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Posted 11/10/08 in Grub Street

Mediavore

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 10/14/08 in Grub Street

I Love New York

Padma Pushes New York to Indian Tourists

We have the just-released video footage!

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 09/12/08 in Grub Street

Hot Chefs

Hotter Than Soba

Jean-Georges Vongerichten makes this year’s list of most stylish New Yorkers.

Posted 08/20/08 in Grub Street

Back of the House

Exclusive: True Tales of a ‘Top Chef’ Paparazzo; Six Cheftestants Left?

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’

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

‘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

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 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

‘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

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.