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Acclaimed novelist Sir Salman Rushdie faced a fatwah, so of course he was going to strike back at Page Six. Yesterday, the Post's gossip section quoted his ex Pia Glenn, who claimed Rushdie was still hung up on ex-wife Padma Lakshmi (well, who wouldn't be) and that he stole a year from Glenn's life. Today, Page Six offers Rushdie's version, which begins: "The reason I broke up with Pia Glenn is that I came to feel that she's an unstable person who carries around a large, radioactive bucket of stress wherever she goes. It was just exhausting to deal with."

Top Chef fever is spreading like salmonella, and who among us can resist the hype, especially considering that the new season of Top Chef, premiering next month, was filmed here in NYC? Last week the Top Chef Truck concluded its tour in Union Square with former cheftestants Richard Blais and Andrew D'Ambrosi cooking for us in the tractor trailer's kitchen. And yesterday a slew of Top Chef stars, past and future, were wrangled for cooking demos and flesh-pressing at the Taste of the Five Boroughs fundraiser for City Harvest. Blogger Life Vicarious was on the scene, which turned into a bloodbath:

We did find Andrew D'Ambrosi at his knife skills demo across Vanderbilt Hall where he was proud to represent the restaurant "rockin' the three stars." And how he represented! Showcasing his non-sissy knife skills at breakneck speed, he started supreming fruit before carving into his finger, began bleeding, turned to the demo sinks disappointed to discover they're just props, was first handed paper towels, then a bandage, then finally left the stage as an EMT arrived, and wanting to shift the focus and cameras away from him and back to his demo partner Spike Mendelsohn he went backstage to be tended by the EMT. (We can't even imagine how an actual sissy would have handled this!)

There was also plenty of food from restaurants all over NYC; though anyone hoping for a taste of Le Cirque was probably stymied—Vicarious reports that the restaurant ran out within an hour. But it wasn't a wasted trip: The gift bag came with a sample of the new Top Chef video game!!!

Top Chef pantry photographs to make you jealous.Mmm! Then again, most of our favorite recipes are already online, including Elia's breakfast waffle with beans and prosciutto, Casey's veal medallions with crimini and apple brandy sauce (served on a plane, no less), and Dave's black truffle mac and cheese. What we really want is the dirt -- was everyone high the night they decided to shave their heads? Did Padma have the hots for CJ? Who hooked up? Does Casey tire of being compared to Jennifer Aniston? And is Sam looking for a dinner date anytime soon? Well, if we learn how to make Hung's insane Smurf Village Quick Fire, we can wait until March to find out.

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The Top Chef Miami finale is upon us and we're going to weigh in with some thoughts. There will be spoilers, but they'll be after the jump.

What’s worth watching on food-related TV this week? Here’s the breakdown:

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With 250 guests, the Lakshmi-Rushdie nuptials included Lou Reed, Steve Martin, Tina Brown, Ismail Merchant, Julie Taymor, Jay McInerney, and Diane von Furstenburg. The Wetlaufer-Welch affair had 75 guests - Vernon Jordan and Matt Lauer among them. Advantage: Lakshmi-Rushdie, especially because their wedding was in New York City, but the Wetlaufer-Welch wedding probably had a better goodie bag.