Steve Freides wrote:
>
> Ubiquitous wrote:
> > It's pretty easy to harp on New York's Semi-First Lady, Sandra Lee,
> > and her "Semi-Homemade" cooking. Even Governor Cuomo's mom is on
> > board! But Sandra Lee says everyone needs to shut up about her
> > recipes, like "Bat Wings with Goblin Dip." "I think everyone needs to
> > lighten up," she told the Daily News. "Our job is to serve the
> > overextended homemakers, our job is to make their life better." She
> > also says, "My recipes are created from what people are buying at the
> > grocery stores," which apparently involves acorns. Behold, the
> > Kwanzaa Cake (video below)!
> >
> > Sandra Lee started her career selling home decorating kits on
> > infomercials before transitioning into the "semi-homemade" food
> > business. And she's never made any apologies for not making things
> > from scratch. She once told Gourmet magazine, "We go to the grocery
> > store and we all feel guilty because we're not doing it from scratch.
> > Can I tell you something? These big kitchens buy the exact same
> > product with a different flavor and they call it a commercial line.
> > They're not making bouillabaisse, either. They're not. None of these
> > guys are doing it. Not the most recognized chefs in the world." But
> > where do you draw the line between cooking from scratch and stuffing
> > marshmallows into a store-bought angel food cake and calling it
> > cooking?
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we2iW...layer_embedded
>
> I've never seen this woman before, but I don't get why what she does in
> that video is a big deal. She has an idea of how to put a few things
> together, and if you wanted to make your own angel food cake, your own
> vanilla butter cream icing, and your own cooked apples, you could - no
> one's stopping you. She comes across as Suzie Home Maker, not a chef -
> nothing wrong with that. Her whole thing seems rather Ozzie and Harriet
> to me and, again, there's nothing wrong with that. Nothing very
> interesting, either, at least to me.
>
> -S-

The type of pseudo-cooking she promotes convinces many people that
horrible unhealthy processed foods are ok if you doctor them up a bit.
This is one of the problems behind the obesity and diabetis epidemics.