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   Clifford - February 22 2008 @ 10:52 am Your sense of humor is the best! Dinner Inconvenient - Brilliant!
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   Chesh - February 22 2008 @ 11:27 am Remember, in a fight no man withstands a swift kick to the groin and RI must have balls to have convinced investors with those stories.
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   Jeannine Sydnor - February 22 2008 @ 12:21 pm Dear Tony - I love your show and just think you are the greatest. Hope to meet you someday! Jeannine Sydnor Baltimore, MD
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   okiefoodie - February 22 2008 @ 12:35 pm LOL! Oh to be a fly on one of those Negroni! A heartfelt THANK YOU for keeping us, your devoted, in the loop! We wait with bated breath for the outcomes! Oscar who?
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   Liz C - February 22 2008 @ 1:05 pm I tell ya, this is the next best thing to being there. Thanks, Tony, for being the last rat off the ship. (I'm sure Ruhlman will beat you out the door.)
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   Sues is not Martha - February 22 2008 @ 1:07 pm At least you're with Ruhlman! I'm extremely excited to see who the winners are. Wish I was in Miami to watch...not like we're having a huge blizzard here in Boston or anything! Sues
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   Tampa Girl - February 22 2008 @ 1:34 pm Hey Tony, Can you believe that Robert Irvine opened a resturant in St. Petersburg, Florida? Guess he's trying for an untapped market. Not somewhere that I will be going anytime soon. While in Florida, you should come up here for some REAL Cuban food. Yeah, I said that! And I'm not talking about La Teresita. Just pulling your chain. Hope things get better down there. Tpa Girl
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   MICHAEL ZULIM - February 22 2008 @ 2:07 pm Tony, love your show. I just have one question. We are traveling to France and I wanted to know what the name of the bakery you went to where Phillipe works and ate that french bread. that damm bread looks good and I want to try some. Please help by providing the name and address if you remember. Thanks alot keep up the good work. Michael
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   Matthew - February 22 2008 @ 2:19 pm Anthony, My wife wants to smoke a cigarette with you. She tells me I am not invited. We would love to meet you though. Are you making any public appearances this weekend?
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    Bourbon Girl - February 22 2008 @ 2:54 pm Mmmmmmmmmm..........Negronis. Mmmmmmmmm..........heavy breathing phone calls ;) FYI all you foodies - Ruhlman's "The Soul of a Chef" is a great read.
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    Dave - February 22 2008 @ 2:54 pm Man, I hope you guys are getting some of this on video so that we can experience some of the chaos. As I read the blog, I get the feeling of your Vegas trip with Rhulman..."For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled." - Hunter S. Thompson
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    Bella - February 22 2008 @ 4:55 pm Tony, Hope you enjoy your stay in Miami. To help you keep the faith, here's one food and wine lover that won't be caught on Ocean Dr. this weekend! Praise Jah I live South of 5th. Punk Rock Changed My Life, Bella in South Beath
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    Tom - February 22 2008 @ 5:33 pm I don't particularly like food, but Rachel Ray is my hero. If you run into her at the wine and food festival, please, for the love of God, try to be nice.
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    Hannah - February 22 2008 @ 5:47 pm Anthony, You may have created the first professional ballet dancer to obsessed foodie transformation ever. Every time I watch your show I want to run run RUN from the suburbia im stuck in. Or preferably, fly. I hope to meet you someday, your an inspiration!
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    Antoinette - February 22 2008 @ 7:53 pm So, the boy and I are driving along last night when he announces that he's decided what he's going to do with his life. Anything to do with food, he says. I want to be surrounded by food. I want to invent something delicious, he tells me. Well, I replied, somebody invented the popsicle, the hamburger, Dr. Pepper, Stella. Somebody has to invent something delicious for all the fine dining rooms across this fair land of ours....somebody has to eat, drink and smoke their way around the globe and bring it all into our living rooms. I suggested he watch Bourdain for inspiration.
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    Adam - February 22 2008 @ 8:23 pm @Antoinette: Don't forget the alcohol. Whether by drinking it or adding it to the batch, I cannot cook without it. Then again, alcohol and studying never worked for me either. Good luck to your son! Also, the best way to halt an awkward moment? Drink, dance and follow with bad singing.
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    Rachael - February 22 2008 @ 11:30 pm Poor Robert. It was all downhill for him after his "best night ever" declaration at the first annual Food Network Awards. He's been bent on self-destruction ever since; I can't think of any other reason why one might name a restaurant "Ooze."
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    Lucy Hynes - February 22 2008 @ 11:51 pm This whole 21 and over thing for the food and wine festival is !@#$&%. Anthony has underaged fans too. =( I'll probably spend my weekend wandering up and down south beach trying to catch a glimpse of you.
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    Andrea - February 23 2008 @ 12:22 am Good gawd.... get thee out of Miami and depart for friendlier pastures. Like, say, the pastures of Colorado! Free range cattle and scorching chile in New Mexico! I think No Reservations would have a ball in the hinterlands of the southwestern ballsack, somewhere right around where the green chile cheeseburger was invented by atomic weapons physicists in San Antonio (NM). Consider it.
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    Alexis - February 23 2008 @ 1:33 am Tony!!! LOVE you and your outlook on life!! Where else will you be in Miami this weekend besides having cocktails with Rachel Ray?? Thinking of moving to Italy for a few months.. Milan or Florence??? Is Milan all that bad?
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    Melissa Black - February 23 2008 @ 1:59 am Anthony, I just met you at Emeril's Sugar Shack. You took a picture with a little smily face guy for my kids and I wanted to thank you for doing that. I will be seeing you tomorrow at the tasting event. I am a HUGE fan and it was my pleasure meeting you. You made my whole weekend tonight. One more thing. DANG your tall. See ya tomorrow.
