Reality TV
24/7 Recap: The Ultimate Winter Classic Foreplay
The newest episode of 24/7 opens up with Lavs flipping out on the team for a perceived lack of effort through the first two periods […]
New Episode of the Real Househusbands of Philadelphia
Bird Text and the Real Househusbands of Philadelphia are back with a fourth installment. We literally wish they would make one of these every week. […]
Top Chef Recap: I Learned It By Watching You
Austin. Home of SXSW, the Salt Lick, Vince Young’s alma mater and, now, 10 cheftestants whose first task is to elude a chainsaw-wielding maniac wearing […]
24/7 Recap: Ilya Bryzgalov’s Dog Is Actually a Hot Blonde Chick
Last night’s installment of HBO’s 24/7, which chronicles the Flyers and Rangers as they prepare for the January 2nd Winter Classic at Citizens Bank Park, […]
Top Chef Episode 7: The Game Is Real
The episodes just keep getting meatier and more psychologically torturous, don’t they? Kinda like watching a loop of non-stop torture porn, only one where the […]
24/7 Recap: A TV Gift for Philly Hockey Fans
Holy hockey porn, Batman! Last night marked the much ballyhooed premiere of HBO’s 24/7—an in-depth, docu-style look at the Flyers and Rangers as they prepare […]
Top Chef Episode 6: Fearing The Reaper
Things that are difficult, ordered by ascending level of difficulty: 1. Mother sauces. 2. Cooking 200 steaks to temperature in one clip. 3. Writing this recap after watching […]
Top Chef Episode 5: A Sweaty Progression
Off to Dallas we go with 14 chefs left. Some cheftestants continue to fly way under the radar (who the hell is Whitney Otawka?), while […]
Top Chef Episode 4: Nobody Knows Beans About Chili ‘Cause Chili Ain’t Got No Beans
Assuming that you probably wouldn’t have a moment to read this between gorging yourself on turkey and avoiding crazy pepper spray-wielding Black Friday shoppers, I’m […]
Top Chef Episode 3: My Super Sweet Mexican Substitute for a Sweet Sixteen
We are finally down to a manageable sixteen chefs, meaning the Quickfires and Eliminations can finally start. For the inaugural Quickfire, the cheftestants are given […]
Coming Soon: Reality TV Magazine
The New York Times has reported that American Media Inc., which publishes such formidable journalistic bastions as the National Enquirer and Star, is adding to […]
Your Plans For Tonight: Ripert and Bourdain, Together at the Merriam Theater
We already let you know that his Ripert-ness was going to be in Philly, bringing a little taste of Le Bernardin to 10 Arts for […]
Sbraga Is Now Open
The official word has just come down that Top Chef winner and Starr-Garces-Perrier veteran Kevin Sbraga has chosen an opening date for his eponymous restaurant […]
A Full Plate’s 5th Annual Rib (and Vegetable) Cook-Off Still Taking Entrants
What started half a decade ago as a simple backyard cook-off among neighbors who hauled their own grills to the space behind A Full Plate […]
Greatest Hits and What You Missed: Fried Chicken, Fat Chefs, Cheesemongers and A World Record Attempt
Just because it was a short week, that didn’t mean it was a slow one. Between the new summer menu at Opa, the free drinks […]