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You saw the gorgeous proteins that our cheftestants were falling all over themselves to nab when they first arrived at my restaurant for the Elimination Challenge. At Craftsteak we have every kind of beef imaginable (not to mention, of course, the cuts of lamb, pork, veal…) and I don't doubt that at least some of the chefs are familiar with our menu and were thinking of what they could do, given free reign with those ingredients in that kitchen … until we switched it up on them, that is.
But no meat should not have meant no inspiration. I don't know if you noticed, but the walk-in at Craftsteak was filled with the most amazing produce. We ran a truck in from the Santa Monica Green Market the night before filled with just the most incredible stuff. I was itching to get at some of it myself. I personally love walking through the Green Market in Union Square and seeing what the farmers are offering that day — it's the produce that so often is the inspiration for my dishes, not the meat. Further, while Craft and Craftsteak serve plenty of meat dishes, we have a huge roster of vegetables and, in fact, many people come just to eat those offerings, knowing that they'll have a great culinary experience. With this challenge we were giving the chefs the opportunity to be inspired as I so often am, by having brought the green market right to them. I just wish the chefs had allowed themselves to get really excited by what they found in the walk-in, despite having to do a 180-degree turn at 90 MPH.
I wish I could remember the comedian who said, "Sure, hunting's a sport … it's just that one side doesn't know it's playing." (The first person who comes up with the name gets an autographed copy of my book Think Like a Chef. Other people have ripped him off since). We can debate the merits of eating meat versus eating vegetables. There are certain acids in our stomach that are present solely to break down meat, that wouldn't be there were we not supposed to eat the stuff. But along with those acids, we also have freedom of choice, and while I personally like being at the top of the food chain, I fully respect the choice to abstain from eating meat, whether for reasons of health or conviction. I thought this was a great challenge.
For the most part, the chefs did well.
I know that Mike V. was furious that Kevin won this challenge — as we all saw in the episode, he felt that Kevin's techniques were more rudimentary than his and didn't merit the win. He said something to the effect that he could have made Kevin's dish in culinary school, that he cooks that way when whipping things up at home on his weekends off. In general, please do not be snowed by the techniques employed by the Voltaggio brothers. Yes, they're employing advanced techniques versus Kevin's more basic methods, but at the end of the day unless you can pull off those elevated elements and actually make the food taste great, I don't care how many blowtorches it took to create the dish — Kevin's food not only is consistently well executed but also tastes really incredibly good. Young chefs are often keen to use technological wizardry and forget how to just roast something and make it really delicious, and perhaps Michael would do well to use the "weekend technique" he's disparaging in order to make his food soulful and flavorful. In general, when Kevin has won challenges, the Voltaggio brothers' methods might have been more advanced and out there but were weaker on seasoning. So I usually agree with the results when Kevin wins.
That said in response to Michael's comments, I will also say that as regards this challenge, I was a huge fan of Michael's dish and was talked out of my position by my fellow judges. That combination of banana and asparagus was so out of left field, and yet it worked. It gave us an interesting combination of the grassy asparagus with the rich banana. And yet there wasn't the overwhelming banana flavor you're probably imagining: if you were blindfolded and given a bite, it would take you a moment to realize you were tasting banana. It was an interesting background flavor — subtle, not caramelized and sweet — and it made sense in the dish. Mike showed great foresight and took an enormous risk: the dish could have been utterly disgusting and could have gotten him sent home. And yet it was great.
As for the bottom three dishes, while Jennifer gave us what amounted to a side dish or an appetizer, it was very well crafted and an overall competent dish. In light of what her colleagues in the bottom three gave us, Jennifer wasn't going to be sent home for that dish. Robin's dish was a poor dish. It was what we might get from an accomplished home cook who says, "Oh, I like this … and I like that … and this would look pretty with them, too…." The elements were not in harmony, there was no cohesive vision, and it missed the mark. It wasn't very good, but Michael Isabella's was terrible.
Before we even discuss the leeks, let me confirm for those of you who weren't there to taste the dish that while the leeks may have been the primary problem, they were not the only problem. Natalie was right to say that the rest of the dish underwhelmed. As for the leeks themselves, they were butchered; they were horribly cooked. Certain ingredients can withstand imperfect preparation; please never serve me a badly cooked leek. Mike had time to correct what was happening and didn't. But even had he done so, I still can't quite grasp what Mike was striving for, conceptually. Why did he think it was in any way inventive to make leeks look like scallops? That's just silly — there's no reason for it. A leek is not a scallop — it's not even a protein — and there's no reason to make it look like one. This was a challenge about vegetables and was an opportunity to honor them, rather than turn them into faux-finishes of proteins. Furthermore, even were I to accept the premise that making a leek look like a scallop was a cooking innovation, I'd think it would have made more sense then for Mike to have roasted it as one would roast a scallop, which would have yielded a far more satisfying taste and texture than the one he was striving for and failed to attain. I don't get it.
