I was gonna do some stuff over the weekend.  I had all these grandiose plans about the doing of stuff.  But really, what I mostly did was watch Top Chef. 

They made stuff out of vending machine food!  There was molecular gastronomy!  There was a wild boar sous vide!  It was glorious.  Really, why can’t every show be about really great chefs making interesting things to eat under strange conditions?  And why is every other reality show about stupid people with no skills except the uncanny ability to make me simultaneously bored and angry (trickier than it sounds)?  And why do fools fall in love?  And I want some rack of lamb stuffed with fig mostarda, with chickpeas and fried rosemary.   Or maybe roast grouper with gnocchi, peas, bacon, and parsnip.

On second thought, damn that show for making me want food I have no access to…