Category: Travel
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My Interview in Italy!
Several months ago I did an interview with the Italian magazine Intervistato. Maria, the interviewer, was SO delightful! We chat for half an hour about my life, MasterChef, cooking, and travel. There are many stories in this interview that haven’t appeared anywhere else, including one of the most amazing moments in my life where I…
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My Weekend with Monti and David
Last week I went to Phoenix to help out with a fundraiser for the Phoenix Children’s Hospital that was initiated by Monti Carlo. I’ve been wanting to meet Monti for awhile, and when she invited me to help out, I was ecstatic. To make things even more exciting, David Martinez and his wife were going…
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MasterChef: Bunnies and Pizza Stones
(Please note that the following blog entry reflects my own opinions and is NOT endorsed or approved by MasterChef. I have no inside knowledge of how eliminations are made or how food is judged, either for my season or the current one. My opinions should not be treated as fact.) So we’re down to 11,…
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Hawaii, part 1
A week ago, I went to Hawaii with Jennifer, Adrien, and Tracy from MasterChef at the invitation of Cristy Kessler. Cristy is an amazing and inspiration woman…her whole life she’s been plagued with serious, normally-fatal illnesses. A mere 6 months ago she was in Turkey for a controversial stem-cell transplant in a last-ditch effort to…
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Aloha, Hawaii!
This Tuesday, January 10, I leave for Hawaii with Jennifer, Adrien, and Tracy from MasterChef to help with some benefits for a couple of VERY worthy charities on Oahu. YO! House is an organization that helps support homeless youth on Oahu. It’s actually illegal to be homeless in Hawaii if you’re under the age of…
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New Year’s Traditions
I’ve been very fortunate to have traveled broadly in the last 14 years, and I’ve spent quite a few New Year’s Eves abroad. I’ve spent it in Thailand, where everyone sprays everyone else with water…you have to leave your cell phone and personal electronics at home, because, as a Westerner, you get DRENCHED with buckets…