― The Bearnaise-Stain Bears (Rock Hardy), Monday, 25 September 2006 23:16 (seventeen years ago) link
And yes, most of the hosts are obnoxious twats. Lidia and Jacques on PBS are pretty great, even if Lidia seems like she's going to lose her shit and just start yelling at times. Martin Yan, who along with the Frugal Gourmet was a huge influence on my love of cooking, is still alright, kind of corny, but he makes good shit. Alton Brown is great as well, and non-live Emeril and Mario Batali, though kind of a dick, really knows his shit.
Fuck a bunch of Daisy Martinez though - maybe because I'm not a big fan of latin/carribean food, or maybe because she's fucking annoying as hell. I was never a fan of Tyler Florence, but I saw him pimping Applebee's on a commercial today so he's totally dead to me now. Rachael Ray I've only watched for like five minutes - the food was lazy and she annoyed the hell out of me. Bobby Flay can fucking choke on his honey and ancho chilis.
But what happened to Jamie Oliver? I was kind of impartial about the guy, but last time I had the Food Network he was all over the place, now he's been purged from the channel, like he never existed and some sort of 1984 rewriting of history covered it up.
― joygoat (joygoat), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 04:29 (seventeen years ago) link
― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 13:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― PappaWheelie demands you to ''only pick any'' (PappaWheelie 2), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 15:15 (seventeen years ago) link
Nigel Slater is my boy. I love the massive undercurrent of "If I wasn't abused as a child I couldn't cook this well" that runs throughout his shows.
― Dom Passantino, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 10:35 (sixteen years ago) link
you and him both
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 January 2008 10:35 (sixteen years ago) link
You're determined to reach 3,000 this month, huh?
― Dom Passantino, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 10:38 (sixteen years ago) link
in it to win it
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 January 2008 10:38 (sixteen years ago) link
I've never watched a Slater show. I like his writing a lot. He writes about food like I do when I write recipes out for friends (doing this is how I ever got to read him; a friend I wrote a recipe for said I reminded him of Slater), basically "put some more butter in, it's fucking great".
I like Hugh Curly-Whittington and Gordon Ramsay. Jamie Oliver's grown on me over the years; he's still a fat-tongued cunt with no eyes, though.
― Scik Mouthy, Tuesday, 15 January 2008 10:40 (sixteen years ago) link
I hate hate hate Rachael Ray but I think this idiotic
Does Dunkin’ Donuts really think its customers could mistake Rachael Ray for a terrorist sympathizer? The Canton-based company has abruptly canceled an ad in which the domestic diva wears a scarf that looks like a keffiyeh, a traditional headdress worn by Arab men.Some observers, including ultra-conservative Fox News commentator Michelle Malkin, were so incensed by the ad that there was even talk of a Dunkin’ Donuts boycott.‘‘The keffiyeh, for the clueless, is the traditional scarf of Arab men that has come to symbolize murderous Palestinian jihad,’’ Malkin yowls in her syndicated column.‘‘Popularized by Yasser Arafat and a regular adornment of Muslim terrorists appearing in beheading and hostage-taking videos, the apparel has been mainstreamed by both ignorant and not-so-ignorant fashion designers, celebrities, and left-wing icons.’’The company at first pooh-poohed the complaints, claiming the black-and-white wrap was not a keffiyeh. But the right-wing drumbeat on the blogosphere continued and by yesterday, Dunkin’ Donuts decided it’d be easier just to yank the ad.Said the suits in a statement: ‘‘In a recent online ad, Rachael Ray is wearing a black-and-white silk scarf with a paisley design. It was selected by her stylist for the advertising shoot. Absolutely no symbolism was intended. However, given the possibility of misperception, we are no longer using the commercial.’’(In case you’re wondering, the stylist who selected the offending scarf was not Gretta Enterprises boss Gretchen Monahan, who appears on Ray’s TV show as a style consultant.)For her part, Malkin was pleased with Dunkin’s response: ‘‘It’s refreshing to see an American company show sensitivity to the concerns of Americans opposed to Islamic jihad and its apologists."
Some observers, including ultra-conservative Fox News commentator Michelle Malkin, were so incensed by the ad that there was even talk of a Dunkin’ Donuts boycott.
