tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post2326259209911316027..comments2024-02-26T02:53:40.061-05:00Comments on Food Network Musings: Ingrid Hoffman: Simply Delicioso Or Just A Giada Wannabe?Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02284023935180677683noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-62671083558910362892011-06-25T12:50:04.006-04:002011-06-25T12:50:04.006-04:00Hi Lauren,
I'm guessing you mean "Pucci&q...Hi Lauren,<br />I'm guessing you mean "Pucci" style blouse, as in the designer. Sorry, I have absolutely no idea. Try searching around this website for ideas: http://www.travelingfashionista.com/<br />category/style/style-advice/Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284023935180677683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-45211424230755353442011-06-25T12:42:34.286-04:002011-06-25T12:42:34.286-04:00Where did Ingrid Hoffmann get her "Puccini&qu...Where did Ingrid Hoffmann get her "Puccini" style blouse in her 2007 'Gone Sailing' episode? I love the colorful pattern!Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03113550175272425155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-28642253470861739252007-09-28T18:27:00.000-04:002007-09-28T18:27:00.000-04:00Ingrid, (we call her the Queen of Salmonella) al...Ingrid, (we call her the Queen of Salmonella) also needs to get a realistic accent...hers comes and goes...it gets worse when she launches into her high pitched squealing....when the pitch of her voice is lower, she loses more of the fake accent and sounds like my grand-daughter ..like she is from New Jersey.<BR/>Very strange show....very strange hostess. <BR/><BR/>I can deal with fake accents, but not the germs! So scary.Karynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128230835864542053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-69734215955131120762007-09-23T15:31:00.000-04:002007-09-23T15:31:00.000-04:00I think Ingrid seems to work way too hard to portr...I think Ingrid seems to work way too hard to portray the sexed up Latina. She needs to get rid of the quirky comments, finger snapping and low cut blouses and get back to the basics of Latin cooking, which includes flavour, color and fresh ingredients.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-67399085405854755712007-09-23T13:40:00.000-04:002007-09-23T13:40:00.000-04:00Hi Anon,Yeah, that thong is really gross. I talk a...Hi Anon,<BR/><BR/>Yeah, that thong is really gross. I talk about it a bit on August 29th, "Not Only Can Ingrid Not Cook, But She Doesn't Paint Either"Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284023935180677683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-67255593981555572762007-09-23T13:37:00.000-04:002007-09-23T13:37:00.000-04:00Hi Nathan,Gotta disagree with you about Bobby Flay...Hi Nathan,<BR/><BR/>Gotta disagree with you about Bobby Flay. He's a great chef, great guy and super appealing. About women in the kitchen, I completely agree. The more the merrier. In fact, I wish a few of the female FN hosts (RR, SL) would go back to their kitchens and get OFF television altogether.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284023935180677683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-37862959565733800452007-09-23T12:24:00.000-04:002007-09-23T12:24:00.000-04:00Ever since she called her tongs "thongs" about fou...Ever since she called her tongs "thongs" about four times in a row, I haven't liked her. I don't think we need cooking show hosts telling us that they keep their thongs in the kitchen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-32190309979848582942007-08-29T02:57:00.000-04:002007-08-29T02:57:00.000-04:00lets be serious here, Bobby Flay is about as appea...lets be serious here, Bobby Flay is about as appealing as getting a route canal...its about time that women assert their respective positions in the culinary fieldUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14821829500916430987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-38834322681262996542007-08-25T14:17:00.000-04:002007-08-25T14:17:00.000-04:00Hi Drew,I don't care if the cooking hosts (how sad...Hi Drew,<BR/><BR/>I don't care if the cooking hosts (how sad that they can't all be called chefs) are big-boobed, smart, dumb, African, Latin or Mormon. But my minimal requirement is that they know how to cook. Ingrid certainly knows her way around a television camera, but she can't cook.. So let her use her power for GOOD, not EVIL. Let her host a travel show or a lifestyle show. Just get her out of the kitchen.