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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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TV

WATCH: Carla Hall Performs Gymnastics Stunt (With Olympian Gabby Douglas’ Help)

by Mariella Mosthof 3:37 pm, April 23rd

Carla Hall is a woman of many talents. Starting as a lowly caterer, she worked her way onto not one, but two seasons of Top Chef, she’s a former model, an effervescent host of The Chew, and, as it turns out, a moderately talented tumbler for a lady of Amazonian proportions.
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News

Week In Review, July 30 – August 5: Olympics, Food Trucks, and Controversy

by Julia Emmanuele 12:49 pm, August 5th

In case you’ve missed some of the interesting things we’ve been doing here at The Braiser this week, we’ve put together a handy slideshow of the most newsworthy stories. Happy Sunday!
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Last Call

Last Call: Gabby Douglas, Olympic Champion and Face of Corn Flakes

by Julia Emmanuele 5:00 pm, August 3rd

The gold medalist has something new to celebrate. PLUS: Skittles gets weird, a new way of eating ketchup and will everyone please stop messing with our fast food ingredients?
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Social Media

Celebrity Chefs Tweet About The Olympics: August 3, 2012

by Julia Emmanuele 2:20 pm, August 3rd

Last night, history was made at the 2012 Olympics. Michael Phelps became the first male swimmer to win gold in the same event three games in a row, bringing his medal total to 20, and then, Gabrielle Douglas became the first African American to win gold as an all-around gymnast. We’ve pulled together the best Olympics-related tweets from some of our favorite chefs.
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Social Media

Celebrity Chefs Tweet About The Olympics: August 1 – 2, 2012

by Julia Emmanuele 4:46 pm, August 2nd

Everybody’s been glued to their television/computer screens for the last few days to watch the 2012 Olympics, and that includes many of our favorite celebrity chefs. Thankfully for us, they’ve also been tweeting about all of the exciting events — who knew that Bobby Flay had such a high opinion of Michael Phelps? We’ve compiled all of our favorite Olympic-related tweets from the last two days below.
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