Mike I. knew his dish was bad — he even acknowledged as much to while we were shooting the reunion episode — but seemed to count on Robin's dish being worse, so he never seemed to actually consider that he might be packing his knives. I really think he believed that as long as Robin was still there, he was safe, that there was no chance she'd outlast him. Jennifer, on the other hand, was wholly focused on her own performance, without giving a thought to those of her competitors. She understood that a mistake could get any one of them sent home.
As it can. We're down to six chefs. Stay tuned.
The only quote I can find similar to that is as follows. "Hunting is not a sport. In a sport, both sides should know they're in the game." - By comedian Paul Rodriguez. Not sure if this was that you are going for but I thought I'd throw it up there.
First item: I'd heard that line somewhere years ago and for some reason I'm thinking it was George Carlin, but I could be wrong.
The show: Odd Quickfire (I didn't see any corrolation between most of the dishes having anything to do with the old TV shows they drew knives for), but fun Elimination Challenge. Unfortunately, not a fun result. I gave Robin the credit for coming through last week, but I really gotta ask why would we be seeing a Lisa Fernandes replay happen here with Robin constantly being in the bottom three yet still outlasting everyone else. If Robin makes it to the final, and then puts together the meal of her life, and wins the competition, it gives us Top Chef, but does it really give us the best chef? This seems to be really risky. We all know, as do the cheftestants, that each week is a clean slate. But it really doesn't change the ultimate risk of the integrity of this program by allowing this possibility to happen. And make no mistake, I LOVE THIS PROGRAM. I don't want to see a huge chunk of the audience wind up rejecting it if this possibility were to come to fruition.
I think the comedian you are looking for is Paul Rodriquez. His line is "Hunting is not a sport. In a sport, both sides should know they're in the game."
Great blog, Chef. I know that you don't often see the behind-the-scenes events until the episode airs, but clearly the judges picked up on Mike I's arrogance and lack of involvement with the dish. You hit the mark when you said that he thought as long as Robin was there, he was safe. That's not a good attitude to have when there's so much at stake. Maybe he hasn't watched previous seasons of Top Chef? He claims not to have watched Seinfeld before, either. In so many ways that admission reinforces how really out of touch he is.
Tom, are you thinking of George Carlin? I know he's made some sort of hunting joke on that line before.
Elayne Boosler ?
I know she has a joke about hunting..... I love your comments, I agree that imagination was lacking for many of the contestants tonight.
The "hunting's a sport" quote comes from the show Sports night "The hungry and the hunted." It was said by Joshua Malina's character Jeremy Goodwin. At least, that's what I've been able to find.
As for the decision the judges made, I was surprised when I saw it (it really seemed like Jen or Robin did a worse job) but, again, you've done a great job explaining why Mike was sent home.
Great job with the "trick" of having them cook a vegetarian meal in a "steak place." The looks of surprise (and pain) were priceless!
Tom, I believe that's Paul Rodriguez, with the full quotation being: "Hunting is not a sport. In a sport, both sides should know they're in the game."
Paul Rodriguez but the quote is "Hunting is not a sport. In a sport, both sides should know they're in the game."
I am almost postive.
The "hunting's a sport" quote comes from the show Sports night "The hungry and the hunted." It was said by Joshua Malina's character Jeremy Goodwin. At least, that's what I've been able to find.
As for the decision the judges made, I was surprised when I saw it (it really seemed like Jen or Robin did a worse job) but, again, you've done a great job explaining why Mike was sent home.
Steven Wright said the hunting bit in his act that I saw a few months ago. Not sure if he said it first, but I've never heard him steal a joke.
I was very pleased to read your comments about the pouting Voltaggio and his comments. After eating at Craft:Dallas, its exactly what I would expect. I'm so pleased to see a chef like Kevin continue do well, whether he is doing a complex mole or a more "simple" vegetarian dish.
I was disappointed to not have Paul Bartallotta as a judge. He seemed like a great personality during the quckfire and especially at the elimination dinner. I think it would have been great to see you and Paul talk food. I would have enjoyed his insights at judges table much more than Natalie Portman.
