You can't open the book of my life and jump in the middle. Like woman, I'm a mystery.

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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 - Sep 06, 2007 9:03:06 am PDT #1968 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

Yes, the guest judge was a douche. Obviously, his friends waited too late to do a douche intervention. We should look on with sorrow. . . I mean how could you not LAUGH at Hung's Smurf-scape? At least he didn't mistake salt for sugar.


le nubian - Sep 06, 2007 9:10:12 am PDT #1969 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Hung's dish was really hilarious. BF thought for sure Hung did a fuck you to the whole idea of that challenge though. But Hung's comments later seemed to belie this.


Liese S. - Sep 06, 2007 9:12:31 am PDT #1970 of 23273
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

But really, what could you have done with that aisle? At least he wasn't going to get knocked for not being colorful! Ha!

The SO & I were talking about it, and we said, maybe you could have gotten some of the crunchier granola sorts of cereals and made...I dunno. Something whole-grain-y with them.


Vortex - Sep 06, 2007 9:13:08 am PDT #1971 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Hey, they only had $10. Cereal's like $4 a box!


le nubian - Sep 06, 2007 9:18:33 am PDT #1972 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Could you have done something creative with oatmeal? Maybe not in 20 minutes.

Maybe a granola omelet? The idea of that just made me sick.


sumi - Sep 06, 2007 9:21:25 am PDT #1973 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

I think what you could do with the stuff depends on what the limited supplies from the pantry were.


sumi - Sep 06, 2007 10:07:11 am PDT #1974 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

More from Hung's presentation to Padma and Chef Douchebag.


Frankenbuddha - Sep 06, 2007 11:00:31 am PDT #1975 of 23273
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Shit, I just read that Mario Batali's shows haven't been renewed and as a result he's quit Iron Chef America. I'm not surprised, given how the Food Network's been trending (and I think Tony Bourdain predicted this in one of his anti-FN diatribes), but still sad. That pretty much leaves Alton and Morimoto (the once every decade he gets chosen now) as a draw on that show for me.

It also makes me way less interested in that NEXT IRON CHEF show that's coming up, since it's obvious why they're having it.


Vortex - Sep 06, 2007 11:04:50 am PDT #1976 of 23273
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Hmm, I wonder who will be the next Iron Chef. If it's Giada DeLaurentis, I'm picketing the building.

Food Network is getting like MTV. Fewer cooking shows, more random bullshit like "Great Festivals" and "Decorative Fruit and Vegetable Carving Challenge"


Kathy A - Sep 06, 2007 11:10:46 am PDT #1977 of 23273
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

A&E has also gone down that path (Miami Ink, Airline, Gene Simmons).

I'll admit to liking Ace of Cakes on Food Network, but for straight cooking shows, the only one I watch on FN is Good Eats. PBS is starting to get me with America's Test Kitchen, which I watched for the first time a few weeks ago.