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WATCH: Every Whack-Job Montage From Last Night's MasterChef Auditions

by Mariella Mosthof

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

by Tina Nguyen

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

by Tina Nguyen

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!

by Laura Norkin

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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Last Call: Deadspin Writer Applies For Chopped With “SEXYLOVESAUCE”

by Tina Nguyen 6:54 pm, July 9th

Deadspin: Upon hearing that Chopped would run a special show dedicated to amateurs, Drew Magary immediately filled out the 19-question application ~~for lols and pageviews~~ in a bid to be on his favorite-est show ever. “I may not have the ‘education’ or the ‘knowledge’ of ‘actual’ chefs,” he writes. “But what I lack in formal education, I make up for in SOUL. That’s what every amateur cook says right before they get chopped, right? That they have soul? I have a shitload of soul.”

The Washington Post: Sprinkles puts their second “Cupcake ATM” in our nation’s capitol.

Mercedes-Benz Scene Canada: Mark McEwan loves rolling in his Benz, but is super, super annoyed by tailgaters. Do all people from Canada have this problem?

Riding Shotgun LA: Roy Choi has some good thoughts about basketball, soccer, how Americans “eat like shit and follow like sheep”, and the importance of feeding everyone — not just those who can afford a $5 cup of coffee.

Huffington Post: Starbucks is milling a line of energy drinks. Because coffee is…? Not…? An energy drink…?

Eater: An Austin-based food critic called a bunch of the Top Chef judges “old farts” who are basically too irrelevant to be judging a food competition about up-and-comers. SNAP.