my new obsession is Chef’s Tablepart of me rmde @ romanticizing some of these dudes who are clearly manchild garbageppl in everything BUT cooking (hi Francis Mallman, David Barber) But the exploration of creativity and the journeys to finding your own way of cooking truly fascinates me - (especially since I just finished the new season of Top Chef and it wrestled with these themes too, moreso than recent seasons imo)
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 10 March 2018 18:25 (six years ago) link
and i love Nancy Silverton so i am excited to watch her episode
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 10 March 2018 18:26 (six years ago) link
I think Alex Atala is my #1 crush of all time, for real. The Niki Nakayama one made me cry, and it felt like they had to try really hard not to make Grant Achatz look like a total fuckin dick (which he still did anyway even w/o being explicitly dickish)
― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 10 March 2018 18:30 (six years ago) link
i cannot possibly convey how deeply in love w Alex Atala i am, plz bring him to me
chef's table is like good sci-fi to me or something. some fantasy planet where everything is beautiful.
― scott seward, Saturday, 10 March 2018 18:45 (six years ago) link
I am watching Niki Nakayama one now! How much do I love her 😭
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 10 March 2018 18:46 (six years ago) link
Chefs table is so good
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Saturday, 10 March 2018 19:08 (six years ago) link
honestly the Niki episode I'd prob put in my top 10 documentaries of all time
― the masseduction of lauryn hill (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 10 March 2018 19:25 (six years ago) link
otm
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 10 March 2018 19:25 (six years ago) link
The episodes are hit or miss but when they are good, they are so good. The Jeong Kwan one made me cry.
― Yerac, Saturday, 10 March 2018 20:44 (six years ago) link
i miss when comics were for kids. they were more fun. frank miller ruined the world.
That's why there's Supergirl, and the Flash and stuff like that, right? We saw a Supergirl and it was good!
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 10 March 2018 20:48 (six years ago) link
kind of digging The World's Most Extraordinary Homes
― Darin, Sunday, 11 March 2018 01:23 (six years ago) link
The airplane wing home (the first one) is cool as heck.
― rb (soda), Sunday, 11 March 2018 03:43 (six years ago) link
underground fancy houses were very cool. and very fancy. the one in greece had the most insane angles/lines/shadows. work of art really. but i kinda wanted to live in the one in switzerland. or maybe the one in new zealand...
― scott seward, Sunday, 11 March 2018 04:24 (six years ago) link
started Schitt's Creek, it's very charming! Eugene Levy and Katherine O'Hara are (Canadian) national treasures
― It's not delivery, it's Adorno! (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 12 March 2018 13:42 (six years ago) link
been watching that over the last few weeks. think im in the middle of season 3. easy show to like. think the formula is getting a stale for me about now tho.
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Monday, 12 March 2018 16:23 (six years ago) link
Watched so much Netflix these last two weeks on vacation
After binging Chewing Gum, we watched Crashing (phoebe whatshername from Flea Bag), which was funny and good but stressful the same way Flea Bag was but even more so.
Followed that with Lovesick (not the Matt Leblanc one) - thanks to vegemite’s recommendation - which was great and funny and sweet. Not as cringe-inducing as Crashing.
Now halfway through Please Like Me, which is Australian but sort of in the same vein as the shows above.
Altered Carbon was fine, entertaining enough.
― just1n3, Monday, 12 March 2018 16:52 (six years ago) link
Oh I also binged The Sinner, since it was on Dutch Netflix. So fucking weird, especially the creepy incest scene. Don’t think I’d recommend it. The coincidences were just too much.
― just1n3, Monday, 12 March 2018 16:55 (six years ago) link
anyone ventured the frankenstein chronicles or whatever it's called starring n3d st4rk?
― when worlds collide I'll see you again (Jon not Jon), Monday, 12 March 2018 17:18 (six years ago) link
xpost I didn’t know what to make of the Sinner for a while, but it won me over the way the ending resolved. I was so afraid it was going to culminate in a horrific-incest-ring revelation that the actual ending was a relief. It really layers on the misery though, jeez. Apparently the book is even darker. O_OMy takeaway was that Jessica Biel is v good at crying. So much crying in that show!
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 12 March 2018 18:36 (six years ago) link
‘please like me’ is that rarest of rare things, an australian show that’s good
― reverse-periscoping (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 13 March 2018 01:21 (six years ago) link
yall not kidding about season 2 of Hap & Leonard being real depressing huh
― ian, Tuesday, 13 March 2018 02:00 (six years ago) link
Just watched the Jeong Kwan episode of Chefs Table and i’m so in love. Esp in her cute little “going to the city” hat. What a marvel that episode was.
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 13 March 2018 02:37 (six years ago) link
Isn't it so wonderful? When she says (paraphrase) "being alone means you are free" just...tears. You can stay at that temple btw and make food with her.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 13 March 2018 11:28 (six years ago) link
yeah, beautiful. i love her at the school when she goes “ta daaa” and did a little dance.
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 13 March 2018 16:10 (six years ago) link
starting watching this show last night. equal parts history + oh my god i want to eat that so bad....
