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.
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).
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.
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.
Okay, we’ve had our fun with the conceit of Womanliest foods. But once you take off the Cosmopolitan magazine glasses and stop looking at your food through the lens of your quote-unquote emotions, you realize that it makes no sense to designate certain foods as manly, Men’s Health. While we’re not about to start un-gender-normative-ing food, we did ask some of the best women chefs in America for their favorite restaurants.
Francis LamThe nice thing about having a "creative class" job is access to people 10 years younger than you to school you on how outdated your music is
Bon Appetit MagazineSalt is no longer just margarita garnish--it's becoming an essential part of sophisticated cocktails: http://t.co/sUwpCB3Sew #DrinksWeek