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April 29, 2013
Meatless Mondays: Susan Feniger A Burmese Gin Thoke Melon Salad Recipe
A three-week trip to an ashram in the Indian town of Ahmednagar in 1981 shifted Susan Feniger's (Street, Top Chef Masters, etc.) aesthetic and approach as a chef. Before then, her professional purview was almost exclusively located within traditional French restaurants on the East coast to the West, ... More >>
Blogs
March 13, 2013
Happy National Pi Day: Talent Show, Pie-Eating Contest A Recipe for Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
Still dreaming of those idyllic high school days of talent shows, math problems and after-school slices of pie? Yeah, we're not either, but this Thursday night at Machine Project, you can have your strawberry rhubarb pie and eat it too -- at the first-ever American Pi-dol talent show and pie-eating ... More >>
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March 8, 2013
Now Open: LYFE Kitchen in Culver City
LYFE (an acronym for Love Your Food Everyday) Kitchen opened in Downtown Culver City on Feb. 25, in the former Gyenari location. Featuring an eco, health, social and somewhat budget conscious dining concept, LYFE has two of McDonald's top executives, Michael Donahue and Mike Roberts, at the helm. (E ... More >>
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January 21, 2013
The Taste Debuts Tomorrow with Judges Bourdain, Ludo, Nigella Lawson Brian Malarkey
When a chef sees something he likes, he inevitably wants to make it, but better and with his own twist. Perhaps that was the rationale behind culinary luminaries like L.A. favorite Ludo Lefebvre and Anthony Bourdain of Travel Channel fame, hitching their wagons to The Taste, a new reality competitio ... More >>
Blogs
January 14, 2013
Francis Lam on Football: Kaepernick's Smurfiness, J. J. Watt Texas Barbecue Miscues
Francis Lam is a well-respected food writer. He is also the least ridiculous judge on Top Chef Masters. And a keen Twitter wit, which would make him a Twit, though not in the bad sense. Francis Lam likes food a lot. He has chopsticks tattooed on his person. He also likes football. We don't f ... More >>
Blogs
October 3, 2012
Fabio Viviani on Life After Top Chef Why "Success Is Personal"
See also: Top Chef Tour: Richard Blais vs. Fabio Viviani at Hollywood & Highland See also: Top Chef Masters Recap: "Do You Want to Be Comforted, or Do You Want to Be Thrilled?" It's 10:00 a.m., and chef Fabio Viviani is eating cereal with chocolate milk. "Whole grain Cheerios, because fiber is good ... More >>
Blogs
September 27, 2012
Top Chef Masters Recap: "Do You Want to be Comforted, or do You Want to be Thrilled?"
It was a battle of the coasts in last night's Top Chef Masters finale, pitting New York's Kerry Heffernan against San Francisco's golden boy Chris Cosentino. But it wasn't just that. It was also a battle of culinary ideologies, considering these two chefs' approach to food couldn't be more differen ... More >>
Blogs
September 20, 2012
Top Chef Masters Recap: The Students Become The Masters
Finally, a challenge that truly lived up to the "Master" name. On last night's TCM, the three remaining chefs, Kerry Heffernan, Chris Cosentino and Lorena Garcia, did not touch the food they served in the Elimination Challenge. In fact, they did no cooking at all. Instead, in true master chef form, ... More >>
Blogs
September 14, 2012
Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 9/10 - 9/14
In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Now we've gotta worry about what our grandmas ate?" Eating Fatty Foods During Pregnancy Linked to Breast Cancer in Offspring. "Second, and really most important, is that they do not come quickly, ever, so just put that out o ... More >>
Blogs
September 13, 2012
Top Chef Masters Recap: Blanc-ing Out
Paging P. Diddy. There was a white party and no one invited you. OK, it wasn't that kind of white party. Instead, on last night's episode of Top Chef Masters, the final four contestants were charged with catering a Dîner en Blanc, which is kind of like the James Bond of meals, that is, if 007 had ... More >>
Blogs
September 7, 2012
Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 9/3 - 9/7
In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Take a nut, fill your mouth with its flavors. Take a small sip of sherry and see what happens." Serious Drinking: Sherry Marcona Almonds. "No, Ammo at The Hammer isn't the poorly translated name of a Jean-Claude Van Damn ... More >>
Blogs
August 30, 2012
Top Chef Masters Recap: Un-Thaied
Curtis Stone is, in the words of Derek Zoolander, "really, really, ridiculously good-looking," so not the type, we'd imagine, to get tongue-tied around the ladies. But leave it to hometown girl Dita Von Teese, L.A.'s (and the world's) queen of burlesque to make TV's reigning pin-up boy blush. Von T ... More >>
Blogs
August 23, 2012
Top Chef Masters Recap: Holly Madison Parties, But Not Harder Than James Oseland
What's more Vegas than a couple of lesbian folk singers eating vegetarian food?! OK, OK, not what you'd expect for this Sin City season, right? But something had to balance out what would become a Playmate-laced episode of Top Chef Masters, and we're thankful the Indigo Girls were up to the task. L ... More >>
Blogs
August 16, 2012
Howdy, Sailor ... It's Top Chef, The Cruise!
