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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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Update: Eric Ripert Invites A Bunch Of Men To Tweet-Debate About Women In The Industry

by Tina Nguyen 11:22 am, April 4th

Last night, in the wake of Veuve Cliquot announcing their list of the 50 Best Female Chefs In The World, we were included in a Twitter debate in which Eric Ripert attempted to tackle the age-old/newly popular question: should the food industry single out the accomplishments of female chefs, because they are female?
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Food Porn

The Rain In Spain Falls Mainly On Bourdain; 28 Photos From His Food-Porn Voyage

by Tina Nguyen 12:33 pm, April 1st

Bourdain is cruelly tempting us normals with these photographs of his trip through Spain. Go to hell, Bourdain. Or, maybe send us one of those legs of Iberico ham. And then go to hell.
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Last Call

7 Ways To Shame A No-Show, In GIF Format

by Tina Nguyen 2:22 pm, March 27th

Let’s hop into the Time Machine Of Tina’s Memory and go back to the best instances of societal, crowd-based shame, from the best shamers I can remember: my own family.
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WTF

Chrissy Teigen Follows Nude Pic Tweet With Bobby Flay Meatloaf Tweet

by Tina Nguyen 11:10 am, March 8th

After gaining her 200,000th Twitter follower, model, gourmand, Eric Ripert buddy/reformation project, and soon-to-be Cooking Channel host Chrissy Teigen celebrated in a way that any celebrity would: tweeting a nude photo of herself.
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Social Media

Dan Barber Breaks Twitter Silence With Parsnip Pic

by Mariella Mosthof 4:48 pm, March 4th

Sexy vegetable Twitter porn all the time? Yes, please. Dan Barber of Blue Hill has officially joined Twitter (@DanBarber), and he’s not sucking at social media thus far. He started the day with breaking news on whether his parsnips had been exposed to too much winter.
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Sports

WATCH: Every Single Food Ad From The Super Bowl

by Tina Nguyen 10:27 am, February 4th

This was a pretty solid year for Super Bowl food ads — as you can see below, eleven of them managed to air between kickoff and the end of the game, with extra time allowed for that blackout.
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Martha Stewart’s Twitter Account Wonders What ‘YOLO’ Means, Tweets Like A Teenager

by Tina Nguyen 1:10 pm, December 30th

Perez Hilton: “I love that you spelled out #YOLO, Martha! Ha!”
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Social Media

Starbucks Viral Holiday Campaign Horribly Backfires As Users Demand Coffee Giant ‘Pay Their F**king Tax’

by Tina Nguyen 11:57 am, December 18th

When Starbucks UK asked its followers to tweet out holiday greetings followed by the hashtag #spreadthecheer, it definitely did not receive the happy tweets about family and snow and Santas and Hannukahs it hoped it would.
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Food In Politics

Anthony Bourdain Saves Secret Service From State Dept. Inquiry

by Tina Nguyen 9:48 am, November 30th

Dear members of the Secret Service who were recently in Myanmar and who may have recently thrown a kegger while accompanying Barack Obama on his tour of Southeast Asia: you owe Anthony Bourdain big time.
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Your Morning Tweet: Mario Batali Introduces His Dad To Twitter

by Tina Nguyen 9:31 am, November 13th

“Hey ALL. MY DADS ON TWITTER!!!!thanks mom and dad!! RT.@armandino6: @mariobatali joined in for frankpop and mom” — Mario Batali (@Mariobatali) November 12, 2012
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