Month: February 2009

Top Chef: Cook Your Own Food

Top Chef: New York Season Finale Part II Here is a quick run down on the main challenge: Final Challenge: Create a three-course tasting menu Someone usually chokes in the final episode. This one didn’t have so much choking as someone not sticking to their guns and cooking what...

TAR: Got Wood?

Amazing Race Your Target Is Your Partner’s Face I’m sad I haven’t come up with any good team names yet. I’m still trying to decide if there is a team I hate yet. I’m not a big fan of the flight attendants, but I think I like the rest...

Top Chef: New Orleans Soul

Top Chef: New York Finale Part 1 Here is a quick run down on the two challenges: Quickfire Challenge: Create a dish using crawfish Elimination Challenge: Create two dishes & one cocktail for the krewe of Orpheus Masquerade Ball The finale was set in New Orleans, which I think...

TAR: Behold the Power of Cheese

Amazing Race Don’t Let a Cheese Hit Me The first leg of the race is always difficult because I like to give the teams nicknames and I don’t have any of them off the bat. They earn them by their actions so I’ll go with the ones the show...

MWG: Conan the Barbarian

You know how Amy had us watch a classic movie last month? Well, Sharon is continuing on that trend with this Ah-nold classic. Conan the Barbarian Netflix synopsis: Catch Arnold before he became a politician! A pure swords-and-sorcery flick, Conan the Barbarian is one of the best and sparked...

Top Chef: Slacker Loses

Top Chef: New York The Last Supper Here is a quick run down on the two challenges: Quickfire Challenge: Create a dish with eggs Elimination Challenge: Cook “The Last Meal” for a Culinary Master There are times when the chefs think they have to do something weird and out...

My Bloody Valentine

The main thing that upset me about the movie was that Jensen Ackles was acting like such a wuss! He is so not like that in Supernatural, so I like him a lot better as Dean on television than wussy guy in this movie. I did get over that,...

Top Chef: Recreating Dishes

Top Chef: New York Le Bernardin Here is a quick run down on the two challenges: Quickfire Challenge: Three Rounds: Fish Filleting Tournament Elimination Challenge: Recreate one of Chef Ripert’s dishes Tonight’s episode was all about technique and not very much about creativity. I know in the past some...