Some publicist-lady at Bravo sent us some preview clips of the first part of the "Top Chef" finale that is airing this Wednesday. They are short but strangely revealing. Did you know that Hung is half-Chinese and half-Vietnamese and that his father is Hmong?

All of a sudden his cagey paranoid nature makes sense. After all, the Hmong were like Vietnam version of the Shi'as of 1991! Also, he's brought with him pickled kumquats, which is hottt!

Dale brought along lots of little spice packets. "I'm known for my saucework," he explained. Sure you are, honey! Brian bought a bunch of fancy shit but said, "You can make something good with really peasant ingredients." I guess this means we have some Sheep's Feet with "a little Parsley, green Chibals, a little young Speremint and Tyme"* to look forward to. Huzzah!