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Host/Creative Consultant/Script, Food Net's Beard-🏆 winning Chopped. Emmy OG QueerEye. Natl Mag Award finalist @Esquire. Bidness: Adam Nettler/Ben Levine, CAA

Brooklyn, USA
Joined July 2009
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Speaking of Derangement Syndrome… VOTE!
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In case you’ve forgotten what a great president looks like: “He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory.” youtu.be/lPU4GwDhN4U?si=JhST… via @YouTube
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Words to live by, if I ever.
For Halloween, I think you should get a cape. Not a cheap plastic one from Spirit Halloween, but a bespoke handmade one from Casa Seseña. When you put it on, shift your shoulders back and forth and then sweep the front edge across your shoulders, swatting anyone in close vicinity
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Today would be a good day for you to resign. Sorry: “Sir, today would be a good day for you to resign.”
Donald Trump: "I said, 'Melania, how great was I, baby? Was I great? Can anybody do it like I do? How good was it?'" (WTF!)
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In the unlikely event that anybody believes this: It is not anywhere near true. Ironic, coming from a living, semi-human solar panel.
Trump on solar panels: "They kill all the animals. The animals jump on them and they fry."
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Sit down and listen, li’l man. You might learn something.
This line is getting praise on X, but it’s actually elitist garbage written by a speechwriter who clearly hasn’t spent much time in a Cheesecake Factory, which has none of the gaudy Trump aesthetic, and just feels good to say because it represents flyover MAGA “night out.”
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My husband and I both were born and raised in Columbus, Ohio, which only makes it richer to see our great former President #BarackObama give such a rousing and eye-opening speech today in Cleveland. For everyone’s sake, people: #VOTE youtu.be/lPU4GwDhN4U?si=xR6H… via @YouTube
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In case you’ve forgotten what a great president looks like: “He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory.” youtu.be/lPU4GwDhN4U?si=JhST… via @YouTube
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Oh, yeah, I have a plan: VOTE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, down the line! #VoteBlue
Missing: your voting plan. Don’t wait until Election Day to figure out the when, where and how. Make your plan to vote today.

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Now, THIS is an illegal alien: Euonymus, aka Burning Bush, a beautiful but incredibly invasive, non-native species in many states. I’ve dug up 26 of these in our yard—they were ruining the view—but I’m gonna keep a few, for fun. This thing is 8 feet in diameter!
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What a delight it is to speak to the great @SimonMajumdar! Listen to us amuse the heck out of ourselves talking about vexing ingredients, Britpop, and all manner of things on his podcast, @EatMyGlobe! Link in Simon’s post, below.
What is a meat cut that chefs need a lot of luck to cook in the Chopped kitchen? Find out on #EatMyGlobe as we chat with host of Chopped, @TheTedAllen. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or: dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3… EatMyGlobe.com/Ted-Allen
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Let me please assure y’all that I am not trying to strangle dear Simon with my (admittedly large) hands in this juxtaposition of pictures.
What herb is also known as the Devil’s Dung? Find out on #EatMyGlobe as we chat with Emmy & James Beard winner, @TheTedAllen. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or: dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3… EatMyGlobe.com/Ted-Allen
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I LOVE this 1977 song from The Babys, when John Waite was lead singer and bassist: “Isn’t It Time.” Hair, outfits, amazeballs, as is the vocal range it takes to sing this one. Saw them open for Journey when I was about 16. youtube.com/watch?v=s-c8X52Q…
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Dayum, @aaronleetasjan1, there’s your tombstone for ya. BTW, I believe you’re playing NYC on 11/11, yes?
BP Fallon is rock'n'roll through and through. He worked with the Beatles as well as Led Zep, T Rex and many others. Years later, he and I wrote songs together one of which was recorded and produced by the incendiary Jack White. I am deeply touched by these words.
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Get your groove on at BID 2026: Peace, Love & City Harvest! Our largest tasting event returns on 10/28 to fund food for New Yorkers in need. Thanks to @dkny for getting the party started with BID T-shirts! Tickets at CityHarvest.org/BID2026
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WOW! Last night, the NYC protesters surrounded Donald Trump’s motorcade. More of this please! 👏🏽🔥❤️
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Aw, man, wish I were there! Are you playing NYC any time soon, @Lloyd_Cole? (I’ll check.)
Tonight's SOLD OUT Seattle show at Triple Door starts at 7:30 sharp (there is a hard curfew). Don't miss Rattlesnakes!
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