The second season of Top Chef began airing on Bravo on October 18, 2006. Padma Lakshmi took over as host, with Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons returning as judges. Filming began in Westwood, near UCLA in Los Angeles, on August 10, 2006. The number of contestants expanded from 12 to 15. The winning recipe from each week's episode is featured on Bravo's Top Chef website and prepared by Season 1 contestant Lee Anne Wong in a web video called The Wong Way to Cook. Bravo cited negative viewer reaction to the reunion episode of season one as the reason why no reunion episode was filmed for season two.

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A Big Island honey producer is among the first to jump on that eco-conscious bandwagon, and no wonder that this could be trend-setter for others also: the Royal Hawaiian Honey Line produced by the Hawaiian Queen Co. of Captain Cook is now carrying the CarbonFree seal.

Fees for baggage, fees for food, fees for blankets and pillows. But fees for death? Yes, Hawaiian Airlines will charge you for dying. I would file this under "Super Scum Bags", but Digg doesn't have that category. Yet.

This is the best package mix from my home, Hawaii, if you want to make Hawaiian local food that includes Chinese, Hawaiian, Portuguese. Korean and Filipino dishes. I live in New York now and it is cheaper to order from Hawaii than to buy here.

Carbonfund.org has debuted a new label for carbon neutral food. Yes, labels are super, but do they really tell the consumer the whole truth? Buying local can still outweigh carbon neutrality if that product comes from Hawaii.