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April 17, 2012
L.A. Times Festival of Books: Star Chefs, Cooking Demos Books
Cook on television; nab a book deal. That could be one of the takeaways of the Cooking Stage lineup at The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books happening this weekend at USC. Of eight chefs who will give cooking demonstrations, speak, and sign books, five are known for appearing on food shows, includ ... More >>
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April 2, 2012
No Kitchen Required Around the World in 80 Plates: Does the food still matter?
It takes a special kind of chef to sign up for a competition show. When it comes to cooking, it's much easier, really, to stay in your own kitchen, keep your nose to the saucepan and crank out the best food you know how without the aggravation of mystery ingredients and a ticking clock. But that's ... More >>
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February 2, 2012
Top Chef Casting Call at The Foundry
Top Chef is turning 10! Are you surprised? 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 talent to keep those Quickfires hot, which means it's casting call time.
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January 25, 2012
Water Grill Has A New Chef: Damon Gordon
Recently reopening after an extensive renovation, Water Grill also has a new face behind the stoves: executive chef Damon Gordon. He takes over the kitchen of the posh seafood restaurant after 16 months of musical chairs. Longtime chef David LeFevre, who left in September 2010 to open MB Post, was ... More >>
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January 4, 2012
Nathan Myhrvold on Top Chef: Who Will Be the "Modern-est?"
Nathan MyrhvoldEven if you're kind of over Top Chef (Quickfire challenges! Padma in halter tops!), you might want to tune in tonight to check it out. Because tonight's guest judge is none other than Nathan Myhrvold, the man behind Modernist Cuisine, which 6-volume set is the contestants' home ... More >>
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October 28, 2011
Top Chef: Texas -- Top 10 Insights from Tom Colicchio & Padma Lakshmi on a Conference Call
Via NBCUniversalTop Chef: Texas judges Gail Simmons, Padma Lakshmi and Tom Colicchio.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 judges ... More >>
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October 18, 2011
The Oinkster/Maximiliano/Eagle Rock Brewery Take the Bacon at L.A. Beer Float Showdown
Steven ArmstrongChef CJ Jacobson has fun with liquid nitrogen at the third annual LABFS Saturday marked the third annual L.A. Beer Float Showdown. And unlike last year's showdown, which featured four local beer bars, this year's competition teamed five L.A. chefs (including three Top Chef alu ... More >>
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October 14, 2011
LA Beer Float Showdown, Part III: Bigger, Bolder, Top Chef-ier
Food GPSA scene from last year's showdown at Verdugo Bar No LA Beer Week would be complete without an LA Beer Float Showdown, just as no ice cream would be complete without... beer? A sugary sacrilege to some, and a boozy benediction to others, beer floats symbolize the unique strain of genre ... More >>
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October 6, 2011
The Thursday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories
What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections mid-week. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is free), it's where most of your content comes ... More >>
Eat+Drink
September 29, 2011
Jonathan Gold Recommends Ink.
What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections mid-week. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is free), it's where most of your content comes ... More >>
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September 23, 2011
Top 5 Cookbook Trends We Wish Would End (Starting With Cookbook Trends)
rachelray.comWe're Confused, TooMuch as we keep hearing how the publishing industry is struggling, cookbooks keep showing up on our desk by the dozens. Yes, we're delighted when those books involve Odd Bits, but not so much when they are yet another perky self-help book (Your going to feel gr ... More >>
Eat+Drink
September 1, 2011
Jonathan Gold Reviews Ink.Sack
rachelray.comWe're Confused, TooMuch as we keep hearing how the publishing industry is struggling, cookbooks keep showing up on our desk by the dozens. Yes, we're delighted when those books involve Odd Bits, but not so much when they are yet another perky self-help book (Your going to feel gr ... More >>
Blogs
May 9, 2011
2011 James Beard Media Award Winners
It's a case of local boy makes good -- make that two local boys -- at this year's James Beard Awards. Our own Jonathan Gold won the MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award while Patrick Kuh of Los Angeles magazine won the Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Review Award. In the first ever ... More >>
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April 21, 2011
The Thursday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories
Flickr/dubh What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections mid-week. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is free), it's where most of ... More >>
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April 7, 2011
Top Chef Masters: How Did Local Favorites John Sedlar and Mary Sue Milliken Do?
