A battle of the Graffitis is shaping up on our shores. Today a lawsuit came to light between two celebrity chefs over a similar dish at their similarly-named restaurants. Jehangir Mehta, of Graffiti, is suing Graffit USA, Madrid-based chef Jesús Núñez's first New York restaurant for trying to confuse and poach his customers. In question? A dish involving an "extremely obscure ingredient" called... Pop Rocks. more ›

What’s worth watching on food-related TV this week? Next Sunday is the finale of The Next Iron Chef (9pm on the Food Network). Michael Ruhlman has a comment from Chef Chris Cosentino on his blog about the airplane episode—he was clearly getting crowded by cameras, but for him the crowding was to the degree that he couldn’t work, and he wanted to clarify that fact “now that 1/2 the country thinks i am an asshole.”... more ›

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A confession. In general, we’re not big Food Network Fans. We do make an exception for Iron Chef (it always sucks us in), and we love it’s latest incarnation. Last week on the premiere of The Next Iron Chef (9pm on the Food Network, Chef Traci Des Jardins got the ax, brought down by her salmon roe dessert (ick). Read the Amateur Gourmet's unique and often hilarious take on things on his blog on the Next Iron Chef site (“We all know the whole Iron Chef universe is a fabrication, right? That the chairman is an actor? What? You didn’t know that?”). Judge Michael Ruhlman is happy with episode one; says the kitchen was so hot during filming that one of the chefs had to be hospitalized afterwards for dehydration. more ›

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What’s worth watching on food-related TV this week? more ›

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