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  1. close reads
    The Paul Hollywood Handshake Is the Absolute WorstPaul’s signature move has gone from a cute gesture to a threat to The Great British Baking Show as we know it. It must end.
    By Brian Moylan
  2. The Feeding Tube
    Top Chef Contestant Says He Was Put on Three-Day Involuntary Psych Hold“I’ve been destroyed by the experience.”
    By Clint Rainey
  3. Quote of the Day
    Jacques Pépin Has a Few Problems With Hell’s Kitchen“I believe it is a disservice to our trade and to young people who want to go into this business,” he said also.
    By Riddley Gemperlein-Schirm
  4. Empire Building
    Wahlburgers Expanding to Boston, Philadelphia, TorontoEverything’s coming up Wahlburgers.
    By Hugh Merwin
  5. The Feeding Tube
    More Wahlburgers, Coming Right UpMark, Donnie, and Paul Wahlberg are doing well.
    By Hugh Merwin
  6. Reality TV
    Todd English Reality Show Is a Group AffairIt’s a mixed bag of nuts.
    By Alyssa Shelasky
  7. Ham
    Todd English Strikes a Deal on Kardashian StationWorking title: ‘Bad English.’
    By Alyssa Shelasky
  8. TV Land
    Breast-feeding Reality Show in the WorksWe guess they’ve run out of other things to do on TV with boobs.
    By Jenny Miller
  9. Terrible Ideas
    Now This Is Happening: A New York Foodie Dating ShowHo-boy.
    By Jenny Miller
  10. NewsFeed
    The Frying Pan Still Adrift in a Sea of Red Tape Last winter we reported that the Frying Pan had lost its lease and was moving three blocks uptown. The little party boat that could has indeed made the move to Pier 66 at 26th Street, and though at one point it was set to open June 1, a call to Angela Krevy, wife of owner Steve, reveals that lease negotiations with the Hudson River Park Trust are taking longer than expected. “You can’t fight City Hall,” Krevy quipped, “And you can’t speed it up, either.” But is this more than simply a matter of red tape?
  11. Mediavore
    Marco Pierre White Sets Himself on Fire With Flaming CocktailJust another night at the Spotted Pig: Marco Pierre White, trying to demonstrate a flaming cocktail to Mario Batali, Tony Bourdain, and friends, sets himself on fire, gets doused with wine and Champagne, and stabbed in the hand. [NYP] Related: Batali, Bourdain, and Ramsay Mentor to Finally Take on America? [Grub Street] There are so many high-end restaurants looking for good ingredients that the world will literally run out of them, a world-famous Australian chef claims. [Australian News] Utterly dependent as it is on illegal workers, the restaurant industry is lobbying hard against the new immigration bill in Congress. [Nation’s Restaurant News]