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WATCH: Every Whack-Job Montage From Last Night's MasterChef Auditions
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
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
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!
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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WATCH: Richard Blais Expects Us To Spherify Horseradish While Drunk In New Burger Lab
On this week’s Burger Lab, Richard Blais asserts that his British-inspired Welsh Rarebit Burger is both the world’s best hangover food, and a late-night go-to. We’re inclined to agree, but if we attempted to spherify horseradish while drunk or hungover, we would 100% end up on the front page of Pinterest Fails.
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WATCH: Stop Everything, Buy Groceries At Ikea, And Make Richard Blais’ Ikea Burger, Stat
Mind blown. Nay, mind melted. Richard Blais has thoroughly outdone himself on the latest episode of Burger Lab, crafting a totally ingenious Ikea Burger, inspired by Swedish ingredients found at your local neighborhood furniture store, which also happens to carry delicious non-perishable Swedish grocery items.
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WATCH: Richard Blais Brings Some Friends To Burger Lab, Tosses Them In Hot Oil
Burger Lab is back for Season Two, and, while Richard Blais heard your criticism of the show’s overly epic effects, he’s politely chosen to ignore you and carry on twofold.
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Last Call: Jimmy Kimmel Takes On Sarah Palin’s Big Gulp Stunt ‘In Other News From 2009′
Plus: Chef-as-rock-star art, Mario Batali’s favorite wines, and Eataly learns the art of the GIF.
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Last Call: David Chang Doesn’t Believe In Your MSG Migraine
Plus: oyster pals, Willie Nelson toast, and where sous vide machines go to die.
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WATCH: Richard Blais And YouTube Star Tay ‘Chocolate Rain’ Zonday Take Over Burger Lab
YouTube singer Tay “Chocolate Rain” Zonday joined Richard Blais on this week’s episode of Burger Lab, and while Blais vetoed Tay’s fantasy mayo-cranberry-sauce-turkey-burger, he did demo the finer points of turkey burger construction.
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WATCH: Richard Blais Composes World’s Sluttiest Burger, Names Her ‘Juicy Lucy’
What did we except from Richard Blais after his Valentine’s Day episode of Burger Lab, in which he patiently explained that oysters are aphrodisiacs “because they look like vaginas”? Answer: a “Minneapolis-style” burger he lovingly named “The Juicy Lucy.”
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WATCH: Richard Blais Explains How He Got Over His Aversion To Southern Food On A Country Fried Burger Lab
Richard Blais had us at Carolina barbecue sauce, but while composing his battered-then-liquid-nitrogen-frozen country fried burger on the most recent episode of Burger Lab, he bravely revealed his early beef with Southern food, as a New York transplant to The ATL.
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Richard Blais Minces Beef, Not Words On Burger Lab: ‘The Oyster Is An Aprodisiac Because It Looks Like A Vagina!’
We’re not sure if you’ve secretly always wanted to hear Richard Blais explain to you the finer points of why oysters are considered an aphrodisiac, but in case you’re harboring that desire somewhere deep within you, he gently explains the shellfish’s sultry powers in this week’s Burger Lab With Richard Blais.
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WATCH: Richard Blais Arouses The Ire Of Kimchi Purists On A Gangnam Style Burger Lab
Richard Blais paid homage to “Gangnam Style” in a new and novel way on the most recent episode of Burger Lab: he did it without Psy. (Although, in fairness, he does do the horse dance for, oh, about a second.)
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