There’s a raccoon soap opera in the trash bin as Linda yammers away on the phone to her friend Ginger who has to take her kid to a slumber party. Louise thinks slumber parties are like diarrhea, but Tina says they are the cats pajamas, especially when she wears her cat pajamas. And she knows, because she has been to one-and-a-half slumber parties (she gives half credit to falling asleep at a regular party). Continue reading
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It’s the second season of The Taste, and *gasp* they’ve replaced the weasley little guy with dreamy-eyed Marcus Samuelsson! For those who have no idea what I’m talking about, there are four “mentor” chefs who choose teams of cooks to compete against each other for…bragging rights? Money? Both? The mentors are: Continue reading
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There are only four designers left on Project Runway All Stars – Christopher, Korto, Elena, and Seth Aaron. It’s time for ready-to-wear, and the challenge is to design an outfit for Milly’s collection that retails for under $400 using Milly designer Michelle Smith’s custom fabrics which are often gorgeous in a bizarre modern-vintage kind of way. She manufactures all of her clothes in the New York garment district, so good on her. Continue reading
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We’re back, and we’ve dragged seven chefs with us through the bayou. The Quickfire Challenge is an impossible task—cook crawfish etouffee for John Besh. In forty-five minutes. The task is made even more impossible for Stephanie, who has a severe shellfish allergy. Continue reading
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