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5/ 1/08

5:05 PM

Ken Friedman Also Has a Doppelgänger

Friedman, left, and Lewis, right.Photo: Melissa Hom, Wikipedia.

Sure, David Chan looks a hell of a lot like David Chang, and it’s been noted that Tom Colicchio bares a striking resemblance to Cal Ripken Jr., but the food world has been strangely mum about the closest resemblance of all — between Spotted Pig honcho Ken Friedman and spotted-pig hunter Meriwether Lewis. Are these two not kindred spirits? Like Lewis, Friedman “went West” (by opening the Rusty Knot), and it's a fact that Lewis discouraged intoxication with violent lashings. After a night at the Pig, who hasn’t been hurting the next morning?

Related: Meet the Doppelchanger

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Back of the House

4/24/08

9:30 AM

Adam Platt Sees ‘Top Chef’ Slowly Unraveling

Smile all you want, but it won't help you at the judges' table.Photo courtesy Bravo

After a fairly straightforward dessert contest judged by Jean Georges' Johnny Iuzzini, last night's Top Chef episode took a turn for the bizarre with an Elimination Challenge inspired by the Second City improv company. Random colors and emotions were paired with ingredients, and the cheftestants ordered to improvise dishes like “yellow vanilla love” and “magenta drunken Polish sausage.” The results were predictably revolting, and we and Adam Platt settled in to discuss it immediately afterward with heavy hearts.

More: Back of the House »jean georges, johnny iuzzini, tom colicchio, top chef

NewsFeed

4/22/08

2:15 PM

Nerve Can’t Stop Thinking About ‘Tom Collichio’

Totally hot for what's-his-name.

We were a bit perplexed when Nerve singled out Bobby Flay and Gordon Ramsay as lust-worthy celeb chefs, and the site’s readers seem to have agreed. A second round has now been launched, asking, “Who Would You Rather: Anthony Bourdain or Tom Collichio [sic]” — meaning, Colicchio. We're not perfect when it comes to spelling names, but c'mon: Get it straight when you're talking about your object of desire — unless of course they’re a porn star like Spantaneeus Xtasty.

Who Would You Rather, Celebrity Chef Edition, Part II [Nerve]

More: NewsFeed »anthony bourdain, sexy chefs, tom colicchio

NewsFeed

4/18/08

11:13 AM

Hang With Batali or Bourdain for $150

You could be in this picture.Photo: Getty Images

According to Jersey’s Courier Post, Caesars Atlantic City is hosting a series of 100-person “Up Close and Personal” dinners, reasonably priced at $25 considering they'll be cooked by Mario Batali (on May 11), Tom Colicchio (on September 7), and Anthony Bourdain (on October 12). Wait a minute — Bourdain? Cooking? A rare opportunity! Not only that but for $150 you can have a “VIP Interactive Experience” with the chef. Which will be totally worth it if Bourdain goes off about German porn like the time he ranted about the Food Network.

The Rat Pack is revisited [Courier Post]

More: NewsFeed »anthony bourdain, atlantic city, mario batali, tom colicchio

Mediavore

4/16/08

10:00 AM

Elaine’s Turns 45; Chefs Cursing Too $&#*$@% Much

• Elaine’s turned 45 on Sunday, and Woody Allen, Richard Dreyfuss, and Gay Talese were there to celebrate. [City Room/NYT]

• Tom Colicchio thinks the profanity on this season of Top Chef is “excessive.” [NYT]

• Fresh out of court, Patsy’s (the midtown one) is opening a second location in Atlantic City.
Related: And the Winner in the Patsy’s-vs.-Patsy’s Suit Is…Patsy’s

• Excessive smoke caused the FDNY to pay a visit to Artichoke Basille’s Pizza & Brewery last night. [Slice]

• “Big Lou” Elrose, late of Hill Country, has a lot of barbecue styles to juggle at Wildwood Barbeque when it opens next week. [NYP]

More: Mediavore »artichoke pizza, atlantic city, big lou elrose, elaine's, hill country, patsy's, steakhouses, tom colicchio, top chef, wildwood bbq, woody allen

Mediavore

4/ 9/08

10:00 AM

Calorie Law Doomed?; Colicchio Hasn't Been to Ko Either

• The very study that was used by the Health Department to crusade for mandatory calorie posting in food chains may now be used by defense lawyers to undermine the law’s future. [NYS]

