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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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Last Call: Next On Your Plate At Noma, Foraged Contagious Viruses
PLUS: Peeps, popes, and Tweets.
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Heads Up, Reichl: This Poet’s Food Lyricism Steams Up The Page
We fear that the New York Times has just discovered someone far more baroque about food, more ornate about weather, more poetic about restaurants — and, wouldn’t you know, it’s an actual poet.
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Ruth Reichl: ‘Anybody Who Believes Yelp Is An Idiot’
Reichl does have some words for food critics who grew prominent after she departed from The New York Times — and it’s not pretty.
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Ruth Reichl Doesn’t Quite Understand How Wolfgang Puck Is Still So Successful
Only Puck could get away with opening airport restaurants and engineering soup cans, while renovating his flagship restaurant Spago and winning rave reviews for its rebooted menu. And his friends have absolutely no idea how he does it.
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Gilt Taste Nixes Its Editorial Component, Ruth Reichl Is The Eternal Editor Without A Magazine
Somebody please just let Ruth drop her acid and play her bongos all over your magazine, already. We like her a lot.
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WATCH: Top Chef Masters Bridge Generation Gap To Teach Teen Culinary Students
We wish part of last night’s Top Chef: Masters Elimination Challenge included the final three chefs being critiqued by their mentees, because Chris Cosentino’s knack for working with kids is pretty much the most heartwarming thing ever.
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WATCH: The Harshest Top Chef Masters Judging All Season, With A Surprising Conclusion
On last night’s Top Chef: Masters, the chefs behaved in a remarkably civilized fashion with not a single brawl erupting all episode. So, natch, the critics had to step in and ramp up the drama.
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Ruth Bourdain Is Probably Not Julie Powell, Totally Not Alice Waters, Definitely Won’t Reveal Identity
“I want to continue to keep it anonymous because I think that’s something that the readers like.”
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Last Call: For The Last Time, ‘Bork Bork Bork’ Means Nothing
Plus: The death of old media, the birth of fall brunch, and how much money Eataly makes (hint: it’s a lot.)
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Ruth Bourdain To Publish Book That Will Undoubtedly Make Us Feel Uncomfortably Dirty
Ruth Bourdain is writing a book.
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The Mary Sue
Adam West and Yvonne Craig read Batgirl's comics debut: http://t.co/4szEzuidfS
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Cleveland kidnapping hero offered free burgers for life http://t.co/Qfg6t6a6HF
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Francis Lam
Wait, I got it. Someone write a law that just says "Fix bridges" but call it the "GOD LOVING GUNS FOR ERRYBODY EXCEPT GAYS Act." Fixed!
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Geekosystem
No, no, no, this is a good swarm of robot drones. Those are a thing, right? http://t.co/FrlIyGTAaJ
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Whole Foods Market
In 2012, Fävikan was ranked #34 by The World's 50 Best Restaurants... Here's their story on #DarkRye: http://t.co/uFteYGNYvF
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Francis Lam
The only thing that stops a bad bridge from falling down is a good guy with a gun.
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Francis Lam
What if we had a KICKSTARTER for fixing bridges!? Only we could just call it a "government" and try not to freak out over it?
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The Daily Beast
Amanda Bynes Arrested in NYC http://t.co/qUEyRLb5rm #cheatsheet
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TMZ
Hey, we're on Sulia now! Aren't you? Trust TMZ here: http://t.co/1GrFE89Xaw
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Duff Goldman
“@ToBREorNotToBRE: @Duff_Goldman My parents bought me your cake baking collection for my birthday!” Nice! Show me what you make!
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The Daily Beast
‘Fast & Furious’ and ‘Hangover’ Face Off http://t.co/vumZ7yJeHD #cheatsheet
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SportsGrid
Fox Sports TV MLB graphic teeming with fail. http://t.co/BqczY52dlW
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Tyler Florence
Minnesota to Idaho #FoodCourtWars to #GreatFoodTruckRace. @FoodNetwork http://t.co/W7C5Zug8j6
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The Daily Meal
A Taste of Agrarian Life at Coggeshall Farm in Bristol, Rhode Island: http://t.co/e3meu0DcXU
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Jo Stougaard
(Inspired by @hotdogscoldbeer!) Testing #MemorialDay #HotDog ideas: Grilled #spam w pineapple +… http://t.co/etkDs4lVYn
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The Daily Beast
Ex-State Rep. Arrested on Meth Charges http://t.co/mL5yDtuEyd #cheatsheet
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Kitchen Daily
LAST CHANCE TO WIN: Enter our Memorial Day Giveaway by tweeting your favorite food to grill + #KDfinds: http://t.co/7ywexNrjcT
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Jo Stougaard
Testing #MemorialDay #HotDog ideas: Grilled #spam w pineapple + #sriracha glaze, mushy peas + fried… http://t.co/lziJtN01QV
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NYT Food & Drink
Restaurants: This Sake Lounge Dresses Casual or Dresses Up http://t.co/WgjSCPJ4e6
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The Daily Beast
Marco Rubio is really confused about whether he trusts the government http://t.co/WxLDEo1gh1
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