Top Chef Las Vegas: The Lesbians Du Jour

For those of you who are foodies like myself, you're probably big fans of Top Chef and have been watching it for years. I mean, one look at Padma Lakshmi, the Top Chef host, and you'll be wiping the corners of your mouth like a diabetic at a candy store.



One of the other great things about Top Chef is their open inclusion of members of hte LGBT community. There has been some sort of gay or lesbian contestant almost every season since the show aired 6 seasons ago. We like that. We like it a lot. This season, Season 6, is no exception to the rule.


Season six of the number 1 food show on cable returned on Wednesday, August 19th at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Top Chef: Las Vegas will pit 17 hopeful chefs from across the country battling it out in the kitchen for $100,000 to invest in their culinary career. Delectable host Padma Lakshmi is back once again alongside the no-holds-barred head judge Tom Colicchio. Food & Wine magazine's Gail Simmons and food critic Toby Young will once again round out the panel of judges this year.

This year, two lesbians will be gracing the screen.

Out lesbian contestant Preeti Mistry, 33, hails from San Francisco, where she works as the Executive Chef for Bon Appétit Management Company at Google headquarters. Google has a reputation for serving insanely amazing food to their employees, so hopes are high Mistry will concoct some culinary masterpieces. Mistry was also educated at the prestigious Le Cordon Bleu in London. Now don't get too excited and start swooning over this one, – she’s been with her partner for thirteen years.



Ashley Merriman, 32, may not lay claim to the same kind of international culinary background as Mistry, but she's worked on both coasts at classy restaurants and learned her craft at the Institute of Culinary Education in New York. Ironically enough, Merriman originates from Center Sandwich, New Hampshire – no really, that’s an actual place. Merriman loves to cook “robust” food and thinks a meal isn’t complete unless you’ve been “beat in the face by a stick of butter.” Plus, she is friggin adorable. How could not love that charmingly warm smile of hers?



Stay tuned for more updates on the fates of the "Lesbian's Du Jour" of Top Chef: Las Vegas.

The BEST Christmas Cookies Ever

I normally don't read or send FWDs. You know the ones, those tedious and annoying emails you get from random people in your contact list that you would otherwise never talk to. They are the overly cheesy emails, usually chock full of cute kittens and puppies with homemade cliches that get passed from your co-worker's grandmother's sister's brother's cousin's 2nd-grade-teacher and on to you. Usually the subject line reads "FWD FWD FWD: The Man & The Eagle - Awesome" or "FWD FWD: Here's a little pick-me-up for you..." The list goes on.

One particularly anticlimactic afternoon, I saw a FWD from my Aunt. This particular Aunt tends to not spend much time on the computer and doesn't generally engage in the email forwarding phenomenon. I knew, coming from her, this particular FWD had to be good. And it was. This was, hands down, one of the funniest emails I've ever read. I laughed so hard, I peed a little. Given the holiday spirit, I decided to share this email FWD with you, hoping you will enjoy it as much I did. Merry Christmas to all.

If I knew who the author was, I would buy that woman a drink. If you've already read this, read it again.

In case you might be looking for a new holiday cookie recipe...the tequila can be either white or gold cuervo,



1 cup of water

1 tsp baking soda

1 cup of sugar

1 tsp salt

1 cup of brown sugar

lemon juice

4 large eggs

1 cup nuts

2 cups of dried fruit

1 bottle Jose Cuervo Tequila



Sample the Cuervo to check quality. Take a large bowl, check the Cuervo again, to be sure it is of the highest quality, pour one level cup and drink.



Turn on the electric mixer...Beat one cup of butter in a large fluffy bowl.



Add one teaspoon of sugar...Beat again.



At this point it's best to make sure the Cuervo is still OK, try another cup ... just in case.



Turn off the mixerer thingy. Break leggs and add to the bowl and chuck in the cup of dried fruit, Pick the frigging fruit off floor... Mix on the turner. If the fried druit gets stuck in the beaterers just pry it loose with a drewscriver. Sample the Cuervo to check for tonsisticity.



Next, sift two cups of salt, or something. Who giveshz a sheet. Check the Jose Cuervo. Now shift the lemon juice and strain your nuts. Add one table. Add a spoon of sugar, or somefink. Whatever you can find. Greash the oven.



Turn the cake tin 360 degrees and try not to fall over. Don't forget to beat off the turner. Finally, throw the bowl through the window, finish the Cose Juervo and make sure to put the stove in the dishwasher.



CHERRY MISTMAS

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