Email Author Ali Trachta

2011 Stories by Ali Trachta

• Top Chef: Texas -- Top 10 Insights from Tom Colicchio & Padma Lakshmi on a Conference Call

  published Oct 28, 2011

  We've heard everything's bigger in Texas. That's a stereotype, and boy do those tend to piss off people. People like certain Dallas-based reporters who were on the Top Chef: Texas conference call with... More >>

• Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: Kyle Richards and Brandi Glanville Spar at the Spa

  published Oct 25, 2011

  Ah, spa day. Don't you just love getting together with the girlies to sip champagne and harass the pool boys while getting nipped and tucked under your neighbor's $40,000 light-therapy machiner Us too... More >>

• The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: Taylor Armstrong has 'Enough!' of Brandi Glanville and Kyle Richards

  published Oct 18, 2011

  We told you game night wasn't over. When we left the Housewives last week, a game of "Name That Celebrity I Rub Elbows With" had quickly spiraled into a knockdown, drag out if not choreographed a la ... More >>

• Miss Representation: Jennifer Siebel Newsom on Her OWN Documentary at the Paley Center

  published Oct 18, 2011

  Last night's screening of Miss Representation at the Paley Center wasn't merely a screening. It couldn't be, in the same way watching Food Inc. or Waiting for Superman or any other film that starts by... More >>

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  Chef Hunter: The Food Network is Hiring, Sort Of

  published Oct 18, 2011

  Perhaps you think the chef competition show, like the seemingly endless barrage of singing contests on TV, has been overdone. The titles of Top Chef, Iron Chef, Master Chef and even Extreme Chef are d... More >>

• Epicerie Fine: Chef Guy Martin Takes Us Back to Basic Ingredients

  published Oct 13, 2011

  Food television already has a Guy in Guy Fieri, but we'll soon have another Guy (pronounced "gee" as in "oui") starting Sunday, Oct. 16th, when French chef Guy Martin and his show Epicerie Fine premie... More >>

• Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: Game Night Gone Bad

  published Oct 11, 2011

  Here's the one main lesson we've learned from RHOBH so far this season: do not say the word "cock" around the Housewives. If you do, even as a joke, you will be iced out to such a degree that no one w... More >>

• And Now, A Brief Message from Ken Marino

  published Oct 10, 2011

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• Best Bread Pudding Party: Schulzies Bread Pudding

  published Oct 10, 2011

  Think of your favorite ice cream flavor. It probably comes in bread pudding form. But Schulzies Bread Pudding on the Venice Boardwalk doesn't just stop at Blessed Banana Split. It has All-American Bac... More >>

• Merle Haggard and Kris Kristofferson - The Greek Theatre - October 7, 2011

  published Oct 08, 2011

  Merle Haggard and Kris Kristofferson The Greek Theatre October 7, 2011 Better than...Elton John and Billy Joel. What does Stetson cologne smell liker I've never actually smelled it, but I'm certain... More >>

• Breakfast for Dinner Headed to Harvard & Stone

  published Oct 07, 2011

  Is breakfast still breakfast at 6 p.m.r Well, it depends what time you went to bed. As for Michael Livingston and Raul Villarreal -- photographers, filmmakers, major drinkers and self-taught kitchen w... More >>

• Best Soul Food Menu at a Non-Soul Food Restaurant: The Foundry's Bluesy Tuesdays

  published Oct 07, 2011

  Chef Eric Greenspan once said of his food, "I'm a down-home guy who happens to roam at a high-end level." It makes sense, then, that he's found a way to take a simple soul food menu and gussy it up a ... More >>

• Dedication To My Sex: Why Lloyd and His String of P-Bombs Pissed Me Off

  published Oct 06, 2011

  If only iTunes had a return policy, or at least the ability to exchange for store credit. I'd gladly swap the original version of Lloyd's "Dedication to My Ex" for the cleaned-up radio edit, because f... More >>

• Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: Dana Wilkey and Brandi Glanville Shock and Awe

  published Oct 04, 2011

  See that horrified face on Kyle Richardsr Yeah, it was that kind of RHOBH episode last night. Lots of jaw-dropping cock talk among the ladies, especially considering there was a baby pool and a bouncy... More >>

• Where to Catch a Social Media Disease

  published September 8, 2011

  Don't be a (Four)Square. It's time you show your Facebook up in the Twitterverse and GetGlued to Social Media Week, the global conference that... More >>

• Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: Breaking News and Brandi Glanville

  published Sep 27, 2011

  First some breaking RHOBH news: though the late Russell Armstrong has been completely absent in season two thus far, Bravo will soon air footage of the marriage counseling sessions that went on betwee... More >>

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  The Chew + An Exclusive Clip of Michael Symon

  published Sep 23, 2011

  Daytime talk show The Chew, which may or may not rhyme with The View on purpose, premieres Monday, and we can't wait. Mostly because we're just so curious about what this show will really look like. ... More >>

• Jon Taffer Picks Up Season Two of Bar Rescue, Leads Seminar on Making Money in Long Beach

  published Sep 22, 2011

  If we learned one thing about Jon Taffer, host of Spike TV's Bar Rescue, in our interview with him earlier this year, it's that the man is all about making money. He knows all the tricks to make that ... More >>

• Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: Taylor's Meltdown -- Can We Handle Itr

  published Sep 20, 2011

  Now for the uncomfortable part. When we last left the Housewives, the "creaky beavers" were storming Beaver Creek and having a grand old time. They had a lovely day on the slopes, were greeted at the... More >>

• Justin Willman of Cupcake Wars Makes Magic [Video]

  published Sep 13, 2011

  Raise your hand if you know Justin Willman as the pun-tastic, spiky-haired host of Cupcake Wars. That he is, but keep them up if you knew he's also an accomplished magician. Fewer hands, rightr Willm... More >>

• Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: The Creaky Beavers Hit Beaver Creek

  published Sep 13, 2011

  We love it when the Housewives take trips, usually. They always pack fabulous, fur-lined clothes, order the lobster and flirt with the houseboys. The five-star fun is always peppered with petty bicker... More >>

• Heat Seekers Aaron Sanchez and Roger Mooking Tackle Guisados: Can They Handle Itr

  published Sep 09, 2011

  In tonight's episode of Heat Seekers on the Food Network, chefs Aaron Sanchez and Roger Mooking take a tour of L.A.'s spicy food scene, stopping at Lucky Devils, Hana Sushi Bar, and of course, Guisado... More >>

• Culinary Historians "Dinner in the Exploding City" Event: Food in Los Angeles Before It Was "L.A."

  published Sep 08, 2011

  Los Angeles is turning 230 years old. No, really. But what do most of us know about our city's history dating that far backr This is a town that didn't really boom until movies started getting made. O... More >>

• Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: Bittersweet Beginning, Without Russell Armstrong

  published Sep 06, 2011

  We may as well start by acknowledging the massive elephant in the room, since that's exactly what Bravo did. There was no way to kick off this second season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills wi... More >>

• Steel City Sandwich Truck: Bringing Pittsburgh's Blue Collar Food Culture to L.A.

  published Sep 02, 2011

  Maybe you heard that Steel City Sandwich has joined up with the bajillion other food trucks that roll around Los Angeles everyday. And maybe you didn't care. Why should your As Angelenos, is Pittsburg... More >>