‘‘The keffiyeh, for the clueless, is the traditional scarf of Arab men that has come to symbolize murderous Palestinian jihad,’’ Malkin yowls in her syndicated column.
‘‘Popularized by Yasser Arafat and a regular adornment of Muslim terrorists appearing in beheading and hostage-taking videos, the apparel has been mainstreamed by both ignorant and not-so-ignorant fashion designers, celebrities, and left-wing icons.’’
The company at first pooh-poohed the complaints, claiming the black-and-white wrap was not a keffiyeh. But the right-wing drumbeat on the blogosphere continued and by yesterday, Dunkin’ Donuts decided it’d be easier just to yank the ad.
Said the suits in a statement: ‘‘In a recent online ad, Rachael Ray is wearing a black-and-white silk scarf with a paisley design. It was selected by her stylist for the advertising shoot. Absolutely no symbolism was intended. However, given the possibility of misperception, we are no longer using the commercial.’’
(In case you’re wondering, the stylist who selected the offending scarf was not Gretta Enterprises boss Gretchen Monahan, who appears on Ray’s TV show as a style consultant.)
For her part, Malkin was pleased with Dunkin’s response: ‘‘It’s refreshing to see an American company show sensitivity to the concerns of Americans opposed to Islamic jihad and its apologists."
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 18:19 (fifteen years ago) link
The picture that goes with the story though? Uh...
http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Third_Party_Photo/2008/05/27/1211929942_3205.jpg
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 18:20 (fifteen years ago) link
all kinds of people are wearing these thing.
― carne asada, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 18:23 (fifteen years ago) link
sometimes i'm really sick of this country
― omar little, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 18:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Fuck me guys, that's up there with our government trying to ban drawings.
― Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 18:28 (fifteen years ago) link
This is FUCKING stupid.
Jesus, her face is the most offensive thing in that picture, not her scarf.
― B.L.A.M., Wednesday, 28 May 2008 18:28 (fifteen years ago) link
RIP vampire weekend
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 28 May 2008 18:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Some people have too much time on their hands.
― Billy Dods, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 18:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Is that a Mormon temple in the background?
― Abbott, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 18:31 (fifteen years ago) link
If those scarves are a problem there's an awful lot of 70s rock bands that are gonna need their album covers burning.
― Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 18:32 (fifteen years ago) link
I've always like the keffiyeh, esp. after reading Joe Sacco's Palestine. They seem like a nice thing.
― Abbott, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 18:33 (fifteen years ago) link
Stupidity abounds. It only seems to be increasing, but...
― Bimble, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 18:33 (fifteen years ago) link
at least maybe hipsters will stop wearing them now?
― bell_labs, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 18:34 (fifteen years ago) link
There's a hipster keffiyeh movement?
― Abbott, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 18:36 (fifteen years ago) link
oh dear
― Ai Lien, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 18:36 (fifteen years ago) link
ohhhhh yeah http://threadtrend.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/schmeg1.jpg
― bell_labs, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 18:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Arcade Keffiyeh
― Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 18:37 (fifteen years ago) link
palestinian states lose
― omar little, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 18:38 (fifteen years ago) link
PEOPLE
― Abbott, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 18:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Dig this hipster:
http://www.zemzem.org/images/sacco1.jpg
― Abbott, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 18:39 (fifteen years ago) link
PLO Soundsystem
― Noodle Vague, Wednesday, 28 May 2008 18:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Antony Worrall Thompson 'sorry' for Tesco shoplifting but not for anything else.
― Ned Trifle X, Monday, 9 January 2012 14:12 (twelve years ago) link
According the Guardian story on this, he'd nicked stuff on 5 different occassions over the last few weeks - guess they must have check back on the cctv? Had been using the self-service checkout and hadn't scanned some of his stuff in.
― Rapper rejoins fat man's co-op (NickB), Monday, 9 January 2012 14:23 (twelve years ago) link
Much as I'd love to sneer at the little Tory twat, I can't 'cuz that story's just sad :(
― Tom D (Tom D.), Monday, 9 January 2012 14:38 (twelve years ago) link
wonder if it was due to late life boredom. the only times i ever shoplifted was on really cheap items just to see if I could do it without being caught.
