Ali Trachta

Mentors/Judges on The Taste: Brian Malarky

Anthony Bourdain Is Not Selling Out, Even if The Taste Is a Little Cheesy

Anthony Bourdain describes himself as an "enthusiast," though strangely, as we watch him globetrot across our televisions eating some of the world's most exotic and delicious foods, living a life many would trade their first born for, his demeanor is rarely all that enthusiastic. Known well for his ascerbic nature,......
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Martha Stewart's Cooking School — Did It Close?

See also: Martha Stewart's Cooking School archives Perhaps you noticed Squid Ink was covering Martha Stewart's Cooking School on PBS -- watching her program each weekend and employing her expertise in our own kitchens, learning to make salad dressings and emulsions, stocks, and getting terrorized by the occasional chicken. And......
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BlackboardEats' New BlackboardList Gives Restaurants More Ways to Woo You

Probably our favorite restaurant deal site, BlackboardEats, which has managed to maintain our loyalty despite going from being a free service to charging to back to free again -- and adding on the now-discontinued online shopping component -- has once again reinvented itself. The (still free) service from which subscribers......