Grub Streets take on last night's Top Chef.
And their Q&A with Joey.
Angel: Will you just shut up for once?! Illyria: What? Angel: My God, the speechifying. Has it ever occurred to you that now might not be the best time for when-we-were-muck stories?
'Time Bomb'
Non-Fiction TV: I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own
This thread is for non-fiction TV, including but not limited to reality television (So You Think You Can Dance, Top Chef: Masters, Project Runway), documentaries (The History Channel, The Discovery Channel), and sundry (Expedition Africa, Mythbusters), et al. [NAFDA]
sumi - Aug 02, 2007 9:40:49 am PDT #1282 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!
Vortex - Aug 02, 2007 10:34:12 am PDT #1283 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I didn't love the sound of Tre and CJ's dish and agree that I would never call anything truffle "Mediterranean".
I don't understand why one ingredient makes it not mediterranean. It was parmesan, tomato and kale, which are all meditrranean. Do mediterranean people use ground turkey? I think that this issue is kind of specious. I did love the little pissing match that Collicchio and Rocco got into behind it, though.
sumi - Aug 02, 2007 10:36:48 am PDT #1284 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!
So did I.
I'm not sure why truffles aren't mediterranean. It's a regional Italian ingredient and isn't that what the best of Italian cuisine does? Make excellent use of local ingredients?
Vortex - Aug 02, 2007 10:48:54 am PDT #1285 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Truffles are mostly found in France and Italy. I mean, it's like saying I can't use cheddar cheese because it's found in Wisconsin, not in DC.
Jesse - Aug 02, 2007 10:57:02 am PDT #1286 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, that was hilarious. DiSpirito was like, "I've dug up truffles in Italy!" Colicchio was all, "Not by the Mediterranean, you haven't."
megan walker - Aug 02, 2007 11:46:27 am PDT #1287 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Truffles are certainly French Italian. But to me, Italian does not equal Mediterranean. Just like all French food wouldn't be described as Mediterranean.
brenda m - Aug 02, 2007 12:00:40 pm PDT #1288 of 23273
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Yeah, I don't know. Kind of have to go with Colicchio on this one. It's not so much specific ingredients but distinctive flavors that mark something "mediterranean" (or whatever region), and truffles aren't really it.
megan walker - Aug 02, 2007 12:02:52 pm PDT #1289 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Truffles say woodsy, earthy to me. Not sea, sex, and sun.
Lee - Aug 02, 2007 12:05:40 pm PDT #1290 of 23273
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Didn't they say Italian/Mediterrean though, not just mediterranean?
megan walker - Aug 02, 2007 12:17:15 pm PDT #1291 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I think they just said Mediterranean, because I remember saying after the instructions "that's pretty specific" and thinking we would see five dishes of pasta, olives, tomato, etc.