Top Chef left New York this week to hold their two-part finale in foodie-fave New Orleans, and suddenly everything's upside down: unfunny judge Toby Young is gone while Gail Simmons is magically back, the last three axed chef'testants get a surprise chance to cook their way back into the game, and after representing New York's diversity by spending all their time in a Williamsburg condo and Whole Foods aisles, the show is now out and about all over New Orleans.
All improvements, we'd say, especially the last one.]]>
Since opening in 1990, Emeril Lagasse's original has likely become one of the best known restaurant in the country. There's not too much to add to Emeril's hagiography, but it's worth noting that even with all his restaurants and shows, quality at his flagship is still as high as it was more than 10 years ago when I first ate at Emeril's.
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