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 Kentucky Finale: The Winner Is Chosen
Foodies, it is time for the Top Chef Kentucky Finale! It’s been a great season. I am a bit sad to see it go. But, no ending of this episode could disappoint me. I love all three of the final three chefs. The two southern girls, Sara Bradley and Kelsey Barnard Clark are up for some stiff […]
Top Chef Kentucky: The Tao of Macau
Hey! How you durian? Whenever a cooking show goes to a country where durian is grown, we generally get an entire episode about it. Top Chef Kentucky is no different.For tonight’s quickfire, the final four Top Chefs must make a dish highlighting the world’s most disgusting smelling fruit. Jesus. It sound like China doesn’t even […]
Top Chef Kentucky: Holy Macau!
Last week on Top Chef Kentucky, we lost Justin Sutherland in the elimination round leaving Eric Adjepong as the last man standing. Eric, Sara Bradley, Kelsey Barnard Clark, Michelle Minori,and Adrienne Wright are officially the top five chefs of Top Chef Kentucky! The top five chefs hopped a flight to Macau where they will fight to the finish! Top Chef […]
Top Chef: Kentucky Farewell
It’s the last episode of Top Chef: Kentucky filmed in Kentucky. I am tired. I am hangry. Today, I have written or edited over 10,000 words .My eyes may be bleeding. I have not eaten and just set some brown rice next to me to shovel in while I type about good food. There are […]
Top Chef: The Greatest
It’s time for Top Chef and it’s going to be late because I have been editing another post for the past two hours or so and am not even halfway done. I completely lost track of time and Top Chef is almost over. I also haven’t had a chance to eat and so I am […]
Top Chef: Hoop Dreams
We start with the remaining chefs celebrating Michelle’s win last week in the musical memory challenge with a red snapper dish, and mourning the loss of David who just sort of lost his way this season. The quickfire challenge is a nod to Fort Knox with gold bouillon locked in a case. The judges have […]
Top Chef: Music City USA
Don’t start without me! I am here and very excited we are going to Nashville! It’s been a super busy day at Tamara Tattles and I had to get some adulting done in the real world to keep all my pie plates in the air. I also have to stop these recaps a lot to […]
Top Chef: Whatever Floats Your Boat
I am really enjoying Top Chef Kentucky. I haven’t spent much time in Kentucky and I feel like that needs to change. Perhaps Banjo and I will rent one of these houseboats for a week or something. Banjo is not much of a water dog though, except for that one time when he was a […]
Top Chef: Carne!
I’m a little late to the party because I was making some Asian stirfry that relies heavily on soy sauce only to discover too late I do not have any soy sauce so I had to get creative. It’s weird tasting but not really bad. Red cabbage is good in almost anything. Everyone is happy […]
Top Chef: Roaring Munchies
This week Brian is feeling a lot better about his place in the competition after winning Restaurant Wars last week. Then all the chefs arrive to the kitchens to discover that Last Chance Kitchen is happening. There are some of our favorite chefs from seasons past, Brother Luck, Jim the chef from Alabama we loved, […]
Top Chef: Restaurant Wars Part 2
I was trying to take the night off and then discovered Top Chef on my DVR. I really have to see how this all works out and as long as I am watching and might as well slap up a recap. My last recap was really good if I do say so myself, but I […]
Top Chef: Surprise! It’s Restaurant Wars!
The premiere of this season seemed to have a lot of you hooked. Then it seemed like everyone had lots of Christmas stuff to to do during the second episode. That left even fewer of you around for the third one, last week. So click on the links and get caught up, because it is […]
Top Chef: Naughty And Nice
I’ve very excited about this episode as Eric Ripert is on and he is my favorite chef! I am off to a bit of a late start because The CRAZY is kind of strong today and I have the puking part. One of my parents was that way too. Anyway I am fine now. It’s […]
Top Chef: Bourbon, Barrels And Burgoo
I love that the fabulous Kentucky home they are staying at has several garden plots and each chef gets to do some gardening! I’d love to have beds prepared and all the seeds and starter plants laid out for me to choose from! I need to live in this house! It also has a beautiful […]
Top Chef: The Fastest 2 Minutes In Cooking
It may just be my current piss poor attitude, but I am not optimistic about this season. I feel like all the city slicker judges coming to Kentucky will produce an overly stereotypical season of the state. Also of the fifteen cheftestants only two are from the south. Kelsey is from Alabama and Sara is […]
Top Chef: Finale
Well, it has come down to the final two, Adrienne and Joe Flamm. I saw some of the marathon that ran today and had forgotten that nearly all the chefs had emotional breakdowns when Flamm was voted out. So all the chefs are probably rooting for him. He seems like a great guy. I also […]
Top Chef: A Little Place Called Aspen
Well, it’s down to Mustache Joe, Joesph Flamm and Adrienne Cheatham. Here is what it looks like overall. Mustache Joe has the most wins, but he’s been inconsistent in the last half of the season. He has recently gotten his groove back and appears to be the front runner. Joeseph Flamm flamed out and was […]
Top Chef: Nut Allergy
Y’all, I am still not over Christopher leaving last week. Or Moustache Joe winning. Or Carrie being on the bottom with Christopher. I need a Carrie win to make up for all of this. And tonight we go down to three. According to the episode guide, “The Voltaggio Brothers reunite on Top Chef for the […]
Top Chef: Cooking High
We are down to the final four. I did not realize the LCK winner would come back tonight. If I had, I would have made more of an effort to watch the last few episodes. I am swamped with recaps right now. That is why I keep talking about whether or not to drop a […]
Top Chef: Red Rum And Then Some
Carrie gets the phone call home. Her dad has some dementia stuff going on. She is the front-runner in my estimation so surely she not going home tonight. The challenge tonight happens at the Stanley Hotel which was the inspiration for The Shining. The quickfire is to make a dessert that represents their worst nightmare. […]