The Top Chef Cruise, No-Show Diners, and More The Top Chef Cruise, No-Show Diners, and More

In case you missed them, here are the top stories from the week in Eater:

· I Packed My Knives & Went: Aboard the Top Chef Cruise
· How Restaurants Can Deal With No-Show Diners
· Mad Men Mentioned Le Cirque 6 Years Before It Opened
· The Price Tags for 11 Culinary Schools Across the Country
· SF Restaurant Calls For Yelp Boycott: 'Stop the Bully'
· Behold the Pop-Tart Ice Cream Sandwich From Carl's Jr.
· Anthony Bourdain Boldly Bites Back at Fox News

And there's more. >>>

· Watch the Pricey Restaurant Category From Jeopardy!
· Hudson Valley Foie Gras Hacked by Activists
· René Redzepi: A Work in Progress, Coming This Fall
· Sotheby's to Auction elBulli Wine and Memorabilia in NYC
· Virgin America to Let Travelers Send Each Other Drinks
· Students Stage Walkout at Culinary Institute of America

Watch the Pricey Restaurant Category From Jeopardy! Watch the Pricey Restaurant Category From Jeopardy!

Jeopardy had a category yesterday called "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is," which covered super expensive food things (much like Eater's Rich People Things). The contestants did pretty well on these — the answer is always truffles with expensive food anyway — until one of the contestants completely flubs the Thomas Keller question. Oops. Below, see if you can get the questions right as well.

The answers, and their questions. >>>

Video: Watch the Pricey Restaurant Category From Jeopardy!

1. Truffles 2. Lobster 3. Sundae 4. Cheesesteak 5. French Laundry

· Barclay Prime $100 Cheesesteak Appears on Jeopardy! [Eater Philly]
· All Jeopardy Coverage on Eater [-E-]

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Eventwire

The Oregonian brings first word of some key lineup names for the second annual Feast Portland: Mission Chinese Food's Danny Bowien, Chicago's Stephanie Izard (Girl and the Goat), NYC's Andrew Carmellini (of the Dutch and the recently-opened Lafayette), and April Bloomfield (the Spotted Pig). [Oregonian via Eater PDX]

Best Baguette in Paris Contest Names 2013 Winner Best Baguette in Paris Contest Names 2013 Winner

Au Paradis du Gourmand, Paris. [Photo: Google Streetview]

An annual contest has determined baker Ridha Khadher of Au Paradis du Gourmand makes the best baguettes in Paris. In addition to the title, a cash prize, and a trophy, Khadher gets the honor of baking baguettes for President Francois Hollande for the next year. He also obviously gets a bunch of publicity: according to blog Paris by Mouth, after the announcement Khadher was at his shop, "fighting back tears, watching the line of customers grow down the sidewalk." 152 bakers were accepted into the competition; a top ten list will be released. This is the first time in six years a bakery from outside Montmartre has won the competition. Below, a video report of the contest.

The video. >>>

Video: Paris' Best Baguette

· Behind the Scenes at Paris' Best Baguette Competition [Paris by Mouth]
· Paris' Best Baguette [Euronews]
· All Paris Coverage on Eater [-E-]

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Coffee Wire

So comedian Jerry Seinfeld talked to NPR, explained his philosophy about coffee, and made a bunch of jokes. On "the secret to really enjoying coffee": "You want the sophistication of the snob without the pretension of the snob. So you want to know what's going on, but don't be a fussbudget about it. You know what I mean?" [NPR]

The Couple That Got Engaged on Top Chef: The Cruise The Couple That Got Engaged on Top Chef: The Cruise

[Photo: Bravo]

In Max Silvestri's epic piece on Top Chef: The Cruise, he wrote about a couple that got engaged on board: "We were the first people they'd spoken to after this momentous life event. We bought them champagne, and we learned that their first dates had been on Wednesday nights, to cook and watch Top Chef together..."

Bravo's blog The Dish talked to Sarah Tedford, half of the happy couple. Said Tedford: "We go back to the room and after I'm finished with my dental care he asks me to come lie on the bed with him. I go over and he says, 'You know I really do want to marry you.'" Afterwards: "We then went downstairs to celebrate with a drink and that when we ran into Max and Leah who we had met at dinner that night."

The third person they told was (obviously) chef and DJ Hubert Keller. Said Tedford, "Incidentally, Joe and I would be very happy to have him DJ our reception." Their wedding date is December 14th. Save the date everybody.

· I Packed My Knives & Went: Aboard the Top Chef Cruise [-E-]
· Couple Gets Engaged on 'Top Chef: The Cruise'! [Bravo]
· All Top Chef Coverage on Eater [-E-]