Author’s note: This is a continuation of a series of blogs about the experience of watching my daughter, Chef Dakota Weiss, make her way through Bravo TV’s… Read more “Chef Dakota Weiss & Her Top Chef “Mother Effin” Snakes”
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From Rumor to Top Chef Premier Night
Author’s note: This is a continuation of a series of blogs about the experience of watching my daughter, Chef Dakota Weiss, make her way through Bravo TV’s… Read more “From Rumor to Top Chef Premier Night”
Beef or Rattlesnake For Top Chef Quick-Fire?
Of course I had more questions than ask.com, but I knew Dakota was limited in her ability to answer. Top Chef new seasons and episodes are hush-hush.
Foodie Factors’ Future Top Chef Daughter
Dakota’s cheftestant introduction video on Bravo TV’s Top Chef Season 9 website should not send me into some kind of crazy swirl of overly sweetened chocolate and caramel sugar high, but it does. The premier countdown is on. Oh good Lord, what will I do if I hear Tom Colicchio tell her, “Please pack your knives and go?” What will I do if she’s in the final three or less?
A Berry Pie, A Pale Carpet, & A Top Chef Future?
After a 1986 spring visit to the chi-chi shops of Palm Springs, a Southwestern pastel pallet of peach, mauve and teal inspired a redo of our harvest… Read more “A Berry Pie, A Pale Carpet, & A Top Chef Future?”
Top Chef Contestant Bucks Up–‘Cuz Mama Said
In other words, buck up. Deal with it. Take responsibility. I couldn’t do everything. Skid marks cut and scarred my own learning curve. It sounds hard-lined, but as mother, father, earner and guide, the options ranged between zero and nothing.
Top Chef Cheftestant Mama
Dakota’s road to Top Chef began after a long labor some 30-plus years ago in my home where I gave birth to Dakota. The unconventional birthing included a male midwife, my late husband, a psychic, an astrologer, and my Siamese cat who was very concerned throughout the entire 22-hour birthing drama.
Now For A Perfect Stuffing for the Perfect Turkey
Less than 15 minutes is on the clock to write this blog. I have dressing to make to stuff into a turkey’s cavity. Fortunately my secret to a… Read more “Now For A Perfect Stuffing for the Perfect Turkey”
How To Cook A Turkey
I tossed my Queen of Christmas crown over to my eldest daughter, our family attorney. She’s got the babies and the career, so like a good mother,… Read more “How To Cook A Turkey”
The Chef Chronicles: Chef Rahm Fama
When the same search term shows up on this blog’s statistics, I smell buzz, interest and something’s going on. “Rahm Fama” and variations of his name, keep… Read more “The Chef Chronicles: Chef Rahm Fama”
The Muse Pallet 