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Top Chef Season 5, Episode 7 — Focus Group

http://worldonline.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/blogs/entry_img/2009/Jan/08/Picture_1.pngHey there, Top Chef lovers, I'm back. Thanks so much to Jon Niccum for keeping the blog alive while I've been in Baby Land. And though I had a hard time staying up late enough to watch Top Chef last ...

Top Chef Season 5, Episode 6 — 12 Days of Christmas

http://worldonline.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/blogs/entry_img/2008/Dec/18/elim_hosea.jpgChristmas is the season of giving. And that spirit was certainly on display during episode six of “Top Chef.”Quite honestly, this show was packed like a Christmas goose stuffed with a ham.In a ...

Top five Arts & Entertainment stories

We're counting down the top five stories on various topics today as part of an annual recap of the top stories of the year we'll do later this month. Join the conversation by letting us know what we missed or what stories you think are important by posting a comment, below.5. New art galleries ...

Top Chef Season 5, Episode 5 — Gail’s Bridal Shower

http://worldonline.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/blogs/entry_img/2008/Dec/11/something-borrowed.jpgGeorge Carlin once delivered a routine on how there is no such thing as blue food. (The comedian noted blueberries are actually purple.)But that maxim was put to the test in the latest ...

Top Chef Season 5, Episode 4 — Today Show

http://worldonline.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/blogs/entry_img/2008/Dec/04/beefstake_.jpg“Top Chef” already operates at a disadvantage from other reality competition shows. Unlike, say, “Project Runway,” where the results of a fashion mishap are easily visible, it’s pretty hard ...

Top Chef Season 5, Episode 3 – Foo Fighters

Hello Rochester. Please put your hands together for six-time Grammy Award-winning band Food Fighters.Er, I mean, Foo Fighters.Ordinarily, asking a rock band to judge the haute cuisine found on a show such as Top Chef would be a dicey proposition. Most band members’ palates have been eroded by ...