13 posts tagged nikki cascone

I’ve really gotten into Top Chef and last night’s episode was great. NY Mag as a cool interview with Nikki about the show and what she has cooking. CLICK TO READ MORE

"It still needs more Velveeta."Photo courtesy of BravoLast night on Top Chef a wedding challenge pitted two teams against each other in an effort to cook for 250 people in fourteen hours. With the exception of Andrew and his “culinary boner,” the gang looked as limp as steam-table vegetables by the end.

'Top Chef' Week 8: Mark Simmons packs Marmite with his knives and goes May 4 New Zealand native Mark Simmons (pictured below) seemed affable in his interactions with other cheftestants—and even during his confessional segments—on “Top Chef,” but sloppy presentation skills and, ultimately, bad flavor combinations did him in on last week’s episode.

Beaver Boots is back, possums, and how we've missed her. Last season, as is our wont, we needled and teased and mocked Casey Thompson, but she had a good sense of humor and, after reading the blog, rolled with the punches.

Just a few words: Run to see Gypsy starring the legendary Patti Lupone. Truth be told, she’s an awkward-looking woman, but she wears this part like a custom-made suit and owns the stage as only she can. I just had the odd pleasure of seeing the movie starring Bette Midler AFTER already seeing the broadway show, and I’m still not sure which one was better.

Noooooo! Chappaqua-raised Erik Hopfinger heads home from ‘Top Chef’ March 27 I’m always willing to admit my bias. So, yes, one of the reasons I was rooting hard for Erik Hopfinger to succeed on “Top Chef” was because of his childhood in Chappaqua.

Last week, Top Chef contestant Nikki Cascone almost went home because of a bad batch of mushrooms. However I've been fully assured by several Sugar cohorts that it must have been a fluke because her food is fabulous.

Miss XaXa's Verdict: "As if the newsboy cap weren't bad and bridge-and-tunnelly enough, the mushroom caps almost did her in."