Top 5 Food Network Chef-Inspired Halloween Costumes  Categories:
Top Five  You can be Mario Batali in just a few easy steps.
Halloween is upon us, yet again. And every year, Halloween
costumes get either sluttier or blatantly, intentionally lamer.
(Witness our sister blog, Art Attack, for more ideas on how to
achieve the latter.)  So what does a food-loving, non-slutty,
only slightly lame person do for Halloween? We've assembled five
choices from the constellation of Food Network personalities --
both past and present -- that require very little ingenuity on
your end but a whole lot of BAM to pull off. Think you've got
what it takes to be Anthony Bourdain for Halloween? (Considering
the answer is to smoke, get drunk and snarl a lot, you probably
do.)  5. Mario Batali  Great for: the heavyset gentleman who's
outgrown going as Comic Book Guy every year and is looking for a
new, mature direction in his Halloween costume. Also, anyone who
loves Crocs.  You'll need: a white button-up shirt (just pretend
it's a che