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  • Voting Update

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    I’ve received some frantic e-mails from interested parties concerning anonymous votes on the Gourmet Survivor II donation page. Please don’t vote anonymously! Here’s the tally so far: Jason $25, $25, $5, $5, $25, $5, $10 = $100 William $100, $20, $200, $25, $25, $10, $5, $25, $10 = $420 William seems to be way ahead…

  • Gourmet Survivor II, The FINAL BATTLE: William vs. Jason

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    It’s all led to this. Four weeks and several thousand dollars later, atop a heap of broken hearts and dirty dishes, William and Jason stand ready to do their final battle. The instruction was simple: make any New Orleans’ dish you’d like, only make it great and wildly impressive. That they did. In case you…

  • Oh, Deborah

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    You may smack me in the head and say “stop repeating yourself!” when I tell you my favorite place in New York to go a’wandering for dinner is the West Village. Specifically: Bleecker and Carmine. But you know that. I won’t bore you. So the other night we were a’wandering on Bleecker and we turned…

  • Magazine Positioning

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    Let’s study this magazine shelf at Barnes & Noble for a second, shall we? Is this 1950? Who put this together: Rick Santorum? As you can see it flows from Women’s Interest [which, if one studies the magazines, reveals that women care much about Oprah, dieting, and fashion but not much, apparently, about world politics,…

  • Homemade Pasta Near The Movies: Via Emilia

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    Going to see “Proof” the other night on 17th and Broadway, my companion and I were in the Tom Collichio district: Craft, Craftbar, the former home of ‘Wichcraft.* [*Hey! You know how I’m also raving about how much I love ‘Wichcraft? Well it’s not there anymore. Sure it’s in Bryant Park and somewhere else but…

  • Eli, Eh: Taste

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    [restaurant review as IM chat] Me: What do you think of eli zabar James Felder: Zabar was never my thing. I used to go to EAT as a kid, and even being a spoiled rich kid, I thought back then “This is ridiculously overpriced” Zabar’s is a West Side Jew thing. I think I’ve been…

  • I May Not Watch Rome, But I Make A Mean Caesar

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    There was a time I carried a Palm Pilot—back when I went to law school and I wanted my life mapped out for me. I had my schedule, I had my phone numbers: it was all very formal. I hated it. I have friends and people in my life who must schedule everything, who map…

  • Food Astrology

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    On Thursday nights at 1 AM, my third eye opens and I can peer into the future–at least the future as it pertains to food. For I, The Amateur Gourmet, shall now reveal myself as the world’s first food-blogging astrologer! A Flogstrologer, if you will. And won’t you? I think you will. In fact: I…

  • Gourmet Survivor II, The Final Frontier: Any New Orelans Dish They Choose

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    The people have spoken. 308 people voted. And the majority of these people want Jason and William to make, for their final battle: “any New Orleans dish of their choosing.” So gentlemen, you have your instruction. My only caveat will be: please limit your entry to ONE dish. It may be tempting to cook a…

  • Gourmet Survivor II: An unbelievable $2,748 raised so far, Farewell Melissa and The FINAL Challenge

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    Battle beignet was truly inspiring. Really, all the entries were masterful. I mean just look at those pictures in the post below this: don’t you want these people in your kitchen making you beignets right now? WELL I HAVE THEM IN MINE… I’VE KIDNAPPED THEM ALL AND THEY’RE BOUND AND GAGGED MAKING BEIGNETS WITH THEIR…