I really thought that he was only repeating what one of the Cheftestants had said to him during the sniff and sneer. So, I didn't make that much of it. (Was it Andrew who said that?)

Was it Andrew who said that?

Richard, actually, but Tom seemed really amused by it.

This season it feels like the sponsors are designing the challenges.

Tom may have some input (I think he has a producer credit of some kind as well as being a judge), but I'm pretty sure Padma just reads off the cards.

This season it feels like the sponsors are designing the challenges.

Gods yes.

OVER it.

Scandal! Whitney used to be skinny: [link]

LEARN TO COOK RICE, PEOPLES! Okay, brown rice is marginally harder than white rice, but still.

I have a question about this. They had a couple of hours to prep, right? Why didn't Lisa start her rice right away? It's not like it's going to go bad. I mentioned this to my housemate and he said "Well, brown rice takes a lot longer" and I said "I know, but maybe 45 minutes tops." He said he had just made it and it took 75 minutes. He just bought a rice cooker, is that why? Because brown rice for me is usually around 30-35 minutes, maybe a bit longer.

OMG. All the more reason for me to be HATING ON HER.

Especially in the link to the LJ community (here) the old dark haired pictures of whitney (not the ones in the fourfour link) she looks REALLY thin) [edit: she also looks GORGEOUS, and a lot better than she does with blonde hair, I think!!]

And the annoying thing is, there are other models that have done that--said "you know, I am sick of starving myself to be a size two, I am not healthy that way" and gone on to have a plus size career (Kate Dillon, frex). But nooooooo, that doesn't have the pathos of "I was always bullied for being a big fat pig", even if the latter is a ridiculous falsehood.

Top Chef: The rice cooker shouldn't affect the timing that much. I can see some times when it would take that long, particularly if you're dealing with a variety that needs soaked beforehand (half an hour) and steamed off afterwards (half an hour), but nonetheless they had plenty of time. Particularly since they were going to be reheating the items, there wasn't any reason not to cook it well in advance. Although I don't think rice holds up well in the microwave either, but that's probably more that it doesn't do well in refrigeration, so not really their issue.

Heh. I have strong opinions about rice. Whodathunk? Also? I'm totally taking my rice cooker with me this summer. What? It's ten weeks! Like I'm not going to be eating rice for ten weeks! And you know damn sure they aren't going to be serving any as camp food, and certainly not good sticky Japanese rice, which I'm stocking up on while I have access to the Japanese grocery over the summer.

SIUaD: I know none of you are watching this, but I just had to say Oscar is back! Hee. I always felt like the competition was stacked oddly in its genres such that technical dancers were heavily weighted against. So Oscar and Tovah didn't make it through and much less skilled dancers like Michael and Janelle (sp?) did. So I was glad that the reset challenge was something that would work for dancers both with technical skill and with great passion. Oh, and what was up with Mochi's meltdown? Pressure getting to her I guess. And of course Miguel's partner left him in the lurch again! Whatev.

I watch every week!

I cannot believe Oscar is back. Ugh.