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    Clare - February 23 2008 @ 2:22 am I read all about it on Eater...so cool that Rocco got it and presented his own award. I didn't read, however, whether or not Ruhlman won the award for best boobs...I mean, HAIR. BTW, tell him to return my email. I've got six months and the money saved and I need advice on where to go and what to do. Feel free to p%#@ on any suggestions you may have...
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    june-baby - February 23 2008 @ 2:59 am Tony, All I can say is please please get the Golden Clog Awards on video for us poor souls who can't be there in Miami. BTW NYC got dumped with snow on Thursday aren't you glad you are some where nice and warm and on a BEACH.
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    Zhao Z. Chen - February 23 2008 @ 3:30 am Great show.
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    Ryan M. Stoy - February 23 2008 @ 4:16 am Ah yes, another evening of disappointment equaled only to the displeasure of your company. As usual, you paint the picture. The ever omnious non chalant descriptions that only one who has lived a life in kitchens would be able to conjure. From one chef to another chef, thank you for representing the truth.
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    Ladymissgailo - February 23 2008 @ 8:30 am Umm...Bourdain or the Oscars...and the winner is...
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    Reverend Xenakaboom - February 23 2008 @ 10:13 pm Regarding your (justifiable) fear of Robert Irvine, rest %#@ured that you are likely too high profile to be the recipient of his wrath. I would watch Ruhlman's back, though, if I were you. He is just low profile enough that Irvine could take a swing and not end up in ONTD.
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    JoMarie - February 24 2008 @ 9:39 am Tony, Even though I am only 2 hours away from Miami the thought didn't even cross my mind to come over and see "The Gang". I hope you get extra compensation for the the B******* you are going through. Love Ya!
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    Art - March 02 2008 @ 2:29 pm Mildly amusing at best. Too bad about RI though; bottom line - he lied. No respect now.
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    The Bitter One - March 06 2008 @ 5:58 pm Love your show Tony! Are you upset about Robert Irvine lying about his work history?
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    larry - April 03 2008 @ 12:57 pm What could be cooler than a food and wine fest in south beach. way cool.
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    Carmen Regine - April 16 2008 @ 7:03 am .....and one more thing... Tony, you seem to be on a personal mission to find your "inner person". Last night's show... you in the Amazon, brought that to light. POVERTY in that region and many others you {visit} provide us insight to your personal impression of and internalization of that nation's people's acceptance of their situation. Where you may not DESIRE that lifestyle for yourself, you seem to be searching for your own temperance level for something in that level of existence. It seems obvious that the stress we endure on a routine basis here in America.. ( I movedout of Chicago to central Illinois to escape the rush around mentality) is what bothers you most.... until the ABJECT POVERTY comes to mind. The, you're ours again. Love ya Tony. (smile)
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    Renee Tiano - April 17 2008 @ 7:33 pm The Golden Clogs...humm, sounds like an event I'll have to attend in the dead of winter, right after I leave the snowy streets of New York for my beloved Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. Would love to watch you squirm, Tony. Not that I don't love you, I do, it's just one of my hobbies, enjoying the torment of others. Robert Irvin, who cares!?! He's got a show, he'll write a book, and he'll probably get to meet the Queen! God bless him!!
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    Carmen - May 03 2008 @ 11:02 pm hmmmm sounds like a desperate bid for CONSERVATIVE CULTURE to me. ALAS, I prob can't deliver that about now; I think I'm suffering from indepth MUTHUH...FATHUHism. Empty Nest grown over with residual offsprung issues and mentos. Se La Vie Anyway, here's a remedy if it gets worse. Try TOMATO SOUP: Several packs of McDonald's Ketchup blended with McDonald's salt and Pepper to taste. (College campus idiom) Try this ONLY while waiting for start of cl&%$es and never beyond distribution of first issue scholarship funds.... afterward, eat MOUSSAKA
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    CARMEN - May 03 2008 @ 11:24 pm PS... add mozarella and parmesan cheese to moussaka. It becomes something like a deepdish eggplant pizza
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    kanani - May 08 2008 @ 3:27 am I can't tell you how many people have padded resumes, given misleading statements, have put themselves somewhere were they were --marginally... and have gotten ELECTED into politics. Food Network's own body-politic dictated finding someone who seemingly had it all, and so they gladly took Robert Irvine at his word. Pity, because there was nothing wrong with his real CV! Nothing wrong at all. But just wait. He'll be back. I'm just glad he hasn't gone into politics.
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    maria gomez - May 13 2008 @ 8:58 pm las mejores sopas de la abuela en Bogotá Colombia www.sopasypostres-mrg.com
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    Protea - June 28 2008 @ 5:08 pm I pull into the parking lot once more... Macarthur Park... dang it! Curses fall on Tony and the crew. I'm beginning to really be ticked off by their freedom. Monday morning I'll be back at work, sitting in that dang chair waiting for 7hrs to tick by so I can catch the last end of Tony's slide across one more sheet of ice in Frozen Arctica. There ya go. My day. Yeah, that's pretty hot but no hotter than the days are getting in central Illinois. (sigh) The sound of it... sigh. And I just bet I won't even make it to MONTANA in September. Closest I'll get is mayb going onto the SOUTH BEACH DIET... where's that book......
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    Sarah - July 24 2008 @ 4:00 pm I just wanted to ask you a few questions if you could e-mail me that would be great.
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    chat - November 18 2008 @ 9:12 pm

