tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post3928081079100471596..comments2024-02-26T02:53:40.061-05:00Comments on Food Network Musings: Top Chef “All Stars” Dinner Party - Dinner Parties Aren’t Supposed To Put You In Bad Mood, But This One DidSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02284023935180677683noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-62649861126238524992009-11-08T04:22:42.723-05:002009-11-08T04:22:42.723-05:00I shined this all star dinner episode, too. Also,...I shined this all star dinner episode, too. Also, I'm just not feeling the juice for this current group of chefs. Some seem out of their league, some seem way too young to be so confident and one guy seems to be taking the cake, figuratively. We'll see . . . .Keithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-74020287285836377012009-11-08T00:36:23.259-05:002009-11-08T00:36:23.259-05:00I completely agree with you about Tiffani. Before...I completely agree with you about Tiffani. Before you go on Top Chef, have some cake and dessert recipes memorized! It's not difficult.<br /><br />You said it all in this post. I feel the exact same way.Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17204776831565649927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-82930580765241258822009-11-07T13:07:42.822-05:002009-11-07T13:07:42.822-05:00Kitty,
C'mon, tell me how you really feel! And...Kitty,<br />C'mon, tell me how you really feel! And WHERE is your blog? You're hilarious. <br /><br />I couldn't agree with you more about Marcel. I don't find bullies masquerading as chefs entertaining at all.<br /><br />And thank goodness, there was NO Hosea. That would have made it 10 times more difficult to watch than it already was. <br /><br />You're going to hate what I say about pie crusts. I think that's one of the reasons to go to cooking school. You need someone RIGHT THERE to slap your hand when you're doing it wrong. <br /><br />Hi Meleyna,<br />How are you? Yeah, the stew room scenes were funny...the best part of the show.<br /><br />Let me get this right...You can still bring in baked crap to a schoolroom, but it has to be junk you BOUGHT, not made?!! You gotta be kidding me! I thought it was that you couldn't bring in anything with sugar anymore and it had to be fruit and flax seed snacks. But store bought is okay? THAT makes less than no sense.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284023935180677683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-60579955718284197142009-11-07T09:52:12.085-05:002009-11-07T09:52:12.085-05:00The whole thing was pretty silly, but I did find L...The whole thing was pretty silly, but I did find Leah and Jamie tipsy in front of panel to be funny, if not unprofessional.<br /><br />Side rant: No, you are not allowed to bring homemade treats to school anymore. However, I choose not to disclose this little tidbit to the parents in my classroom. (95% of everything still comes in store bought anyway..) I still make homemade things for my son's class, and no one has any idea. Cake boxes are cheap. :)Meleynahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02776534793857299923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-23383361597005901862009-11-06T21:43:21.226-05:002009-11-06T21:43:21.226-05:00Wasn’t this just the worst? I wonder what the folk...Wasn’t this just the worst? I wonder what the folks who made it were thinking? “People will really like this show because” – why? Because we are stupid? Even the temper flare-ups that had been edited out were boring. People throw things. Wow, what excitement. I still think what they did to Marcel was criminal (even though I wanted him to lose; I didn’t really like him either.) What they didn’t show was the “friendship” between Elan, the winner, and his girlfriend. When the last three of them were before the judges and Padma had already opened her mouth to announce the loser, Elan’s girlfriend asked if she and Elan could say something (about Marcel, of course.) Elan’s girlfriend has more hanging down parts than Elan, so she usually did the tattling for both of them. And here’s what their complaint was, I swear: “Some people in the kitchen (Marcel) don’t respect the food.” WHAT? OMG! Should we kill him now? A crime so egregious doesn’t even deserve a trial, even though no evidence was given.<br /><br />Well, when she finished tattling, Padma asked her to pack her knives and go. Hahaha!<br /><br />I think a two hour show of Hosie and what’s her name? would have been more interesting. Was it Leah?<br /><br />(I’m trying my best to learn how to make pie crust. Thanks for nothing, Alton Brown.)Kittynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-87382153472240451822009-11-06T19:48:39.866-05:002009-11-06T19:48:39.866-05:00Well, Deb, between the Phillies and this, I'm ...Well, Deb, between the Phillies and this, I'm not sure which one imploded more. <br /><br />They could have put together a show of clips from this season that would have been better than this. <br /><br />Rach,<br />You made a wise choice. I actually felt bad for Fabio. Even if he'd been a Formula One driver, he couldn't have gotten this vehicle moving.<br /><br />Amy,<br />Your husband is a wise man, but you could have watched Househunters. And I peeked in at Eastwick too. <br /><br />I didn't know that about Hung. That would have been valuable information. Carla's attitude WAS that she could have said no, but what fun is that not to have blame and recrimination being thrown around?<br /><br />Yeah, Tiffani was unappealing on so many levels.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284023935180677683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-27225476564975190072009-11-06T19:14:05.841-05:002009-11-06T19:14:05.841-05:00My husband refused to let us watch because he said...My husband refused to let us watch because he said it'd be stupid. He watched Real World/Road Rules Challenge instead, so I don't know what that really says about him.<br /><br />Casey lost to Hung in the final because Hung sous vided his final dish. Hung pretty much sous vide everything that season. So Casey probably thought that was the great perfect way to go, and I bet they didn't show that part of the Carla finale, where they had the convo "Hung won cooking this way, it's the way to go." Besides, Carla could've said no.<br /><br />I never knew Tiffani (who I hated) made a cake from a box. I find that HILARIOUS, because she would always complain about various things, "I don't cook this kind of crap food."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-74269917930747107642009-11-06T18:42:20.164-05:002009-11-06T18:42:20.164-05:00I didn't watch this (caught another cold - too...I didn't watch this (caught another cold - too sleepy to stay up) but I've been hearing about how poorly this went. It's funny because so many of these reunion shows make everyone seem so buddy-buddy and this was just indifferent people. <br /><br />What I thought was interesting was how Fabio came off so badly. He was so happy and likeable during his run on Top Chef and he was really showing another facet of his personality (or his true, non-edited-by-producers-trying-to-make-him-look-good colors?)The Short (dis)Order Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05510572788683143569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-34134053153296110662009-11-06T17:40:38.807-05:002009-11-06T17:40:38.807-05:00Wow, glad I gave that one a miss. Phillies were on...Wow, glad I gave that one a miss. Phillies were on and by 10 o'clock they were losing badly, I decided to skip Top Chef and go to bed. Why does Top Chef do this stuff anyway, right in the middle of the challenge? This is the kind of filler stuff that should be put on in the off-season (or never).DebCarolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07346937643590111586noreply@blogger.com