John Currence

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

Last Call: Leonardo DiCaprio Will Sell You Jim Beam In This Commercial With So Few Words

by Mariella Mosthof 6:49 pm, February 19th

Plus: Benjamin Netanyahu’s insane ice cream budget, an Umami Burger/Fat Burger face-off, and deets on John Currence’s new cookbook.
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Events

Star-Studded Lineup For SoBe Food & Wine’s Champagne And Chicken Party Revealed

by Mariella Mosthof 11:21 am, July 7th

Champagne and fried chicken! They go together like…well, like weird high-brow/low-brow hybrids that shouldn’t go together, but, for some reason, still sound delicious. Luckily, the Food Network South Beach Food & Wine Festival is deeply scratching the itch we didn’t know we had.
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Last Call

Last Call: Eddie Huang Gets The Last Word On Culinary Imperialism Debate

by Mariella Mosthof 6:00 pm, June 8th

Fresh Off the Boat: After honorably engaging in a Twitter Battle Royale with us, Anthony Bourdain, and Francis Lam, Eddie Huang took back to his blog for the last word on the Culinary Imperialism debate.
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Last Call

Last Call: David Chang And John Currence Tie For Potty Mouths Of The Day

by Mariella Mosthof 6:13 pm, May 23rd

Chefs are some articulate f*cking bullsh*t motherf*ckers.
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Smackdowns

The Downsides Of Foodie Events: Why Chefs Hate Charity Work

by Mariella Mosthof 2:31 pm, May 19th

The New York Times and Gawker stirred up quite the debate this week in the foodie community about the importance-of-slash-sell-out-factor in attending food festivals, charity events, and other food-centric powwows using celebrity chefs to attract attention. [Eater] caught up with some of the chefs in question and asked them to weigh in on what sucks about doing food events.
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