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284023935180677683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-27125912446400239102007-08-25T07:28:00.000-04:002007-08-25T07:28:00.000-04:00Concrete.Jungle.Dreamin,Diversity, yeah, not enoug...Concrete.Jungle.Dreamin,<BR/><BR/>Diversity, yeah, not enough ditzy big-boobed middle-aged hausfraus on Food Network.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00212200274160024409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-18657370881115009442007-08-20T18:03:00.000-04:002007-08-20T18:03:00.000-04:00Anon,Welcome to the Food Network. It's a shame th...Anon,<BR/><BR/>Welcome to the Food Network. It's a shame that many of their great chefs have been supplanted by babes with personality. If you get a chance to watch Mario Batali, do. Michael Chiarello (on at 8 AM on SUNDAY!!!!) is awesome and Bobby Flay has exciting recipes often with a Latin or Mexican or Southwestern twist. Ingrid...not so much. Ina IS the best.<BR/><BR/>Hi Concrete,<BR/><BR/>You know what they say...Chaqu’un à son goût, each to his own. If Ingrid were hosting a travel show or lifestyle hour, that would be one thing, but she's supposed to be teaching us about COOKING. It's just not happening. <BR/><BR/>Her recipes are about throwing food in bags and pouring bottled things over that she can't pronounce. There's no technique, there's no interesting use of local ingredients. Her personality is warm and slightly "loca", but A COOKING SHOW that does not make.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284023935180677683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-71650351411095930482007-08-19T14:41:00.000-04:002007-08-19T14:41:00.000-04:00I happen to love Ingrid Hoffman and she brings a n...I happen to love Ingrid Hoffman and she brings a new element of diversity to the Food Network. I think her quirks like snapping and her ecentric personality is what is endearing to her faithful audiences. I'm going to be watching more of Simply Delicioso!!Concrete.Jungle.Dreaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06311700005837365955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-56940770022713049082007-08-16T21:52:00.000-04:002007-08-16T21:52:00.000-04:00I'm soooo happy to find your blog & agree with you...I'm soooo happy to find your blog & agree with your comments about Ingrid Hoffman. I've only been a dedicated FN watcher for 2-3 months so I'm still getting to know all the hosts. I was hopeful when Simply Delicioso was first advertised because I love Mexican food & wanted to discover different flairs of Latino cuisine. I'll have to admit I was pretty sick of Ms. Hoffman snapping her fingers at me even before her show started. I have not been able to watch an entire show of her yet, she is so irritating & obnoxious to me. It seems that if she's not wiggling her boobs in her low-cut or unbuttoned blouse she's making one of her idiotic comments that you have so aptly commented upon. I wanted to see new ideas in Latino cooking, not watch some bimbo shake her assets at me. I have expressed my comments to FN but I'm sure they don't care. Clearly, I think the reason they are going with her was stated in the news release in which Bob Tuschman stated something like (not an actual quote) "she has lots of fans in the Hispanic market from her show on Univision/Galavsion & we hope to get all those new viewers all at once & get a huge boost in our ratings." So with that comment from the powers that be at FN, it appears to me that all they want is new viewers & really don't care if they offend existing viewers. Thanks for the chance to comment on FN. And, by the way, I agree, INA ROCKS!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-30125554680787600672007-08-07T14:54:00.000-04:002007-08-07T14:54:00.000-04:00He certainly seems to be...He certainly seems to be...Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284023935180677683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-37691924896398226702007-07-29T00:31:00.000-04:002007-07-29T00:31:00.000-04:00Can't even compare the two. Bobby knows his stuff...Can't even compare the two. Bobby knows his stuff, he is a Chef and he is also a very nice person.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-19751515642150827192007-07-28T23:00:00.000-04:002007-07-28T23:00:00.000-04:00Wow! Interesting comments...So you were annoyed by...Wow! Interesting comments...So you were annoyed by the smelling business, too... Bobby does it in such a better way. Well, actually, he does everything better than she does.