bravotv.comChefs John Sedlar and Mary Sue Milliken pulling some culinary nunchuck-ery in the Quickfire challenge.We forced ourselves to stay awake for the Top Chef Masters 11 p.m. premiere last night (thankfully, it will air at 10 p.m. going forward). Still, we couldn't wait to see how L.A. c ... More >>
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March 3, 2011
The Foundry Hosts Top Chef Casting Call
Photo by Felicia FriesemaChef Eric GreenspanThe Foundry on Melrose will be ground zero for celebrity chef wannabes as the restaurant hosts a casting call for Top Chef on Monday, March 14th between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. The casting call is double duty. Producers will be looking both for season 9 ... More >>
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February 24, 2011
The Thursday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories
Flickr/dubh What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections mid-week. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is free), it's where most of ... More >>
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February 15, 2011
Water Grill Names Amanda Baumgarten Executive Chef: Top Chef Not the Reason, She Says
Top ChefJust as Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz told us, sometimes our heart's desire is no further than our own backyard. That was certainly the case for the owners of Water Grill who, after a nationwide search for a new executive chef, recently decided on Sous Chef Amanda Baumgarten to fill t ... More >>
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January 10, 2011
dineLA Restaurant Week Returns
Anne Fishbeinbaby artichokes with buffalo mozzarella, watercress and goji berries at Fig If you're one of the few noble people who's actually kept your New Year's resolution, get ready to face a major hurdle. In just a few weeks, dineLA's Restaurant Week returns for its sixth season, serving ... More >>
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December 21, 2010
Q & A with Top Chef Jamie Lauren, Part 2: Her Love of Beef Cheeks, and Obsessive Need to Clean
A. TrachtaChef Jamie Lauren assembling White Anchovy and Burrata Bruschetta.In the first part of our interview with Chef Jamie Lauren of Beechwood in Venice, she gave us some insight into the world of Top Chef as well as her thoughts on the Los Angeles. food scene. In Part 2, Lauren discusses ... More >>
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December 20, 2010
Q & A with Top Chef Jamie Lauren, Part 1: L.A. on the World Stage, The Peanut Gallery Those Goddamn Sweet Potato Fries
A. TrachtaChef Jamie Lauren in her kitchen at Beechwood."I'm working, I swear," Chef Jamie Lauren insists through laughter as she sits in the corner of her kitchen at Beechwood restaurant in Venice, chatting on her cell phone. In fact, she is. She happens to be in mid-consultation on the New ... More >>
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December 7, 2010
Q & A With Joan Nathan, Part 2: Kosher Wines, "Newish Jewish" How Tom Colicchio (Literally) Saved Her Life
Joan NathanIn the first part of our conversation with Joan Nathan, we drove around the hometown of Providence, Rhode Island, (via speakerphone) of this award-winning cookbook writer and authority on all things Jewish cuisine, as she explained who loves matzo in France (apparently everybody), ... More >>
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October 25, 2010
Buy the Kitchen a Round of Beers at The Gorbals
djjewelz/FlickrBacon-wrapped matzoh balls at The Gorbals When we saw the menu for Ilan Hall's The Gorbals, we couldn't help but think the Top Chef Season 2 winner's team might require liquid inspiration to pull together the downtown restaurant's weird and wonderful tangle of Scottish, Jewish, ... More >>
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September 17, 2010
Top ChefUpdate: Season 7 Winner, Season 8 Rumors Top Chef: Just Desserts
BravoTop Chef: Season 7 Winner Kevin Sbraga Wednesday night on the Top Chef Singapore-based finale, host Padma Lakshmi announced 31-year-old chef and New Jersey native Kevin Sbraga winner of the cooking competition's seventh season, edging out New York-based contestants Angelo Sosa and Ed Co ... More >>
Eat+Drink
September 16, 2010
Time Capsule: The Yard
Au courant, and we're not talking French
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September 13, 2010
Q & A With Danielle Keene: Just Desserts, The Issue of Cupcakes The Possibility of an Ice Cream Truck
BravoDanielle KeeneFor those of us who've been following pastry chef Danielle Keene for the past few years, from Wilshire's Ice Cream Shoppe nights, to stints in the pastry kitchens of BLT Steak and Little Door, to her own on-line pastry kitchen, Bittersweet Treats, it didn't come as much of ... More >>
