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Huitlacoche
Huitlacoche is also known as Corn smut, fungus, Mexican truffle, and Mexican caviar. Huitlacoche presents as a soft, spreadable, dark ingredient?
Huitlacoche is a parasitic plant disease that grows on ears of corn, around the kernels, in puffy grey pouches resembling stones. Despite this, huitlacoche is a delicacy in some regional cuisines of Mexico.
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Top Chef ™ is an American reality competition television series which has run since March 2006. The show features professional chefs competing against each other in culinary challenges.
The Top Chef ™ chef-contestants are judged by a counsel of exemplary, world-renowned professional chefs and famous names from the food and wine industry.
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The show is progressive, eliminating one or two chefs each week. Each episode follows a consistent theme with (usually) a Quickfire challenge (short and fun) followed by a more difficult "Elimination Challenge" that is much more intense. The Top Chef ™ Judges Table is where the winners and losers are determined each week.
