Food Network Gossip

Marcus is a bigger asshole than either Zakarian or Flay, but he plays nice for the camera.

I heard that Aaron Sanchez is an arrogant prick.

Plus, his body is covered with these hideous tattoos!

Guarnaschelli is tough as balls.

Zakarian isn't an asshole. He's actually a nice guy. Flay is a major asshole.

Bobby Flay physically reminds me of an evil leprechaun. I abhor the man and hope he dies from cancer of the anus.

Young Aaron was so adorable. Like Tyler Florence, he hit the wall big time. You can tell which shows are reruns by how skinny or fat they are.

Giada is a member of the Mackenzie Phillips/Aretha Franklin club, if you know what I mean.

God she's gross.

That pic of Aaron at R5 is so cute. I guess he wanted to build up his Mexican "street cred," so he got those stupid tattoos.

The truth is, he comes from a privileged Mexican family, and his mother is a very renowned Mexican chef.

Alex Gurnaschelli or whatever her name is LOOKS like she has the smelliest, sloppiest cunt on the block.

If the father is fucking his daughter, isn't the father the gross one, r6?

You're just jealous R8 because Alex has a handsome husband. He's a little hottie!

R8 must have been CHOPPED by Alex!

He must have to drink a whole lot to park his hot dog in her tuna pier. She is fat and gross.

And I still can't believe they shunned dear old Paula Deen because she said Nigger 50 years ago.

I have always wanted to eat out Tyler's musky hole. He is incredibly hot!

Bobby Deen likes BBC!

Bobby looked better when he had more meat on his bones...

WHET Dave Lieberman? About 10 years ago, he hosted his own show on the Food Network, and there was a lot of buzz in the media about him being the next hot young chef. I don't know if he could cook, but he was adorable as fuck (though balding rapidly). He only lasted a year or two before disappearing, never to be seen again on the Food Network.

Scott Conant - would have drunk his piss when he was young and hot. Now married and fat...

My Rocco issa no finocchio!

Wasn't there briefly a show hosted by a gay couple? I believe they won a contest to get their show.

Yeah, Dave Lieberman wasn't bad looking

I would love to knock out Giada's chicklet capped smile with a sledge hammer!

Somebody posted in a thread about the Deens that Bobby and Jamie have different fathers. Supposedly Paula cheated with an Italian-American guy and got pregnant with Bobby, which would explain his looks.

R17, the last I heard, David had moved to Paris and was happily living and cooking there.

You forgot to sign your post, Rachel at R22.

Dave L. seemed incredibly gay on his show. He also always had visibly hard nipples when he wore a tight shirt, which was hot.

Liberman was a Dude Bro before Dude Bros existed.

He hasn't aged well.

Aaron Sanchez met a friend of mine at a party and got her number, saying he'd like to take her out sometime. A week later he texted her to come down and hang out at his table with his friends at one of his restaurants (like, drop what you're doing and come down here right now)

She texted back and said she was busy at the moment. Never heard from him again.

What happened between Giada and her father?

I was in an elevator in Miami Beach with Bobby Flay. It was during the big Food Network event at the Lowes Hotel. A woman said hello to him and he acted as though she had asked for money. Her teenage son yelled "Prick" when Booby got off the elevator. Bobby heard it and heard people laughing too.

They have some real douche bags on now. Who is the weird fuck with the white eyeglass frames? Now all I ever see is Guy Ferry.

What is going on with Barefoot Contessa? Her show is never on...save for 2 eps early Sunday morning. Are the Farmhouse Rules Loud Mouth Lady and Pie Near Woman running her down?

I was wondering what happened to Ina as well. That Farm House Rules woman is gross. Her family is a bunch of fat slobs too.

ive always wanted to worship bobby flay's cock, feet and ass with my tongue.

I cannot stand Marcus Samuelson. I think he is a terrible phoney and jerk. He lives near me in East Harlem. I see him walking around dressed in these silly getups. People constantly approach him and he tries to act smooth but you can tell he loves the attention. Pings in a major way. I have a story involving him but I am too tired to type. I will say whoever thinks he is so nice is wrong. He is definitly not a nice guy.

She was apparently raped repeatedly by her father when she was a child, R29. R6 is just being an asshole. It wasn't a consensual sexual relationship.

There's never been anything official about it, but her dad was sentenced for sex crimes, and at a fundraiser for child abuse awareness in the early 1990s, his daughter was reported to have talked about the abuse. The daughter was unnamed in the article but it would almost have to have been Giada.