• Some Lower East Siders are not stoked about Bruce Willis opening the Bowery Wine Company, so they’re going to buy a pig, name it Bruce, and then eat it. [NYP]

• Wine bars are everywhere, and, thankfully, they’re a lot less stuffy than they used to be. [NYT]

NewsFeed

4/ 4/08

12:05 PM

Gramercy Tavern Goes Through 120 Pounds of Garlic a Month

And a little bit of butter…Photo: Courtesy of ABC News

Following his Gramercy Tavern predecessor Tom Colicchio, Michael Anthony is the latest chef to share his recipes (vegetable salad, smoked brook trout, and red snapper) on Dateline’s Plate List. It’s fascinating to discover that Gramercy Tavern goes through 100 pounds of butter, 120 pounds of garlic, and 48 gallons of olives per month, but if Anthony’s musings about walking through the Greenmarket and cooking with mom don’t do it for you, hit up previous installments with Colicchio, Ripert, and Chang.

'Nightline' Plate List: Michael Anthony [ABC News]

More: NewsFeed »dateline, david chang, eric ripert, gramercy tavern, michael anthony, tom colicchio

VideoFeed

4/ 4/08

9:00 AM

Inside ‘Food & Wine’s Best New Chef Gala

Food & Wine’s Best New Chefs party was crawling with notable toques last night, including Tom Colicchio, Daniel Boulud, Top Chef's Hung Huynh, and many more. Our cameras were there to chat with all of them, including New York’s only contribution to Food & Wine’s list, Michael Psilakis. Watch the video for all the foodie glam.

More: VideoFeed »andrew carmellini, daniel boulud, hung huynh, michael psilakis, tom colicchio

Back of the House

3/27/08

9:00 AM

Adam Platt Pities ‘Top Chef’ Judges

One of these men is destined for the glue factory. Actually, both.Photo courtesy Bravo

Last night's Top Chef might have set an all-time low for bad cooking and obnoxious cheftestants — a combination that amounted to a very entertaining hour of television. After Richard won a taco quick-fire challenge, the rivals were split into two groups and told to cook a block party in an unnamed Chicago neighborhood. The results were predictably disastrous, including dried-out macaroni and cheese, mushy corn dogs, and repellent post-meal celebrations by what turned out to be the losing team. Adam Platt was nearly as appalled as we were when we compared notes afterward.

More: Back of the House »adam platt, tom colicchio, top chef

Back of the House

3/24/08

9:00 AM

Tom Colicchio’s Lessons in Manliness

That dome was created with Braun clippers.Photo: Getty Images

The April GQ arrived on Friday and with it a “What you can learn from…” feature about Top Chef's Tom Colicchio. Colicchio discourses on sundry food topics in this sadly off-line feature, including helpful household tips (“most people don't realize how quickly olive oil goes rancid”), his shaving technique (“Braun electric clippers. I use them on my head and my face”), and his boat (“A yellow Contender, twenty-five feet. My biggest catch? A 170-pound marlin in Mexico. Threw it back”). Also on the chef machismo front, from the same issue: Eric Ripert's seduction technique, which in case you're wondering, is tuna and truffles at four in the morning: “She moved in with me not long after.”

More: Back of the House »eric ripert, gq, tom colicchio

Back of the House

3/13/08

9:00 AM

‘Top Chef’ Is Back, and Adam Platt Isn't Happy About It

Tom and Richard, a.k.a. "Sharkface."Photo courtesy Bravo

Finally, after an interminable wait only broken by doses of Top Chef books, cell-phone games, and Sudoku, the series itself is back. This season is set in Chicago, and the cheftestants are a motley lot who nearly all fell on their faces trying to make deep-dish pizza. The elimination challenge was even more devastating, as the formidable Erik just managed to avoid the boot, leaving that dishonor to the young, uncertain Nimma. Naturally, within seconds we were online with Adam Platt, trying to make sense of it all.

More: Back of the House »adam platt, anthony bourdain, padma lakshmi, rocco dispirito, tom colicchio, top chef

Back of the House

3/ 7/08

1:00 PM

Everything You Want to Know About ‘Top Chef’

Spend some extra time with Tom and Padma.Photo: Getty Images

Have you had your fill of pre-season-four Top Chef hype yet? No? Well, fix yourself a cup of coffee and settle in for a good, long read. Hosts Tom Colicchio and Padma Lakshmi did a loooong conference call with reporters yesterday, and the results can be found in a six-page post on Monsters and Critics, among other places. Among the highlights: Tom saying that he never has a conversation with the contestants outside of the kitchen, and Padma adding “And actually, I really don’t want to.” We were also pleased to learn that the single worst thing Padma ate in the four seasons of Top Chef was made by none other than Ilan Hall. (Though she points out that he made one of the best dishes, too.) It's not the same as watching the show, but it should hold you until the premiere on March 12.

