Shangri-La update: Not hungry, had trouble figuring out what to have for dinner last night and lunch today

While I like Chopped, the judges have made two decisions lately that set some dubious precedents. On last week's show they were willing to overlook one contestant's not using all the ingredients, and on this week's episode they let pass the chef who dropped his protein on the floor before serving it. Now any contestant who makes a convincing case for "forgetting" to include an ingredient can conceivably get by with not using one of the oddball ingredients that he can't make fit into his dish, and dropping meat on the floor is just a flat-out health hazard. Gordon Ramsay would have yelled his head off and possibly barfed.

On the other hand, seared watermelon sounds really good ...if I'm ever hungry again.