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September 2, 2010
Will Work For Food: Your Labor Day Food Festival Weekend
Good thing that Labor Day weekend traditionally marks the end of wearing white -- although here in Los Angeles, many restaurants are lucky if diners wear pants, white or otherwise -- as this holiday weekend has turned into one giant food festival. Between all the food trucks, food demos, cooking com ... More >>
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July 28, 2010
New Top Chef Cookbook: Why To Think Twice Before Signing Up For That Reality TV Show
The reality of reality television shows like Bravo's Top Chef is that if you're chosen as a contestant, you get to sign a big fat contract. You know, the kind of legalese that says something along the lines of the network gets to do pretty much anything it pleases. Including using you to prom ... More >>
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June 11, 2010
Q & A With Top Chef D.C. Contestant Alex Reznik
Alex Reznik is a fairly recent transplant to Los Angeles, and he's taken to it with a convert's enthusiasm. Though he did leave his gig cheffing at Ivan Kane's Cafe Was for a time in order to compete on season seven of Top Chef, which is set in D.C. and begins June 16. Reznik worked in kitch ... More >>
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June 7, 2010
How Top Chefs Shake Off June Gloom A Fog-Lifting Cocktail Recipe
http://www.flickr.com/photos/posixeleni/2566950190/June Gloom You'd think we'd expect June Gloom by now, but somehow it's still a shock to be substituting our swimsuits for sweaters and fun in the sun for fog lamps after Memorial Day. So how do we lift the fog of June's persistent gloom? We ... More >>
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April 29, 2010
Q & A With Marcel Vigneron, Part 2: Supplying Top Chef, Ditching Silverware & SyFy TV
In the second part of our interview with Bar210 chef Marcel Vigneron, the Top Chef alum continues the conversation about life at The Bazaar, recommending Top Chef contestants, and his new lounge gig at Bar210, which opened recently in the former Trader Vic's location. Read the first part of the inte ... More >>
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April 12, 2010
What Would Arianna Do: Huffington Post Launches Food Section
Today, in fact about an hour ago, The Huffington Post launched their new food page. You knew this one was coming, right? The Atlantic has a food page, as does Tina Brown's The Daily Beast. And I bet Arianna Huffington makes a mean skordalia. HuffPost Food editor Colin Sterling says that the new se ... More >>
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March 19, 2010
Life is Sweet: Checking In With Sweetsalt's Alex Eusebio
It's been two months since Top Chef: Season 5 alum Alex Eusebio and his wife, Sara Mann, opened Sweetsalt Food Shop, Toluca Lake's neighborhood sandwich joint. Admittedly "turned off by the idea of big restaurant drama" after his Top Chef experience, Eusebio and his wife opted for a more simple, co ... More >>
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March 12, 2010
Top Chef Heads to D.C. With Kate Winslet Possible Judge: Why Not Rahm Emanuel??
Greg KadelPadma Lakshmi Top Chef is on the move again, trading in the red chips of Vegas for the red tape of Washington, D.C. And in typical political fashion, the show's shooting schedule has been held up - this time due to Emmy-nominated host Padma Lakshmi's pregnancy. "We were supposed to ... More >>
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January 11, 2010
100 Words For Foodies: CliffsNotes For The Gourmand
Amazon.comTired of trying to Google culinary terms when you're right in the middle of an episode of Top Chef or, I don't know, reading your favorite food blog? Well the editors of American Heritage Dictionaries have come out with a book for you: think CliffsNotes for food people. Six bucks to ... More >>
Eat+Drink
December 31, 2009
As Pub Food Goes ... the Gorbals
... If it’s open
Blogs
December 21, 2009
Q & A With Ilan Hall: The Gorbals' Chef on the LA Dining Scene, Carpentry The Joys of Haggis
Ilan Hall has had an interesting six months, between the opening and closing and reopening of his downtown restaurant The Gorbals. But now that the building inspectors are finally happy with him--a problematic boiler necessitated the closing of The Gorbals after only a few days--he's opened for lunc ... More >>
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December 10, 2009
Top Chef Season 6 Finale: And The Winner Is...
