Oh you guys, we just got back from Vegas and while we were wandering the Venetian I made the gang stop at Bouchon Bakery for cookies. Hands down the best macaroons I’ve had a long, long time. Also? We saw Hubert Keller walking towards Burger Bar so it was a Top Chef Vegas trip!
Fred: The size and depth of the wound indicate a female vampire. Harmony: Or gay! Fred: Um…it doesn't really work like that.
'Harm's Way'
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]
DawnK - Jan 07, 2010 9:33:49 am PST #12615 of 23273
giraffe mode
Hil R. - Jan 10, 2010 5:09:14 pm PST #12616 of 23273
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Worst Chef in America: They're doing shellfish again? And I still think I would like this show better if they focused on home-style cooking rather than restaurant-style.
brenda m - Jan 10, 2010 5:28:35 pm PST #12617 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
Have you watched Chef Academy? I've only caught a couple of eps, and the guy running it seems like a jackhole, but it does seem to start out each ep with "how to cook bread" or some such, and actually teaching them how to do it and *then* making them compete.
le nubian - Jan 10, 2010 5:39:47 pm PST #12618 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
yeah, the show has a lot of serious limitations. He does seem to do some instruction, but the casting for the show leaves a lot to be desired. It is over produced in some areas with fake drama and staged conflict.
I wish there was a bit more instruction that the viewer could benefit from.
brenda m - Jan 10, 2010 5:41:36 pm PST #12619 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 find the way he fucks with the other french guy incredibly uncomfortable. Okay, dude was a stripper. So does not make it okay to ask him to strip for other contestants, even if he doesn't appear to care. Ugh.
Aims - Jan 10, 2010 5:53:47 pm PST #12620 of 23273
Shit's all sorts of different now.
He was more than a stripper - he was a porn star.
brenda m - Jan 10, 2010 5:59:22 pm PST #12621 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
Still!
And boy is cute as fuck, for sure. But chef whoever seems to be pretty much in 1956 as far as his general opinions go. (And not like he was born yet in '56). Not exactly of course, but I got a total Mad Men vibe from him being all "stripper in the past = I can make him strip down for anything. Why would he care?"
le nubian - Jan 10, 2010 6:33:59 pm PST #12622 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I was equally uncomfortable with the other contestant grabbing the man's ass!
kat perez - Jan 13, 2010 12:05:14 am PST #12623 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar
My people! I have missed y'all. To think, I wasn't even around for megan's most excellent best of the best SYTYCD list. I know most here don't groove on AI Audition Rounds, but I am an AI/SYTYCD completist and I must, must watch. Anywho, thoughts on the first audition show of the Paula-less AI are here if anyone's interested. Short version: Paula? Still gone. Posh? Still looks like a crazy toothpick. Simon? Still needs to give up the tight, white t-shirt. Randy? Still useless. Judge #4? Still so much hate. Ryan Seacrest? Still the best thing about the whole show. AI Early round auditions? Still painful and overly packed with bad and/or clearly joke auditions. Eh, I'll still watch them all. And how many times did I use still in this one post? AI audition rounds make you stupid. Live and learn.
javachik - Jan 13, 2010 9:35:33 pm PST #12624 of 23273
Our wings are not tired.
"Pants on the ground, pants on the ground, look like a fool with your pants on the ground!" and with that AI has me back! (I usually skip the auditions l - and sometimes the first 10 weeks - but tuned in tonight anyway.)