Just when Top Chef apathy has reached a crippling level of "I just don't care any more," the brilliant marketing minds at Bravo have come up with a new way to garner cash interest. It's Top Chef ... on a boat!!
Blogs
August 9, 2012
Top Chef Masters Recap: Art Smith Teppanyak-ity-yaks
Who says a Quickfire has to involve fire at all? On last night's episode of Top Chef Masters, raw was the name of the game for the chefs, who found themselves surrounding a massive ice sculpture adorned with seafood they had to serve up sans heat for a chance at immunity. And as is appropriate for ... More >>
Blogs
August 6, 2012
LuckyRice Night Market Debuts in Los Angeles
It looks likes 2012 might well be remembered as the year of the Asian-inspired "night market." After a successful second round of Pasadena's 626 Night Market, New York-based festival LuckyRice hosted its first L.A. market at the Helms Bakery complex with help from Lukshon chef Sang Yoon. Guests we ... More >>
Blogs
August 2, 2012
Top Chef Masters Recap: Take the Cake, Please
It was not chef Art Smith's best day, to say the least. What, you ask, could have happened to cause him such shame -- worthy of a melting forehead slap? Last night on Top Chef Masters, it was a case of letting his mouth write a check his baking skills couldn't cash, so to speak. More on that in a mo ... More >>
Blogs
July 26, 2012
Top Chef Masters Recap: Cooking for Billionaires, and Why Curtis Stone Is, in Fact, the Man
Hooray! Top Chef Masters is back! You know, that souped-up version of the old Bravo staple in which we get to watch alreadyfamous chefs duke it out in the kitchen, not for money (as all their winnings go to charity) but for the prestige of being crowned truly the best of the best. Right? That must ... More >>
Blogs
July 25, 2012
The Wednesday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories
You can't replace the feeling of lounging on the couch with a scrunched-up newspaper. But with the web, at least you don't need to worry about getting ink on your hands and bagel. Here's a roundup of some food-related stories from our country's newspapers this week. Lucky for us, it's mostly free. F ... More >>
Blogs
July 19, 2012
Edible Art: Made in L.A. Exhibits Local Food Crafters
Things just got a bit sweeter for L.A. art fans: Hammer Museum's Made In L.A. biennial art exhibit, which runs until Sept. 2 and features works from celebrated local talent, will be teaming up with ForYourArt (the same folks behind the 24-hour doughnut-a-thon) on July 28 for New.Artisanal.Now a free ... More >>
Blogs
July 3, 2012
Top 4 Weekend Food Events: Wine Tasting at the Royce, Hollywood Indie Night Market, Marcus Samuelsson at the Hammer Gertler Brothers Pop-Up at Shade Hotel
Wine Tasting Experiences in the Royce Royce manager and director of wine Eric Espuny will host a series of wine-tasting classes this summer where guests taste the best seasonal wine and focus on particular regions and varietals. In addition, guests will learn tips for ordering and buying wine. The ... More >>
Blogs
June 28, 2012
Marcus Samuelsson Coming to Hammer Museum
Hmm, this could be interesting. Chef Marcus Samuelsson, former champion of Top Chef Masters and owner of New York's Red Rooster, will be hosting a discussion alongside New York-based visual artist Sanford Biggers on July 8 at 3 p.m. at the Hammer Museum in Westwood. You have to imagine that the el ... More >>
Blogs
June 27, 2012
The Wednesday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories
You can't replace the feeling of lounging on the couch with a scrunched-up newspaper. But with the web, at least you don't need to worry about getting ink on your hands and bagel. Here's a roundup of some food-related stories from our country's newspapers this week. Lucky for us, it's mostly free. F ... More >>
