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Part Of My Job As A Food Writer Is To Describe Food. So My Work On 'top Chef,' I Feel, Is An Extension Of That. When We Give A Criticism To The Contestant, We Want To Make Sure We Tell Them Why It's Not Working And Why It Would Work If They Did It A Different Way.

I Have A Great Career, And I Have My Daughter. Sio What I Don't Have Is Not As Important To As What I Do Have.

In Southern Spain, They Made Me Eat A Bull's Testicles. They Were Really Garlicky, Which I Don't Like. I Prefer To Take A Bull By The Horns, Not By, Um...

If Any Chef Ever Tells You They're Not Inspired Equally By The Truck-stop Barbecue As They Are By The Four-star Michelin Restaurant They Are Lying.

I Have Great Empathy For All The Contestants That Come On 'top Chef,' Whether They Go Home Right Away Or They Make It To The Finish Line. It's A Very Vulnerable Position They Put Themselves In And I Feel For Them.