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Laurine’s at the Back of the Line When It Comes To Gettin’ Ahead
Let’s get this out of the way right up front: this week didn’t go well for me. After two consecutive front-of-the-house Restaurant Wars eliminations, I am going to have to retract my claims about the...
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The Quiver of a 17th Century Courtesan’s Inner Thigh
First off, I apologize for two weeks without Top Chef blogging. Let’s just say the demands of reality interfered with reality television. This week, Robin’s luck finally ran out. She ran afoul of Rules...
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How Do You Measure a Chef’s Worth? Just By The Pleasure He Gives Here On Earth
This week was a preview of how I expect the rest of the season to play out. Kevin made the smart Rule B play, sticking with simple, clean flavors over elaborate presentations. He risked being dismissed...
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You Eat What You Like, And I’ll Eat What I Like
The trouble with finishing off the season with four incredibly talented and relatively drama-free chefs is… I’ve got nothing to say. This is what I was afraid Top Chef Masters was going to be like,...
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Michael Hated Everything
Poor Kevin. It’s hard to say he choked, since he put out four pretty solid dishes, but he certainly underperformed his potential. As far as I could see the whole thing was pretty close, with each chef...
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Program Note
I will not be blogging about the second season of Top Chef Masters. First of all, I really should be writing my thesis. Secondly, I already have two series of posts that I’m months behind on. Lastly,...
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The Top Chef: D.C. Blogging You Deserve
Just a quick note to say the blog isn’t entirely dead, my thesis isn’t entirely finished, and I still have opinions about Top Chef. It’s been a weak year, with some of the worst themed challenges of...
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Top Chef: All-Stars: Yes, Really, This is a Blog Post!
As it happens, the debut of Top Chef: All-Stars coincides almost perfectly with the end of my Ph.D career (I got it, BTW), leaving me free and unburdened by work-related guilt for the first time in...
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A Fight to the Death
Oh, Jennifer. You ran smack into Rule E (“Be prepared to defend your dish at Judges’ Table”) and got sent home ahead of at least a half dozen lesser chefs, including three on your own team who made...
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Faking It
Not much to say about Top Chef this week. The Elimination challenge was interesting but unfair, for a couple of reasons. First, Wylie Dufresne probably spends weeks or months working over a dish before...
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