Oh! I know this one! 'Slaying entails certain sacrifices, blah blah blahbity blah, I'm so stuffy, gimme a scone.'

Buffy ,'Help'


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 - May 15, 2008 5:30:17 am PDT #4897 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

I wonder if Lisa had packaged the rice and sauce separately from the veggies/shrimp if she wouldn't have been called out for having "steamed" veggies rather than a stir-fry.


Jessica - May 15, 2008 5:37:10 am PDT #4898 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I think calling anything that's going to be packaged & reheated in the microwave a "stir-fry" is setting yourself up to fail - stir-fry really has to be served right away or it's going to get soggy and unappealing.


sumi - May 15, 2008 5:54:00 am PDT #4899 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

True.

Looks like NBC's version of Top Gear is a mid-season replacement.


sumi - May 15, 2008 6:09:46 am PDT #4900 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

Another excellent line from Ted's blog:

And fear not, Andrew fans; I’d bet good money that you’ll see Andrew again. No way Bravo’s gonna waste somebody that crazy ….


Liese S. - May 15, 2008 6:29:13 am PDT #4901 of 23273
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Top Chef:

I HATE HIM SO MUCH AND HIS STUPID STUPID HATS.

Needed to be said again. I was thinking about this, actually, wondering if I hated the hats because I hated him or hated him because I hated the hats. I didn't come to any conclusion.

I'm fine with any of those bottom three going. The other two can go asap, please.


sumi - May 15, 2008 6:31:50 am PDT #4902 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

Oh, and I disliked Antonia making that comment about Dale "only cooking Asian food" - whatever. .. she cooks an awful lot of stuff that she makes at home. (And it's not true - did he not make a Polish sausage dish for one of the challenges?)


Liese S. - May 15, 2008 6:34:30 am PDT #4903 of 23273
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Yeah, that pinged me, too, sumi. It's a no win for Asians on this show, because either they get accused of only cooking Asian food like Dale or of not cooking enough Asian food like Hung.

Everybody should just cook whatever tastes good and not worry about it, for themselves and for the other contestants.


Amy - May 15, 2008 6:37:45 am PDT #4904 of 23273
Because books.

It has been pointed out with regard to more than Asian food, though. Ilan got a lot of remarks for cooking only Spanish-inspired stuff, IIRC. And of course there was Marcel and his foams.

But it's true that everyone should focus on their own cooking, and not each other's.


Jessica - May 15, 2008 6:38:19 am PDT #4905 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Everybody should just cook whatever tastes good and not worry about it, for themselves and for the other contestants.

As much as Antonia's food bores me, she's done really well following this rule so far, especially at Quickfires. In all her interview segments she says things like "I really like to eat [x] so that's what I'm going to make." Her food isn't all that creative, but it does seem to be tasty.


Kristen - May 15, 2008 7:17:17 am PDT #4906 of 23273

I was thinking about this, actually, wondering if I hated the hats because I hated him or hated him because I hated the hats. I didn't come to any conclusion.

I did wonder if he has an entire special suitcase just for his hats.