If at first . . .

In the whipped cream-light realm of reality TV, “Top Chef” is practically PBS. Conflicts rarely erupt into physical violence. The profanity is rather tame. And people say things like “feel the love” and mean it. (Okay, Carla may be the only one...

What a waste!

When I was a food critic, friends would often speak envious words to my husband, telling him how lucky he was to be able to go to the latest restaurants on the newspaper’s dime. He’d smile and agree. But he knows, as do others who have been my dining...