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Dreaming of a Tasty Christmas

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Chrismakkah is right around the corner, and for the foodies on your list *sellout alert* out sponsors have two titles worth wrapping up.

First there’s The Comfort Table, a new cookbook from Katie Lee Joel, who you might remember as the first incarnation of Padma Lakshmi on Top Chef season one. For those of you who are more into pictures than words, The Autumn Lake Cookbook is a comic book-style, family-friendly New England recipe collection. Click on the ads on the right to check out either of these books, or visit the ES Book Club for more ideas.

Oh, and in non-sponsor news, Jason over at Mr. Bacon Pants has compiled a very comprehensive Bacon Lovers Gift Guide. I’ll take one of everything, in case anyone’s wondering.

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No Top Chef Live Blog Tonight

Since we all plan to be busy cooking tonight, Top Chef live blog will have to wait ’til next week. Please forgive us and try to enjoy Fabio and the Foo Fighters without us this evening.

Check back next week, when we’ll chat with the next booted chef’testant, and resume live blogging on Wednesday.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Top Chef Exit Interview: Oh, That Ostrich Egg

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OK, Top Chef fans. We just got off the phone with Jill Snyder–the third chef’testant to say bye-bye this season, and here’s what Baltimore’s finest had to say for herself…

The ostrich egg. Why?
I’d never used ostrich egg before, but I’ve used eggs of course, so I just thought it would be a cool, original ingredient that would make my dish stand out. I guess it was a little too risky.

Have you worked with ostrich eggs again?
Not yet. I was kind of waiting for the show to come on first, but I’ll try it again. Maybe I’ll offer a special at the restaurant.

Your dish. Did it really taste like dog food?
No, I tasted it and I can tell you it definitely did not taste like dog food.  It’s egg, asparagus, mushroom, and cheese. It would be hard to make those flavors taste bad together.

Did you think you were gonna get the boot?

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Live Blogging Top Chef: Episode 2

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More Top Chef Tastiness Tonight

Padma and the gang are back for episode two of Top Chef NYC tonight, and as always, ES will be live blogging to guide you through it. If you need a recap, check out last week’s top chef live blog, or for a preview, watch the clip above; which reveals Donatella Arpaia will be hotting things up as this week’s guest judge.

Sorry for the ad at the start, but it’s worth watching through for the closing quotes from Fabio (douche or hottie? ES live-bloggers were split 50-50 last week, so you’ll have to tune in tonight for an update).

Log on to ES at 10pm ET for all the fun.

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