A Chat with Bravo's 'Top Chef' Padma Lakshmi and Tom Colicchio [Monsters and Critics]

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Mediavore

3/ 5/08

10:00 AM

Dovetail's Food Editor–Hostess Tells Her Tale; Dessert Truck vs. Treats Truck Tonight

The Food & Wine editor–cum–hostess at Dovetail had a hard time learning the ropes of the job at first, but by the end she learned that star ratings from critics matter, and there’s more to being a hostess than checking coats. [TONY]

Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has filed a suit against Tonic East for “a pattern or practice of denying African-Americans from admittance into its club.” [Down by the Hipster]

Unbeknownst to us, rapper Coolio has a cooking show on the Web called, succinctly, Cookin’ With Coolio, but he might not be the most adventurous kitchen personality we’ve ever seen: “I don’t like pork, I don’t eat pork, and I don’t cook pork.” [Serious Eats]

Back of the House

2/27/08

5:15 PM

Anthony Bourdain Officially Overexposed

But not this thing.Photo: Broadcast and Cable via Copyranter

Copyranter came across this ad of a floating Tony Bourdain gazing at us from tropical waters. Like the image of a hirsute Tom Colicchio, we find it discomfiting. This is one of several ads touting the Travel Channel’s high-definition programming. Presumably, if you have a hi-def TV, you’ll be able to see more of Bourdain than you’d ever want.

...and some things are not [Copyranter]

More: Back of the House »anthony bourdain, copyranter, tom colicchio

Back of the House

2/27/08

4:52 PM

‘Nightline’ Exposes Tom Colicchio’s Hirsute Past

Tom Colicchio, during his tenure as lead singer of Bread.Photo: abcnews.go.com

Nightline did a loving, lingering profile of Craft chieftain Tom Colicchio last night, and the substance of the piece is on ABC’s Website today. It’s all interesting stuff — why Colicchio loves mushrooms, how he developed his style, his rough-and-tumble boyhood and all that — but the real value in the story is this truly bizarre picture of Colicchio with hair! It’s a strange, unsettling image, and the sooner we forget it, the better we’ll feel.

Nightline Platelist: Tom Colicchio [ABC]

More: Back of the House »craft, nightline, tom colicchio, top chef

Back of the House

2/23/08

11:30 AM

Shipwrecked With Padma Lakshmi

On board the good ship Padma.Photos: Josh Ozersky

We met Top Chef hostess Padma Lakshmi on a yacht in Miami Beach yesterday. No, it was not a private cruise. Padma was shilling Vacheron watches and graced us with a brief interview.

I see they have a menu on the yacht tonight that is your doing.
I didn’t cook this menu. But if you try some of the recipes from my book, I know you’ll enjoy them.

Eh, I probably won’t. They’re all for healthy little salads and curries and so forth, right?
Uh, no! This just proves that you haven’t even opened my book up! [Laughing.] The best recipe in it is for brisket wrapped in bacon.

More: Back of the House »padma lakshmi, south beach wine and food festival, tom colicchio, top chef

Trimmings

2/14/08

3:30 PM

’Wichcraft Asks, ‘How You Like Them Heirloom Tomatoes?’

Rest assured!Courtesy of 'Wichcraft

Last week ’wichcraft jumped on the know-where-your-food-comes-from bandwagon by replacing the plain ol’ numbers on its “table cards” (doled out to customers so servers can locate them) with semi-campy descriptions of how its food is sourced. We’re glad we can now bite into a BLT (served only during “BLT season”) knowing that the applewood-smoked bacon was custom-made by D’Artagnan and the Ozark Mountain Pork Cooperative, and the heirloom tomatoes come from Eckerton Hill Farm in Pennsylvania. As you can see by reading the cards, there are other fun facts: The pastrami comes from the West Coast (via David’s Old World), the jelly is made from “greenmarket fruit that [our chef] just can’t resist,” and the tuna comes from our own Primizie Foods (hence mercury levels “so low they’re often untraceable”). One quibble: What’s up with referring to “soda” as “pop”? Did Jersey boy Colicchio pick this up from Danny Meyer when he was at Gramercy Tavern?

