I'm not sorry to see Tre go. He has a real assholish side that comes out sometimes, and I think his "wel,l you all just don't know what risotto is" defense was a good example of that.

Dale, who I've liked up to this point, is at a very "I'm so fucking good that whatever I do must be good" place. Tre was kind of there himself.

Mike I, who I like more than most people do, I think, is a little different. He started laying the groundwork for being in the bottom right from go. All his "al dente" shit. He knew he fucked it up, so he shifted right to the cover up. Not a whole lot better.

And even having seen the commentary here, I was shocked at how they reacted to Antonia. The casual misogyny among these chefs gets harder to take all the time. I loved that all three women ended up in the top group.

Bourdain in his blog says you can't get in there unless you know someone who has a table or you know the owner. They do not take reservations.

They do have an outpost now in Vegas at Caesars. My mom and I had dinner there a few years ago and it was really terrific.

I thought that Mike should have gone. Not only did he fuck up the pasta by insisting on making it from scratch after the owner specifically said that it was okay to use dried pasta, he's italian!

Top Chef: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

But so happy with the winner!

Oh, absolutely. I should have said that, too. And two of my favorites in the top three, too!

Carla cracks me up.

I'm pretty amazed at how much Antonia has grown on me this season. I never thought much of her at all during her season.

Carla cracks me up.

I remember her making a comment about having once been a runway model in Paris, and I keep trying to imagine that, and cracking up more. Certainly she has the build for it, and yet...

I was positive it would be Dale going. Oversalting something is usually the kiss of death on this show, isn't it?