Email Author Ali Trachta

2012 Stories by Ali Trachta

• And Now, A Brief Message From FrenchChefWife

  published Mar 30, 2012

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• Magic City on Starz = Mad Men + More Sex + a Hint of The Sopranos

  published Mar 30, 2012

  Perhaps we shouldn't have worn jeans to the premiere of Starz' Magic City, the cable network's latest original series, debuting April 6. Some eventgoers who gathered for the screening at the Directors... More >>

• "Eat It Don't Tweet It": When Food Bites Back

  published Mar 29, 2012

  We foodists have a sense of humor, rightr We'd better, because we deserve to be made fun of for lighting up everyone's minifeed with excited tweets about the "fucking brown buttered hedgehog mushrooms... More >>

• 10 Things We Didn't Know About Mad Men's Jessica Pare (Megan Draper) Until Now

  published Mar 26, 2012

  Jessica Pare is having the best day ever. After last night's season 5 premiere of Mad Men, the utter marvelousness of her character Megan Draper became the only thing anyone could talk about, mostly ... More >>

• Food Myths Busted With Mensa Member JJ Virgin

  published Mar 22, 2012

  JJ Virgin (shortened due to the unfortunate pronunciation of Julie while living in Japan) is smarter than you. She's a member of Mensa, and she seems to have an addiction to academia. After graduating... More >>

• 8 Things on Pinterest That Annoy the Crap Out of Me

  published Mar 21, 2012

  See our previous story, "Pinterest Makes Me Feel Like I'm Bad at Being a Woman" Pinterest -- the latest social media craze sweeping our laptop screens -- can be many things to many people. As a virt... More >>

• The Unseen Side of Mister Rogers

  published Mar 20, 2012

  If you were a child anytime in the last 40 years, or the parent of one, at some point you've had a moment with Mister Rogers. Perhaps many. And in those moments, through the lens of TV, he looked you ... More >>

• Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 3/12 - 3/16

  published Mar 16, 2012

  In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Imagine a hot dog taken to its architectural extremes, layered with avocado, pineapple relish, cilantro, onions, tomatoes, cru... More >>

• Two and a Half Men vs. Mad Men at PaleyFest: Is it Better to Have Ratings or Emmysr

  published Mar 16, 2012

  Sometimes on the red carpet, you overhear things. Such was the case on Monday night during the arrivals for PaleyFest's Two and Half Men event, for which the show's stars (sans the glaringly absent As... More >>

• City Tavern Introduces 'Build-Your-Own' Cocktails

  published Mar 09, 2012

  It's fun to order things Chipotle-style: a little from column A, a little from column B. Now, City Tavern is attempting to channel the same fun we have building our own burgers and burritos (and bears... More >>

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  Anthony Bourdain: Now Portable Via Travel Channel's New Layover App

  published Mar 07, 2012

  We've all wished we could carry Anthony Bourdain around in our pockets when traveling to a new city, and now, the marketing geniuses over at the Travel Channel have figured out a way to make such a th... More >>

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  Pinterest Makes Me Feel Like I'm Bad at Being a Woman

  published Feb 23, 2012

  Pinterest, much like the little black dress or the Birkin bag (depending on your tax bracket), has suddenly become the new must-have for women. It's the latest social media craze -- and it's blowin... More >>

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  Jonathan Gold's 99 Essential Restaurants, in Rap Form

  published Feb 21, 2012

  Wow ... just, wow. We're so glad someone out there was able to cheer us up about Jonathan Gold's impending departure with this hilarious (and, may we say, exquisitely crafted) rap tribute to the Pulit... More >>

• Restaurant Industry Treats Women Poorly: Can Tom Robbins Save Usr

  published Feb 15, 2012

  Waiting tables has never been known as a glamorous job, but a new study released Monday indicates that conditions are especially shitty for women, who are not only paid less but also subjected to sexu... More >>

• Did Andy Cohen Go Too Far With Kim Richardsr

  published Feb 15, 2012

  See also: Andy Cohen's Most Talkative Book Party: A Bravo Addict's Wet Dream. Among the middle-aged princesses who've been born out of Bravo's Real Housewives franchise, Andy Cohen has always been ki... More >>

• Anthony Bourdain: 5 Unexpected Lessons He Taught Us Last Night

  published Feb 10, 2012

  We don't think any stone was left unturned by the end of Anthony Bourdain's speaking engagement last night at Santa Clarita's College of the Canyons. We know his new "death row" meal (used to be bone... More >>

• The Swingers' Story: How Two Married People Found True Love While Swapping Partners

  published February 9, 2012

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• Martha Stewart Says Women Should Pay the Dinner Bill on Valentine's Day

  published Feb 07, 2012

  You don't expect your boyfriend to start sentences with "Well, Martha Stewart says..." but this Valentine's Day, he just might. On tomorrow's episode of The Martha Stewart Show, which features Seth M... More >>

• Cook This...Get Laid, Or How to Have a Really Happy Valentine's Day

  published Feb 07, 2012

  Why should it be believed that only a man's stomach is the gateway to his heartr Women just as easily -- perhaps more easily -- get their fires lit by a man who cooks. And if the guy's really smart ab... More >>

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  Top Chef Casting Call at The Foundry

  published Feb 02, 2012

  Top Chef is turning 10! Are you surprisedr Unlikely. They only win Emmys and James Beard awards out the wazoo. If we were Bravo, we'd keep milking that cash cow as well. But of course, one needs new ... More >>

• Menu for CITY Night at Border Grill Announced

  published Feb 02, 2012

  Earlier this week we told you about CITY Night at Border Grill -- a special event at which Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken will indulge the nostalgia of their 1980s glory days by serving a menu in... More >>

• 10 Lessons We Learned From The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Season Two

  published Jan 31, 2012

  It's Real Housewives of Beverly Hills reunion time! Those delicious three weeks in which Andy Cohen forces the ladies to relive every tension-filled moment from the past 18 episodes they've supposedly... More >>

• Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken on Upcoming CITY Night at Border Grill

  published Jan 30, 2012

  With their success at Border Grill and beyond, it's difficult to think of chefs and restaurateurs Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger as ever being scrappy young things, just starting out, with a kitc... More >>

• Michael Jackson, The Immortal World Tour, Cirque du Soleil - Staples Center - 1/27/12

  published Jan 28, 2012

  Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour -- Cirque du Soleil Staples Center January 27, 2012 Better than ...This Is It in 3-D Of course there was a flash mob, superfans in zombie getup busting their ... More >>

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  Is This the Golden Age of Televisionr A Zocalo Event Asks the Question

  published Jan 25, 2012

  Considering the airwaves are cluttered with dejected bachelorettes, fist-pumping and wars over things as trivial as cupcakes, it's difficult to imagine this as a time when television should be revered... More >>