Anybody else watching Worst Chef in America? It seems like this challenge is really designed for people to fail -- restaurant cooking is really different from home cooking, and throwing people right into shellfish and stuff like that seems like just reinforcing that cooking is complicated and not something that ordinary people can do.
That's beautiful. Or taken literally, incredibly gross.
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Hil R. - Jan 03, 2010 5:48:30 pm PST #12577 of 23273
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Strix - Jan 03, 2010 6:31:12 pm PST #12578 of 23273
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I posed that question to my bf; I'm a fairly competent cook, and that dish in an hour would have not been my favorite -- and I've cooked shrimp before. Not clams, but mussels. I know how imtimidated I was by them for a long time (I grew up in the midwest.)
Hil R. - Jan 04, 2010 2:03:05 am PST #12579 of 23273
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Yeah. Also, getting fussy about plating with people who still have trouble with things like sauteeing onions just seems mean. One thing at a time.
Jessica - Jan 04, 2010 7:38:39 am PST #12580 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
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megan walker - Jan 04, 2010 8:06:38 am PST #12581 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Ooo, Megan, I would love copies of the SYTYCD DVDs
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victor infante - Jan 04, 2010 8:55:07 am PST #12582 of 23273
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
I was watching "Worst Chef" as a parody of "Top Chef," and in that regard, I thought it was hysterical. Also, I found it oddly reassuring about my own mediocrity in the kitchen.
Vortex - Jan 04, 2010 9:17:47 am PST #12583 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Also, I found it oddly reassuring about my own mediocrity in the kitchen.
which is why most people will watch it, I think.
sumi - Jan 04, 2010 9:21:03 am PST #12584 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!
I intended to watch it but then forgot.
brenda m - Jan 04, 2010 9:30:34 am PST #12585 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
I just started watching it so I'm about 10 minutes in. I'm having trouble judging how sincerely bad these people are - I mean, who was really doing their best on the first challenge v. who knows they were making a (hot) mess? I think this show might work better if the whole thing was sprung on them more like WNTW rather than something they stood in line and auditioned for.
victor infante - Jan 04, 2010 9:34:25 am PST #12586 of 23273
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
which is why most people will watch it, I think.
I'd like to note that this makes me feel somwhat iffy about myself.
I think this show might work better if the whole thing was sprung on them more like WNTW rather than something they stood in line and auditioned for.
Perhaps. But on the whole, this is kinder. I think a good many of them are sincere in wanting to cook better, which may be the show's only saving grace. Also, I'm OK with chef Ann, but the other guy bugs. A lot.