Get ready to puree! In addition to learning Top Chef host Tom Colicchio's tips for throwing together a last-minute meal at the Electrolux/Ovarian Cancer Research Fund event, I also sat down with the dad of three – Dante, 18, Luka, 21 months, and Matteo, 8 weeks – to discuss the secret to getting kids to eat virtually anything. According to the chef, early introduction is key! He also shared Read more

Unlike some chefs who don't cook at home, Top Chef head honcho, Tom Colicchio, often prepares quick and delicious dinners for his wife and two young boys. The key to throwing together a fast meal? Keeping your kitchen stocked with certain ingredients! At a recent event hosted by Electrolux, Colicchio and sous chef Kelly Ripa, fixed a tasty meal in minutes. Tom also shared his essential Read more

For the conch episode of Top Chef All-Stars, we have Finnish favorite, chef Stefan Richter, sharing his thoughts. What's up everybody?! Lots has happened since I blogged last time. I have been to Finland, my homeland, and I opened a steakhouse in a beautiful cotton factory on a river in Tampere. You can see pictures on my Facebook or follow me on Twitter, if you like. Finland was fun, exiting, Read more

There are now more Subways in the world than McDonald's. — Eater Kahlúa from bean to bottle. — Serious Eats Five things new cooks should know. — Eatocracy Gabrielle Hamilton talks about her upcoming memoir, Blood, Bones, and Butter. — Elle On the rise of female brewers. — The Atlantic In the kitchen with Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo, of LA's Animal. — Huffington Post Food Coffee Read more

Today's seen news from Bravo's Top Chef, Food & Wine magazine, and now, the James Beard Foundation, with word that it's nailed its podium with Tom Colicchio, Ming Tsai, and (Top Chef Masters contestant!) Traci Des Jardins. The hosts — all past James Beard Award winners themselves — will run with this year's "Ultimate Melting Pot" theme. They'll spearhead the May 9 gala reception as Read more

Tom Colicchio — in the words of fellow Georgia restaurateur Paula Deen — is ready to say "bye, y'all!" to Atlanta. The celebrity chef has announced plans to close his outposts of both Craft and Craftbar in the the city's upscale Buckhead district. It's been just two years since the Top Chef head judge, who won this year's James Beard Award for outstanding chef, decided to do business in the Read more