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Top Chef Masters

  • Gazpacho and Blue Cheese Toasts

    Gazpacho and Blue Cheese Toasts

    I know there are curmudgeonly food people out there who are down on Food TV, specifically the high-octane food competition shows that command such a large audience on Bravo and Food Network. But this is a story of how one of those shows inspired me to turn an ordinary weeknight dinner (one of my killer…

  • Acquiring a Taste for “Top Chef Masters” (or, Corn Dogs as Metaphors)

    Acquiring a Taste for “Top Chef Masters” (or, Corn Dogs as Metaphors)

    [Hey, this is Adam The Amateur Gourmet. I’m on vacation in Barcelona, Spain and while I’m gone I’ve asked some awesome people to fill in for me. This post comes from one of the smartest people I know, a master of the written word and lover of pop culture, Mr. Mark Blankenship. Mark’s blog, The…