    Thanks

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    catalog movie - August 01 2009 @ 11:22 am

    Oh to be a fly on one of those Negroni! A heartfelt THANK YOU for keeping us on the cycle! We look forward to the results!

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    online marketing orlando - August 10 2009 @ 1:48 pm

    this festival is so fun to go to. I just love going to miami and the beach there. I have been to this festival twice and it was amazing. The wine is just amazing.

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    Daniel B. - September 02 2009 @ 2:22 pm

    Tony, why do only some of my posts get through? Are you guys screening the posts? I didn't say anything inappropriate and some are not going through.

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    Dental Kissimmee - October 01 2009 @ 2:29 am

    This is a very interesting event to look forward to. I'm sure that many would enjoy this.

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    free games - October 14 2009 @ 7:44 am

    Very interesting blog post! Keep it up.

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    air compressor - October 27 2009 @ 5:25 am

    "For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled." - Hunter S. Thompson

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    job search - October 28 2009 @ 12:14 am

    This was my first year attending the South Beach Wine and Food Festival, which experienced a name reversal this year. Whew. For a moment, I thought I had been getting it wrong for years.

    job search

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    corporate gifts - November 19 2009 @ 5:54 am

    I watch your show I want to run run RUN from the suburbia im stuck in. Or preferably, fly. I hope to meet you someday, your an inspiration!