’wichcraft table cards [PDF]

More: Trimmings »primizie fine foods, tom colicchio, wichcraft

NewsFeed

2/14/08

1:55 PM

What to Expect From the New ‘Top Chef’

If only there were a Padma commentary track.Photo courtesy Bravo

We just screened the first episode of this season’s Top Chef, and again, we find the show compelling. And just the same as previous ones! Padma speaks slowly, Tom is bald and cocky, and Rocco DiSpirito and Tony Bourdain are back onboard. The location is a nonfactor — the main contribution Chicago makes is a Pizzeria Uno product placement. But the contestants still fit into those archetypes we love to argue about with Adam Platt.

More: NewsFeed »anthony bourdain, padma lakshmi, rocco dispirito, tom colicchio, top chef

Back of the House

1/23/08

9:34 AM

Adam Platt: Latest Great Food Mind on WOR

For those of you who only know Adam Platt from his mordant restaurant reviews and IM chats, the next best thing is Friday’s interview with Mike Colameco on "Food Talk." Colameco has been on a tear lately — recent guests have included Frank Bruni, Tom Colicchio, and Marco Pierre White. But there’s only one Platt. You won’t get the hangdog expression, the pumpkin-size head, the blinking, beady eyes, but you’ll get a sense of what Platt is like in person. Listen to the MP3 to find out what Platt’s looking forward to in 2008.

Adam Platt on WOR’S Food Talk [mp3]

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NewsFeed

1/10/08

11:30 AM

‘Top Chef’ Cookbook Remains a Mystery to Us

Who could resist a cover like this?Photo courtesy Chronicle Books

When we got the Top Chef Cookbook press release yesterday, we were immediately consumed with curiosity. The tome purports to include "dishes from the Elimination Rounds and the Quick-Fire Challenges, daring fans to join the fun by recreating their favorite recipes at home," but beyond that there aren’t many details. Will C.J.'s burnt broccolini, which Tom Colicchio considered the worst dish ever served on Top Chef, be in there? Or maybe his green tuna casserole, which Tony Bourdain compared to something found on the floor of an Irish bar on Saint Patrick’s Day? It’s safe to say that the show’s winning recipes, like Howie’s pork and beans seasoned with baldie sweat, will be there, in cleaned-up form. However until we get our copy, we can’t say. As for the book’s other touted features, such as “in-depth discussions with contestants, judges and crew,” there’s only one question that matters to us: Was Padma high the whole time or not?

Bravo Media Announces "Top Chef: The Cookbook" Published By Chronicle Books [Snack]
Related: Adam Platt Was Right About ‘Top Chef’ All Along

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Back of the House

12/21/07

5:32 PM

Ten Moments to Remember From 2007

Could this year have been any more ridiculous?Photo courtesy of Esquire

“Life fades … vision dims … and all that remains is memory.” Such are the haunting first words of The Road Warrior, and we can’t help but think of them as we look back, through heavy lids, at the year that was. And so we recall the most memorable food moments of 2007.

NewsFeed

12/10/07

10:30 AM

‘Top Chef’ Now Invades Last Imaginable Personal Space

I’ll be with you in a minute. I’m managing Tom Colicchio’s kitchen.Image courtesy Limelife

There’s the Top Chef blog, Top Chef reruns, the endless media fodder about Padma and Tom and Dave Martin’s new restaurant, and all the speculation about next season, which judge Gail Simmons tells us is definitely the best one yet. This being the aughts, though, the show needs to expand its mindshare in the off-season and has done so with a wireless game on AT&T and Sprint. Top Chef Challenge proved impossible to download onto a new iPhone, but its creator sent us a phone with the game installed. It’s ridiculous, as is Top Chef, but like the show, it actually draws in some crazy way on the realities of cooking.

More: NewsFeed »padma lakshmi, tom colicchio, top chef, top chef challenge

VideoFeed

12/ 7/07

9:30 AM

Heatherette, Batali Take Away Lunchbox Stigma for Charity

At the Lunchbox Auction for the Food Bank for New York City, Tom Colicchio said what Jada Yuan and our camera crew were thinking: “Lunchboxes aren’t cool!” But they were last night, as artists, chefs, and celebrities designed lunchboxes to be sold for charity. Flea’s deconstructionist lunchbox (“It looks like Flea has run over his lunchbox with a small tractor,” marveled Patti Smith) was a favorite, and Heatherette’s pink-and-purple glitter-fest was a feat, considering Traver Rains bought the hot lunch as a kid. To see lunchbox designs from Beyoncé and hear Molto Mario’s bidding strategy, watch the video.

