chef fights

#1: the pioneer woman and i are fighting after her recipe for 'pasta alla malboro man'. it was awful. i also tried her queso, revved up, and was pleased, but not floored, like she claimed i would be! so tonight is round 3, where i am attempting this chicken tortilla soup...

and it looks ok so far, but we shall see. if it's bad, i'm only giving her ONE more chance. ok, maybe like seven, the food pictures just kill me with their deliciousness.

also, fight # 2 is with ina garten. (i know, i know, she's wonderful and perfect and jeffrey blah blah) but her asparagus cooking time is not just off like my oven temp is off, it's off like i think foodnetwork.com made a serious, side-dish ruining typo which i committed TWICE now because the recipe looks so good and easy and i forgot the mishap from the first time.

giada and me are still cool. and ina's carrot cake i made for thanksgiving makes up for the asparagus. so does her lemon chicken, sliders and panko crusted salmon. YUM YUM CHOCOLATE CHIP, HONEY DIP.

but speaking of chefs, there is one i would never fight with. wanna know why? because i love, i love, i love, him just like mr. darcy loves elizabeth. and his name just happens to be tom colicchio. and his show just happens to be my favorite show. and tonight, my friends, just happens to be restaurant wars!!!!!

i wrote a 'reaction' post after the first episode of this season's top chef all stars, (which was the best idea ever to bring back old contestants), but never posted it, and you're lucky unless you're just as obsessed as me, because it was ridiculous. to sum up though, i'm loving it so much it's unreal. i get so giddy. i am pissed jenn got eliminated, since she was my pick to win, i still think blaise has a good chance, and i'm SO GLAD jamie's gone. and if i could be padma for one day i would die the happiest person in the world. being gail wouldn't hurt either.
the end!