I have just finished reading "Insatiable," Greene's autobiography- which was advertising about 100 times on top chef masters. Greene was a judge on the show, but she is also a food critic for New York magazine and has been for god knows how long. Her book officially confirmed that she has the best life ever while simultaneously grossing me out (tons of sexcapades, which, aren't as hot when you picture her as the 60+ woman she is now). Her entire life consisted of long pre- paid excursions to France to eat for free in some of the best restaurants in the world. She also ate her way through New York for years which is pretty much my life goal. Her reviews are both witty and harsh and extremely interesting to read. Unfortunately she hasn't posed one on nymag.com since last December but her website (gaelgreene.com) has a section called "eating out" where she posts every time she goes out and says whether its good or bad, or tells you what to get. I'd say its worth checking out.
Ted Allen is probably a more obvious pick- Queer Eye for the Straight Guy was an awesome show and then he gets to be the guest judge on every mouth- watering show on TV. SO LUCKY. I seriously envy everyone who gets to sit at the judges table on Iron chef, especially for Morimoto. His new show chopped isn't as great as I thought it would be but thats still another job he's getting paid to eat for. On top of that, food network is now getting all of its stars together for the show "The Best Thing I Ever Ate" where Ted, and other stars, get paid to talk about the best pizza, BBQ and breakfasts. Awesome. I actually have yet to read his book 'The Food You Wan to Eaat" which is his recipe book- which re- does classics like crab cakes. I'm kind of waiting on his autobiography, I have to think that it would just be awesome.
You'll see that I'm going to keep bring up Gael Greene again and again until she eventually reads this and is so honored by my praise that she hands me her job. I may be here a while.
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