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WATCH: Batali, Colicchio, Flay, And Ray Are Super Self-Aware Celebrity Chefs
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'
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
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
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.
The End Of An Era
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WATCH: Pastry Chef Nancy Olson Leaves Gramercy Tavern, Here’s What We’ll Be Missing
Going, going, back, back to Napoleon, North Dakota. That’s how that Notorious B.I.G. lyric goes, right? At least that’s how Gramery Tavern pastry chef Nancy Olson has reinterpreted the NYC song, because she’s returning to her home state at the end of this month, after seven years serving up sweets at the Danny Meyer-owned Manhattan mainstay.
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Time Out New York Critic Resigns, Still Doesn’t Reveal His Face
New York restaurant critic Jay Cheshes wrote his farewell column today in Time Out New York, still remaining masked, but sad to leave.
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Gourmet Dead: iPad-Only Publication Gourmet Live Shutters After Two Years
In a sad move for all those iPad-loving gourmands in the world, Condé Nast announced today that it would shutter Gourmet LIVE, the digital version of the magazine they killed due to budget issues and the then-ongoing Print Media Plague of 2009.
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Tokyo’s Famed Tsukiji Market To Close, Reopen In Much Larger Building By 2014
Everyone, let us quietly mourn the temporary closure of Tokyo’s famed Tsukiji Market, which announced today that they would shut down the biggest fish market in the world for a full year.
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Anthony Bourdain Apologizes To Sean Brock For Shafting Him During No Reservations
Usually when a beloved television series ends, it is incumbent upon the Internet to put together Top Ten Lists reminiscing about the best and worst of times. But when Anthony Bourdain was approached to put together a listicle requiem for the end of No Reservations, he did so — but in his typically atypical fashion.
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WATCH: Anthony Bourdain Regularly Given Free Cocaine By Aspiring Chefs
About ten years ago, a foul-mouthed, has-been chef burst onto the media scene with his memoir, shocking people with his revelations about the seedy underbelly of the restaurant world. (Revelations of note: “don’t order fish on a Monday,” “everyone re-uses bread,” “brunch sucks,” etc.) Fast forward to today: Anthony Bourdain is arguably the most powerful man in the food world, and his word is canon law.
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Concerns Arise Over Whether Iron Chef Japan’s New Chairman Is Insane Enough
Kotaku reports that the new version will feature Hiroshi Tamaki, a decently-known actor/model/singer who looks generically handsome, as the new Chairman. But the biggest concern for Japanese fans of the original: is Tamaki weird enough?
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Ludo Lefebvre Dishes On How Media Killed The Pop-Up Star And His New Restaurant
“It’s time to move on. Nowadays you have some stupid pop-ups. It was different in the beginning but these days it seems like people do it just for press.”
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Nancy Silverton And Mark Peel’s Legendary Campanile To Close; Jonathan Gold Mourns
“It wasn’t the first fine restaurant in the country to operate with a grill at its heart, but it codified the style, as well as the practice of reinterpreting simple dishes…with first-rate ingredients and chefly virtuosity.”
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Gilt Taste Nixes Its Editorial Component, Ruth Reichl Is The Eternal Editor Without A Magazine
Somebody please just let Ruth drop her acid and play her bongos all over your magazine, already. We like her a lot.
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Paula Deen Defends Use Of ‘N-Word’, Wants Black Employees To Dress Like Slaves
WATCH: PETA’s Latest Ad Is Actually Really Sex-Positive, So We’re Confused About Hating It (NSFW)
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