1956: Blub, blub, blub. Wheeze, whistle, spit. KABOOM! A silver lid with an attached gauge becomes a projectile and looks like a flying saucer shooting forth from… Read more “Pressure Cooking: Duck and Cover or Relax?”
Tag: Top Chef Season 9
Sit Back–Enjoy The Show–Nosh Venison Sliders
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 “Sit Back–Enjoy The Show–Nosh Venison Sliders”
It’s Trite, But Winning Top Chef Isn’t “Everything”
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 “It’s Trite, But Winning Top Chef Isn’t “Everything””
Top Chef Texas–Dakota’s Sauce Sinks and Gazpacho Flies
Ah, it’s holiday time in LA. Lit like drunken fireflies, 50-foot yachts cruise the harbors at night. Steaming sweet tamales delight the air above a Los Posadas procession on Olvera Street. Scientology Santa greets menorah lighting Santa in Hollywood. Ice skating hotel guests, in shorts and tank tops, slip, spin and slide on synthetic ice in the 70-degree sun over the pool at the W, Westwood.
My Top Chef Cheftestant Kid Plays With Food
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 “My Top Chef Cheftestant Kid Plays With Food”
Cowboy Up & Ride This Rodeo Called Top Chef, Dear Daughter.
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 “Cowboy Up & Ride This Rodeo Called Top Chef, Dear Daughter.”
Chef Dakota Weiss & Her Top Chef “Mother Effin” Snakes
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”
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?
The Muse Pallet 