Sarah in the kitchen [photo: Justin Goode]"American Idol" Season 10 alum and food blogger Sarah Sellers has been posting her viewing-party snack recipes in Reality Rocks for two "Idol" seasons now, and now she is back to get your mouth watering on every night of Season 12.

Tonight, "Idol" moves on to the auditions in Long Beach, California, not too far away from the mythical "through to Hollywood" area where the luckier auditioners will eventually end up. "With all of the fatty Cajun and Southern food I served last week [for the Charlotte and Baton Rouge episodes], I thought I'd keep it quick and healthy for Long Beach," says Sarah.

This fresh crab and avocado salad should be the perfect California cuisine for tonight. Enjoy!

Astro, aka the Astronomical Kid, was undoubtedly one of the most electric and charismatic performers of "The X Factor USA" Season 1, and sadly, very few of the contestants who followed him in Season 2 made as lasting an impression. Admit it: You may have loved Astro, you may have loathed Astro...but I bet you didn't forget Astro.

I certainly didn't forget about this talented Brooklyn teen MC (he's got the X factor, for sure), and he certainly hasn't stopped working since leaving the show, going about his career the respectable, old-school way by recording one hot underground mixtape after another. And now he has finally released a music video, "He Fell Off," from his forthcoming mixtape, Deadbeats And Lazy Lyrics (out February 18).

Charlie Askew, age 17"American Idol" went totally askew (or Askew) during the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, auditions this Thursday--but in the most awesome way possible. Although much of this tricky 12th season has so far focused on the icky infighting and Springer-style drama behind the judges' table, on Thursday a brilliantly bizarre boy brought so much sunshiny rainbow-striped radness to the show, he may as well have entered the audition room on a unicorn.

That magical, mythical boy's name was Charlie Askew.

Last night, "American Idol" finally aired its Charlotte episode, returning to the scene of the crime where that infamous TMZ-"leaked" feud took place. Finally viewers got to see what went down (albeit a heavily edited version of the events)...and it turned out to be much ado about nuthin'. This was what producer Nigel Lythoge had been hyping for months--at the expense of the contestants, and even at the expense of the series' credibility? Really?

Today, my "The Day After" co-host Matt Whitfield and I discuss last night's feud--who was in the wrong, who was in the right, and whether it was right for that TMZ footage to ever "leak" in the first place. (SPOILER: No, it wasn't.) We also remain cautiously optimistic about "Idol's" future going forward, hoping that this whole silly bickering bizness will finally be put to rest, and the show can just move on and refocus on the contestants, not the judges.