Great and informative blog as usual. I was on the edge of my seat for this ep.
(I'm thinking you quoted Dick Gregory? Sounds like something he'd say anyway.)
Apparently a comedian named Paul Rodriguez said: "Hunting is not a sport. In a sport, both sides should know they're in the game."
That seems pretty close - but I don't know if it is what you are thinking of.
Tom, "Hunting is not a sport. In a sport, both sides should know they're in the game." said by Paul Rodriquez. He's a comedian. Sad Mike went home. He's not as bad as the show portrays He's a good guy and great chef!
You have got to be kidding me!!!! I never thought Mike I would win this thing, but to not send Robin home at this point? What are the judges thinking. If she ends up in the final - I am never watching this show again. I don't find her annoying - this is based purely on the food we see her present. She has been in the bottom EVERY time that she isn't riding the coattails of one of the better chefs. I am so disappointed. This is just wrong.
It was George Carlin. As a vegetarian, and a recent vegan, thank you thank you thank you for a vegetarian challenge! I only wish the chefs other than Kevin had been up to the task.
Tom, Michael Pearlman said that quote "Sure, hunting's a sport … it's just that one side doesn't know it's playing."
I have to say that I love Top Chef. I'm a stay-at-home mom of 2 under 2yrs and the show has truly inspired me to cook more and try a lot of new things. For that my family thank's you. (well sometimes!)Because I love the show I gotta say I wasn't there and I'm not a chef, but Robin should have went home! I say that in the kindest way. From what I have SEEN she is an average and quite nutty chef who I think doesn't live up to the rest. I hope the show keeps going and maybe next season you could gere something more towards the quick, 5 o'clock, throw together dinner for mom's who aren't chefs. Or maybe the kid's up all night, 1/2 awake breakfast for 5 people. LOL. I think you should cook on Top Chef Masters next time. Just to see how you work and hold up to the pressure.
Thanks for a great post Tom. I really enjoyed watching tonight's elimination challenge. As a vegetarian, I find it challenging sometimes to find hearty and satisfying vegetarian dishes on the menu. It was exciting to see what the chefs would create when they learned meat would not be on the menu.
As for the comedian who said "Sure, hunting's a sport … it's just that one side doesn't know it's playing" - was it Kevin McCaffrey?
The comedian who said was Paul Rodriguez! do i win??? Coming to today's episode...it was an interesting watch...and a scenario very familiar for me....I eat koshered meat hence a lot of restaurants that I go to do not typically have that, which ends up with me ordering veggie food all the time. Its shocking that a lot of places still hate to serve vegeterian food. Having said that the environment is still improving. Tonight's episode was great but I am starting to detect a campaign to underwhelm the voltaggio brothers. Sure, Michael is cocky but his thought process is very advanced and ingenius. I think a top chef needs to be that. Please dont hold anything against him just because he uses techniques that are advanced. Kevin has always done simple food and I am sure it tastes good, but for some reason does not seem star quality. Having said that I know that you are the expert. All in all a great episode and shocking to see such top level cooks have such a difficult time cooking vegetables...I bet they were all wishing for some tofu :D
Hey Tom,
Your sense of fairness and integrity is one of the reason's I NEVER miss an episode of TC!!!
Was it the comedian Jeff Foxworthy that made the comment about hunting????
"Hunting is not a sport. In a sport, both sides should know they're in the game." comedian Paul Rodriguez
great episode! (if i really get tom's book, that would be AMAZING... it's already on my christmas list!)
"Sure, hunting's a sport … it's just that one side doesn't know it's playing."
I remember it from a scene Tommy Boy, one of Chris Farley's movies. I suspect the "comedian" was the writer of that movie most likely :)
Hi Tom,
According to this website, the source for the quote is Paul Rodriguez:
Hunting is not a sport. In a sport, both sides should know they're in the game. ~Paul Rodriguez
As always, love hearing your take on the show. I'm pulling hard for local Kevin.
Great post, Tom. Mike's over-fixation on Robin and his thinking "whatever, whatever" added to his downfall.
To your quote...is it Elayne Boosler? (sp?)
I really appreciated this episode. It is rare, but such a pleasure, to find a good vegetarian dish. I love your take on it (and would also LOVE to "play" in the produce walk-in!). I would love to see more twists like this in the future; the gluten-free, vegan twist in the Masters series was fantastic too. As someone with family members who are gluten-intolerant (and vegan, for that matter), it was a pleasure to see chefs tested in this manner. Keep it up!
