Ben Starr

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  • A FRANK Tale: NYE 2013

    Many of my readers have said they love my FRANK blogs more than any other, so I’ll try to blog about every FRANK dinner so you can all get a hint of what the experience was like for our diners.  Please note that there are only a few photos of plated dishes on this blog…Jennie,…

  • Masterchef 4 Recap: Paula Deen 2.0 and Fancy foods (S4E22)

    For the second time this week, hello, Starr-struck citizens of the internet! Since Ben Starr is partaking in his annual pilgrimage to Burning Man, I am doing a temporary takeover of his blog in order to write the MasterChef recaps that so many of you are so fond of. For those of you that don’t…

  • MasterChef 4 recap: Sausage and Mushrooms (S4E15)

    (PLEASE NOTE:  This blog contains the drunken ravings of a MasterChef season 2 survivor.  It should be considered solely opinion, and nothing more.) We’re down to 9 contestants, and Luca rubs a bit of sand in the face of Giuseppe Morisco from Season 2 by stating that he is the only Italian to have ever…

  • MasterChef 4 recap: Huitlacoche and Walmart (S4E13)

    (PLEASE NOTE: This blog is not endorsed or approved by MasterChef or Fox and they would probably rather you not read it.  Contained below are the opinions and maniacal ravings of an MC2 survivor and should not be treated as fact or as inside information.) After a blessed 2 week break spanning the 4th of…

  • MasterChef recap: Prawns and Sweet Corn

    Please note that my blog is not endorsed or approved by MasterChef and they would prefer you didn’t read it.  This blog contains opinion only.  I have no inside information about the judging process, only assumptions and uneducated guesses… Thanks to the very bizarre (and potently unfair) get-your-apron-back challenge, Josh is back, so we’ve got…