Top Chef: Weird Combos
Top Chef: Chicago Improv Sorry about the delay. I had surgery last Friday and thought I’d have time to get something up here before then, but my gall bladder decided to have on last hurrah on Wednesday and in between recovery and pain medications, it has been slow going...
Top Chef: Da Beer & Da Bears
Top Chef: Chicago Tailgating Here is a quick run down on the two challenges: Quickfire Challenge: Create a dish that pairs perfectly with beer. Elimination Challenge: Grilling at the tailgating party before the Chicago Bears football game. I was very happy that this week, there was not a team...
Top Chef: Bland Elements
Top Chef: Chicago The Elements Here is a quick run down on the two challenges: Quickfire Challenge: Identify the higher quality ingredient in a blind taste test. Elimination Challenge: Create a first course inspired by one of nature’s four elements: earth, fire, water and air. Quickfire Challenge The guest...
Top Chef: Creative Culinaries
Top Chef: Chicago Film Food Here is a quick run down on the two challenges: Quickfire Challenge: Demonstrate culinary techniques by creating a beautiful vegetable plate using at least three different techniques. Elimination Challenge: Create a six-course dinner where each course is inspired by your favorite movie....
Top Chef: Soggy Sadness
Top Chef: Chicago Block Party The chefs are talking about two chefs being gone and a few of them comment about another woman chef gone. I agreed with the choices about who left so far, but I do hope that a woman chef wins this time around. There has...
Lions, Penguins & Bears…Oh My!
Top Chef: Chicago Zoo Food I haven’t been a super big fan of the team challenges in the past, but I am enjoying them this time around. I like that they show them working together, but they still have a chance to make a dish on their own so...
Top Chef: Dueling Chefs
Top Chef: Chicago Anything You Can Cook I Can Cook Better I’ve always wanted to go to Chicago since I have heard there is awesome food there. I still haven’t been, but I’m excited that the new season of this show is set up there. Everyone meets up at...
Lost: Other Flashback
Lost The Other Woman I giggled when Juliet referred to herself as an Other. I know the survivors called them that, but not used to them referring to themselves as an Other. At the beginning, I thought it was a flashback, until I remembered that each episode this season...
Lost: Time Traveler
Lost The Constant Last week, I suspected that something was messing with Faraday’s head, and thought it might be time travel, but I didn’t think it would be due to radiation by trying to get time travel to work for many years. Interesting! I loved the part where Desmond...
Lost: Baby Stealer
Lost Eggtown Did I miss that there was a pregnancy scare between Kate and Sawyer? I never rewatch anything so I just go off of memory, but I don’t remember anything about that. I thought I heard wrong the first time when Sawyer said that Kate was mad about...