(As to the quote - I think Paul Rodriguez had a very similar quote, but I don't know if he was the first or one of the ones who ripped it off. Such a perfect quote, I'm not surprised that it has been ripped off!)
Was the quote from Paul Rodriguez? By the way, loved the show. I initially thought the change up was a little unfair (going vegetarian in a steak house). But the judges are right, those kinds of requests are part and parcel of your business. Thanks.
Are you sure you're not thinking about the quote by W.S.Gilbert. "Deer hunting would be fine sport, if only the deer had guns."
Hey Tom, Your the best part of Top Chef, you say exactly what you are thinking I love that. I think the comedian Paul Rodriquez said that quote.
I think it was Paul Rodriguez who said "Hunting is not a sport. In a sport, both sides should know they're in the game."


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by Jon Ronson. Riverhead Books, 2011
It is easy to convince people that you are mentally ill. Claim to hear voices, threaten to hurt yourself, stop showering … basically if you just freak out enough people over time, you can probably be guaranteed a fresh new drug prescription and maybe even a few days in a psychiatric unit. But how would you go about convincing people that you are sane? That is a much harder task.
In his new investigative adventure The Psychopath Test, journalist and filmmaker Jon Ronson does not just question the definition of insanity, he also expresses reservations about current methods used to diagnose it.
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Determined to tell the difference, Ronson turns to psychology's most influential experts to teach him the art of diagnosing and spotting a psychopath. Armed with his new understanding, he practices on CEOs, politicians, war criminals—even himself. But instead of making things clearer, his sharpened perspective seems to have muddied the water further. He begins to wonder whether in the quest to categorize abnormality, the field of psychiatry has lost track of the many shades of normal.
The book is a page-turner. Ronson is charming and tackles poignant issues. "Should we define people by their madness or by their sanity?" he asks. How many so-called mental illnesses are just normal behaviors by another name? How permanent are the labels we assign? The line between sanity and illness has never seemed so blurred, but Ronson walks it with style.


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Strawberries are in season!! This means it is one of the few times that buying them will not cost you an arm and a leg. Go forth and make delicious strawberry dishes, including this spinach salad! This is a fantastic lunch to whip up when you have a last-minute lunch guest! Goat cheese and fruit are the keys to an impressive salad (unless you are my husband, it needs a meat, so I obliged and added some grilled chicken). This salad is so simple but so good! I would not be surprised if you are called fancy pants after serving this. Own it and strut around, and feel no guilt when eating a cookie after- because you just ate a bowl full of spinach.
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4 cups fresh baby spinach
1 cup sliced strawberries
1/2 cup candied pecans
4 ounces of goat cheese
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2-3 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar
1 tsp honey
1 tsp Dijon mustard
1 ½ tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
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I have said many times that nobody has seen God – neither Moses nor Jesus nor Krishna. And naturally, people have misunderstood me. Whenever I have said that nobody has seen God, I was not saying there is no God; I was simply saying the moment you come close enough to God to see, you are no more. Who is going to see God? As long as you are – to see, to feel, to say, to question, to inquire – God is not.
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Osho,In these five years of relationship with you, I have never felt things going as fast as now! When I finish writing a letter or a question to you, I immediately keep it, feeling it to be ridiculous.Sometimes I accept the challenge and deliver it, and then I feel as if I have an idiotic face: worry, repentance, shyness…I feel that it is not worth coming to you being "dressed up" with intelligence, humbleness, meditativeness, or whatsoever I could dress in to show to you. In spite of all my efforts, I still have the feeling of dressing up, of using a kind of mask.Please tell me, master, how to be totally sincere to you and "undressed"?
The problem is not only of one person; everybody is dressed up. Everybody is showing his best side to the world. The heart may be full of tears, but people are smiling.
This is how we have been brought up by a hypocritical society. We are children of a hypocritical society. Rather than teaching every child to be just himself – sincere, honest, naked – we are helping every child to be exactly the opposite.
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Live resource bundle entry editing in a generic way through declarative component and UI component tree manipulation
0In a series of five articles I have discussed how boilerplate text elements such as prompts and labels could and should be taken out of pages and centralized in resource bundles. I have explained how resource bundles can be implemented in database tables, how the bundles can be refreshed at run time and how different user groups can be served with different resource bundles. The previous article demonstrated how text properties can be edited at run time, in the context of the application.
