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As we’ve pointed out before, food and the act of eating are loaded with all kinds of sexy symbolism, so it’s no surprise that said sex appeal is often put to use in the selling of foods. To track this trend – and spurred by last week’s premiere of Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi’s scandalous [...]

This season’s Top Chef crash pad, a spacious apartment in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood, just hit the rental market for $12,000 per month. Sous vide fetishists might jump at the chance to eat, sleep and walk around naked in the flat (aside: somebody [not me] should name their private part “Colicchio”), but what’s with the Craigslist ad? [...]