9 Nasty Truths About Your Favorite Foods
Famous Death Row Last Meals
Tom Colicchio is well-known in the food community as a great chef, a fair judge on Top Chef and a successful restaurateur. After last night, we can now also add hero to his list of accomplishments. He was in attendance at an Art.Food.Hope dinner in Washington, D.C. when cookbook author Joan Nathan (most famously known for Jewish Cooking in America and The New American Cooking) choked on a piece of chicken. According to Ezra Klein of the Internet Food Association, who was also in attendance at the dinner, Alice Waters came running, shouting for someone to perform the Heimlich Maneuver after Nathan began to choke. Colicchio happened to be close by and was able to dislodge the offending morsel quickly.
Klein had an opportunity to speak with both parties after the incident. Colicchio offered an unassuming "I just happened to be nearby." Nathan commented with flattering appreciation, "He's so strong!"
[via DCist]
| Sure, I took life saving classes in high school. | |
|---|---|
| I think so, it's pretty intuitive, right? | |
| No way, I'd crumple under that much pressure. |
SLIDESHOW: Tattoos That Go Way Beyond Your Average Tramp Stamp
America's 10 Highest-Paid CEOs of 2011 (and How They Earned It)
PHOTOS: Nicole Scherzinger Almost Reveals Too Much
The Richest Woman in the World: How Gina Rinehart Earns her Billions
What Happened When Alex Kenjeev Paid His Student Loan in Cash
Yale Student Killed In Crash Days After Graduating
Carrie Underwood's Grunge Rock Past: 'I Was All About Pearl Jam'
What's a Realistic Retirement Age?
PHOTOS: Americans Honor Troops On Memorial Day Weekend
Farmers Hit the Jackpot in Kansas Oil Boom
Mary J. Blige, Charity Lawsuit: Singer's Foundation Sued for Failing to Repay $250K Loan
Blood Found In Missing Girl's Bedroom
Samsung Galaxy S III review
'American Idol' Changes Record Contract Policy: Runner-Up No Longer Guaranteed Major Bucks
LOOK: Inside Honduras' Deadly Prisons
Safeway Worker Stops Man From Beating Pregnant Woman, Gets Suspended
VIDEO: Cop Kills Naked Man Allegedly Eating Another Man's Face
'Cannibal' Attack: Naked Man Shot Dead In Miami 'As He Chewed Victim's Face' (VIDEO, PICTURES)
5-Time World Boxing Champ Found Dead
Will You Be My Facebook Friend? No.
When Jenny Was Still From The Block
Alan Simpson Lashes Out At GOP 'Madness'
Boy Locked In Filthy Coal Bunker Every Night For A Year
Honor Student Jailed For Missing Too Many Classes
Witness: 'The Guy Was Tearing Him To Pieces With His Mouth'
PHOTOS: Kristen Stewart Almost Bares Sideboob
MSNBC Host Says He's 'Uncomfortable' Calling Soldiers Killed In Action 'Heroes'
Michelle Obama Attends Beyonce Concert
'Mad Men': Did Joan Sell Herself For The Sake Of Jaguar?
SLIDESHOW: And You Thought Your Navel Piercing Hurt
Rodger Streitmatter: PHOTOS: 8 Legendary Same-Sex Couples
Tracy McMillan: Why You're STILL Not Married
1-20-2009 @4:44PM Jim said... Wow!
My first visit to this site.
A contentious few here. Would this be referred to a food fight?
Jim
Reply
1-20-2009 @5:09PM Jim said... Wow!
A contentious few on this site. Might this be construed as a food fight?
Jim
Reply
1-20-2009 @5:28PM Owen said... Note to TME: In addition to the advice SRshell had to offer, please be aware that this rule also applies to the word "ass." It is "an ass", never "a ass."
Reply
1-20-2009 @5:44PM TNE said... To Owen: Please read my previous comment!
Reply
1-20-2009 @5:50PM les said... tne said...
remember the line people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones? well, you're not doin so hot yourself. the word isn't "a" but "an" . and it would be correct if you used that same word both times where you're wrong. you're not a ass, but an ass...
Reply
1-20-2009 @5:51PM Marisa McClellan said... Okay folks, could we stop with the grammatical attacks? I'm the one who originally made the a/an mistake, not TNE. Let's lay off, please.
Reply
1-20-2009 @6:02PM luce1 said... he probably choked because the chicken was horible.:) i bet he buys his food that people dont choke on he buys a wal mart.
Reply
1-20-2009 @5:57PM TNE said... Ahhh, the irony of it all!!! It is okay, I have a thick skin. And besides, I've already made fun of myself for leaving out the word "is" while pointing out someone else's error. I am an ass or a ass or whatever satisfies the masses for the moment:-)
Reply
1-20-2009 @6:04PM Karen said... I am a published writer and I think things should be proofread before they are posted for all the world to see. I am constantly appalled by the grammar, spelling, usage and punctuation errors I see in posts. Literacy has become a thing to be ridiculed instead of a goal to strive for.
Reply
1-20-2009 @6:36PM BlaqueVII said... It's always nice to read something positive. Thanks for sharing positive news.
Reply
1-20-2009 @6:47PM Deborah said... Thank you Marisa for the article. It is nice to hear something good from a celebrity for a change. I always knew Tom was a good guy!
Reply
1-20-2009 @7:47PM airhead said... Apart from Marisa and few other people on this board, the rest of you correcting people's grammar should go choke on a chicken.
Reply
1-20-2009 @8:04PM Trudy said... Who cares about typos when a life was saved. It could happen to anyone! My co-worker and I were the only ones left in the office during lunch hour when she came running into my office gasping for breath. I have never been trained in the Heimlich but must have seen it enough on TV it took only about 2 or 3 manuevers and the 'horse pill' vitamin she had taken and gotten lodged came shooting out. You never know....
Reply
1-21-2009 @9:24AM James said... Why the hell didn't Alice Waters do the Heimlich instead of running to find Tom Collichio?
Reply
1-21-2009 @9:24AM Marisa McClellan said... James, that is an excellent question.
Reply