I wanted to slap Mike I last night when Antonia came into the stew room and said she won, he was such an ass especially since he was on the bottom for service crappy pasta. I had to laugh when Carla said how much she liked cooking with Antonia and Tiffany 'cause they kept their areas clean!
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That huuuuuge pause after Antonia's announcement in the stew room was funny, in a really uncomfortable way.
Mike was an asshat about that and what about Fabio saying that her dish wasn't Italian? Annoying.
read Collichio and Bourdain's blog this morning and Collichio's is a lot longer than usual. He discusses the history of Italian cooking in this country - in a discussion I found interesting.
Since I found out to read the blogs using Safari "reader" functionality, it has made the whole experience much more pleasant.
what about Fabio saying that her dish wasn't Italian? Annoying.
That really annoyed me. That dish is such a classic Italian dish; some version of it is on any good Italian menu. It may come down to the fact that Italian food is so very regional, and that is obviously a dish you would mostly find in coastal Italian towns where the seafood is fresh.
Yes, Collichio's blog was particularly interesting this week.
Well, the classic mussels dish is moules marinières, which is French, but it obviously exists in various forms and I didn't think it was odd for her to make it.
Mostly, I just think there have been a lot of sour grapes toward the winners of late.
...and a strong discounting of the abilities of the women chefs
What le nubian said.
Ha! They had the best course of the night.
I was sad to see Tre go last night. Must've been particularly galling given that he won with his risotto on his season. I thougth it was ass-y to hate on Antonia's win. The crowd from Rao's and Lorraine Bracco and Tom all seemed to think that the dish was plenty Italian enough so Fabio and his sour grapes can bite me. I'm with Antonia that Mike I. tops my "Who needs to go next" list. It would rock if it were an all girl finale. I'm not sure all of them, especially Tiffany, have the stuff to make it that far. I think it must be wearing on Tiff that she's doing this competition right after her season ended. That's got to be a lot.
AI: So bad last night. So, so bad. I think that might've been the worst audition episode I've ever seen from any season of any reality show ever. And it's so disappointing because they had been doing relatively well this year.