Westmoreland outside of a potential location.Photo: Tamra Gallegos
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Siberia Documentary Premieres; Westmoreland Still Searching
Adam Platt Fears the Gaze of the ‘Top Chef’ Gorgon
Dale tries to keep his head clear.Photo courtesy Bravo
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 fellow foodie, preferably a Brazilian porn star. This is easily the best ad we’ve seen since Tom Dubrowski seduced Gael — in fact if we didn’t know any better, we’d think it was Dubrowski again, hoping for an even comelier dining companion (this guy has his sights set on Padma).
Anthony Bourdain Finally Follows Up ‘Kitchen Confidential’
Cook-author Bourdain.Photo: WireImage
Details Bubble Up About New York Wine & Food Festival
Not everyone is behind the New York version of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, occurring October 9–12 (you’ll recall local restaurateurs had mixed reactions), but Eater brings news of events that may get more people behind it: In addition to Rachael Ray’s previously announced burger bash in Dumbo, there’ll be a multi-restaurant wine tasting in the meatpacking district; a wine seminar hosted by Del Posto; talks with Ferran Adria, Nigella Lawson, Alice Waters, and maybe Bourdain; and a private dinner prepared by Alain Ducasse. Hey, it beats smoothies and Italian sausage.
2008 NYC Wine & Food Festival: An Early Warning [Eater]
Related: A Blurry, Pleasant Preview of the New York Wine and Food Festival
Nerve Can’t Stop Thinking About ‘Tom Collichio’
Totally hot for what's-his-name.
Who Would You Rather, Celebrity Chef Edition, Part II [Nerve]
Hang With Batali or Bourdain for $150
You could be in this picture.Photo: Getty Images
The Rat Pack is revisited [Courier Post]
Webbies Bring Odd, Time-Wasting Sensations
Rated CV for Chicken Violence.Photo: awardentry.com
Webby Award Nominees [Webbies]
Bourdain & Co. Give Their Picks for Beard Chef NYC
A Peek Into the Kitchen of Les Halles on a Not-So-Normal Night
Earlier, we brought you the aftermath of Eric Ripert and Anthony Bourdain’s one-night stint at Les Halles, and now, for those who missed it on No Reservations earlier this week, footage of the actual flustercluck has hit YouTube. Watch as “the fancy French guy and the broke-down guy,” as Bourdain calls Ripert and himself, try to keep up with executive chef Carlos Llaguno. The Ripper, clad in a do-rag, begs for margaritas while Bourdain tries not to pass out. Llaguno’s closing thoughts — “He says he loves his profession, but for some reason he became famous and he doesn’t need to cook anymore” — are kind of ominous in light of Alan Richman’s takedown of the “truck-stop cuisine,” but a note affixed to the kitchen window — “THAT WAS A FUCKING GREAT MEAL” — says that at least someone (if only a Travel Channel producer?) is happy.
Related: Anthony Bourdain - Into the Fire - Scene With Eric Ripert [YouTube]
Anthony Bourdain Insults Alan Richman Right Back
Anthony Bourdain Insults Alan Richman Right Back
Who would mind being mauled by Gumby?Photo: Getty Images
‘Top Chef’ Is Back, and Adam Platt Isn't Happy About It
Tom and Richard, a.k.a. "Sharkface."Photo courtesy Bravo
Tony Bourdain Is His Own Forum Troll
A new post is up on the Bourdain blog, but there’s no need to comment yet. Bourdain, in looking back at having wrapped up the latest season of No Reservations, decided to anticipate the response by giving “a few helpful advance reviews — to save food nerds time when the shows actually air.” These prereviews (“I found the civitos at San Marco, a tiny place next to the mercado, far superior to the place Bourdain went. And the morcillas he ate are nowhere near as good as the ones at.......”) are the work of someone who has read quite a few forum posts. And, we suspect, even written a few.
Past Imperfect/Future Shock [Anthony Bourdain's Blog/Travel Channel]
Sixth Borough Gets a New ‘Phood’ Blog
Yummy.Photo: Courtesy of Phoodie.info
Phoodie.info [Philebrity]
Bourdain Regrets His Semi-Nude Image More Than We Thought
Tony Bourdain wasn’t about to take our mockery (and everybody else's) of his naked Travel Channel ad lying down. So he blogged about it: “What tiny, deeply disturbed demo were they trying to appeal to here? German Scat Porn websites likely attract greater numbers. What about the CHILDREN!? I look forward to the next ad — of my head, photo-shopped onto Barney Fife’s naked body torturing a puppy. Now THAT will draw them in!” The whole post is not to be missed and also happens to include the fact that the aquamarine water Bourdain is eerily floating in is not in fact tropical but rather Icelandic. We were wrong on that score (though our commenters knew better), but we were right about it being creepy. Even Bourdain thinks so!
