'Top Chef' Recap | Rachael Ray Crashes Batali-Chang Talk

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2009 Daily New York Food News from NYMag.com & MenuPages.com
Two for Eight Tables Available at Bar Room at the Modern; Craft and Eleven Madison Park Mostly Booked It's 4 p.m., and that means it's time to play Two for Eight. Today: Danny Meyer and Tom Colicchio. Top Chef Top Chef: Straight Outta Napa In the first half of the finale, cheftestants turn to grapes for solace in Wine Country. Openings First Look Inside the Norry at Kampuchea, Serving Asian Pub Food Tomorrow Num Pang sandwiches and catfish tacos come to the Lower East Side. Preview the menu. Drink Up Booze You Can Use Bottle engraving, cold-distilled gin, and more liquor this holiday season. Padmania Padma Defrocks But Keeps Her Mouth Shut Pregnant Padma considers a world without 'Top Chef.' Chef Love Fest Rachael Ray Crashes Batali-Chang Talk at the Strand During the Q&A session, the trio discussed food-smuggling strategies. Video Feed Artificial Meat Goes Through Daily Show Grinder Watch Jon Stewart apologize to Spam. Mediavore Restaurants Turn to Bartering; Wine Sales Up Plus: Applebee's gets a makeover, and Texas oysters in trouble, all in our morning news roundup. Neighborhood Watch Gordon Ramsay Backs Out of the London Hotel; Bluebird Coffee Opens Plus: Babbo pastry chef to judge cookie benefit, and Yerba Buena Perry does brunch, in our regular roundup of neighborhood food news. Cartography Reichl Defines Street Food "New York street food is not ethnic." Foodievents Where They Are Now: Anita Lo Judges Bake-Off, Waltucks Cook Again What are Manhattan’s restaurateurs doing between restaurants?		The Perfect Gift Poll » 500 New Ideas » Sweets & Cakes » 100 Under $100 » Find Holiday Gifts for Everyone »      Shop-A-Matic »    Agenda »    Best Bets »    Fashion Alert »    See all newsletters »     Subscribe to New York