano To Headline Lollapalooza's ChowTown
The only shining beacon of hope on the Chicago summer food festival scene isn't really at a food festival at all.
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Jacques Pepin: Manly Grilling 'Doesn't Really Make Any Sense'
Plus: the best burger techniques, the best burger joint in America, and why Julia Child loved McDonald's.
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WATCH: Richard Blais Attempts A Dim Sum Burger, Arousing Ire Of Asian YouTube Trolls
We saw this coming from a mile away. Because next to watching hardcore burger porn, and learning the fundamentals of aromatics and how they work, our favorite part of Burger Lab with Richard Blais is the inevitable deluge of "you're so racist" comments from the peanut gallery of the culture whose cuisine Blais is inspired by in a given Lab.
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PHOTO: Glee's Cory Monteith And Gordon Ramsay Hang Out On Set
We practically gave ourselves heart attacks last time MasterChef and Glee crossed paths, but luckily, we made it through last season of everyone's favorite Ryan Murphy musical comedy without any Gordon Ramsay, Graham Elliot, or Joe Bastianich cameos. Sadly, MasterChef won't be spared the same crossover fate.
Legal Woes
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Restaurateur Sues Eataly For Broken Glass Linguine At La Pizza & Pasta
Annie Lennox jokes, aside, WTF is this?
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Macy’s Drops Emeril’s Line While Coincidentally Suing Its Owner Martha Stewart
In the middle of a lawsuit between Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia and Macy’s, the department store decided that, by the way, they were coincidentally dropping the Emeril Lagasse line of cookware from their stores — which happens to be owned by MSLO.
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Lawsuit Against Ferran Adria Dropped
Good news, everyone who cares about the fate the former el Bulli: a lawsuit against Ferran Adria alleging that he cheated one of his business partners out of his share of the restaurant has been dismissed.
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Woman Sues Shake Shack Because Their Chairs Could Not Prevent Dog From Running Into Her
Sadly, today is the day that we at the Braiser must permanently brand the notorious perfectionist Danny Meyer as a failure forevermore.
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James Oseland Challenges DOMA To Save His Marriage
In 2007, editor-in-chief of Saveur Magazine and Top Chef: Masters judge James Oseland met the man he would marry just over three years later. Unfortunately, in the time that has transpired since their relationship began, Daniel’s visa from Brazil had expired, and, in spite of their marriage, legally recognized in the State of New York in 2010, DOMA prevented James from sponsoring Daniel as his spouse for a green card.
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Southwest Airlines Settles $29 Million Bar Tab With Its Customers
Call it the biggest reverse bar tab in the sky: after a class action lawsuit, a court recently ordered Southwest Airlines to redeem 5.8 million free drink vouchers that they’d handed out to their customers, then tried to cancel.
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UK Courts Say Gordon Ramsay’s Father-In-Law Cannot Break Up Restaurant Empire Out Of Spite
There’s bitterness, and then there’s Chris Hutcheson, the father-in-law and former business parter of megachef Gordon Ramsay.
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Travel Channel Responds Icily To Anthony Bourdain’s Cadillac Rant
You broke their hearts, Tony. You broke their hearts.
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Bourdain Goes On Scorched-Earth Campaign Against Travel Channel Over Cadillac Ad
“Thoughtful” and “calm” does not necessarily mean that Bourdain was any less apoplectic about his falsely implied endorsement of Cadillac– or any less likely to file legal actions against his former cable home.
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Former NBA Knicks Star Pays Private Chef $900,000 To Keep Quiet About Affair
This story involves both chefs AND a famous New York Knicks point guard who calls himself “Starbury”, and once ate a tub of Vaseline on camera.
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