While Hung may have technique, he does best when he doesn't have to create the menu. Give him a fairly fixed set of ingredients and he does well. Give him a wide choice and he makes odd choices. I think Casey has the edge on him regarding creativity and choice.

Top Chef: It was a really great set of challenges and a really great set of judges. Definitely there was some old-schoolin' going on there. But it looked like both Hung and Casey just had an on day.

Brian's mess cracked me up. At least it tasted good. I told the SO, this is why cooking shows don't work on television. All I can go on is what it looks like, not what it smells or tastes like.

Dale is such a space case. He'd be much farther along in this competition if he didn't keep forgetting things. Like, how to count, and to include the damn second sauce in your duo. Glad he's still around though, just for the snark and the viewer pov.

It probably was Sara's time to go. There is no excuse for undercooked chicken. In a restaurant, you could get sued! Top Chef should be able to outcook the gas station Burger King in Holbrook, Arizona (which served me raw chicken). I'm just saying.

I'm glad Casey is doing so well, and that she acknowledges the difficulty for a woman in the field. I hope she knows she's fighting that and not just her food. She's clearly an excellent chef.

Further, knife skills can be improved, and that's the only thing anyone's seriously dinged her on to this point.

Give him a wide choice and he makes odd choices. I think Casey has the edge on him regarding creativity and choice.

exactly!

ANTM...I don't really have much. Except I'm sad that the girl with the terrific Boston accent and the funny nose didn't get picked for the 13. And I like the idea of an "in-between" size girl. even though she's not got a chance in hell of making it in the real modeling world. Oh, and the girl from Yale? TOTALLY horse-y.

She looked more like a long-faced Molly Ringwald (Sixteen Candles-era) to me.

Grub Street on last night's TC

Rocco's blog

Lee Ann's blog

God that was infuriating. I could just see her dying a little inside when he said something like "Since I'm a man I want to pick Casey because he is so attractive." fucker.

And yet, Casey and Sara were being drama queens and cry babies when they resented having to go into the kitchens and do a challenge in their club wear.

t rolls eyes forever

And yet, Casey and Sara were being drama queens and cry babies when they resented having to go into the kitchens and do a challenge in their club wear.

well, that's how it was portrayed. But, yeah, the dudes didn't have an equivalent situation at all! And it may be that they thought they'd have to wear their clubbing shoes which UNSAFE!

I don't mean to interrupt the chef talk, but I wanted to remind people that Survivor starts tonight. I'm kind of excited about it.

I'm torn. My housemate already has one tuner set for My Name Is Earl so I have to decide between Survivor and Ugly Betty.

I don't think Earl premieres until next week, if that's any help.