TOP CHEF - HALSTED FLATS

Chef Pete won Top Chef Halsted Flats. Stay tuned for recipes and updates on the future of our blog!

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Loaded Smashed Potatoes - New potatoes that are prepared, ‘smashed’ and then baked up until golden brown and crispy and the topped with melted cheddar, sour cream, bacon and green onions.Active ingredients:

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while I’m here:

aspartame does not give you cancer

gluten is not bad for you if you’re not allergic/don’t have celiac disease

superfoods aren’t real, they’re just healthy things with maybe some nicer levels of certain vitamins

vaccines do not cause autism or really anything else and the chemicals present in them that typically scare you are in such minute amounts that they do precisely fuck-all in your body (we’re talking scales of one part per million)

you cannot do a cleanse or diet to “rid your body of toxins,” your kidneys and liver have that covered

GMO foods will not kill you; most genetic crop modification just makes our crops hardier and produce more food (and genetic modification doesn’t inject more chemicals into your food, it’s just minor altering of DNA that is made of the exact same stuff your DNA is made from)

if you feed your cat a vegan diet I will personally come to your home with the skull of a long-dead predator, point out the shape of its jaw and teeth as indicators of predatory feeding habits, and then beat you with it

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Ina Garten By Taylor Swift

America’s Host

It was five years ago that I first heard of Ina Garten from my friend Lily Aldridge, a jet-setting model and new wife, who told me she’d found the perfect fish recipe that she could make in only 15 minutes in a Barefoot Contessa cookbook. The next day, I went out and bought one. I learned Ina had been a young wife who taught herself to cook after her new husband Jeffrey returned from fighting in the Vietnam War. She later studied business at George Washington University and worked in the White House on nuclear-energy policy. In 1978 she opened a specialty food store in the Hamptons, which she ran for nearly two decades before making the jump to television and cookbooks. As soon as I started watching Ina’s show, I realized why so many people adore her. Her goal is to make things easier for us. Fans love her warmth and generosity. She shows us how to create memories that we’ll treasure for years to come. For that, we will always cherish the merry and magnificent Ina Garten. Swift is an acclaimed singer-songwriter. Time

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GDUBBBBBBB

[theclearlydope]

Bacon, mac and cheese waffles. Because we’re adults and we do what we want.

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[everybody-loves-to-eat]

orange chicken

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Carved chicken sits atop fresh spinach, sliced tomato, and melty mozzarella cheese on a three cheese and three pepper focaccia bread. All coupled with a Dijon mustard spread and a garlic ranch sauce.

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Stephanie Izard signed the cookbook that Chef Pete won! Now maybe Gail will be his friend heh.

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Ah, the humble potato.

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Beer-Soaked Chili Cheese Fries - Back to Her Roots

Soaking fries in beer before you bake them helps them crisp up nicely in the oven. These beer-soaked chili cheese fries are surprisingly healthy!

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Sorry we haven’t posted in a bit! Will be providing food updates from here while top chef is off filming!

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Top Chef will be back for Season 13.  You butter believe that we will be cooking up new challenges for our next play along quick fire Top Chef.

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After competing with top chef this season, we wanted to enjoy the finale. Thank you to everyone who followed along and we can’t wait to apply our lessons learned to next season. Chef Pete won a copy of Chicago Chef Stephanie Izard’s post-Top Chef cook book furnished by our guest judge. Thanks again and happy eating!

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At the end of the day two had to become one. The judges came down to the overall menu. Chef Julia had to pack her knives and go. Chef Pete won Top Chef.

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And now it's time for judges table. Who will pack their knives and go, and who will be named Top Chef Halsted Flats?

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The judges thought both desserts fell short.

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Chef Pete plated his home made almond cookies on a brush of strawberry sauce with a side of lychee and ginger green tea coconut milk ice cream for the modern Asian dessert.

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The Napa cabbage cups wowed the judges on the plate but fell short on flavor