― unattractive on the inside (Neanderthal), Monday, 9 January 2012 14:42 (twelve years ago) link
Not looking forward to the Ready Steady Crook headlines tomorrow then? xp
― Rapper rejoins fat man's co-op (NickB), Monday, 9 January 2012 14:42 (twelve years ago) link
... so that's what the Ready Steady Crook headline in today's Sun was about then?
― Tom D (Tom D.), Monday, 9 January 2012 14:43 (twelve years ago) link
Oh well, there you go, I predicted it 18 hours after they went to print. Psychic or what?
― Rapper rejoins fat man's co-op (NickB), Monday, 9 January 2012 14:46 (twelve years ago) link
They're quick off the mark
― Tom D (Tom D.), Monday, 9 January 2012 14:47 (twelve years ago) link
STATEMENT FROM ANTONY WORRALL THOMPSON
I am so sorry for all my recent stupid and irresponsible actions; I am of course devastated for my family and friends, whom I’ve let down and will seek the treatment that is clearly needed. I am not the first, and I certainly won’t be the last person to do something without rhyme or reason - what went through my head, only time will tell.
Of course, I must also apologise sincerely to Tesco, with whom I’m had a long and genuine working relationship, and to all the staff at the Henley branch, many of whom I’ve got to know over the years.
Once again, I am so sorry and hopefully in the future I can make amends.
Antony Worrall Thompson January 2012
Luckily for him he can seek 'treatment' without all that silly getting sent to prison or paying fines. I do actually feel sorry for him, clearly something's not right with the chap, but I wonder if he was inclined to take this enlightened view of petty crime before his recent difficulties?
― Ned Trifle X, Monday, 9 January 2012 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
that's some pretty tasty /addictive cheese then or some such?
amazing bit of this story; FOUR per cent of ALL Tesco cheese gets shoplifted! FOUR!! that must mean that pretty much every time you're in there someone else is on the rob. now i know why the store security bods are so damn twitchy.
― piscesx, Monday, 9 January 2012 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
still haven't ready anywhere what KIND of cheese and wine it was
― irina-camelia begu (lex pretend), Monday, 9 January 2012 19:22 (twelve years ago) link
i feel that information is crucial to my forming any kind of judgment or opinion here
― irina-camelia begu (lex pretend), Monday, 9 January 2012 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
If it's Mini Babybel they should bring back hanging.
― insert 2012 appropriate display name here (snoball), Monday, 9 January 2012 19:46 (twelve years ago) link
I wonder if he was inclined to take this enlightened view of petty crime
The overrriding idea in such twats's heads runs something like this: although what I did is obviously wrong, I know I am not a criminal, so whatever it was I did, it doesn't qualify as a crime except in the most technical and trivial sense. It still makes perfect sense for us to hate criminals, but clearly that's not me, right?
― Aimless, Monday, 9 January 2012 20:14 (twelve years ago) link
Let's not be too harsh here. I mean he probably did pay up for the crackers, right?
― Rapper rejoins fat man's co-op (NickB), Monday, 9 January 2012 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
insider fact: he's married to the daughter of the owner of the londis about 2 mins from my parents house in the north dublin suburb i grew up in.
shopkeeper father in law will be feverishly stocktaking now i'd say.
also i said this on facebook but is anyone in public life more gnome-like?
― When a German communicates, you listen (LocalGarda), Monday, 9 January 2012 20:29 (twelve years ago) link
It's true. You' d have thought the security guard would have spotted what was going on when the fishing rod came in through the top window.
― Rapper rejoins fat man's co-op (NickB), Monday, 9 January 2012 20:35 (twelve years ago) link
my brother says no one more gnome like since robin cook passed
― When a German communicates, you listen (LocalGarda), Monday, 9 January 2012 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
To be fair I would much rather be trapped in a room with AWT than anyone else on this page...
http://www.ybf.org.uk/speakers-panel/
― Ned Trifle X, Monday, 9 January 2012 21:58 (twelve years ago) link
I've met a number of British TV chefs and I have to say the least twattish in person happens to be Gordon Ramsay. He always says "Hello everyone" when he comes in the room and shakes hands with a sincere "Hello, I'm Gordon", which is more than I can say for others in his profession.
― I want your nose, your shoes and your unicycle (dog latin), Monday, 9 January 2012 22:01 (twelve years ago) link