Another Top Season on 'Chef'

The recently-concluded season of "Top Chef Las Vegas" proved that it might be the best cooking reality show on TV. Granted, the final winner (Michael) wasn't the most popular, but the talent pool was unquestionably-deep and the range of challenges vast.

For the home cook, it was another season of ideas and techniques -- and, hopefully, the start of more vegetarian and alternate-diet focused challenges.