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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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Lady Gaga's Dad Threatens Bloomberg, Blames Potatoes In Twitter Rant Over Health Inspection
All it takes is one potato to send Joe Germanotta, owner of Joanne Trattoria and father of Lady Gaga, into a full-blown Twitter rant against the oft-maligned NYC Department of Health.
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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.
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Last Call: Alain Passard, The Graphic Novel
PLUS: A “correction” to yesterday’s Last Call, and a mandate to obey ?uestlove or face the consequences…of not being cool enough.
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PHOTOS: Alex Guarnaschelli’s Book Launch Veered Into Lovefest Territory With Wylie Dufresne, Josh Capon, And Cake
Last night, Food Network Magazine threw its homegirl (and newest crowned Iron Chef) Alex Guarnaschelli a book launch party at her NYC restaurant Butter, in celebration of her latest title Old School Comfort Food: The Way I Learned To Cook. Rather than the stuffy elbow-rub-athon that these things tend to be, the event was basically a celebrity chef lovefest of epic proportion.
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Alfred Portale On Shooting Treme And Trying To Understand Eric Ripert
Alfred Portale was kind enough to step outside the kitchen at the Four Seasons and submit to our questions — specifically, questions in regards to our obsession with Treme.
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Alfred Portale Hung Out With Julia Child But Turned Down Japanese Iron Chef
Portale has crossed paths with many greats over the years, either as a teacher and mentor (Tom Colicchio, Wylie Dufresne, and Bill Telepan worked in Portale’s kitchen at the beginning of their careers), or as a peer.
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WATCH: Treme Returns With Our Favorite Celeb Chefs Sipping An 1811 Cognac
Amidst all the Primetime Emmys hoopla last night, HBO quietly aired the Season 3 premiere of David Simon’s Treme, which, of course, means the return of our favorite celeb chef cameos on premium cable. We tuned in, and, in case you missed it, rounded up Chef Janette Desautel’s (Kim Dickens) scenes to recap until you can catch up.
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Padma Lakshmi On Top Chef, Treme, And Why Richard Blais Was Destined To Lose His First Season
Check out our Q & A with Padma to see how she remembers Top Chef, plus read about her firm, cosmic belief that Richard Blais was meant to lose his first season.
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WATCH: Treme Films Restaurant Scene Featuring A Half Dozen Celebrity Chefs
Filming scenes where people eat food is not an easy task: a food designer has to make multiple plates of food for every take, the actors have to keep on eating, and worst of all, all the alcohol is fake.
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Alfred Portale Talks His Upcoming Treme Cameo And Cooking For President Obama
Chef Alfred Portale of the iconic Gotham Bar and Grill in New York dishes on everything from sharing a trailer with Jonathan Waxman to the Secret Service Circus that prefaces the POTUS dining in your establishment. Check out our Q&A!
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Colicchio & Sons Hosts Star-Studded Line-Up Cooking For Gerry Hayden’s ALS Benefit
We’re hardcore over-exposed to the harsh, cutthroat inner workings of a restaurant kitchen thanks to a myriad of reality shows, but Colicchio & Sons is proving that, in the end, real chefs have other chef’s backs, especially in their hour of need.
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