Top Chef returns

Catch up up on the season premiere of Top Chef fifth season in our latest podcast. Staff writers Bryan Dean and Carrie Coppernoll join in the discussion. For a full recap of the first show, check out this blog from “Top Chef” podcast originator JaRena Lunsford.

As promised, here is the menu at Le Castle Dude of Food:

Caprese vs. Corinth vs. Culiacan Salad

1 sliced green onion

1 thinly sliced roma tomato

1 sliced serrano pepper

2 tablespoons Feta Cheese

1/2 teaspoon pink peppercorns

1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil

1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar.

Salt and pepper.

Simply mix and serve.

Fusion of sausage, onion and peppers

4-6 ounces sliced Spanish chorizo

1/4 red onion or two shallots sliced

1-2 serranos sliced

1 teaspoon regular olive oil

Salt and pepper.

Slice the chorizo as thin as you can. Heat the oil then drop in the chorizo and saute on med-high heat about a minute. Flip the slices and add the onion and pepper. Salt and pepper and remove from heat just after the onions and peppers become translucent. Drain on a towel and serve on crusty bread with a dollop of the caprese.