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Brianna Wellen
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Current associate editor at The Takeout, former managing editor at Chicago Reader, lifetime lover of nachos.

I’m not sure how many people thought he was a saint.  He clearly wasn’t, but there was a refreshing honesty about him.  There’s plenty of his own demons already out there, I don’t think they needed to dredge up any more. Read more

I liked Jackson but his teammates on Restaurant Wars brought up a good point - why was he tasting his teammates dishes and giving nods or advice if he couldn’t taste? Read more

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What’s a good combo for hard apple cider? Watermelon? Cantaloupe? Honeydew melon? Read more

I am curious, since the concept itself isn’t like food network star was, mainly they are not trying to be media stars, did they not have predatory contracts like you see with American Idol? For those not aware, at least during Cowell’s tenure, his company basically owned everyone that made it past an early point so Read more

I think Top Chef has just gotten better over the years. I love that they no longer cast or assign someone to be the villian. They all seem like genuinely awesome people and chefs. I also like that, even though it’s probably due to covid, they’ve kind of moved away from making them feed hundreds of people at a time. Read more

It’s probably too late for this season, but next year I’d love to see Top Chef reviews on this site Read more

Last beer I bought based on the label was this:

Back in the mid 2000s Sue Perkins (host of Great British Bake Off v.1) and food critic Giles Coren did a series called The Supersizers Eat… where they ate the food of various periods of history for a week and wore funny costumes. The first season focused on British history from the Edwardian era forwards, the second Read more

While it’s a series, not a film, I highly recommend The Food That Built America on The History Channel. Read more

i’ll add these. some are quite entertaining. Read more

The love of my life was a Blue Point. BUDDY. Your kitty is lovely. Read more

As a treat, I’d go get a roaster chicken from one of our local grocery stores, pull the skin off of it and settle it on a plate onto the kitchen floor. The cats would gather around it and gnaw at it while I pretended I was on a discount safari. Everyone was happy. Read more

Thank you, I missed this one somehow and will check it out.. Hope those who need to see the other side, do so—there is a snarky bunch who dismiss the work as menial and unskilled but every job has skill involved, especially if you do it well. Watching a well tuned waitstaff is like watching a dance; everyone has their Read more

Troff “n” Brew was a great one but I can’t find a video! Read more

It’s comedy sketches about food, which isn’t out of character for this site that I’ve been visiting for years. Maybe you’re looking for simplyrecipes.com or something? Read more

Track your year‘s purchases as a gold star member, if the primary account holder buys more than $3k there (not including gasoline, tobacco-related products, costco shop cards, stamps, booze in most states, prescriptions in 3 states, and at the food court), you might want to upgrade to the Executive membership ($60 Read more