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  • Gourmet Cupid

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    This is an idea I’ve had for a while: I was saving it for Valentine’s Day, but the holiday season seems just as appropriate. What is it you ask? Well you may not know this, but pinned to my shoulders are tiny wings: I am your Gourmet Cupid, here to make all your romantic dreams…

  • Michelin NYC

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    Thanks to site reader Ian L. for sending the list my way. Here are the results of the Michelin Guide’s scrutiny of New York restaurants. If you want to compare the Michelin guide to my own NY guide, here’s the post with all my New York restaurant reviews. (Missing a few recent additions, unfortunately.) MICHELIN…

  • A Button

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    I would like to make an animated button for the side of my site that says the following (in sequence): WE RAISED OVER $4000 IN GOURMET SURVIVOR II LET’S KEEP ADDING TO THE POT CLICK HERE TO DONATE And then a link to the donation page here. A picture would be nice: maybe the Red…

  • An Unbelievable Outcome

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    Our Gourmet Survivor II outcome is unbelievable on two counts: (1) We raised, in total, $4198 for the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. That’s unbelievable. I’m so wowed by this, you have no idea. So we’ve done a great thing here with Gourmet Survivor II! (2) I have totaled up the results over and over…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Gourmet Survivor II, Round Two: Battle Beignet

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    And then there were three. Players that is. And wait ’til you see the work they did in this round! A brief recap for those new to the game. This is Gourmet Survivor II, a fundraiser for Katrina victims (and now Rita victims) with money going to the American Red Cross disaster fund. We had…