Blogs
July 20, 2011
Q & A with Chef Ludo and Krissy Lefebvre: Ludo Bites America, and It's Delicious
Photo by Colin Young-Wolff.If you're one of the many who scorned OpenTable (or maybe just your slow connection?) last week for not letting you snag one of the coveted spots at LudoBites 007, take heart. There's a smidge of a consolation prize we can all enjoy in the form of Ludo Bites America ... More >>
Blogs
May 6, 2011
Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken Go to OC, Show Real Housewives that Mexican Food is for More Than Just Pool Parties
bravotv.comSusan Feniger menu planning with Micah and Peggy Tanous.Did you see Mary Sue Milliken win the Elimination Challenge on Top Chef Masters Wednesday night? Of course you did. But did you also happen to see her and Susan Feniger on the last two episodes of The Real Housewives of Orange ... More >>
Blogs
April 28, 2011
Top Chef Masters Update: Norbert Wabnig Judges Cheese Challenge
bravotv.comCurtis Stone and Norbert Wabnig tasting cheese dishes from last night's Quickfire Challenge.Norbert Wabnig, cheese expert and owner of the Cheese Store in Beverly Hills, made an appearance on Top Chef Masters last night, serving as the cheese challenge Quickfire judge. (Insert "big ... More >>
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
March 31, 2011
Top 10 Most Interesting Things We Learned on a Top Chef Masters Conference Call with Curtis Stone, Ruth Reichl and James Oseland
Photo courtesy of Bravo.Host Curtis Stone, and Judges Ruth Reichl and James OselandWe spent the better part of Tuesday morning on a Top Chef Masters conference call, in which myriad media reps listened on mute while Season 3 host Curtis Stone and judges Ruth Reichl and James Oseland chatted a ... More >>
Eat+Drink
September 23, 2010
Red O: Back to Bayless
Bringing Mexican to L.A., With Mixed Results
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
July 26, 2010
MasterChef Debuts Tomorrow: Begging the Question, Chef or Cook?
FoxGordon Ramsay tastes a contestant's dishTomorrow night FOX premieres a new cooking competition show in which home cooks will compete for the title of MasterChef. The top 50 contestants will cook the signature dishes that got them on the show for judges Gordon Ramsay, Joe Bastianich and G ... More >>
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
June 3, 2010
Best Pigs' Ear: The Lazy Ox Canteen
LA Weekly flickr pool/djjewelzpigs' ears at the Lazy Ox Pigs' ear is this year's most fashionable meat, a staple not just in Sichuan cold cases but in Thai restaurants and French bistros, meaty taverns and chic wine bars. If you are planning on opening a modern gastropub without pigs' ear on ... More >>
Eat+Drink
May 20, 2010
Liberty, Equality, LudoBites
Ludovic Lefebvre’s french revolution, 4.0
Blogs
May 10, 2010
L.A. Bloggers Judge Top Chef Masters A Viewing Party at The Edison
Top Chef MastersMake room for some food bloggers at Judges' Table L.A. chefs like Mark Peel, Susan Feniger and Ludovic Lefebvre aren't the only locals showing up on Top Chef Masters this season. Wednesday night, the judges' table will get a little bit bigger with L.A. food bloggers Bill Espa ... More >>
Blogs
April 21, 2010
Must Have Kitchen Tool? The Celebrity Chef iPhone App
Brooke Burton The list of necessary kitchen utensils - whisk, wooden spoon, fish spatula, immersion circulator, nitrogen canister - now seems to include an iPhone. Because now not only must the celebrity chef have the de rigueur stack of cookbooks and (ideally) a reality television show, but ... More >>
Blogs
April 15, 2010
Top Chef Masters Recap: Cheese, Crying and Marcus Samuelsson
