Musings on Starters, Mains, Desserts and Second-Helpings
Posted in Food Commentary, Food Network, Rachel Ray, food TV, rant on Aug 11th, 2008
I’m depressed and want to throw up. According to Forbes Magazine, Rachael Ray** is the top-earning celebrity chef (have I mentioned before how much I HATE that term - NOTE TO FORBES: SHE-IS-NOT-A-CHEF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!). The world must really be coming to an end. When will it end!?!!??!?! Ray-ray supposedly makes a nice […]
Posted in Castillano, Europe, Fino, Rachel Ray, Recipe, Recipes, Spain, blogging, castille, chicken, chicken stock, easy, food, hazelnuts, nuts, poultry, rant, saffron, tradition, wine on May 17th, 2008
Usually if I’m trying to make an authentic dish, I always try to make it just that - authentic. That means that I want to use traditional ingredients and I attempt to research the many traditional ways to make that specific dish. I then decide how to combine the best bits from all […]
Posted in Brooklyn, Europe, Food Commentary, Garlic, Italian, Italy, Olive Oil, Park Slope, Pizza, Recipe, Recipes, Roman, anchovies, basil, capers, cheap meal, cheese, cornmeal, culture, delicacy, easy, easy meal, food, important details, mushrooms, onions, pie, rant, restaurant, sauce, technique, tourism, tradition, travel, truffles, vegetarian, vinaigrette on Apr 14th, 2008
We love pizza. We LOVE pizza. If we could eat one thing for the rest of our lives it would be pizza. During our seven weeks spent in Italy over the past two years, we collectively ate over sixty pizzas. This is not a lie, an exaggeration or a pipe dream. We were not force-fed, […]
Posted in America, Food Commentary, Food Network, Rachel Ray, food, news, rant, television show on Mar 13th, 2008
Well, not exactly. Here’s what (A certain national celebrity mag) magazine’s daily news clips e-mail The Dirt reported today:
“Insiders say Rachel Ray’s daytime show will be taken off the air at the end of her contract in 2010. Apparently, her ratings are sliding.”
We are at pains to remind our readers that while we are certainly […]
Posted in Chorizo, Food Commentary, Madrid, Rachel Ray, Spain, chickpeas, food, pork, rant, stew, travel on Feb 19th, 2008
I know, guys… yet again, another Ray-Ray complaint. I just can NOT stop. I try, kids… I REALLY freaking try. I put her show on and within 30 seconds, I put her on mute. Within a minute, the channel is changed. I can’t do it. I try over and over again, […]
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