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I think you should mention the name. Otherwise there is no point to telling us this.

My guess would be Bob Blumer. Although technically he is the Surreal Gourmet. ← His name is Bruce Brennan. You can find some info on him here Hippy Gourmet ← thanks!

So who is the Hippie Gourmet?

I too work for a weekly alternative paper. i share the job with my editor and another writer. We take turnsevery third week and the article is published one week after we hand it in. I agree write the editor.

anyone catch Andrew on The Today Show on Sunday morning? Can't remember what he cooked - I think grilled stuff - but there were no culinary boners that day.

I agree with the majority. It's way too much and too broad. A half dozen apps maybe - a seafood or two, some veggie kind of thing, some meat. Think of the storage alone! I always like a smaller, well-thought out, balanced menu rather than trying to have "something to please everyone" kind of thinking.

Where did you get the 60% number. I'd like to use it but I need some baking for my editor. probably my readers too

I watched all of ten minutes - the judging - and I had the same feeling from the judges. It made me mad.

A Cook's Tour was filimed years ago, so if you saw "him" just this past winter, it wasn't Anthony Bourdain. ← Perhaps it was his evil twin. Oh wait, maybe Toony is the evil twin!

thanks for all the great insight...I'd welcome any other voices.

I'm doing research on pastry chefs in Tucson for an local article. Seem the majority in town are female. Does this hold true across the country? Is so, why?

He doesn't take the car home. They find a dealer in Atlanta where he is from and they "deliver" it from there. Just like on "The Price is Right" or other game shows.

Antonia reallly missed the mark this week. Even the way her food was presented at the table looked more cafeteria than top chef. Lisa needs a reality check. During restaurant wars she commented that the soup was the first mistake she made all season...what? Then she talked about "knowing Latin food". But she says that about everything. And is she uses the word "amazing" one more time I may just go crazy. She is clearly not TC material but by a simple twist of fate (or five or six) she's made it so far. Did anyone notice is she congratulated Steph or Richard on their win?

Seriously, Are you being funny?

He has gotten much more appealing as his personality has been revealed. ← I agree. At the beginning I didn't like him at all - to slick or something - but he a great chef, shows leadership and respect for others and is confident without being cocky. But i'm still rooting for Steph. She's all of the above but perhaps not quite as experienced as Richard. Hope it goes down to the two of them

At last! Nicki who gives Italain cooking a bad name is GONE! She kept saying since the groom wanted Italian she knew the most and therefore took the lead. But then she didn't lead and copped out at the judge's table. I also couldn't help notice Lisa body language. That's one angry young woman. That hair, the piercings, that scowl. But her comment about her cake was interseting. She was proud of it because "It looked pretty." Tom thought, rightfully so, that it looked like a battleship. so if that's pretty to her that explains her fashion statements. I like Richard more and more and am glad Steph got a prize this time. I think the bride team might just end up being the final four. Wow! and Spike without a hat! His comment to Dale though was right - If you're going to bitch about someone just do it instead of whining. That punching the locker thing was lame.

In this morning's local paper the food reviewer described a dish as marinated in lemon grass with oyster sauce. It didn't make sense to me... Any suggestions?

Any of the Sonic commercials with the guys or the couple in the car; the are stupid, inane and certainly don't make you want to eat there OR Weinerschnitzel - the food looks beyond gross. PS I agreee on the BKing commercials - that King is jsut plain creepy.

I bet that had something to do with the Marcel hair event. Or if someone is caought cheating like on Project Runway when whats-his-name had style books that weren't allowed.

What's wrong with asking what kind of sauce? Big tables also seem to have the fussiest diners too..

Yes I did! It's probably a habit with him; tought to break.

But last night on the NBC news the president of Costco made the point that he didn't want to add fuel to the fire. That while supplies were low he didn't want to start a run on rice or any other food.

Don't let Marco Pierre White hear you say that. BTW, your Daily Racing Form analysis post was Grade I Stakes quality! ← Thanks for the advice-I'll pray that Chef Marco doesn't catch wind of my distaste for chicken bouillon cubes. I've heard some rumblings that he once had quite the temper. I wouldn't want him throwing cubes of bouillon at me.... ← Bouollion does not always mean cubes. There is boulllion out there that is more like a concentrate and is used in alot of better restaurants for speeding up prep.

No three weeks after she's booted off people won't even remeber her name....or atleast not the name of her restaurant.

Wow! Thanks for all the info. Both oils are great oils and now I know why there was that POP! of pepper. you learn something new everyday...again thanks!