links for 2007-01-27

Immediately following the penultimate episode of Top Chef, we instant-messaged with Jimmy Bradley, the chef and restaurateur behind the Red Cat, the Mermaid Inn, and the Harrison, and the co-author of The Red Cat Cookbook.

Judith Regan leaves behind financial statements, her will, her divorce papers, photographs of her children, unopened Christmas gifts, even her clothing after getting fired

We asked him what he ate this week and learned that he likes his food cheap but solid — aside from his monthly splurge at Nobu.