The approach discussed for live text editing works fine. However, its current implementation requires specific manipulation – of every individual page. Each page contains a popup component and each component to be edited needs to have an associated showPopupBehavior or even a commandImageLink.
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1 1/2 cups shredded processed American cheese food
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 (2 ounce) jar chopped pimento peppers
1/4 teaspoon onion powder
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 dash garlic powder
This is my mom's recipe, and my sister submitted this, so I have to leave my comments about what I do differently...I usually sub sour cream for the cream cheese, its easier to stir. I also let this mellow in the frig a bit before serving. I love the kick the cayenne pepper gives this! Thanks, Mom! Love you!
I'm not sure if you have to grow up eating Pimiento Cheese in order to enjoy it; if so, it explains why my husband and I didn't care for this much. But since I've never eaten it before, I can't comment on how this Pimiento Cheese rates in comparison to others. I used sharp cheddar, but added a lot more than called for because the original just tasted like mayo to me. I made tea sandwiches and took them to church, where they met mixed reviews. Some loved them, but a few of the kids threw theirs away. Sorry--won't be making this again, but you might like it if you already like Pimiento Cheese.
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Scrumptious! I used real cheddar in lieu of processed cheese food and reduced fat cream cheese and mayo. I increased the pimento to 3 oz. and added freshly ground black pepper as well as a dash of worstershire. TIP: try it on bread with juicy tomatoes and crisp lettuce.
I took this to a church gathering and got rave reviews...everyone loved it and ate all my sandwiches. I used shredded sharp chedder cheese instead of the processed stuff. Excellent!
I was looking for a good recipe for Pimento Cheese, and this was TERRIFIC! After reading other reviews, I decided to use sharp cheddar cheese (two 8-oz. blocks) instead of processed cheese. Even my husband, who's hard to impress, raved over this recipe. There's no doubt I will make this again and again...Thanks for sharing! :)
Cadillac is right!!! I only changed one thing. Instead of processed cheese food, I used bagged, shredded sharp cheddar cheese and it was absolutely EXCELLENT!!!
Great simple recipe. I used lite ingredients so I saved a few calories but it tasted as good as the first time I made it. I used 4 oz. pimento's, 2 cup of low-fat cheddar cheese,low fat onions & chives cream cheese, about 1 tbsp of light sour cream, lite mayo not quite a 1/2 of cup.lite mayo.cup, Cayenne pepper to taste. I also added sliced salad olives just for fun. Put in middle of tray with sliced tomatoes, cucumbers, and party rye bread. Simple and easy appetizer.
I had my doubts but this turned out so good. I changed a few things but I chalk it up to personal taste so I still give it 5 stars. I used a little garlic salt instead of garlic powder and light cream cheese and half light mayo/half regular mayo. I used the small block of Velveeta shredded and it wasn't enough cheese so I added some mild cheddar. The only thing I might advise others to change is to add more cheese if you prefer yours to be less mayo"naissy".
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Just a minor change for all of us clumsy ones that pressed the wrong hotkey.
The idea is that when you buy an item you can sell it back for full price in the next 20 seconds.
Of course for balance purposes selling items from your curier or stash should be disabled (if it already isn't)
I'd say I'd like to get full refund on stash items too within a certain time =/ especially since (whether it's a bug or intended) when I buy some items from side shop or secret shop it goes directly to stash instead of into an open inventory slot.
I believe this is already implemented, have you tried it? if you sell back within a few seconds you get refunded the whole price in my experience.
Ye I don't know how long the timer is on it but if you buy the wrong thing and sell it quickly you get 100% refund :P
Doesn't work on any combines items, for obvious reasons. But any item you can buy from the shop, yes, this works on.
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My Little Pony Friendship is Magic is a cute children's cartoon that went on air last year. I would like to bring this particular episode to this community's attention, though.
While wrapped in a cute, friendly, and fun loving appearance, this episode is actually pushing anti intellectualism and religious faith as values that children should adopt. This is not a Christian themed cartoon, and this them only appears to be slipped in this one episode somewhere in the middle of the season.
