The third season of American reality television series Top Chef (also advertised as Top Chef Miami) began airing on Bravo on June 13, 2007. Padma Lakshmi returned with Tom Colicchio, Gail Simmons and new judge Ted Allen, who will switch off with Simmons throughout the season. First season contestant Lee Anne Wong was brought in as a food consultant and assisted in planning the challenges. Production took place in April and May 2007 in Miami Beach, Florida, with 15 contestants living, and the production activity centered, at the historic Fontainebleau Hotel . As with Season 2, the winning recipe from each week's episode of Season 3 is featured on Bravo's Top Chef website and prepared by Season 1 contestant Lee Anne Wong in a web video called The Wong Way to Cook. Another former contestant, Season 2's Carlos Fernandez, is featured on a Yahoo!/Telemundo blog called Sabrosazon in which he presents recipes and writes about Season 3 in Spanish, as well as a Bravo blog called Miami Spice in which he presents recipes in English.

Romaine Lettuce (head $1.29) 1 pound of steak ($10 per pound) 1 box of colorful pasta ($1.03 Blue's Clues because my inner child sways me at times.) 1 red pepper ($2.62) Blue Cheese dressing ($2.43) ½ pound block of blue cheese ($3.79 optional ingredient)

A one of a kind hand-made Christmas (Pastamas?) tree topper, crafted by San Francisco artist, Nifer Fahrion (www.nifnaks.com). Includes photos and a description of the techniques used. With a multi-colored pasta garland and bendable googly eyestalks, this is truly one Intelligent Design!

Pasta is architecture designed for the taste buds. Every single shape is a brick, different in form, consistency and color, to create an extraordinary construction, both physical and mental, a true expression of taste... This web page shows around 250 different types of pasta!

Tartrazine is a chief coloring agent found in almost everything—from canned fruit, yogurt, and pasta to shampoo. Research and placebo trials have shown that tartrazine is responsible in some persons for acne, eczema, migraines, blurred vision, asthma, ADHD, hemophilia, autism, thyroid tumors, chromosomal damage, and lupus.