Adventures in the Ad Trade [Bourdain Blog]
Earlier:: Anthony Bourdain Officially Overexposed
Anthony Bourdain Officially Overexposed
But not this thing.Photo: Broadcast and Cable via Copyranter
...and some things are not [Copyranter]
Bourdain Fends Off Angry Chefs at Batali Dinner
Anthony Bourdain and Mario Batali are BFF at SOBE.Photo: Josh Ozersky
Unlimited BBQ and Champagne Brings Out the Carnal Chef at SOBE
Anthony Bourdain blesses Chris Lilly's pulled pork.Photo: Josh Ozersky
Bourdain and Ripert Postgame Over Tequila in the Les Halles Kitchen
A while back, we revealed that Anthony Bourdain was planning to return to the kitchen of Les Halles for an episode of No Reservations. A clip of the show’s aftermath is now up, and it’s priceless: Post-shift, Bourdain and Eric Ripert sit down for what Ripert calls a glass of “pure water,” but is probably his favorite Patrón Silver. True to his name, the Ripper rips into Bourdain for having just one person at a station that he thinks should be manned by two — “Those guys are promoting slavery.” Bourdain pooh-poohs him: “If you put two people back there, they get in each other’s way.” But he admits it’s one of the toughest cooking stations in the city. Which is why, Bourdain says, he wouldn’t last long on it: “After a week, my brain would snap.” Our favorite part comes at the end, when Ripert admits, “At one point I was totally lost.… I had no idea what I was grilling.…” In tequila veritas!
Anthony Bourdain Interviews Chef Eric Ripert [YouTube]
Related: Bourdain to Cook at Les Halles, Yearns for Giant Food Courts
What to Expect From the New ‘Top Chef’
If only there were a Padma commentary track.Photo courtesy Bravo
Rachael Ray Feeds Sicko YouTube Fantasies
Yesterday, "Page Six" ran a blind item asking which “daytime gabber” snips at staffers for bringing her the coffee she endorses rather than Starbucks. Hmmm, wonder who that could be? Speaking of Rachael Ray, yesterday also saw the debut of two YouTube videos taking the stuffing out of the impish toque. One of them imagines Anthony Bourdain stealing her nose and serving it stuffed with foie gras. We’re not sure how that qualifies as a “mildly erotic parody,” as advertised, but we can tell you that the other video, “Rachel Ray Is a Sex Freak” [sic], is safe for work only if you have headphones, since it uses audio to imagine Ray teaching sex education to New England debutantes. Yucko!
Anthony Bourdain Talks Rachael Ray’s Old News [YouTube]
Rachel Ray is a Freak/Sex Goddess/Cooking Queen [YouTube]
We hear… [NYP]
Earlier: Rachael Ray Brushes Off Her Starbucks Scandal As “Ridiculous”
Esca Chef to Work for Mets; Bourdain Back on Food Network
Esca chef David Pasternack will be right at home in the new Mets stadium come 2010, running a place called the Fish Shack. [Insatiable Critic]
Related: Hark! New Shake Shack to Open at Shea Stadium
Kim Severson just ruined our breakfast with a look at PETA’s "Got Pus?" campaign and the question of whether or not milk contains pus. Let's all share the nausea, shall we? [Diner’s Journal/NYT]
A Brooklyn pizza maker accused of gunning down a mobster was acquitted yesterday, but the case still reinforces those old mafia-in-cahoots-with-Italian-joints stereotypes. [NYDN]
Bourdain’s Duck Farm Was No Potemkin Village
Seconds later, this duck attacked.Photo: iStockphoto.com/Chris Beddoe
Bourdain to Cook at Les Halles, Yearns for Giant Food Courts
Bourdain on the state of Siberia, and more.Photo: Melissa Hom
Given all of his travels, what does Bourdain think New York needs? A giant food court, of course.
Meyer and Batali Face Off; Gordo's Advice on the Closer
Meyer, Batali, Nieporent, and others compete to see who’ll serve VIPs at the new Jets/Giants stadium. Interesting! And how does this affect Meyer’s rumored plans to take Shea Stadium by ShackStorm? [NYP]
Gordo’s first-date fail-safe: Take your girl to Ducasse’s place in Monaco, then tell her what you really want is roast beef and Yorkshire pudding. Wow — the guy's like something straight out of The Pick-Up Artist! [Forbes]
Naked Chef Jamie Oliver, in town to promote his book, says his feelings are hurt from being slagged by Bourdain: “You rate someone [like Mr. Bourdain] and then they think you're a bit of a pussy. It's not very inspiring.” [Globe and Mail]
Bourdain Showing ‘Iron Chef’ Some Love; Dévi Back in Action
The worst thing Tony Bourdain can say about the new Top Iron Chef is “that Ruhlman’s hair is the scariest and most offensive aspect of the show … In every other respect, the damn thing is pretty impeccable.” [Ruhlman]
Related: Who Will Be Cut Next on ‘The Next Iron Chef’?
