Here it is -- Easy Exotic: A Model's Low-Fat Recipes from around the World by Padma Lakshmi.
'Dear Diary, Today I was pompous and my sister was crazy.' 'Today, we were kidnapped by hill folk never to be seen again. It was the best day ever.'
Jayne ,'Safe'
Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jessica - Nov 02, 2006 6:06:31 am PST #6921 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Jesse - Nov 02, 2006 6:12:23 am PST #6922 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Really, Padma's got all the ingredients for Top Chef hosting -- model, modest cooking achievement, much-older, more famous husband.
Amy - Nov 02, 2006 6:13:13 am PST #6923 of 10001
Because books.
Really, Padma's got all the ingredients for Top Chef hosting -- model, modest cooking achievement, much-older, more famous husband.
Who is her husband?
lisah - Nov 02, 2006 6:13:24 am PST #6924 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
much-older, more famous husband
ooh! Who's her husband??? (And WHY don't I know this already?!)
Jesse - Nov 02, 2006 6:14:50 am PST #6925 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Salman Rushdie.
Connie Neil - Nov 02, 2006 6:16:35 am PST #6926 of 10001
brillig
Ailleann, I'm sure you appreciated the Bones preview as much as I did. Must see viewing, indeed.
Laura - Nov 02, 2006 6:16:38 am PST #6927 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
I just got this on e-mail, and my first thought was sharing it, even if only for the first coffee-themed one.
Hee. There were a couple postcards in there I need to print out.
shrift - Nov 02, 2006 6:17:41 am PST #6928 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I'd like to get through the rest of today without feeling like a giant tool.
Jessica - Nov 02, 2006 6:22:42 am PST #6929 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Okay, reading the Top Chef blogs, I'd somehow gathered that bacon was a required ingredient. Apparently it was not, and I have to say, WTF? Yes, Cat Cora won with bacon-flavored ice cream on Iron Chef, but (a) there were not CHUNKS OF BACON IN THE ICE CREAM and (b) bacon was the secret ingredient.
I can't imagine choosing to include bacon in ice cream if bacon were not somehow a required ingredient in the challenge. Avocado makes more sense -- it's at least got the right texture, and Alton Brown's done it -- but not to serve to kids. Seriously.
Amy - Nov 02, 2006 6:23:31 am PST #6930 of 10001
Because books.
Salman Rushdie.
Really? Huh.
Top Chef: I don't know about anyone else, but avocado does not belong in ice cream. Nor does bacon. And certainly not together. I was shamefully gleeful that Marisa didn't make the top three in that challenge. I can't stand her already.
I really thought Michael would go, even though Emily's food was inedible. And she's just so ... bitchy, and not in a good way. I hate kids? Your big fat ass? Seriously? Michael's funny and good-natured, but I can't believe he actually thinks he has a shot at winning this.
And I was confused that so many of them didn't listen to the instructions for the whole challenge. An ENTREE, people. The corn dish looked great, and so did the salad, but they're not entrees. So many of them just shot themselves in the foot from the start.