"Bob (this one)" > wrote in message
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> kilikini wrote:
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>> "Bob (this one)" > wrote in message
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>>>Are you talking about Giada DeLaurentiis? Little skinny woman? Of all
>>>the ones you've mentioned, she's the only one who actually knows what
>>>she's doing. She has (had?) a very upscale catering business with
>>>fancy-dancy food and an equally hoity-toity clientele. Not too many
>>>opportunities to use those silly compound words like that. It's why I'm
>>>so grateful to FoodTV...
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>>
>> Yeah, I was referring to her. Every time I watch her (which hasn't been
>> that often because something about her just *bugs* me - could it be her
>> wooden smile?), she's making something that is very simple and nothing
>> new
>> or out of the ordinary. It's pasta with pesto, or pasta with fresh
>> tomatoes, basil, garlic, EVOO and parmesan. I mean, come on! Use some
>> imagination and make something hot, gooey and yummy.
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> Funny the difference in our viewpoints here. Her food is very much in the
> Italian spirit of freshness, immediacy, and wide variety of flavors and
> textures. Do watch one of her programs all the way through. She balances
> menus rather subtly. She doesn't do much gooey, perhaps because not much
> Italian food is. And she doesn't do flashy.
>
> Pastorio

Giada is someone who grows on you, her cooking skills are not flashy, but
constant. Her pronounciation seemed phoney to me at first until I
understood her heritage. I see her 'wooden' smile as genuine anymore. Her
recipes are always inspiring to me and I usually get some information on
technique from her. So many things she makes are simply-simple; I like
that, too. I am sorry that I missed a lot of her programs by judging her
too severely. Now I can enjoy her.
Dee