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Amy's Baking Company Hires Joe Arpaio's PR Firm To Change Public's Perception

by Tina Nguyen

How good is Rose, Moser & Allyn? They represent the highly controversial Maricopa County Sherrif Joe Arpaio, the law enforcement official so divisive that someone recently tried to blow him up with a package bomb.

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Alain Ducasse On Lafayette: 'Andrew Carmellini Gets It'

by Mariella Mosthof

Alain Ducasse graced New York with his discerning palate for a whirlwind week-long trip, during which he conveniently dined in and benevolently weighed in on three of the hottest new NYC openings.

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WATCH: Why Is Anthony Bourdain At A Fake KFC In Libya?

by Tina Nguyen

"That kid who you see, a militia member, at one point looks in the camera and says, 'This is the taste of freedom.' Which is both dismaying and heartbreaking and beautiful at the same time."

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WATCH: Jay Rayner Takes Down Locavorism In Snarky New Book Trailer

by Mariella Mosthof

British food critic Jay Rayner just released a trailer for his new book A Greedy Man in a Hungry World, which contains a sneak peek of his mind-blowing anti-locavorism argument. Turns out sustainability based on geography is poppycock!

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Amy’s Baking Company Hires Joe Arpaio’s PR Firm To Change Public’s Perception

by Tina Nguyen 9:59 am, May 17th

How good is Rose, Moser & Allyn? They represent the highly controversial Maricopa County Sherrif Joe Arpaio, the law enforcement official so divisive that someone recently tried to blow him up with a package bomb.
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Poll Finds Rachael Ray More Trustworthy Than Michael Pollan, Here’s What He’s Missing

by Tina Nguyen 3:51 pm, May 8th

According to real scientific methodology, Ray commands more trustworthiness than Christiane Amanpour (#56), Warren Buffet (#71), and George Lucas (#42), while Pollan is less trustworthy than Steve Harvey (#72), Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson (#54), and Tim Tebow (#40). We’ve put together some advice to help him move up the list.
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Don’t Pretend That Anthony Bourdain’s Swearing Justifies A Moral Crusade Against CNN

by Tina Nguyen 4:30 pm, April 29th

To recap: Anthony Bourdain called himself a penis on CNN, and according to right-leaning sources like Newsbusters and Fox News, this is very, very bad for the moral fabric of society — or, really, it’s just another reason to beat up on CNN.
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Bravo Sinks To New Low With Sponsored TV ‘Characters’

by Tina Nguyen 3:22 pm, April 26th

Ads on ads on ads.
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FEUD: Bourdain Blasts Fox After They Complain About His Cursing

by Tina Nguyen 1:42 pm, April 23rd

According to FOX pop culture writer Hollie McKay, the fact that CNN has allowed this unsophisticated prole onto the airwaves, swearing un-bleeped to his heart’s delight, means the network is using Bourdain’s foul mouth in “a desperate attempt to stay relevant.”
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Bon Appetit Staffers Lick Envelopes For A Tax-Day Taste Test, Clearly Never Watched Seinfeld

by Tina Nguyen 4:53 pm, April 12th

It’s almost time to file their tax returns, which is, obviously, why Bon Appetit published this article ranking the tastiest…envelope glue. By brand.
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Does Frank Bruni Miss Being A Food Critic? A Review Of His Tortured Op-Ed Food Metaphors

by Tina Nguyen 2:44 pm, March 26th

No matter how intellectually hefty becoming a New York Times op-ed writer might be, Frank Bruni has proved, once again, that he really can’t let that “being the Times restaurant critic” thing go.
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‘Barbecue Editor’ Is A Thing Now

by Tina Nguyen 11:58 am, March 25th

In a first for the food publishing world, but a “Why the hell did no one ever think of that” moment for the rest of the world, Texas Monthly announced that it would be the first publication to ever have a full-time barbecue editor.
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PHOTOS: Top Chef’s Finest Hit The Red Carpet

by Laura Norkin 1:35 pm, March 12th

When you’re a big, famous celebrity, you get all the cool party invitations. Consider, for example, last night’s 5th Annual Blossom Ball for The Endometriosis Foundation. Talk about a hot ticket. That’s why such in-demand stars as Padma Lakshmi and Gail Simmons were seen gracing the red carpet in their gamine, food-personality glory.
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Chris Cosentino: ‘Food TV Is F*cked Up’

by Tina Nguyen 2:42 pm, February 4th

During an interview with The New Potato, Chris Cosentino blasts the entire enterprise of food television as condescending and uninformative — or, in his words, “fucked up and “candy coated.”
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