Adsum支持者Jon Runyan赢得了新泽西州的国会席位；铁厨师迈克尔·西蒙Plus the chairman from铁厨师Americagets tapped to play the villian onHawaii 5-0, and fast food is easier to buy than groceries for a half million Detroit residents, all in our morning news roundup.
Chef Supergroup Caters Sashi Sushi’s铁厨师外貌T.V. cooking competition vets Michael Voltaggio and Iron Chef Morimoto, among other toques, will help prepare a six-course dinner while watching the show with guests.
Meehan Talks ‘Times’; Benoit OpensBenoit opened yesterday, Peter Meehan discusses who should replace him at the ‘Times,’ and beer shortages loom.
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Memo to World: Michael Symon and Michael Psilakis Are Not the Same PersonWe ran into Michael Symon last week, a.k.a. the Next Iron Chef; as food celebs we meet are wont to do, he said that he hoped what he told us wouldn’t end up on Grub Street the next day. Jokingly, we suggested that we’d just write about how we ran into Anthos chef Michael Psilakis. “That happens to me all the time,” Symon, said, laughing. You can’t blame people for getting confused: Both men are high-profile, thirtysomething Greek (or part-Greek) chefs named Michael who are baldand碰巧在同一时间开设了雄心勃勃的希腊餐厅。但是，两者之间有一个明显的区别：psilakis有一个下巴和Symon的灵魂补丁。但这对昨晚西蒙来说似乎很冷静。经常被指控是Terrance Brennan的Doppelgänger，我们可以同情。现在，如果我们可以切换银行帐户。
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“下一个铁厨师”阴谋；凯勒（Keller）被米其林冷落Judges Andrew Knowlton and Donatella Arpaia think John Besh obliterated Michael Symon in theNext Iron Chef结局，他应得的头衔；后者甚至指责鲁尔曼（Ruhlman）为西蒙（Symon）投票，因为厨师是他的克利夫兰同志。[Ruhlman]托马斯·凯勒（Thomas Keller）的布孔（Bouchon）被新的拉斯维加斯米其林指南镇压了零明星，而罗布钦（Robuchon）得分三分。[Bloomberg] Related: Michelin’s Madness Drives Ed Levine (and Us) Up a Wall The owners of the twenty-year-old Italian joint restaurant Baraonda were told they lost their lease, so they took over a new space only to find out they could keep the old one. What to do? Plan a second restaurant. [NYP]
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Nello Pissed at Model for Taking His Umbrella; Winner of ‘Next IronOh, Nello! Fiesty Mr. Balan is in his latest rage because he lent a model his $1,000 leather umbrella “because it was raining because I am a gentleman … Stop behaving like a boulevardier [street person] and a petite voleuse [petty thief]. You don’t give me the umbrella, I sue you,” which he is now doing because she returned it broken in two. [NYP] Related: A Model Breaks Nello’s Heart, Umbrella The newest Iron Chef is … Cleveland’s Michael Symon. [Serious Eats] Laurent Tourondel tells Bruni he enjoys dining most in Vietnam, but the influence in the recipes for his Thanksgiving spread is all French. [Diner’s Journal/NYT]