More: VideoFeed »beyonce, heatherette, mario batali, tom colicchio, traver rains

Click and Save

11/29/07

4:15 PM

Cook Like Your Favorite Chefs With Our New Recipe Database!

From left, guinea hens from BLT Market; tartlets from Gramercy Tavern; and bruschetta from Craft.Photos: Kang Kim/Miki Duisterhof/Richard Gerhard Jung

The hardworking listings department at nymag.com has just added a stellar new feature: recipes! Our extensive database includes dishes drawn from New York’s finest restaurants. Get Laurent Tourondel’s instructions for chestnut-stuffed guinea hens; serve Tom Colicchio’s bruschetta of clam ragout; and assemble your own tartlets, just like they do at Gramercy Tavern. Search by ingredient, cuisine, type of dish, and more. Now there’s no excuse to eat out.

nymag.com's Recipe Finder

More: Click and Save »blt market, craft, gramercy tavern, laurent tourondel, recipe, tom colicchio

Foodievents

11/19/07

1:00 PM

Pastry Royalty Performs at Sweet

Johnny Zs plays to the cameras (the dessert was awesome).Photo: Melissa Hom

The city’s top dessert chefs, from Johnny Iuzzini on down, delighted deep-pocketed foodies with their signature confections at Sweet on Friday night. Evian and Ferro Rocher flexed their marketing muscle, dispatching well-formed young people in tight clothes to represent their not especially sexy brands. The pastry aristocracy (Goldfarb, Iuzzini, and Stupak) were all present and accounted for, standing proudly behind space-age-looking creations that tasted even better than they looked. (Only Sam Mason wasn’t around, as someone had to man the stoves at Tailor.) At first we were sort of alarmed: There were obviously many more guests than had originally been intended, for the long, narrow, space, but since cake isn’t combustible, it all seemed safe enough. A body can only take so much chocolate ganache, Champagne, and high-powered pastry cooks crammed into one hall.

More: Foodievents »alex stupak, desserts, johnny iuzzini, sam mason, sweet, tailor, tom colicchio, wichcraft

Back of the House

11/ 6/07

12:07 PM

Johnny Iuzzini's Plea: Elect Me Sexiest Chef!

Johnny Z: "Chocolate is my ace in the hole."Photo: Patrick McMullan

We were still trying to make up our mind whether the Daily News’ “New York’s Sexiest Chef” contest was for real or not, when we got an e-mail blast from nominee Johnny Iuzzini, last seen wearing a meringue body stocking on his stylish Website. It read: “Check out todays ny daily news- get a hard copy. Register to see all the chefs and pics and vote!!!!”

More: Back of the House »desserts, jean georges, johnny iuzzini, tom colicchio

Foodievents

11/ 6/07

9:34 AM

Colicchio, Samuelsson, Hall, Others Shine at Taste of New York

Wylie Dufresne and Marco Canora yuk it up after the ball.Photo: Melissa Hom

Though the event did not run late, the food at last night’s Taste of New York was beyond reproach: Suba’s Seamus Mullen produced some ridiculously rich and crispy oxtail croquettes, and the Ciao Bella guys served a Turkish yogurt gelato that stopped visitors in their tracks. Hill Country’s beef riblets were one of the hits of the show, requested by other chefs even as they labored behind their own tables. Meanwhile, Jim Meehan of PDT was setting out the apple cocktails that seemed to be in everybody’s hands.

More: Foodievents »ciao bella, hill country, ilan hall, kelly choi, marcus samuelsson, seamus mullen, suba, taste of new york, tom colicchio

Back of the House

11/ 2/07

2:20 PM

Tom Colicchio Named One of the ‘Sexiest Men Alive’ and Sandwich Ambassador

Tom Colicchio, conquistador (note Gail Simmons's look of horror).Photo: Patrick McMullan

In the wake of his bigger, bearier, and balder Top Chef season, Craft chieftain Tom Colicchio seems to be finding ways to keep himself busy. Craft L.A., though receiving mixed reviews, is doing boffo business, and two more Craft restaurants are on the way in Atlanta and Connecticut. And, having been appointed the new Earl of Sandwich by Sara Lee, Colicchio is now, just in time for National Sandwich Day, giving confused Americans helpful tips like “think BIG flavor.”

