Did anybody else watch Anne Burrell's new show this morning?
SO ADORKABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And remember, if you hurt her, I will beat you to death with a shovel.
Willow ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Non-Fiction TV: I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own
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Sean K - Jun 29, 2008 7:49:36 am PDT #5711 of 23273
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
sj - Jun 29, 2008 3:34:35 pm PDT #5712 of 23273
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Sean, I'm watching it right now, and adorkable is definitely the right word.
ETA: OMG, the salt!
Sean K - Jun 29, 2008 3:58:34 pm PDT #5713 of 23273
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
ETA: OMG, the salt!
Yeah, S and I were a leeeetle bit alarmed at the amount of salt Chef Anne was throwing in her food.
sj - Jun 29, 2008 4:04:31 pm PDT #5714 of 23273
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Yeah, S and I were a leeeetle bit alarmed at the amount of salt Chef Anne was throwing in her food.
I know that restaurants use a lot of salt, but it was still scary to see it. At least I know why I am always so thirsty and achy after I eat restaurant food. I'm very sensitive to too much salt.
Still, I might want to try to make bolognese the way she did, only with much less salt.
kat perez - Jun 29, 2008 4:26:26 pm PDT #5715 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar
I think there is something about Nick though because we haven't seen him on the show very much at all while other dancers from that season have assisted choreographers, etc.
I've heard that he just turned into a divo bitch AND he talked a ton of shit about the show, and Benji in particular, during S2. Seems he and Travis were friends and he made it known that he thought Travis should've won. Unfortunate. Kinda like Tyra and Adrian from S1 ANTM.
le nubian - Jun 29, 2008 5:36:37 pm PDT #5716 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Design Star: "I want my mom." That was some pitiful shit right there.
Jesse - Jun 29, 2008 5:58:21 pm PDT #5717 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Wow, Food Network Star was kind of a trainwreck tonight. I feel bad Aaron wasn't on last season -- FN has black people now! (Not that he was eliminated -- yet.)
Jessica - Jun 30, 2008 3:28:03 am PDT #5718 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I haven't watched yet, but I think this is the worst crop of NFNS contestants they've ever had. It's the first season I can remember where I'm not rooting for anyone.
le nubian - Jun 30, 2008 4:36:36 am PDT #5719 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Well, I'm not sure if it is the contestant pool OR the whacked out challenges. I mean, WTF? Make a dish that normally takes 48 hours in 45 minutes?
None of the challenges have been designed to help the contestants shine. It is telling that nearly every "winner" is the person who sucked the least.
sumi - Jun 30, 2008 4:44:13 am PDT #5720 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!
I loved Anne Burrell's show and I have to say that after it I decided that she is to salt what Paula Deen is to butter.
WTF with Food Network recasting the hosts on their shows and acting like their brand new? (Road Tasted with the Neeleys, the new show that is essentially Follow That Food with Sunny whatserface.) You can really tell who is in favor at FN.
Well, I think that the challenge was not that wacky - there are things you could do to reference the original dish in the dish you made. (People do that all the time.) The problem happens when you have NO IDEA what the original dish was - like Aaron and Adam. I don't get why Jennifer was hitting the glass jar on the side of the stove - that was just asking for trouble. Also, I think that they missed the essence of that dish: they should have somehow plated the three types of poultry together. My feeling was that you get the duck, the chicken and the turkey - cook them separatey but plate them so you can get a bit of all three together. Layer them maybe.
Is it so difficult to make a quick chicken dish with a wine sauce and some veg - all served in the sauce?