If there is one thing that you associate with Las Vegas, it is refinement and buffet fine dining. Nothing says class and elegance like a city built in the desert dedicated to amorality and excess.…   Read Story »

For one blessed week we are given a reprieve from the relentless Las Vegas-ness of this season. I'm sure next week it will be back to "make an omelet from these pawned items that tastes like…   Read Story »

After the jump, a new music video from Eels for the song "That Look You Give That Guy," starring Padma Lakshmi. The video is fine: a subdued black and white thing about a dinner date, and also there…   Read Story »

After last week's episode in which everything was Las Vegas puns this and Sin City themes that, the show has finally settled into focusing on the food, because ultimately this is a show about cooking…   Read Story »

This season of Top Chef will take place in Las Vegas, and already, after one episode, I am so tired of all of the Las Vegas stuff. Just make your food! Yum yum put it in your mouth. You don't have to…   Read Story »

Padma Lakshmi, ex-wife of Salman Rushdie, host of Top Chef, and Hardee's spokesbreasts, is about to add 'sitcom star' to her resume (because that is how resumes work). From Variety (via…   Read Story »

Oh boy. If nothing else, at least Carl's Jr. kept the whole thing tasteful and classy. Wouldn't you agree, hot chicks? Sure. This is your chance to join the illustrious ranks of Paris Hilton and…   Read Story »

Is basically what this new ad is saying: Um, yuck. I love Padma as much as the next guy who loves Padma, but yuck. "It reminds me of being in high school, sneaking out before dinner to savor that…   Read Story »

Hi, I'm Padma Lakshmi. You might know me from cable television's Top Chef, or as the ex-wife of Salman Rushdie. Remember when I was married to that guy? Everyone was like "Whuuuut?! Why are you…   Read Story »

The final three, Hosea, Carla, and Stefan, get onto a riverboat for what looks like an unbearably cold brunch on the lonely deck of a tourist trap. They made it! On top of the world! Hosea is dressed…   Read Story »