Bravo TVEpisode 2 of Top Chef Masters Episode 2 of Top Chef Masters kicked off last night, and while there were no L.A. chefs represented in this episode, the show does take place in L.A., so we got to enjoy a lot of B-roll shots of Union Station. This week's chefs were Marcus Samuelsson (R ... More >>
Blogs
April 14, 2010
Last Night at LudoBites: Bastianich, Kleiman, Bowles In Attendance
N. GalutenLudo strikes a pose during service LudoBites was hopping last night, as it is every night, but this time it featured seven new menu items, three food celebrities and one celeb no-show. Joe Bastianich of Mozza fame, Babbo fame, and seemingly countless other restaurants, was in atten ... More >>
Blogs
April 8, 2010
TV Recap: Feniger, Armstrong on Top Chef Masters
Top Chef Masters premiered last night and featured two local chefs in Susan Feniger (Border Grill, Ciudad, Street) and Govind Armstrong (8 oz.), with the show itself taking place in our own fair city. The premise of the show is fairly simple: take six accomplished chefs from around the country, have ... More >>
Blogs
March 17, 2010
LudoBites 4.0: The Gram and Papa's Downtown Edition
LudoBites The fourth edition of LudoBites, Ludovic Lefebvre's traveling pop-up restaurant show, will begin a 2 month stint at Gram & Papa's in April. LudoBites 4.0 will run from April 8th to May 28th at the downtown restaurant, with Lefebvre serving his new dinner menu (still in the works) ... More >>
Blogs
February 9, 2010
Top Chef Masters Season 2: Chef Contestants Announced
Go find your knife kit and your remote. The second season of Bravo's Top Chef Masters is scheduled to premier on April 7th at 8 p.m. 22 chefs, including 6 who are returning from the first season, will compete for All That Plastic Wrap. (Okay, and charity money too.) This season's L.A. chefs includes ... More >>
Blogs
February 1, 2010
Rick Bayless Report: Calm Down, It's Just a Consulting Gig
Rick BaylessOver the last few months there have been a lot of rumblings about Rick Bayless (Frontera Grill, Topolobampo, Top Chef Masters) coming to Los Angeles. So, from the chef's Twitter account, as Bayless runs his own Twitter feed, we have this: @Rick_Bayless: The restaurant will be cal ... More >>
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
January 4, 2010
The Saveur 100: Porchetta, Turning Forks, The State of Wisconsin Jonathan Gold
Every year, Saveur Magazine comes out with their list of 100 great things in the world of food. In issue 126, just out in newsstands, they've given us the Saveur 100 Reader's Edition, in which readers sent in 1,348 entries from 18 countries and 48 states. Lists are great, and editor-in-chief James ... More >>
Blogs
November 20, 2009
Rumor Milling: No, Walter Manzke's Not Leaving Church & State Sunday Night Dinners At The Bistro
Ah, the Internet: invented by Al Gore, home to millions of fact-checkers. For anyone worrying that Walter Manzke has left or is leaving Church & State, the man just took 2 days off. Your pigs ears aren't going anywhere, and neither is the chef. Manzke thinks that the rumor got started on Yelp, and w ... More >>
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 >>
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
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 >>
Eat+Drink
July 23, 2009
Ludo Bites at Breadbar
Ludovic Lefebvre Brings Post-Molecular Gastronomy to Third Street
Blogs
June 18, 2009
Top Chef Masters, Episode 2: Suzanne Tracht Should be on your Desert Island
BravoSuzanne TrachtLA's own Suzanne Tracht (chef-owner of Jar, Tracht's) handily won last night's Top Chef Masters battle, serving up a potluck plate of uni risotto and wild boar to the creators of Lost with a calm professionalism that could have been mistaken for indifference. Just the right attitu ... More >>
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