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  <title>No Hometown Advantage</title>
  <published_at>Thu Mar 20 13:21:00 -0700 2008</published_at>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <short_description>Episode 2: Top Chef Chicago eats one of its own</short_description>
  <long_description>Episode 2: Top Chef Chicago eats one of its own.</long_description>
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    <h1>No Hometown Advantage</h1>
<h3><i>Top Chef Chicago</i> eats one of its own</h3>

    <p class="intro">Chicago chef <a href="http://www.bravotv.com/Top_Chef/season/4/bios//index.php?cat=chef&#38;p=valerie">Valerie Bolon</a> sogs up her blini and is sent packing. The beginning of the show depicts Valerie and her friend Stephanie working out together: Did Stephanie's crunches prepare her better than Valerie's stretches? Would Antonia have chosen Valerie if she had sweated it out a little harder? Or perhaps if any of them knew the difference between a <a href="http://www.chow.com/recipes/10030">Bellini</a> and <a href="http://www.chow.com/recipes/10557">blini</a>? And the question everyone wants answered: How much of a total spaz is Andrew, really?</p>
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