More: Back of the House »sandwiches, sara lee, tom colicchio, top chef

Mediavore

10/10/07

10:13 AM

Bourdain's Reaction to ‘Top Chef’; Goldfarb and Cluizel Sittin' in a Cacao Tree

Bourdain considers “Hung’s well deserved victory … a nice, stiff middle finger to all those boneheads who’ve been predicting that ‘The producers are setting it up so Casey will win,’ as well as the poor, deluded souls who feel they can somehow taste food through the television screen.” Are you listening, Adam Platt? [Bourdain's Blog/Bravo]

Michelin Guide director Jean-Luc Naret wants chefs on their toes: “One thing you have to understand is that stars are not engraved in marble, but crystal, and that they can break easily.” [Metromix NY]

Will Goldfarb is officially shacking up with Michel Cluizel at ABC on a dessert café, and Patricia Yeo has abandoned Monkey Bar after leaving Sapa to work on the project in March. [NYT]
Related: Cluizel, Goldfarb to Join Forces in Dessert Pact
Patricia Yeo Leaving Sapa, Opening Rib House; Something About a Monkey

NewsFeed

10/ 9/07

9:30 AM

Michelin Stars: Colicchio Doesn't Care, But Psilakis Sure Does

The stars didn't shine equally on Michael Psilakis (left) and Tom Colicchio.Photo: Kevin Wick, Getty Images

Michelin stars, like their celestial models, have enormous power to create and destroy; and even if, unlike their European counterparts, the New York versions lack the power to drive chefs mad or even to suicide, they can still mean a lot to a chef. We spoke to two chefs yesterday. One had lost and the other had gained a star, and neither man seemed unshaken by the event.

More: NewsFeed »anthos, craft, michael psilakis, michelin, michelin guide, tom colicchio

Mediavore

10/ 4/07

10:00 AM

Stark Cuts the Cord With Amalia; Betting on the Next Iron Chef

Ivy Stark has quit as executive chef at Amalia and may, in fact, return to the B.R. Guest group to spearhead plans for a Dos Caminos Las Vegas. [Foodservice Blog/Nation's Restaurant News]
Related: Will Ivy Stark Return to B.R. Guest?

Tom Colicchio doesn’t mind that people come to his restaurants for his celebrity, plus he ponders a showdown with Harold Dieterle and Ilan Hall in this Q&A. [Radar]

Caesars Palace is setting the odds to see who will be the Next Iron Chef. Our money’s on Aaron Sanchez. [CNN]

More: Mediavore »amalia, dos caminos, harold dieterle, ilan hall, iron chef, ivy stark, tom colicchio, top chef

Back of the House

10/ 4/07

8:30 AM

Adam Platt Was Right About ‘Top Chef’ All Along

The newest Top Chef thinks about using more bags in his cooking.Photo: Courtesy Bravo

The Top Chef finale turned out to be all we had hoped, as the three remaining rivals were all allowed to make whatever they wanted for a blue-ribbon panel of judges. Dale, continuing his surprising mastery, turned out four courses that pleased the judges inordinately, while Casey, having established herself as a favorite, dropped the ball and blamed everything from the climate to her sous-chef, Howie, for her loss. And no surprise, Hung walked away the winner. We walked over to the computer and addressed Adam Platt immediately, dreading his inevitable mordant response.

More: Back of the House »adam platt, hung huyhn, tom colicchio, top chef

Engines of Gastronomy

9/28/07

5:00 PM

Quest For Fire: The Gramercy Tavern Wood Stove

"No standardized equipment can ever replicate that awesome campfire quality of smoke and caramelizing heat.”Photo: Melissa Hom

It takes more than skilled hands, sharp knives, and a creative mind to power New York’s restaurants. There's also some heavy equipment that deserves periodic recognition.

More: Engines of Gastronomy »gramercy, gramercy tavern, michael anthony, tom colicchio

Back of the House

9/28/07

9:30 AM

Latest ‘Top Chef’ Non-Winner Calls Hung Bad Names

That guy needs to get out of his pajamas.Courtesy of Bravo

It was Brian Malarkey, he of the peasant stew and whiskey-river drunken elk, who was unceremoniously eliminated on Wednesday’s penultimate episode of Top Chef. He talked to us today about his admiration for cowboys and entered the debate about Hung’s soul.

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