Bravo’s ‘Top Chef’ Returns to Rave Reviews (MultiChannel News)

Bravo’s Top Chef: New York attracted nearly 2.7 million viewers in its season premiere Wednesday night, up 19% from last season’s debut episode.

No secret to success (The Marietta Times)

Kevin Black, a Marietta chef and businessman, isn't afraid of the Big Bad Wolf, Mothman, or a national economy that seems to be sinking deeper each passing day. Black isn't throwing in the sauce; he is reinventing his barbecue business. "With the restaurant business, the history is you either evolve or you die," he said. "We are reinventing ourselves to weather the storm.

MASTERS CHEF (Daily Mirror)

Ex-Masterchef star Loyd Grossman, 58, has enrolled to do a History of Art masters degree at Cambridge University.

Meet 'Top Chef's' NYC contestants (New York Daily News)

After four seasons set in other cities, cable's top cooking show is finally braving the Big Apple. Contestants face off in America's culinary capital on "Top Chef: New York," premiering tonight on Bravo. But some of the chefs on the show have already made their mark here.

Gore Vidal and TV chefs Batali, Bourdain liven up Miami Book Fair (Miami Herald)

If he could eat only one thing for the rest of his life, chef Mario Batali would choose linguine with clams or spaghetti pomodoro. Anthony ''Kitchen Confidential'' Bourdain would go with sushi. We are unclear on what Gore Vidal would prefer, but we can be sure he won't be eating it with George W. Bush.