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"    Ugh pastry. If there&amp;#039;s anything that strikes fear in a cook&amp;#039;s heart, it&amp;#039;s pastry. The temperamental dough, the rolling, the baking, the getting the filling just gooey enough without sogging the whole thing up. Give me a lasagna to make any day. But that was the challenge on Top Chef. Some put rabbit in their tarts, others made chocolate mousse. Howie put black pepper and balsamic in his peach tart. There was artichokes and pork and berries and tarts, tarts, tarts. The little buggers just seem like a lot of work for not much satisfaction \u2013 how exciting is a tart, in the end? Unless you&amp;#039;re referring to the non-food kind, I guess. Leah and Casey have become good friends (&amp;quot;lifelong friends,&amp;quot; says Casey), but friendship only gets you so far in a reality show competition. The episode&amp;#039;s big task was catering a Telemundo party, and the contestants needed to spice up their Latin flavors. It seems like they could have anticipated this might happen, as the show&amp;#039;s set in Miami and all, so you&amp;#039;d think they&amp;#039;d be super-prepared. But they all went bonkers when they found out they had lost an hour and a half of cooking time (oh please. I can whip together a tray of enchiladas like nobody&amp;#039;s business in 30) and started running around like crazy people. Only Sara thought ahead. She had planned to make her own tortillas, but had bought tortillas at the store, just in case. So imagine how happy she was for her foresight when she realized how much that would come in handy. Awesome: Sara makes her own cheese, and made some for her chiles rellenos. Can you imagine the power of making your own cheese? The possibilities for exploiting that ability are endless. I&amp;#039;d make cheese all day, eat cheese all day, feed cheese to all my friends. I may never go to work again. Joey and Howie made the top two: Joey made a stew with beans and lobster, while Howie braised some pork (yessss) topped with red onion salsa. Howie&amp;#039;s porcine perfection took the top prize. Leah got sent home for soggy, bland poblano polenta cakes. So much for that friendship with Casey. \u2014 Amy DiLuna What&amp;#039;s your go-to food for when friends come over? Dish it out in comments! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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