Don't worry, I'm not gonna start any sword fights. I'm over that phase.

Mal ,'War Stories'


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 - Feb 24, 2011 4:06:34 am PST #16206 of 23273
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Man, that review made me hungry!

No kidding, I want to go to Chicago just to try it. Although I've heard it's crazy busy all the time.


Jessica - Feb 24, 2011 4:28:45 am PST #16207 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Philip makes me very uncomfortable to watch in a "gee I hope the CBS producers are letting him take his meds" kind of a way. Watching him feels exploitative in a way I never felt with, say, Coach.


lisah - Feb 24, 2011 5:33:11 am PST #16208 of 23273
Punishingly Intricate

And I thought he was getting the loser edit throughout.

Thinking back I can see that but I was very focused on worrying that Carla AND Tiffany were getting loser edits.


sumi - Feb 24, 2011 5:56:59 am PST #16209 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

Yes, me too.

I need to go read the blogs to see what they most hated about his dish because I had thought that the seafood was itself okay but his potatoes were wrong and that Tiffany and Carla had messed up the seafood so their dishes had the most egregious mistakes. Clearly I missed something.


lisah - Feb 24, 2011 6:00:38 am PST #16210 of 23273
Punishingly Intricate

I need to go read the blogs to see what they most hated about his dish because I had thought that the seafood was itself okay but his potatoes were wrong

I thought at least one of the judges (Besh maybe?) said something about the taste of the amberjack being lost in the stew?


Nora Deirdre - Feb 24, 2011 6:01:25 am PST #16211 of 23273
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

the mustard crouton blew out everyone's palate.


sumi - Feb 24, 2011 6:03:54 am PST #16212 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

Oh, okay. I had forgotten that.

So he messed up the main ingredient AND he had uncooked potatoes. Should have realized.


DawnK - Feb 24, 2011 7:49:35 am PST #16213 of 23273
giraffe mode

I thought that Carla was a gonner from the edit, I'm sad to lose Dale but glad that Carla is still in it. Mike I. gets more and more irritating all the time. Chef law, indeed! What a jerk!


Jesse - Feb 24, 2011 7:56:29 am PST #16214 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

All three of them disrespected the protein, and you know that's Rule 1 of Chef Law! Or at least, Top Chef Law.


Nora Deirdre - Feb 24, 2011 10:18:25 am PST #16215 of 23273
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

wait, I thought Rule One of Chef Law was never steal someone else's cooking ideas?!?!?