I would like to hear comments and opinions from anyone interested in Christian influence in children's media that is supposed to be for everyone. (or opinions from anyone who has 20 minutes to spend chilling out to My Little Pony)
@Tim Jones
As an aside what do you think the reaction would be if a non-subtle message of atheism, science and reason were to be put forward in a cartoon (granted Twilight was skeptical at the start - but she believed in the end) - I think you'll find that there would be outrage - typical christian hypocrisy
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Well, i like a lot this tv show, but the end was religious, because it promotes a thought submissive, was not critic, how the new generations should be; the end of the episode can be changed from believe in supernatural "anything" to trust in your real friends easily and the episode had not lost sense
Okay, late to the game here, but while they never found an explaination for Pinkie Pie's Pinkie Sense,they did show ample evidence that it works. It is like gravity. We don't know how it works exactly, but it does.
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For a person whose reputation as a hard-nosed man-hater is legendary, Ciku Muiruri – she who "busts" cheating partners on live radio – offers startlingly contradictory wisdom.
"Don't ever, ever bruise a man's ego, especially if he's a powerful man."
She's obviously amused at my surprise and explains that this is a lesson she learnt the hard way.
Without naming names and places, the radio presenter of Classic 105 FM popular Drive Time show and formerly of Easy FM, (as well as columnist for The Nation newspaper's Satmag and Zuqka pull-out magazines, and co-host of KBC TV's Big Four Fans show) confesses that her naivete once got her fired from a job.
"A former boss asked for sexual favours. I said no and within about a week I was out of a job. The timing was bad as I'd just taken a loan and had no way of repaying it. My daughter was in school and money was tight. It was bad."
Her advice to women in the same situation is: "Don't say no. Just quote high."
Now I'm confused.
"Come on … you're a woman," she says a bit impatiently. "Use your common sense. Let the man in question think that you really want to get with him but can't because of a certain obstacle. It could be that you have rent arrears, or that you are working overtime to buy a new car … anything. Let him know that if he could sort out your problem, you'd be in a much better frame of mind to hang out with him. Make the obstacle expensive, that way he won't feel the sting of rejection; he is just the one who can't afford to be with you."
But what if the man is able to raise the money? Hasn't her advice ever backfired?
"As a matter of fact it did, once," she smiles. "A house-helper called my show asking how she could put a stop to the unwanted attention of her boss. I advised her to quote high. We fabricated a story about her mother being sick and the girl being very stressed about raising the Ksh40 000 needed to get her mom out of hospital. A few days later the girl called again to say that the man had given her the money."
Ciku's advice then was: Take the money and split!
That's the sort of guidance that has irritated listeners and those who read her newspaper columns. They find it unsuitable. Misleading. Wrong.
"I hate self-righteous people," comes her quick retort. "I never give advice that I wouldn't take myself, and that is what I would do in such circumstances. I try very hard to remain true to myself. Some people don't agree with me but for others, it is just what they need."
So, is she the man-hater that people believe she is?
"Me?" she laughs. "The majority of my friends are men, I'm closer to my brothers than I am to my only sister, and the number one person in my life was my dad. He passed away when I was 12 years old.
"I think it was clearer to other people than it was to me that I was his favourite. OK, there was the stuff that all folks love
-I was smart and gave him good grades. But on the downside, I had lip. Even way back then he'd say, 'You will give a man trouble one day.' But he always said it affectionately and with a smile."
Some of Ciku's earliest memories are of mothering her dad. She'd bring his sandals to the doorstep when he came home
from work, and she gave herself the duty of giving him his ulcer medication after every meal.
"I did this from when I could barely walk and kept going for years. Taking care of daddy was second nature to me – and it still is, for any man whom I hold dear. That has carried into the present, so no, I don't hate men."
This is surprising considering she has at least two very good reasons to: One is her brother who frittered away her late father's wealth, effectively denying her an education, and the other is the father of her baby, who beat her when she was pregnant and has refused to have anything to do with his child. These are two men who should have treated her better, but didn't.
Although many people have heard the story and know the connection between Ciku and her famous older brother, Tony Gachoka, she is reluctant to discuss him and that dark time in her life.
"That is my brother. That is blood," is how she justifies her reticence.
The only concession she makes is to say: "I could play the victim but what's the use in that? True, I didn't finish university but all my experiences, even the bad ones, are what have made me who I am today. I am thankful for this."
She holds the same opinion about the father of her baby.
"I hesitate to speak about him because he's had a hold over me for so many years; a vice around my neck. How would you explain the coldness that washes over you when someone's name comes up? He scares me because he is a constant reminder that you never really know anyone. How do you live with someone for two years, have their baby and only then understand how flawed they are as humans? When this person turns his back on his own flesh and blood? Don't you question what you think you know about anyone from then on?"