So the finale of Top Chef's sixth season came down to a showdown between the Voltaggio brothers. Surprise! If you didn't see that coming, you need to read up on basic story-telling. And (spoiler alert!) despite some last minute histrionics, the underdog won. Face it, it's more interesting to have th ... More >>
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October 29, 2009
BreadBar Hatchi Series Heats Up Through Winter
Seats are filling fast for the Century City BreadBar Hatchi series, dinners featuring 8 gourmet dishes for $8 dollars each (with a 3 dish minimum). The event, created by BreadBar and chef Noriyuki Sugie invites different guest chefs every month to cook up their own stylized small plates. Tonight's ... More >>
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October 28, 2009
Brunch at The Bazaar: A New Chef de Cuisine, Liquid Nitrogen Clouds, José Andrés and Power Tools
Brunch at The Bazaar has always been fun, a playful procession of wacky dishes and foaming drinks in a setting that looks rather like a cross between Monty Python and Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette. Last week, José Andrés himself was in his fun-house, which considerably upped the rah-rah factor. ... More >>
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October 26, 2009
Just Desserts: Top Chef Spin-off Show For Pastry Chefs Announced Today
Padma with chocolateIf you've been sitting through all those Top Chef elimination and Quickfire challenges just to get to the desserts, Bravo has the show for you. Today network executives announced that a Top Chef spin-off series has been picked up. Top Chef: Just Desserts (the same drill, o ... More >>
News
September 24, 2009
61st Emmys: Deja Vu All Over Again
Winner-watching with cynicism and subversion
Blogs
September 14, 2009
Top Chef Masters Kitchen Toys: The Anti-Griddle
eBayThe Anti-Griddle: better than plasticYou know the Top Chef sets were seriously outfitted for the Top Chef Masters shows. You don't turn that crowd loose in a kitchen and not give them the good stuff. Mark Peel, Campanile chef-owner and recent Top Chef Masters alum, says that in addition t ... More >>
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September 11, 2009
Mark Peel's New Cookbook: New Classic Family Dinners A Recipe for Cold Cucumber Soup
Amazon.comNew Classic Family DinnersMark Peel has had a busy summer. In addition to working on the new bar up the street from his La Brea Avenue restaurant Campanile, opening a new take-out place (more on both projects coming), competing in Top Chef Masters and appearing as a judge in the new ... More >>
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August 24, 2009
Cooking With Kids, and Watching Movies With Them Too: The Joys of Ratatouille
PixarRatatouille If you have young kids, and have much spent time making sure they know their way around the kitchen, you probably know the drill. Buy them some kids' cookbooks, maybe sign them up for a kids' cooking class, invite their friends over for kitchen projects. My kids' have gone to ... More >>
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August 19, 2009
A Night of Top Chef Programming on Bravo: Pack Your Knives First, Please
Photo credit: BravoTom & PadmaIf you're a fan of Top Chef, you will be staying at home tonight, breathlessly munching on dishes you've perhaps cooked from one of Rick Bayless's books. Or Huber Keller's or Michael Chiarello's. Or maybe Tom Colicchio's or even Padma Lakshmi's (yes, two of them) ... More >>
Blogs
June 12, 2009
Top Chef Season 5 Penultimate Bus Tour Stop: Stefan and Fans Talk Heavy Cream and Sexy Shit
Yesterday in Culver City, the Top Chef tour bus made the second to last stop of its 24-city tour. Tents went up in the Famima parking lot on Overland and Venice, and Season 5 finalists Stefan Richter and Hosea Rosenberg offered cooking demonstrations and food tasting to a few lucky crowds. With a ... More >>
Blogs
May 15, 2009
End of Week Agenda: A Brimming, Ripe, Juicy Calendar
Mid-May is a busy time for food events around the L.A. area, y'all. To wit: California Strawberry FestivalBerrylicious funOnly about an hour drive north gets you to the California Strawberry Festival in Oxnard. The big, juicy, seasonal fun goes from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; general ... More >>
Film+TV
June 1, 2006
Cook, Lie and Sinker
Mid-May is a busy time for food events around the L.A. area, y'all. To wit: California Strawberry FestivalBerrylicious funOnly about an hour drive north gets you to the California Strawberry Festival in Oxnard. The big, juicy, seasonal fun goes from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; general ... More >>
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April 20, 2006
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