From Scratch

A reminder the new season of Top Chef begins tomorrow night, March 12, at 10/9c on Bravo. Season 4 is from Chicago and the first episode will run 1:15 the first two plays then one hour thereafter. A Season 3 marathon begins tomorrow morning at 8.
Judges for the first episode are said to include Anthony […]

Bravo to Bravo for coming to its senses and giving Anthony Bourdain his own blog for the rest of Top Chef Season 3. He’s been filling in as blogger for head judge Chef Tom Colicchio and his sharp writing is always worth reading, in my opinion. Sometimes his frustration jumps off the page, as it does […]

I always enjoy Chef Tom Colicchio’s weekly Top Chef blog posts on Bravo’s annoying website; some weeks I enjoy the blog more than the episode. This week, Anthony Bourdain is a guest blogger subbing for Colicchio and it’s a delightful read. His culinary background and guest-judging stints give him a fine perspective for commentary; his writing […]

Now…does ANYONE actually believe that Bobby Flay can’t make a better chili than a supermarket ground beef bearing amateur? I don’t. It’s a cruel exercise in humiliation.
So wrote Chef Anthony Bourdain in a scathing  February 8 blog post some are still chattering about. Bourdain, the outspoken author of several books, was the guest on fellow chef Michael […]