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    Asinine "$50 Meal" Challenge Makes Us Furious, Hungry: A Rant (With Recipes)
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    Image of Majrhoulihan Majrhoulihan
    05/18/09

    In reply to Top Chef
    Sarah Vowell told this story on "This American Life." I don't care what anyone says--she's the shit.
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    Majrhoulihan was starred Majrhoulihan was unstarred
    Image of pinkyBella pinkyBella
    05/18/09

    In reply to Top Chef
    I work for a group of professional chefs. Most of them are quite the divas. But this story takes the cake.
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    pinkyBella was starred pinkyBella was unstarred
    Image of la.donna.pietra la.donna.pietra
    05/18/09

    In reply to Top Chef
    Given what I've read about life at Versailles, that may have been as good an excuse as any to get out of there.
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    la.donna.pietra was starred la.donna.pietra was unstarred
    Image of MizJenkins MizJenkins
    05/18/09

    In reply to Top Chef
    Now if he had made a foie gras out of his own liver to substitute for the fish course I would have given him credit. Where's the dedication?
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    MizJenkins was starred MizJenkins was unstarred
    Image of sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit) sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit)
    05/18/09

    In reply to Top Chef
    His replacement, Louie, fared no better, getting into an epic battle with a reggae-singing crab who took offense to the cooking of his crustacean brethren.
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    sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit) was starred sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit) was unstarred
    Image of hfree hfree
    05/18/09

    @sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit): hee hee hee hugh hugh hugh
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    Image of CherriSpryte CherriSpryte
    05/18/09

    @sarah.of.a.lesser.god (aka Mrs. BrutallyHonestHobbit): I would like to re-heart you for that, if possible.
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    CherriSpryte was starred CherriSpryte was unstarred
    Image of stoprobbers stoprobbers
    05/18/09

    In reply to Top Chef
    For what it's worth, chances are that Louis would've sent him to the guillotine for substituting the fish course. So, really, this was just a preemptive strike.
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    stoprobbers was starred stoprobbers was unstarred
    Image of JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing! JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing!
    05/18/09

    In reply to Top Chef
    Maybe over lobster or something stuffed with crab, but the fish course? Have some standards, man.
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    JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing! was starred JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing! was unstarred
    Image of AtomiClash: humanitarian misanthrope AtomiClash: humanitarian misanthrope
    05/18/09

    In reply to Top Chef
    The film Vatel With Gerrard Depardieu is really fantastic, (if you're into like, ya know, French historical fiction films that last 3+ hours...)
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    AtomiClash: humanitarian misanthrope was starred AtomiClash: humanitarian misanthrope was unstarred
    Image of Samanthrax Samanthrax
    05/18/09

    @AtomiClash: Ha... of course you like this movie! I love it, too. But seriously, what a drama queen.
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    Samanthrax was starred Samanthrax was unstarred
    Image of AtomiClash: humanitarian misanthrope AtomiClash: humanitarian misanthrope
    05/18/09

    @Samanthrax is Sarcastic: hahaha. Film nerds unite!


    @Miss. Money-Sterling: yes, it's damned disturbing. I think, however, his life was a foil for the excesses and cultural insanity of the time. Man was totally.out.of.his.mind. But then, so was everyone else. Remember: Versailles had no bathrooms! (ew.)

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    AtomiClash: humanitarian misanthrope was starred AtomiClash: humanitarian misanthrope was unstarred
    Image of Nighthawk (the former Okori Wadsworth) is headed back to DGUSA in November! Nighthawk (the former Okori Wadsworth) is headed back to DGUSA in November!
    05/18/09

    In reply to Top Chef
    I mean gosh. Overreact much?
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    Nighthawk (the former Okori Wadsworth) is headed back to DGUSA in November! was starred Nighthawk (the former Okori Wadsworth) is headed back to DGUSA in November! was unstarred
    Image of save jinger save jinger
    05/18/09

    In reply to Top Chef
    There's something fishy about this story.
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    save jinger was starred save jinger was unstarred
    Image of save jinger save jinger
    05/18/09

    @save jinger: I'm having an orange roughy time figuring out what it is, though...
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    save jinger was starred save jinger was unstarred
    Image of Penny Penny
    05/18/09

    In reply to Top Chef
    Well, that was a meal that floundered.
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    Penny was starred Penny was unstarred
    Image of DutchessOfDork DutchessOfDork
    05/18/09

    In reply to Top Chef
    I was under the impression that he was a chief butler.

    Plus he didn't sleep for a dozen nights beforehand.
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    DutchessOfDork was starred DutchessOfDork was unstarred
    Image of DutchessOfDork DutchessOfDork
    05/18/09

    @DutchessOfDork: Oh and the bad part was that the fish was arriving as the cart with his body was driving away.
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    DutchessOfDork was starred DutchessOfDork was unstarred
    Image of sportz.star sportz.star
    05/18/09

    In reply to Top Chef
    He had never heard the one about the best things coming to those who wait.
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    sportz.star was starred sportz.star was unstarred
    Image of Raanne Raanne
    03/25/09

    In reply to Asinine "$50 Meal" Challenge Makes Us Furious, Hungry: A Rant (With Recipes)
    awwww.... i heard them interview them on NPR, and the challenge wasn't for a $50 dinner, it was for a $50 dinner party. and part of the rules were that it had to be something that wasn't an every day meal... Considering that they were cooking appetizers, etc., I dont think it was so bad. its less than $10 a person. Way more than you'd spend on a normal dinner, but I know if i am having people over I tend to spend more for dinner.


    /probably not that much, but i'm not a foodie

     Reply
    Raanne was starred Raanne was unstarred
    Image of happymisanthrope happymisanthrope
    03/25/09

    @Raanne: Thank you! Both writers explain the premise in their article which was to host a dinner party.


    Personally, I think that the Pasta with Roast Chicken, Currents and Pine Nuts (Julia Moskin's recipe) is something that I would make myself, especially since I like all of those ingredients.

     Reply
    happymisanthrope was starred happymisanthrope was unstarred
    Image of ImproperDancing ImproperDancing
    03/25/09

    In reply to Asinine "$50 Meal" Challenge Makes Us Furious, Hungry: A Rant (With Recipes)
    Excuse me while I wipe the drool off of my keyboard, desk, sweatshirt, and lap....mmmmm.
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    ImproperDancing was starred ImproperDancing was unstarred
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