Oh, I thought that the uncertain souffle makers should have tried to do their best classic souffle and not fancy it up.

I've never heard of piccata with a cream sauce. Just lemon juice, butter, parsley, capers, salt, pepper.

Rocco's blog is up.

Of course, Rocco insulted deep dish.

The success of a soufflé relies on a precise chemical and physical reaction, and if you don’t have your recipe handy or in your head, good luck.

Umm....no, it really doesn't. Souffle is actually really hard to screw up. (Assuming you've (a) made one before and (b) know how to beat an egg white.)

They should have known from the name that "tart" was involved.

I don't know that I would have gotten that. Regardless, all the mashed potatoes and rice and whatever - why are side dishes even coming into it? It's not like a shepherd's pie where it's part of the dish. Also - okay, you can't check out a cookbook but you could, you know, ask around. Someone would have been willing to help out, I'm sure. Idiots.

I thought Ryan was the souffle guy. (And what Jess said about souffles)

I guess piccata doesn't have a cream sauce--just what I've had served to me had so much butter and lemon, it seemed like a sauce! But my favorite part of the dish is the capers (yummm, capers, little salt bombs of love).

I enjoyed reading Ted Allen's blog for the Chicago stuff.

For educational purposes, I turned to a dear friend, Penny Pollack, the dining editor of Chicago magazine and author of “Everybody Loves Pizza:” “Deep dish done right is soul-satisfying and totally Chicago,” Penny e-mails to me. “Done right means that the cornmeal crust has heft and depth but it's NOT bready. It still manages to have crunch. And it's a MEAL. No namby pamby appetizer pizzas in this town. On the downside: Man, it's heavy. Don't get roped into a pizza eating contest with this stuff.” True dat, Mrs. Shapiro!...

You will see many, many Chicago chefs and luminaries, and great location shots all over town. The cast, producers, and crew fell completely in love with the city, and it shows in the episodes...

Speaking of locations, I’m really pleased to see TC4 doing its official shopping at the new Whole Foods market on Halsted Street. That store is the anchor tenant of a very special building in Chicago -- the brand-spankin’ new Center on Halsted, which is the newest and largest gay and lesbian community center in the country. It’s also smack in the middle of Boystown, where I used to live, and where I still have lots of friends (Yo, Roger and Bill!) The tricky part for production was the fact that the store is so prominent, it was really tough for Bravo’s ministers of security to keep a lid on the challenges. Reporters, bloggers, fans everywhere. The intensity of interest in the show has never been higher.

Oh man, I moved out of that neighborhood just at the wrong time.

Colicchio's blog

Dude, I adore Colicchio. A Jersey boy, too! I didn't know that.