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Yeah, I didn't think it was a lie because he said the people at the luncheon that the three hours the chefs thought they had was cut in half.
No, I meant that the people from the show had changed their schedule, so the time was moved up. That was artificial, I think.
Liese - yes about the rice (Hung totally should have KNOWN better) and about the cleaver.
To me, Lia has a certain arrogance about her that her cooking hasn't lived up to. I don't know, maybe working at Jean-Georges gives you a sense of entitlement.
I was thinking maybe she's an excellent cook, but not good at coming up with her own stuff on the fly, but Ilan pretty much only cooked dishes very close to menu stuff where he works, and that worked for him, so maybe she was just overly ambitious? Or something? I mean, she must have a good repertory of recipes in her head that could have been adapted. Right?
Oh, got it, Vortex. I'm not really awake yet.
I was thinking maybe she's an excellent cook, but not good at coming up with her own stuff on the fly.
That's sort of what I meant, she doesn't seem to be as creative as some of the others so, while she may be a great cook, she's not really a top chef.
I cannot believe I have to go on the rice rant every freaking year. Why does no one know how to cook rice?
Haven't seen the ep yet, but if reality TV has taught me anything it is that professional chefs cannot cook rice. It comes up in every cooking competition show, and on multiple seasons of Survivor. Maybe all restaurant kitchens have rice cookers or specially trained rice-cooking monkeys, I don't know. It's bewildering.
That's sort of what I meant, she doesn't seem to be as creative as some of the others so, while she may be a great cook, she's not really a top chef.
Yeah, I think that's right. Maybe she's just a natural number two.
In looking over the Emmy nods, I noticed Mia Michaels was nominated for her choreography of "Calling You". That was one of my favorite dances from last season.
SYTYCD - I think the Mia Michaels routine would have been interesting with better dancers that could stay in synch. And were closer in size. And it was totally unfair that Hok got dinged for not having "interesting" moves when it was the cheorography! ARG! I want to watch the Mandy Moore one again because I may like it after seeing it a few times.
Top Chef - I'm watching the episode tonight. I missed last week's. As for cooking rice, I have two saucepans at home, one I can make rice in and one I can't . The one I can't is wider than it is deep and somehow I always end up with rice that's undercooked but weirdly mushy. It's mush but raw in the middle.
I know I can't taste the food, but those chile rellenos looked awesome.
I totally thought she'd make it into the top picks based on the reactions they were showing from the diners. Man, that looked tasty.
I think I can make pretty decent rice (with no rice cooker) but lately I've been using TJ's precooked frozen or vacuum-packed rices. Lazy! but always perfect!