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284023935180677683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-24482186054068791392007-07-28T21:39:00.000-04:002007-07-28T21:39:00.000-04:00I also work for FN for B. Flay show and used to wo...I also work for FN for B. Flay show and used to work for W.Puck show when it was on. I know about editing. Editting was not the problem here but the lack of brain and care from the host. This show is ridiculous. How do FN exec. gave this bimbo a show is beyond me. Stop snaping, stop the chica thing, stop calling the food babies, stop telling me to smell stuff, stop adding -licious to every word, stop using stupid words like "eyeballing", is she going to say "evvo" for her vegetable oil???<BR/>She tries to hard to be sexy, cutesy and Rachael. AAAAGGGGGGGGH for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-51880278608250315432007-07-28T21:32:00.000-04:002007-07-28T21:32:00.000-04:00Hi Anon,Thanks for the nice comments.I'm glad to h...Hi Anon,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the nice comments.<BR/><BR/>I'm glad to hear it wasn't just me that objected to so much about Simply Delicioso. I will definitely check out that recipe as well as her show again, just to see if it improves. I'm not too optimistic...Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284023935180677683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-47711990782826416052007-07-28T21:25:00.000-04:002007-07-28T21:25:00.000-04:00Sue, I love your blog. Thank you for the recap.I h...Sue, I love your blog. Thank you for the recap.<BR/>I hate this show. The over the top personality, the "smell this" "babies here and there" and bad recipes yikes!<BR/>Someone commented about the editting; that is bs. We see Ina and even Giada practicing good higiene. Oh and the hair on the face while cooking drives me nuts.<BR/>I am Latina and this show does not represent me (a Latina living in the US for over 15 years) well.<BR/>Latino or Latino fusion is all about flavors, good flavors, it's not just adding tons of lime juice or cilantro to everything.<BR/>Sue check out the ingredients for the salad she made this week (July28) it looks like a list of foods a pregnant women will combine. YIKES!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-75710553804961722012007-07-25T18:45:00.000-04:002007-07-25T18:45:00.000-04:00Editing is one thing, but there are always plenty ...Editing is one thing, but there are always plenty of shots of Ina, Giada and Michael washing their hands and there are NEVER such flagrant violations (seemingly or not) of food hygiene. So what you're telling me is that the folks who are putting together Ingrid's show have no clue what they're doing. And I do appreciate your candor about RR.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284023935180677683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-8473694504045424142007-07-25T18:00:00.000-04:002007-07-25T18:00:00.000-04:00Just for the record as sombody who worked on Simpl...Just for the record as sombody who worked on Simply Delicioso, FN does require proper sanitation but a lot of the shots of Ingrid cleaning up the worktop were cut from the episode due to time constraints. If you expect FN to show every mundane detail of cooking shows would not be 30 minutes long. As one of you said in your post, it's television not everything is as it apears especially on FN. Remember we were the people who made the public think Rachel Ray can cook.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-35981176096725062582007-07-24T17:43:00.000-04:002007-07-24T17:43:00.000-04:00Ew, that is gross! Dirty cutting boards?? Blech!Ew, that is gross! Dirty cutting boards?? Blech!Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14265722004226316093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-26676075677811423242007-07-24T11:38:00.000-04:002007-07-24T11:38:00.000-04:00I agree. But I will watch her again, especially to...I agree. But I will watch her again, especially to see if I need to call the health department.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284023935180677683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-48832657226772000832007-07-23T21:09:00.000-04:002007-07-23T21:09:00.000-04:00I tried to like her. I really did. She was just t...I tried to like her. I really did. She was just too over-the-top for me. Makes me appreciate Ina even more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1134384403689315687.post-9589337282843266592007-07-22T13:37:00.000-04:002007-07-22T13:37:00.000-04:00Annie,Thanks for the comments. You know what they...Annie,<BR/>Thanks for the comments. You know what they say about great minds... Her lack of food hygiene (as unglamorous as that sounds) isn't only gross, it's disturbing that the FN seemed not to notice.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284023935180677683noreply@blogger.com