After such a fantastic episode of MDLLA, that I just recapped, I was on such a high. And now, I find myself a tiny bit wistful that this fantastic season of Top Chef ends tonight. I will be happy for the winner and sad for the two who came so far without winning. One of […]
Top Chef Recap: Parma
I totally forgot about this show and am so happy that it is a Top Chef recap night! It will be a welcome change after RHONY I’m sure. And I haven’t even watched that yet since I am doing setups. And we are going to Parma, Italy! I need to make a cheese plate! Also, […]
Top Chef Recap: Lucca
Thursday nights tend to get away from me when it comes to Top Chef recaps. The hour of drunken screeching makes me need more wine. Yesterday was just a bad day from the moment I woke up til the moment I finally just called it a night. But today is a new day and I […]
Top Chef Recap: Michael’s Santa Monica
I am excited for tonight’s Top Chef recap! We are going to Italy! Last Chance Kitchen ends with the winner returning and the top five flying off to Italy! Let’s get right to it! I love a good trip to Italy! Banjo is mad because I am not sharing my salad with him. He doesn’t […]
Top Chef Recap: Colossal Coliseum Kaiseki
I’m really behind on recaps for this week. But I want to start with a Top Chef recap because I like it the best, and there are no screaming menopausal women. Things seem to be taking a toll on the final six at this point. Melissa in particular seems to be struggling. Stephanie seems a […]
Top Chef Recap: Cabin Fever
I’m excited to recap this episode of Top Chef. I don’t know what to do about my sleep schedule. I woke up at 4 am hungry. I’m having a whole lot of trouble eating because the anxiety is so bad, so I knew I had to get up and eat something. I made bacon and […]
Top Chef Recap: Restaurant Wars
Finally getting to this Top Chef Recap! I am so excited to watch this episode. I’ve had a lot of site work to do lately and on top of that I am rarely awake during any day light hours anymore. It’s easier to deal with the nightmares if I wake up in the daytime for […]
Top Chef Discussion Thread
So I was all holed up crying and being off the grid and suddenly Top Chef was on. You may have not noticed but I am not doing well. But first I want to thank all of you for taking care of me. I was lying down thinking of all the people who are not […]
Top Chef Recap: Get Your Phil
I’m trying to catch up on many recaps this weekend. I have a lot in the hopper to recap. I am going to start with a Top Chef recap and it probably won’t be terribly detailed. Moments ago I walked outside my door to check on the garden for less than five minutes, my legs […]
Top Chef Recap: Bring Your Loved One To Work
Someone I really want to talk to needs to know I can’t email him. Please contact me at [email protected] I have lost all access to my gmail!!! My computer crashed. I have no idea how long this laptop will hold up or of if you guys will ever see this very short Top Chef recap. […]
Top Chef Recap: You’re So Fresh!
I seem to be a woman of few words tonight. At least that was the case with the RHONY recap. Let’s see if I can be a little peppier for the Top Chef Recap. I do like when they show the chefs at their house all together. As usual, the guys are very loud and […]
Top Chef Recap: Strokes of Genius
It’s time for the Top Chef recap and my blood pressure is through the roof. I am debating whether to do it now or just wait to die as seems to be the theme for tonight. I think I’ll watch some of of Jeopardy episodes and drink some more wine first. And perhaps some solitaire. […]
Top Chef Recap: The Jonathan Gold Standard
I am woefully behind in recaps but I am excited to do this Top Chef recap. Apologies. I am making all the wrong choices and doing all the wrong things. It is hard when your exercise places shut down and better food choices are not always available. It is hard enough to make the right […]
Top Chef All Stars…
I need this in my life right now. If someone could send me a list of all the names separated by commas I would REALLY appreciate that. I need a bit of help right now. Sorry I am a bit late with this. I could use all sorts of help these days if anyone wants […]
Top Chef Finale: Who Is Top Chef?
Tonight is the night that this season’t Top Chef will be announced! (psst actually, it’s not) I suppose I am rooting for Sheldon. But first, a hotel commercial. Sigh. The quickfire challenge is to feature the very hot Habanero pepper in a dish. They shop at a local market where Brooke picks up a cucumber […]
Top Chef: Murky Margaritas
It’s time to find out who won Last Chance Kitchen. I think it is going to be Jamie. Since he gave away his immunity and got eliminated, I feel like Tom probably just picked him every week. It really is all up to Tom regarding who comes back. No matter how many judges there are, […]
Top Chef: Adios Charleston, Hello James Beard!
We are down to just four chefs, the seemingly preordained winner, John Tesar, Sheldon, Shirley and Brooke. The top four walk in to the kitchen to see that the work stations have been partitioned. It’s clearly the challenge where they have to cook while telling an unknown partner how to replicate their dish. Generally, the […]
Top Chef Charleston: Shrimp Boats and Hat Ladies
This week we start out going trawling for shrimp. The chefs are all worried about getting sea sick. I am loving all the pelicans. We didn’t get to see nearly enough of the shrimp boat. After no more than two minutes of boat fun, we are back to the dock for an outdoor quickfire. Any […]
Top Chef Charleston: The Chefs Are Getting Crabby
Off to a bit of a late start due to a technical glitch with my much beleaguered DVR. With the return of Shondaland tonight I’ll be surprised if the my poor DVR doesn’t just give up and die tonight. It looks like the first quickfire is a palate challenge tonight. Most of them were really […]
Top Chef: Restaurant Wars
If you missed last weeks episode of Top Chef, it was a super crazy week. Everyone’s favorite chef, Jim was eliminated in a sudden death quickfire. Still. Not. Over. It. And then, they finally made us all love the burnt veggies guy, Jaime. He seemed to have found his stride and won immunity for this […]
Top Chef Charleston: Stormy Weather
Top Chef: Charleston wrapped filming around June 10, 2016. If you are aware of the hurricane season in the Atlantic, It technically begins on June 1st. But 2016 was a crap year and Hurricane Alex showed up in JANUARY. Because I enjoy going to the beach on my birthday in mid to late June, I often […]
Top Chef Charleston: Smoke ‘Em If You’ve Got ‘Em!
Since last’s week’s Top Chef had a bit of a Christmas theme even if the seven fishes were trashy ones, I expect there to be some sort of New Year’s Eve nod this week. Perhaps they will make Hoppin’ John or something? I was doing some cooking today and pulled out my cookbooks for a bit. […]
Top Chef: Feast of the Seven Trash Fishes
Well, I must say I am ill-tempered and want everyone to die in a fire tonight after that Project Runway finale. I’ll let CJ Bomb tell you all about that in her recap, so please ignore this ranting and save your comments for her post. But it was a difficult last two hours for me […]
Top Chef Charleston: Choke Holds And Clammy Hands
When you write recaps for a living, the days no longer really have names anymore. And because I have lost pretty much 56% of the brain cells used for recall, it’s a surprise every day when I find out what I am recapping. Sometimes my response is “Ugh, again already?” and other times I’m excited […]
Top Chef: Southern Hospitality
I’m totally looking forward to the episode. I loved everything Charleston and almost all of the chefs seem like people who want to see succeed. Except oddly, Emily the homegirl with the bad attitude. Also there are no idiot chefs “from Atlanta.” As a Georgia girl, I am already appalled by the folks on reality […]
Top Chef Charleston Premiere: Aw Shucks
I’m not really up for a full recapping of this show but I did want to do a quick post about it because for the most part, I loved the episode. This season is set in Charleston and in the preview post I made, I suggested that I would likely pull for the female chef […]