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...godparents of this Geek Idol genre are Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz, a producing duo operating under the name Magical Elves, who created Runway and its culinary spin-off, Top Chef, and also produced Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's movie-director search Project Greenlight. The Elves' projects share one philosophy: "We feel that the creative process is inherently dramatic and interesting to watch," says Cutforth...
Magical Elves took much the same approach to this spring's Top Chef. Fox's Hell's Kitchen (Mondays, 9 p.m. E.T.), on the other hand, is more about heat than flavor; lobster-faced British chef Gordon Ramsay puts a group of cooks through boot camp, overseeing them with such helpful advice as "Move your arse!" Compared with Top Chef, the show places less emphasis on menu planning and presentation than on the chaos of running a kitchen--especially with a half-crazed Brit chasing...
...heat ... use these rosewood salt and pepper shakers to season searing meats and veggies. The 14-in. stems keep hands at a safe distance from the open flames. The shakers also unscrew for table use. $20 at chefscatalog.com Ball of Fire The FlameWorks Hot Rod mop brush from Chef'n grabs generous quantities of sauce with its multilayered silicone head. The tail end of its stainless-steel handle doubles as a bottle opener. $15 at chefsresource.com...
...slots in neighboring states and the 2003 opening of the first new casino in 13 years finally kick-started the city. Borgata, with its scantily clad cocktail waitresses and $150 dinners, raised the ante for the industry. "It's kind of like when Steve Wynn opened the Mirage," says chef Flay, referring to Vegas' first megacasino, which opened in 1989. After Wynn made a volcano, everyone built over...
...with cured meats, cheeses, homemade pastas and an excellent range of top-shelf olive oils and vinegars), and lastly a decadent upper floor devoted to pastries, desserts and confectionery. Peck is also the location of the fashionable Cracco-Peck, a Michelin two-star restaurant run in partnership with celebrated chef Carlo Cracco...