Urban Gardner

Refugee in the Kitchen

Updated Jan. 6, 2013 10:33 p.m. ET

I've always thought that if you can turn cooking dinner into reality TV—shows such as "Top Chef" or "Samurai Saladmen" or "Pastry Psychos" or whatever they're called—you could pretty much do a reality TV show about anything or anybody.

Maybe even writers. The camera would zero in on our furrowed brows as we searched in earnest for the perfect word. And whenever it felt like we were losing our audience we could pen something malicious or even libelous. The next scene would have us being...

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