"casa bona" > wrote in message
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> On 6/30/2013 4:38 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> "casa bona" > wrote in message
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>>> On 6/30/2013 4:24 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>> > wrote in message
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>>>>> On Saturday, June 29, 2013 7:48:23 PM UTC-7, gregz wrote:
>>>>>> ImStillMags > wrote:
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>>>>>>> I think the larger picture is this. A growing majority of people
>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> just had it with all the strife, bigotry, racism, angst and agendas.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Whether she said something 20 years ago or not has become
>>>>>>> irrelevant.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Paula Deen has become the poster child of what most people want do
>>>>>>> leave behind them.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I feel a bit sad for Paula Deen because it means the collapse of a
>>>>>>> tidy
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> empire she had built, but I feel a bit better about society in that
>>>>>>> we
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> seem to be, finally, saying "no" to everything here past actions
>>>>>>> stand
>>>>>>> for in our nation.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://money.cnn.com/2013/06/27/news...html?hpt=hp_t2
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Prior to this I never saw or heard of her. I'm tired of it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Many posters here spoke of Food Network hosts like they should be
>>>>> known
>>>>> to
>>>>> all. I recall discussions of the hotness of Rachael Ray and Nigella
>>>>> wotsername -- that prompted me to look them up.
>>>>
>>>> I don't think I've ever seen Nigella on a show. I keep seeing her pic
>>>> in
>>>> magazines now and she looks totally unfamiliar to me. Even that Sandra
>>>> whatshername that doesn't really cook is not someone I saw much except
>>>> for
>>>> commercials. I did see her show a couple of times but only by
>>>> accident.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Nigella is seen more regularly on the BBC and Australian TV.
>>>
>>> She's also been on Iron Chef here and "The Taste" on ABC.
>>
>> Ohhh... Never heard of "The Taste" but don't usually watch ABC.
>>
>>
> It's been renewed for a new season despite low ratings, it's a chef
> competition series.
>
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...n_2876049.html
>
> We wanted to like "The Taste," ABC's food reality show with judges Anthony
> Bourdain, Nigella Lawson, Ludo Lefebvre and Brian Malarkey. But it was
> pretty clear from the first episode that this was just not going to work.
>
> And while ratings were initially promising, Eater brings word that
> Tuesday's finale scored a series-low rating of 1.1 in the 18-49 year-old
> demographic.
>
> So what went wrong? Let's start with the hosts. Two of them -- Anthony
> Bourdain and Nigella Lawson -- have massive fan bases. One would think
> their fans would come flocking toward a new show. However, the format of
> "The Taste" was not at all aligned with either of their images. Bourdain
> became so well-liked thanks to his tell-all book, "Kitchen Confidential"
> and then later due to his always says-what-he's-thinking style on Travel
> Channel's "No Reservations." He's brash, candid and performs best when he
> can be the star. But "The Taste" puts him on equal footing with folks like
> Brian Malarkey, a former mild-mannered, not particularly famous "Top Chef"
> contestant. Bourdain's fans have repeatedly called him out for selling out
> and Bourdain continues to defend himself, but no one's buying it. People
> want to see Bourdain eat pig bladder a lot more than they want to see him
> eat a dainty spoonful of noodle kugel.
>
> While one can argue that Bourdain isn't for everyone, Nigella Lawson is.
> She's beautiful, likable and relatable. But just as Bourdain does best
> when he can run his mouth wildly, Nigella does best when she's cooking and
> teaching -- not when she's critiquing others.
>
> Combine these two personalities with Malarkey and Los Angeles chef Ludo
> Lefebvre, a dose of really horrible lighting, an unoriginal concept (oh,
> hello, "The Voice"), a strange mix of professional chefs and eager home
> cooks as contestants, and you get a bizarre and forced hodgepodge of a
> show.
That doesn't really sound like something I'd like. I do like Anthony
Bourdain but for the reasons they listed. Not that I really want him to
eat Pig Bladder! I just like watching him go to other places. Although I
like to see other places, I hate traveling and don't really want to go there
with a few exceptions. For some reason Papua New Guinea looked appealing to
me. And I have always wanted to go to Mexico. The only reason that is
stopping me from doing that is that I don't really feel that it is safe to
go there. Plus I would not want to go to the places people keep telling me
to go. Like Cabo. Just not really into touristy places like that. They're
okay for a couple of hours or maybe even a day while passing through. But
just not where I'd want to spend a week or two.