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Bay Area chefs adapt shows as tools of trade

May. 6, 2009
The young chefs who compete on Bravo TV's "Top Chef" had to sleep in bunk beds and were goaded into bad-mouthing each other in front of a national audience. But San Francisco chef Elizabeth Falkner didn't suffer the same indignities on the new "Top Chef...
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Russian Maria Sharapova signs autographs after winning her French Open womens first round match against Romanian Alexandra Cadantu at Roland Garros in Paris on May 29, 2012. Sharapova defeated Cadantu 6-0, 6-0 to advance to the next round. UPI/David Silpa