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Grilling Month

Grilling God: Bryan Voltaggio

Top Cheffer on joys of Japanese Binchotan charcoal

May 21, 2013 12:01 pm

After appearing on Top Chef in 2009, Bryan Voltaggio has gone on to open a series of highly successful restaurant in the Washington D.C. area, including the high-minded Volt in Frederick, Maryland and a slightly more casual restaurant called Range, which serves an extensive menu of crudos, sausages and exciting things cooked over wood. It is because of this grill — and because Bryan is one of the coolest cats around — that we thought it would be pertinent to get in touch to talk all about the backyard bbq.

Just Back From...

The Time Spike Mendelsohn Took Out A Pregnant Lady To Win A Ping Pong Title

Former Top Chef contestant, recent Top Chef cruiser

May 2, 2013 1:01 pm

Chefs love to travel — for inspiration, to experience the cuisines of other cultures or just to get away from the heat of their own kitchens. When they return, we hit them with some questions — where'd they stay, what'd they do and WHAT DID THEY EAT? Spike Mendelsohn just returned from a Top Chef cruise to Key West and Cozumel, Mexico and caught up with us to share.

Now That's Italian

Eggplant Caponata Recipe

Try this classic Sicilian eggplant salad at home

Apr 23, 2013 4:02 pm

Photo: Matt Armendariz

Fabio Vivani of Top Chef and Top Chef All-Stars releases his cookbook this week! We nabbed a couple of recipes from this awesome new addition to our food library, including this super-simple, rustic Sicilian eggplant caponata you can serve with any Italian meal.

Just Back From...

Kevin Sbraga Traveled To Anguilla And Puerto Rico And Now Dreams Of Mofongo

Philly chef travels the world for inspiration

Apr 15, 2013 1:01 pm

Chefs love to travel — for inspiration, to experience the cuisines of other cultures or just to get away from the heat of their own kitchens. When they return, we hit them with some questions — where'd they stay, what'd they do and WHAT DID THEY EAT? Philly chef and former Top Chef winner Kevin Sbraga recently traveled to both the Caribbean and Puerto Rico and caught up with us to share his experiences.

FR Interview

Ilan Hall Takes The Knife To Food TV, His Boys At Top Chef Included

Knife Fight debuts April 23 on Esquire Network

Apr 11, 2013 9:04 am

If you didn’t fall asleep in the middle of Sunday’s sluggish Mad Men premiere (Don, NO!), you might have caught a commercial for Knife Fight, a new cooking competition show created by Ilan Hall, who is best known for wining Season 2 of Top Chef. This is worth mentioning because the show looks nothing like a cable cooking show. A very good thing, as we find out.

Media Watch

Top Chef Adds Two New Countries To Roster

Restaurant Wars are heading to Southeast Asia

Mar 29, 2013 2:01 pm

The next most exciting incarnation of Top Chef may not be in Portland or at the Jersey Shore after all. NBC Universal announced yesterday that they've sealed deals to expand the Top Chef franchise to Spain and Indonesia (NBC's first deal in Southeast Asia). Sounds like the cast just got potentially better-looking and the ingredients way more exciting.

Fantasy Travel Week

In One Trip Paul Qui Visited Paris, London, Tokyo And Won A Beard Award

It takes some skymiles to open a restaurant

Jan 9, 2013 6:01 pm

As we’ve well documented on this here website, Austin chef Paul Qui had one hell of a 2012. The Top Chef Season 9 winner also took home the coveted Best Chef: Southeast at the James Beard Awards in May for his work at Uchiko. His year of travel in 2012 was pretty insane, as he wrote in to tell us.

Thanksgiving

FR Thanksgiving Interview: Dale Talde

How to bring it on Turkey Day, 'Top Chef' style

Nov 6, 2012 11:01 am

“Buy it from somewhere that really knows how to make it.” Dale Talde is talking about gravy and it’s blowing our mind that Dale Talde just told us to buy our Thanksgiving gravy. “A decent gravy can salvage a turkey that sucks.” Read more about Talde's Thanksgiving playbook.

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