Still, Ciku is thankful to this man for giving her a baby.
"Being a mummy is the most spectacular thing that's happened to me," she says.
She describes her daughter Erica as " 12 going on 30, she is so mature".
I ask whether Erica knows about her father and Ciku replies with this story: "I wanted Erica to know the truth about her life so I took her to a restaurant for a chat. I explained that I left her father because he was abusive but that I loved her and had never regretted having her."
At some point Erica started crying and Ciku hastened to reassure her daughter.
"I told her to stop crying, that there was nothing wrong with her, that her father's rejection was not her fault and that she was perfect to me. Then Erica interjected, 'Mama, you think I'm this wonderful person, but you're the one who's raised me to be like this and here you are being worried because of me. I am fine'."
Then both of them were crying.
Even as Ciku recounts this episode, she tries hard not to cry; she looks up and blinks rapidly but two big drops disobey her and roll down her cheek. She wipes them away slowly, thoughtfully, as she takes time to compose herself.
"The waiters in that restaurant were looking at us wondering why these two chicks were crying," she says with a teary smile.
It is obvious that Erica is the centre of her universe.
"I called her Erica because I'd thought I was having a boy. I had chosen three names; Eric, Matthew and Alan. Eric was easier to feminise.
"Sometimes I regret giving her a mzungu name. I should have given her a nice African one. But at least she has dreadlocks," she adds.
Although Ciku would like to get married, she's not sure she wants to have another child.
"That poor child would have a tough act to follow after Erica," she explains.
Her ideal man, therefore, would probably have a child of his own. He would also have to be "God-fearing, successful and very well off, one who respects me and thinks I'm beautiful inside and out, one who will allow me to grow spiritually and professionally. And since I'm a bit of a procrastinator, I need someone to push me a bit. I, of course, need to be attracted to him – I love confidence in a man."
She knows that what she wants isn't easy to get.
"I have been told I have unrealistic standards but I have sent out my wish list to the universe and, since energy follows thought, it will come back to me. That perfect man is just around the corner."
She clarifies that she is not interested in someone who is finding himself.
"Let him find himself first, preferably in Muthaiga," she grins impishly, "then he can holler."
But what if the perfect man is afraid of her and her bad-girl reputation?
"If someone avoids me because they think I'm a bad girl then that's OK. I don't want to be with them. I want someone to fall in love with me, not my radio image."
Ciku is philosophical about her image. "Well, everything happens for a reason. Ciku is not a 'bad girl' but it works for me. People leave me alone; they're afraid of me. And those who aren't think I'm crazy. Very few people are acquainted with the real Ciku."
She describes herself as loyal, artsy, and the best and worst employee at the same time.
"I'm a very, very good friend. I know how to hang tight when things are tough and I require the same of my friends. I am artsy and I don't compromise when it comes to art. I am not trying to climb the corporate ladder, which is a good thing. I'm the best and worst employee: I will go to the very top to get what I want and will give you 100%, but I will not conform."
She confesses that she doesn't trust people easily, but when she does "it's fully and whole-heartedly". Which is why she says she never understood why the father of her child hit her.
"That's why I was so bitter. That's why I lashed out."
She says that after she calmed down, she reached out to him and tried to talk to him about his child, but he ignored her.
She tried repeatedly over the years: When her child was sick, when she had no money and her mom had to bail her out financially, when she was struggling to make ends meet; he ignored her each and every time. She has heard that he tells people that the child isn't his. Her response is classic Ciku. "Dude, whatever helps you sleep better at night."
In her quiet, peaceful apartment on upmarket Riara Road, Ciku Muiruri exhales. She has come a long way. She is no longer angry or bitter. She is no longer a victim. She has risen out of the ashes of adversity a stronger, more focused, more powerful person. She is happy.
If these walls could speak what would they say about you, I ask?
"That I need to get some," she quips. And we giggle like school girls.
Then she becomes thoughtful, quiet. "It is possible to make bad decisions because of grief, but I encourage women not to. There are so many who feel like their lives come to an end when a man walks out and they're pregnant, but realise this: God will never give you something and not provide a way to handle it. He'll never leave you alone. You'll never walk alone."
Such wisdom; and from one so … how old is Ciku anyway? She fobs me off with a long quote by Douglas MacArthur.
" 'You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair.' " So on a really bad day, I'm 60, but most of the time, I'm still rocking 21."
So there you have it. Everything you thought you knew about Ciku. Busted.
