No, it's Jen who keeps doing it, which is even more vexing.
It makes me wonder if it's a pronounciation she picked up from Eric Ripert.
Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Non-Fiction TV: I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own
This thread is for non-fiction TV, including but not limited to reality television (So You Think You Can Dance, Top Chef: Masters, Project Runway), documentaries (The History Channel, The Discovery Channel), and sundry (Expedition Africa, Mythbusters), et al. [NAFDA]
Frankenbuddha - Aug 27, 2009 3:02:29 am PDT #10541 of 23273
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
le nubian - Aug 27, 2009 3:58:09 am PDT #10542 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
heh. sumi has outlined the next 5 weeks of boots...
brenda m - Aug 27, 2009 4:09:54 am PDT #10543 of 23273
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
This is Frank Bruni's advice on menus from his last NYT column, but it works pretty well as a guide to judging Top Chef:
Scratch off the appetizers and entrees that are most like dishes you’ve seen in many other restaurants, because they represent this one at its most dutiful, conservative and profit-minded. The chef’s heart isn’t in them.
Scratch off the dishes that look the most aggressively fanciful. The chef’s vanity — possibly too much of it — spawned these.
Then scratch off anything that mentions truffle oil.
Choose among the remaining dishes.
victor infante - Aug 27, 2009 4:10:12 am PDT #10544 of 23273
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
It makes me wonder if it's a pronunciation she picked up from Eric Ripert.
She's obviously authoritative, so I'm suspecting her pronunciation is correct and coming from some regionalism or dialect or Ripertism or something.
brenda m - Aug 27, 2009 4:12:05 am PDT #10545 of 23273
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Well. I can see how if you pronounce the word as if it were French, you'd come up with something like that (though I'd expect a softer "ch" at the end). But I don't know I'd go so far as to call it correct.
le nubian - Aug 27, 2009 4:22:27 am PDT #10546 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
yeah, it ain't correct. No one else in the history of the show has said it that way - including judges and other contestants. Granted, the one chef is from PR and not Spain, but he doesn't pronounce it that way.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 27, 2009 4:28:19 am PDT #10547 of 23273
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Is that something the judges would call her on if it was incorrect? I know they'd call her if the dish was made incorrectly, and since she's done it twice now to accolades (though unacknowledged last night), she must be doing it right.
I hope she doesn't go to the ceviche well again, or she's going to come across as a one-trick pony.
I must say I was pretty eye-rolly with the men vs. women challenge last night. I get why it was appropriate given the theme of the event, but I felt like I was watching Hell's Kitchen at a couple of points (especially with some of the guys jumping in the pool).
Jessica - Aug 27, 2009 4:40:28 am PDT #10548 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Technically correct or not, "seh-VEETCH" just sounds pretentious.
Kathy A - Aug 27, 2009 7:28:45 am PDT #10549 of 23273
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Heh--someone over at WX has dubbed Kevin "Yukon Cornelius," which totally fits!
Amy - Aug 27, 2009 7:32:59 am PDT #10550 of 23273
Because books.
Wait, so it's supposed to be "seh-VEE-chay," right? Or wrong? I'm confused now.
Kevin as Yukon Cornelius is brilliant. I really like him, too. He reminds me of S1 Dave a bit, in that he's not cocky, not arrogant, but he may cook better than he thinks he does.