Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic is a culinary school graduate that writes about food and television. What's not to love? She's best known for her scathing, funny, and exhaustive coverage of several shows over at Television Without Pity, where she uses the nom du plum of Keckler--we'll be the first to admit (as we have before): her coverage of Top Chef is second to none. She's also a regular at where we first met her), and has her very own food-centric bloggie, The Grub Report. Check out our recent discussion for details on an a cup of salsa's epic journey, a bit on being a cheese archivist, the ressurection of our favorite word from Top Chef Season Two ("craveable"), and some insight into the challenges in writing loads and loads about television at the very popular TWOP. ...

There are few pleasures SFist enjoys more in life than listening to a well-spoken, preferably British, man tell a story. We had just such a pleasure on Saturday afternoon at Cinequest when they awarded Sir Ben Kingsley with their Maverick Spirit Award. After viewing a sort of Oscar lifetime award nomination-esque series of clips from some of Sir Ben's more notable movies (i.e. Ghandi and House of Sand and Fog included, Rules of Engagement......