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― scott seward, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 19:27 (six years ago) link
sampler:
Episode 1 Rajasthan's cuisine runs the gamut from rustic foods like panchkuta to complex dishes influenced by Rajput, Marwari, Mughlai and English cooking.
Episode 2 Taste the food traditions of Tamil Nadu, from Tanjore's idli, dosa, rasam and poriyal to the Anglo-Indian fare of Pudukkottai.
Episode 3 Explore the influences of Mughal, Persian and English culture in the cuisine of Delhi and Rampur and learn the delicious origins of chaat.
Episode 4 Sample dishes like nadru palak and ambal and experience a Kashmiri wazwan, an elaborate feast that plays an important role in local culture.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 19:30 (six years ago) link
― reverse-periscoping (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, March 13, 2018 1:21 AM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i do enjoy it too!
― surm, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 19:31 (six years ago) link
xpost Do they show them making specific recipes? I just made naan from scratch for the first time this past weekend ( so easy and good) and have been slowly working on adding Indian meals into my rotation.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 19:33 (six years ago) link
they do kinda but its fast and looks like magic. not anything you could really follow.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 19:34 (six years ago) link
but its inspiring to no end.
Yeah, adding it to my queue, I am sure it will cause me to look up some things.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 14 March 2018 19:35 (six years ago) link
Yerac, to go back a few pages, I started watching the David Chang episodes of Mind of a Chef and didn't find him bro-ish at all. I liked him a lot by the end of one episode. I found him easy unpretentious TV company, which is fairly rare.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Thursday, 15 March 2018 01:16 (six years ago) link
I don't know how many episodes I made it through. I think I watched season 2 first and went back to 1 and something happened where he just really rubbed me the wrong way. Maybe it was just the complete change in tone from the second season. I did watch all of Ugly Delicious and he was better. I guess I kind of understood him a bit more in Ugly D.
― Yerac, Thursday, 15 March 2018 01:32 (six years ago) link
Oh, it was actually season 4 I watched first with Gabrielle Hamilton.
― Yerac, Thursday, 15 March 2018 01:35 (six years ago) link
i like the guy! i might go off him, who knows?
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Thursday, 15 March 2018 01:41 (six years ago) link
It might be too close for me since I'm asian american and grew up in virginia and lived in NYC. Like, I know that guy.
― Yerac, Thursday, 15 March 2018 01:43 (six years ago) link
i def. get that. I'd have a hard time with a professional Scotsman.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Thursday, 15 March 2018 01:45 (six years ago) link
I remember watching it with a farmer/baker friend. The later seasons have more of a "story". Reversing to season 1 I think we stopped watching it because it was just Chang hanging out with his bro friends (this is my memory from like 4 years back.)
― Yerac, Thursday, 15 March 2018 01:46 (six years ago) link
I couldn't watch Chef's Table, it was like a Documentary Now! version of foodie TV.
― louise ck (milo z), Thursday, 15 March 2018 01:47 (six years ago) link
that's what i like. it's like good tv for when you don't care to make a choice so hanging out tv is good for me.
this is actually my overriding problem with the new tv zeitgeist. tv for me is just something that's on, for the most part. as soon as you ask me to choose what to watch it's too much engagement, for me. i'd rather flick through channels and land on something and not care. there's far too much choice.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Thursday, 15 March 2018 01:52 (six years ago) link
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Oh, and I am opposite. I never turn it on for it just to be on (probably because I haven't had regular tv/cable for over 10 years). When I watch something, I try to pay attention.
Chef's Table, I think is more interesting if you have a familiarity or interest in the chef or type of food they make. There are definitely some clunker episodes. Like one people mention above (LA sushi chef?) I wasn't into at all.
― Yerac, Thursday, 15 March 2018 01:56 (six years ago) link
And I have an erg/rower in front of the tv so some of those types of shows are excellent for being a self contained work out. Also, I'm a certified sommelier and specialist of wine and spirits so I like food/restaurant types of shows.
― Yerac, Thursday, 15 March 2018 01:59 (six years ago) link
the guy in berlin was one of the ones that you actually still ended up thinking "what a dick!" which was a rare way to end one of those shows.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Thursday, 15 March 2018 02:00 (six years ago) link
Granted, a lot of chefs are dicks. It was surprising how nice Massimo Bottura (1st epi) seems. And Eric Ripert. But maybe because he is Buddhist.
― Yerac, Thursday, 15 March 2018 02:03 (six years ago) link
xpost - there's definitely a UK/North America disconnect there. We have less channels to flick through and you can generally just land on something that's good enough.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Thursday, 15 March 2018 02:04 (six years ago) link
I like Mind of a Chef for the cooking segments and fewer slow tracking shots with tense music but I'm never going to see the latest season with Mission Chinese because fuck watching a series on Facebook.
― louise ck (milo z), Thursday, 15 March 2018 02:06 (six years ago) link
like publically funded arts or lifestyle programmes that are v well made and kill some time.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Thursday, 15 March 2018 02:06 (six years ago) link
I think North America has a ton of channels and I remember the UK (sky tv when I had it) had a lot on. I just am super frugal and was trying to trick myself into being more useful with my time so I got rid of cable.
― Yerac, Thursday, 15 March 2018 02:06 (six years ago) link