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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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Embezzler Stole Masa Sushi Money To Pay For Internet Porn Addiction, Gets Year In Prison
According to Gizmodo, some of the best-paid internet adult entertainers haul in $300 a day — which means that Thomas likely spent a more than half a year skinning his unagi with Masa funds. GROSS.
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Last Call: It’s Pancake Tuesday Everywhere Else In The World Today!
Plus: animal cruelty, fraud, and irony.
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Scandal At Three Michelin-Starred Masa Leads To Awful Food Puns From Manhattan DA
But when the New York County District Attorney’s office announced that they had charged Rafael Thomas with one count of grand larceny and twenty counts of falsifying business records, they just had to do it with a restaurant pun, didn’t they?!
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Dining Diaries: Manuel Trevino Loves A Saturday Afternoon Dim Sum Crawl
Manuel Trevino is the executive chef at Marble Lane, having previously been the executive chef at LAVO New York when it opened in 2010. He has worked at many prestigious New York restaurants, including Babbo under Mario Batali and Le Cirque. He was a contestant on one of the most well-known seasons of Top Chef, where he competed against Stephanie Izard, Richard Blais, and Spike Mendelsohn.
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