after dinner sneeze

t says:  Those who know me know that I’m not the biggest Bobby Flay fan.  Ever since meeting him with k at the opening of Bobby’s Burger Palace, I found him to be short, too Hollywood, and kind of an ass.  That said, I listened to him on Wednesday before Thanksgiving on the radio (Q102) and he was actually far more “normal-sounding”.  He poked a little fun at himself, and he didn’t take cooking too seriously.  He seemed like a real human being.  Bravo Bobby!

On the other hand, I’ve added a new celebrity chef to my personal “dislike list”.  Marcus Samuelsson.  Ever since his appearance on the Next Iron Chef (the season that Jose Garces won), I’ve hated him.  He may be an awesome chef, but he is not a nice person.  I even booed him every chance I got on Top Chef Masters (but he still won … BOOOOO!).  Now that he’s competing again on Next Iron Chef Super Chefs, my negative feelings have been rekindled.  I will take up my arms and continue to boo him.  a disagrees with me about Mr. Samuelsson.  We’ll see, a.  We’ll see.

In the meantime, I’ll post this absolutely ridiculous picture of him from the subway in NYC:

Tell me that you can look at the above ad and keep a straight face.