Adam Platt Wonders How a Watermelon and Tomato Salad Could Wow the ‘Top Chef’ Judges
As Ariane-gate continues to unfold, we asked our restaurant critic to make sense of it all.
Posted 11/07/08 in Grub Street
Top Chef
More From Tom and Padma: Guest Judges, Food As Foreplay, and Colicchio As Sex Symbol
More 'Top Chef' talk from today's conference call. Turns out most of the season was shot in Brooklyn!
Posted 11/07/08 in Grub Street
Top Chef
Tom Colicchio and Padma Lakshmi Take On the Haters
Colicchio says, "If you weren't working in kitchens before 1986, stop talking about 'back in the day.'"
Posted 10/15/08 in Grub Street
Top Chef
‘Top Chef: New York’ Preview: ‘We’re in for a Good Ride’
What to expect from the new season of ‘Top Chef’ — and a video preview!
Posted 09/22/08 in Grub Street
Winners and Losers
Padma and Tom Robbed at Emmys!
At the Primetime Emmys, ‘Top Chef’ lost out to Jerry Bruckheimer’s ‘Amazing Race.’ Hollywood can only love its own, we guess.
Posted 08/20/08 in Grub Street
Back of the House
Exclusive: True Tales of a ‘Top Chef’ Paparazzo; Six Cheftestants Left?
What we heard while loitering outside Le Bernardin today.
Posted 06/11/08 in Grub Street
Back of the House
Our Favorite Moments From a Very Special Season of ‘Top Chef’
Faded photographs … covered now with lines and creases …
Posted 06/11/08 in Grub Street
Mediavore
Empire State Tomatoes Safe; How ‘Top Chef’ Judging Works
The five steps to becoming a locavore, a preview of the 'Food & Wine' Classic in Aspen, and more, in our morning digest of news and gossip.
Posted 06/05/08 in Grub Street
Back of the House
‘Top Chef’ Tease Fills Adam Platt With Rancor
After a poor performance, our least-favorite chef hangs on to torture us.
Posted 04/17/08 in Grub Street
NewsFeed
Padma Likes Gravy Boats and 4 A.M. Shawarmas
And she's so into gravy that she has a Tiffany gravy boat, as well as a Royal Doulton.
Posted 04/08/08 in Grub Street
NewsFeed
Ruth Reichl and Padma Lakshmi Are Not Long-Lost Sisters
Ruth Reichl and Padma Lakshmi drew different lessons from their mothers, apparently.
Posted 03/24/08 in Grub Street
NewsFeed
Padma Thinks Women Are More Sensitive in the Kitchen
Padma Lakshmi, profiled in this week's Page Six Magazine, says she thinks women have more sensitive palates, and she won't start dressing like Mario Batali anytime soon.
Posted 03/13/08 in Grub Street
Back of the House
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