Enterprising chefs Suvir Saran and Hemant Mathur will have their recently acquired restaurant Dévi reopen by Monday. [Eater]
Related: Debriefing Dévi: Suvir Saran’s Suspected Side Projects
Jessica Seinfeld’s Deceptively Delicious cookbook is uncomfortably similar to another cookbook published a few months before it, which also encourages moms to put spinach in brownies. [NYT]
Related: Hey Jessica Seinfeld! What Up? [Daily Intel]
Chefs Continue to Rock, and We Reach for the Earplugs
hPhoto: iStockPhoto.com
Related: Bourdain’s Spin Essay Is Pretty Thin Soup
Living With Music: Fergus Henderson [NYT]
Michael Stipe Beautiful Day [YouTube]
Kitchen Radio: Jimmy Bradley [Metromix NY]
Dinner With the Band [On Networks]
Bourdain Blasts Rachael Ray, and It's Not Yum-O
They're smiling now, but Anthony Bourdain and Rachel Ray are plotting each other's deaths.Photos: Getty Images
Related: Rachael’s Dunkin’ Gig “Evil” [NYP]
PBR, Strippers, and Kitsch [Style.com]
Earlier: Bourdain’s “Spin” Essay Is Pretty Thin Soup
Bourdain's Reaction to ‘Top Chef’; Goldfarb and Cluizel Sittin' in a Cacao Tree
Bourdain considers “Hung’s well deserved victory … a nice, stiff middle finger to all those boneheads who’ve been predicting that ‘The producers are setting it up so Casey will win,’ as well as the poor, deluded souls who feel they can somehow taste food through the television screen.” Are you listening, Adam Platt? [Bourdain's Blog/Bravo]
Michelin Guide director Jean-Luc Naret wants chefs on their toes: “One thing you have to understand is that stars are not engraved in marble, but crystal, and that they can break easily.” [Metromix NY]
Will Goldfarb is officially shacking up with Michel Cluizel at ABC on a dessert café, and Patricia Yeo has abandoned Monkey Bar after leaving Sapa to work on the project in March. [NYT]
Related: Cluizel, Goldfarb to Join Forces in Dessert Pact
Patricia Yeo Leaving Sapa, Opening Rib House; Something About a Monkey
New Blue Ribbon Chef a Bouchon Bakery Alum; ‘Top Chef’ Reactions
The chef for Blue Ribbon at Six Columbus will be Bouchon Bakery alum Jose Salazar. [Hotel Chatter via Eater]
By the end of Top Chef, even Frank Bruni got a little sentimental. [Diner’s Journal/NYT]
Related: Adam Platt Was Right About ‘Top Chef’ All Along
Rocco hearts Hung. [Eat for Victory/VV]
Bouley's New Japanese Restaurant Off the Chain; ‘Top Chef’ Producer Tells It Like It Is
The restaurant that David Bouley plans to open next year with Japan’s largest professional cooking school will be a multilevel space featuring a robata grill, a Japanese room with Western touches, and a kaiseki dining room serving Kyoto-style seasonal tasting menus. [NYT]
Related: David Bouley to Open Restaurant With Japan's Top Cooking School
Scott Bryan has left Veritas, and not for 10 Downing Street, apparently. And, in underwhelming FloFab news, Daniel Boulud still hasn't chosen a name for his master's burger restaurant, and Lever House's Deborah Snyder is the new pastry chef at Alto and L’Impero. [NYT]
The executive producer of Top Chef answers questions about cheftestants who hook up and challenges that didn't make the cut. [NYDN]
No Rest for the Red Hook Vendors; Bourdain Considers 'Top Chef' Episode a Waste
Can the Red Hook Vendors never rest? Now Cesar Fuentes is causing concern for resigning and threatening to sue the same people he represented. [NYT]
Bourdain considers Wednesday’s Top Chef a waste, as the producers snagged Eric Ripert only to “shoehorn him into a Scout jamboree” when “it would have been nice, given the all-too-rare presence of a distinguished specialist, to see what the kids could REALLY do with fish.” And why won't Hung cook Vietnamese? [Bourdain’s Blog/Bravo]
Discrimination lawyer Marc Rapaport is surprised by his own defense of O’Reilly in a Times op-ed about the Sylvia’s incident, saying “it is apparent from [his comments’] context that O’Reilly was actually attempting to dispel racial stereotypes regarding African-Americans.” [PR Web]