Susan Feniger

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: Eric Ripert Practices Sustainable…Tasting Spoons?

by Mariella Mosthof 6:32 pm, April 19th

Plus: Ed Lee’s famous person problems, tales of an experimental vegan, and Grand Central Oyster Bar’s centennial birthday.
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Lists

The Top 10 Chefs (And Trucks!) You Need To Know In The Coachella Valley

by Mariella Mosthof 6:25 pm, April 12th

New York may be a culinary mecca, but it’s not the be-all and end-all of food talent. As such, we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight celebrity, notable, or otherwise up-and-coming chefs you should know about across the country. This week, we visit the Coachella Valley for obvious, timely, and topical reasons.
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TV

WATCH: Susan Feniger Confuses Sharon Osbourne With ‘Rotten Bananas’

by Mariella Mosthof 5:04 pm, January 8th

Sure, it’s clear to us why every Latino’s favorite phallic fruit are called platanos machos. But not so much to Sharon Osbourne.
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Last Call

Last Call: Spike Mendelsohn’s New Web Series Is Literally A Drinking Game Documentary

by Mariella Mosthof 6:09 pm, November 28th

Plus: endangered truffles, Marcus Samuelsson’s kitchen-less restaurant, and Susan Feniger’s awesome life.
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WATCH: Boris Kodjoe Makes Man-Sex Jokes At Susan Feniger

by Mariella Mosthof 5:20 pm, October 11th

Susan Feniger stopped by The Talk today to show off some creative Halloween treats for those of you looking to hand out something a little more interesting than bite-size candy.
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WATCH: Susan Feniger Jokes The Talk Host Is Too Skinny

by Mariella Mosthof 12:13 pm, July 20th

In honor of her new book Street Food, Susan Feniger stopped by The Talk to show off one of her fave party food recipes, a Burmese melon salad. It’s got all kinds of crazy things in it like lentils and ginger and toasted coconut, but while helping cook some of the ingredients, host Aisha Tyler was ever so slightly skimpy with the olive oil.
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WATCH: Susan Feniger Pacifies Squabbling A Kathy Lee and Hoda With Moonshine

by Mariella Mosthof 3:11 pm, July 17th

It’s usually with horror that many a celebrity chef meets a tipsy Kathy Lee and Hoda on The Fourth Hour of Today. But not Susan Feniger.
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Books

Susan Feniger To Release New Book About GlobalStreet Food

by Tina Nguyen 10:58 am, May 27th

When Street opened in 2009, it won raves from everyone from the esteemed LA Times to the rabble on Yelp, and Feniger’s unique mashup of cuisines pretty much made most people scream “Let’s turn this into a book!”
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