Oh man, this is too funny.

Taco Bell’s New Green Menu Takes No Ingredients From Nature

[Spoilers Ahead] I would have been happy with either Carla or Stefan winning, but Hosea? I can’t argue that Hosea didn’t make the best meal during the finale, but throughout the competition I don’t remember a single dish he made being described as better than “pretty good.” Both Stefan and Carla had their low points, but they had some great highs as well. Unfortunately Carla took herself out of the competition by relying too much on Casey’s influence, and Stefan made mistakes of his own. Hosea was there as the guy who didn’t make as many mistakes as the others and won the whole thing. This season has been been the battle of “who cares?” and the finale just continued that theme.

Did anyone catch Top Chef‘s own Ariane Duarte on last night’s Iron Chef America? She was serving as sous chef for challenger Amanda Freitag in a battle against Bobby Flay. Of course, she’s not the only Top Chef cast-off to appear on ICA…

[Spoilers ahead] I think it would be fair to say that last night’s “Top Chef” was one of the best episodes of this (so far) lackluster season. Sure, there was some actual drama: front-runner Stefan ended up in the bottom three (for the second time), we got to see Jacques Pepin and Lidia Bastianich at the same table, and Hosea continued to be a total d-bag (though it was funny how obvious it was he had no idea who Susan Ungaro was or how to pronounce her name (hey, I had no idea who she was either)). Also Carla continued her transformation into a true contender for the title. But that’s not why I loved it.

First there was a camera shot straight down the front of Leah’s shirt as she made her bed, giving us a nice look at the goods. Then Fabio broke his finger when it bent all the way backwards and snapped! And he kept cooking! And he won the challenge! Then, there was the heart-stopping moment when Padma arrived at the stew room wearing an amazing, drool inducing dress… Plus they finally kicked Leah off.

And suddenly I love “Top Chef” again.

Photos via Amuse Biatch

Here’s a clip from “Kids in the Hall” about making potato salad. I don’t know about you, but I’d watch an entire season of a cooking show called “Friends of Larry.”

“Mix, mix, stir, stir…”

Although I haven’t found many laughs in “The Simpsons” lately, the writers can always amuse me by tossing off some fake restaurant names as the family drives through Springfield. Over at The Simpsons Archives they have compiled (among other things) a list of all of the restaurants named in the show. Of course there have been some actual restaurants named, but the fake names are always better. Most Simpsons fans could name Krusty Burger, and maybe the Rusty Barnacle, but there are so many more. Here are five of my favorites:

1. Up, Up and Buffet!
2. Prof. VJ Cornicopia’s Fantastic Foodmagorium & Great American Steakery
3. Griddler on the Roof
4. The Texas Cheesecake Depository
5. General Chang’s Taco Italiano

Do any of these sound like restaurants that you’d actually want to eat at?

via The Simpsons Archive