Ciku Uncovered
- She is shy. "Working on radio is basically just talking to yourself in a little room."
- She is going to South Africa for the Soccer World Cup in June.
- She has started taking shooting lessons. Yes, with real guns.
- She can, and does sometimes, wear her daughter Erica's clothes.
- She read politics, sociology and business administration for her A-levels at Oxford Business College.
- She worked as a chambermaid at the Randolph Hotel – "the poshest hotel in Oxford".
- She can now afford a suite at the Randolph Hotel.
- Her aborted degree was to be in business administration, majoring in human resource management. "It was for the best I guess; imagine me in an office issuing memos to staff?"
- She has a close relationship with her mother, though this only started after Erica's birth. "She took over in the most amazing manner. She's been wonderful."
- Her mom did not want her to study anything media related as she did not think there would be any future in it.


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-My seminar contract for Canadian Lit was cancelled because I'm taking one whole course this term and was supposed to TA one whole seminar and they conflict. Naturally. :/ Goodbye extra income and happy fiction and poetry reading. I rue, I rue.
-My term will be over as soon as I hand in this 30-page group paper that I volunteered to edit because I don't trust anyone else to do the job. (Which turned out to be a fair suspicion because I got some of the most incompetent possible citations.) Exciting, yes? I thought I would get a vacation of some kind, but it turns out that nope, my spring course starts on Monday and I have to grade exams tomorrow so I actually only get one day off. Aaaaaaaah. Oh well, two of three terms are complete mostly on schedule and I will have an MA by August, barring catastrophe. Which is good, because the program is kind of intense and most people fail to finish within a year.
-I got myself into a completely awkwardasfuck social situation. Today my partner T and I got an invitation to a "private literary salon" from a former professor. It's exclusive or something, apparently, and only a select number of people got an invitation. Which is all fine. The awkward part is that one of the two poets will be attending is the ravenhaired sultryvoiced lady that my partner has been friends with for years and has also had on and off flings with before we were dating seriously. Normally she lives across the country and I pretend she doesn't exist because why would I want to pretend she does? Fortunately I trust T and do not think anything bad or traitorous or melodramatic will actually come of this, but I don't know whether I should go. On the one hand it's a private literary salon; on the other hand she is terrible at reading poetry. Eh. The truth is I am actually kind of impervious to awkwardness, in so far as I totally create it and make other people feel awkward and realize what's going on but am not at all bothered by it myself.
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-In happy news, I have been totally managing to deal with my anxiety and depression lately. I can actually go for hour-long walks almost everyday and go on the bus and other lovely things without having a panic attack and having to fight the hyperbolic urge (to leap off the bus immediately and) sprint for the nearest clump of bushes to hide in. And I've also been quite productive and writing poetry again. And I -actually can't remember the last time I cried- which is wonderful considering how often I used to get bleary eyed. I can't tell if it is my iron resolve to stop crying and freaking out, the weather, or what, but I'll take it.


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LONDON -- Tennis is adopting the biological passport program and increasing the number of blood
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With the sport under pressure to do more against doping, the International Tennis Federation
said today that the measures will go into effect this year on both the men's and women's tours in
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indicate doping. The system is applied in track and field and cycling and has resulted in sanctions
against athletes without positive tests.
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A Pacific Junction man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of a 13-month-old baby girl, Aliyanna L. May. The child died Feb. 2. The plea agreement was reached Monday in Mills County District Court.
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A very limited supply of tickets remain available for the U.S. Air Force Heartland of America Band's Dec. 8 holiday concert in Glenwood. The free concert, co-sponsored by The Opinion-Tribune and the Glenwood Community School District, will take place at 2 p.m. in the Glenwood Community High School Performing Arts Center.
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The Iowa Preserves Advisory Board has approved the site for the proposed Loess Hills Archaeological Interpretive Center near Glenwood.
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Bungie showcased its upcoming shared world shooter Destiny at both the E3 and gamescom events. It's been a busy time for the developer, who now want to say thank you to the community who has supported them over this period.
Posting on the PlayStation blog, the developer wrote: "Throughout our travels, we've been greeted by excited faces who are anxious to explore the wild with us. The reception has been inspiring and humbling. As this season draws to a close, we're taking a moment to express our excitement that you can finally join our community."
"You're the reason we're making this game. You will add the most important ingredient to this living, social world. And we're already looking forward to the next adventure. Stay tuned, PlayStation Nation. This exploration only gets better over time."
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