On Mar 2, 8:40*pm, Pennyaline > wrote:
> Michael "Dog3" wrote:
> > "Janet Bostwick" > dropped this
> :in rec.food.cooking
>
> >> I wish I was stupid like she is. . .her drive and ambition have made
> >> her mega bucks. *
>
> > IMO she is just plain lazy and has no culinary talent (not that I do
> > either). *IMO she also got where she is by marrying into bucks so she
> > could finance her desire to be in the spotlight. I don't consider that
> > drive and ambition. *Martha Stewart has drive and ambition. Rachel Ray
> > (gag) has drive and ambition. IMO SL has nothing. *I have to as myself if
> > the wallet hadn't been around, where would she have been?
>
> Oh no, Sandra Lee's not lazy. Culinarily talentless, yes. But she's
> taken the things she does know and finagled them into megabucks --
> admirably crafty. And if the viewing public is willing to accept her
> doggie paddle as water ballet, it's money in the bank for her.
>
> >> I really don't like her presentations or food, but I
> >> have to respect her business sense. *I mean. . .Kurtain Kraft?
> >> Remember that? *
>
> > I don't know what Kurtan Kraft was. I can't recall ever hearing about it..
>
> It's a set of plastic forms over and through which one may weave their
> own fabric to make fabulous and fashionable window treatments on the cheap!
>
> >> I believe that she is sincere in her belief that there
> >> are many folks out there that do not have time for much and she is
> >> showing them how to achieve a meal in less time. *
>
> > I respectfully disagree. *I think her demographic audience is more of the
> > kind of people that don't want to learn how to cook at all. *RR has shows
> > that will help people with time constraints. *I don't like RR but her
> > recipes put SL's to shame.
>
> I agree with this but will add that the remainder of SL's target
> demographic are people who believe that what she and they are doing
> really is cooking.
>
> >> Currently the Food
> >> Network alone has at leat 3 shows based on that premise. *None of them
> >> appeal to me, but I would eat Sandra Lee's food before I would eat
> >> anything from "Quick Fix Meals" with Robin Miller. *
>
> > I don't watch Robin Miller so I can't express an opinion on her show.
>
> Hideous. Her show and her talents are straight out of the Ina Garten
> mold, but with her own patronizing "You people need to be shown how to
> do the simplest things" vibe.

Ewww. She's nothing like Ina. Ina cooks. Robin creates leftovers.