Obama Considers White House Chef; Padma’s Friends Defend Her Honor
Plus: Peruvian food and a new home for Paola's, all in our morning news roundup.
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 11/06/08 in Daily Intel
Gossipmonger
Padma’s on the Prowl for a Billionaire
Plus, both Cindy and Liz seem really cranky after the exhausting election. In the cloudy-day gossip roundup!
Posted 10/24/08 in The Cut
Beauty Marks
L'Oréal Lays Off 260; Comme des Garçons for H&M Already on eBay!
Plus, Olay's new skin-care line, and Sarah Silverman on selling out her pubic hair.
Posted 10/15/08 in Grub Street
Menu Madness
Designer Menus
Delicatessen's oh-so-hip Terry Richardson menus are in. Padma makes a cameo.
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 06/12/08 in Grub Street
Mediavore
Budweiser to Go Belgian?; More Legal Woes for Ciprianis
Plus where Tom and Padma watched the 'Top Chef' finale, Magnolia Bakery's new breakfast eats, and more, in our morning digest of news and gossip.
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 06/09/08 in Daily Intel
In Other News
‘Daily News’: Hospital Workers Who Leak Information to Tabloids Should Be Ashamed of Themselves
Also, WHICH celebrity recently had surgery on her VAJAYJAY?
Posted 06/09/08 in Daily Intel
Gossipmonger
Howard Stern Is Totally Into Wedding Planning
Plus, dish on Barack Obama, Kate Moss, and Mel Gibson in our daily gossip roundup.
Posted 06/06/08 in The Cut
Party Lines
Narciso the Painter and Padma the Perfumer
Narciso Rodriguez is a closet abstract painter, and Padma Lakshmi makes her own perfume in her kitchen sink.
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 05/19/08 in Grub Street
NewsFeed
Craigslister Offers a Seat at Ko to Hot Foodies
A reader sends us a Craigslist posting from a Momo-freako who is really hard up to go to Ko with a Brazilian porn star.
Posted 04/28/08 in The Cut
Fashion Yearbook
Judging the Attire at the White House Correspondents' Dinner
Check out what Heidi Montag, Lauren Conrad, Ashlee Simpson, Jenny McCarthy, and more wore to the big political dinner.
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