Tom Colicchio saves Joan Nathan's life:

He was in attendance at an Art.Food.Hope dinner in Washington, D.C. when cookbook author Joan Nathan (most famously known for Jewish Cooking in America and The New American Cooking) choked on a piece of chicken.

According to Ezra Klein of the Internet Food Association, who was also in attendance at the dinner, Alice Waters came running, shouting for someone ton perform the Heimlich after Nathan began to chock. Colicchio happened to be close by and was able to dislodge the offending morsel quickly.

Klein had an opportunity to speak with both parties after the incident. Colicchio offered a unassuming "I just happened to be nearby." Nathan commented with flattering appreciation, "He's so strong!"

But Ariane dishonored the protein! And apparently there is no greater sin than that. This week, at least.

Tom seems to be on a some sort of spirit quest or something, and this is his new thing. Maybe he went to some culinary equivalent of an Iron John weekend.

backpfeifengesicht

I am SO pleased to know there's a word for it!

Ted Allen should really stick to gigs where he gets to give advice as himself. He's a wonderful judge (Iron chef) and coach (Queer Eye), but a terrible host.

Right there with you. I like Ted. I want to root for him. But he's just no good at this sort of thing. He's fabulous when he's just off-the-cuff and chatting, but this stuff? Not his cup of tea.

Man, why didn't Radhika make Carla do FoH?

She is no Fabio but she has a very warm personality and I think would have been much better at it. Meanwhile, Radhika could have cooked which would have been a better thing for her and she wouldn't have lost either of the other strong chefs to FoH.

I just couldn't believe you would have Carla doing frozen stuff when Jeff is right there.

I just couldn't believe you would have Carla doing frozen stuff when Jeff is right there.

I know! Every time Jeff suggests sorbet, the other cheftestents are dubious, and it winds up being the judges' favorite dish. Though with the broken freezer, it was probably just as well.

I couldn't believe Radikha didn't cook anything. Especially with a soup on the menu - she could have put the soup together and then let it simmer while she worked the house. Or she could have taken dessert and made something that would keep for a while. ANYTHING. It's a cooking competition!

Seriously. I can't believe she thought that would be acceptable.

Right.

When Radhika didn't assign Jeff to do the sorbet - that should have been a sign of something wrong. Plus, Carla is a pastry chef - why not have her make pastry is she's doing the dessert?

(I bet Jeff would have figured out a way to make the sorbet work - because he has the experience OR would have realized early enough that they had to change up the menu.)

I agree that Radhika should have gone due to her poor decision making but man am I ready to see Leah & Hosea go. God they are annoying. And did Leah really have anything to do with "her" restaurant? She stormed off when Stefan was being bossy about the menu, she didn't name it, and all she made was crappy fish. Is she ever lucky that Fabio is charming and that Stefan is a really very good cook.

I wish that they had pulled Leah, Carla and Radhika out for the bottom three. Then there would have been a chance that Leah would be gone.

I fear that the Leah/Hosea romance will keep them in for a while.

I fear that the Leah/Hosea romance will keep them in for a while.

I told Beau there was producer intervention in which was the worst team. I absolutely believe that.