I really loathe Alton Brown with the heat of a thousand suns.

I can't stand that show of his where he fucks with them while they try to cook.

At least in CHOPPED they leave the chefs alone.

Nancy Fuller's (Farmhouse Rules) very wealthy husband has a tight connection with Food Network execs and that's how she got her show. Ree Drummond's (Pioneer Woman) even wealthier husband may not have had the connections but still they bought their way on the air. All the other cooking shows are being replaced with celebrities these days.

worked in a restaurant in the 90's where Flay was the chef (before he became famous) and I can confirm for the record he is a PRICK. Probably the nastiest I've ever worked with...and I've worked with some real assholes.

What's up with all these kid cooking contests? Food Network sucks now.

If you ever go on Chopped and Sanchez is a judge, then just prepare all Mexican dishes. He'll put you through all the way to the end.

I actually enjoy the baking judges far more. They seem more down-to-Earth and fun. The black female judge with the British accent is beyond gorgeous.

Any gossip about Jeff Mauro? Adam Gertler?

Wow I did not know that about Giada. That must've messed her up so badly. Now I feel sorry for her.

Aren't there countless rumors of Giada and her freaky and torrid affair, or affairs, with John Mayer?

I agree about the too many cooking shows. Enough. I have seen enough "Chopped" and "Cupcake Wars" for the rest of my life. And enough with the Southern and white fat women cooking.

What happened to Giada was horrible and it is not heresay. With that being said there have been tons of rumours of her over the years acting like a groupie with all kinds of rappers and musicians. Very odd considering she was marrried with children. I am sure being molested did a number on her sexually.

WHET DL fave Sandra Lee?? I miss her tacky shows.

Harry Dean Stanton in talks to replace Ina on BFC

Well that's a bunch of horse shit, R38, if true.

First they stopped showing Anne's cooking show, now Ina is gone! Hell, even Giada isn't on as much anymore.

Fuck that! I refuse to watch those fugly southern bitches.

Chopped is shit and Alton is an asshole to those chefs on his show. I used to love Alton Brown. I refuse to watch fat-fuck fairy and that talk show-cooking thing they show is dumb to.

I hardly watch any FN or Cooking Channel anymore. ☹️

[quote]Ree Drummond's (Pioneer Woman) even wealthier husband

Phillip?

These recent Food Networklebrities are so boring. The golden era of the 2000s chefs were terrifically camp. Speaking of TV chefs, does anyone keep up with overseas TV chef? I wonder whatever happened to Kylie Kwong.

Neither Ree nor the Farmhouse Rules lady are southern, R49. But I share your despair about Ina.

Chef is one of the top 5 professions for psychopaths. I have known some funny, philosophical and sexy ones, but they were all antisocial assholes.

Chef. In an interview with Vanity Fair, Gordon Ramsay (not exactly the picture of sanity) said, “Chefs are nutters. They're all self-obsessed, delicate, dainty, insecure little souls and absolute psychopaths. Every last one of them.” And boy, would he ever know. I’m not sure about every attribute he lists, but I’ve met a lot of chefs in my day and like most creative people, they’ve all had inventive, innovative minds, often accompanied by drinking problems. (Just the messenger here, folks.) Plus, they work in a profession that requires them to work crazy hours, often for long stretches, in conditions that would drive most of us mad. (Have you ever seen a busy restaurant kitchen at a peak hour? Absolute madness.)

Anthony Bourdain (again, a seemingly awesome guy, but not someone I would cite as a pillar of sanity) chalked it up to a sort of dogged, single-minded drive and perfectionism, combined with having to deal with assholes. “Some chefs borrow money, they do everything they can, they kill themselves, it's the culmination of a career working 100 hours a week or more. They finally open a place and within eight minutes of opening, some asshole has posted on Yelp, 'Worst meal ever.' You can understand why they go insane, and do everything they can to ameliorate that.”

r41 Lorraine Pascale! She used to be a model. I love to hear her speak.

I heard once the Giada fucked Drake. It was truly so random that I'm kind of inclined to believe it's true, all things considered.

It could have been Giada's older sister who spoke about being molested by their dad. Speaking of Giada, it's no wonder she goes by her mom's last name and not her dad's (DeBenedetti), and never speaks about her paternal side of the family. She also had an older brother who died years ago from cancer. Her younger brother Igor is incredibly hot and had appeared on her shows many times.

As for Sandra Lee, her last show was Taverns, Lounges and Clubs but it sort of fizzled out (I loved it though). She then got breast cancer and is now doing much better, but I'm sure that's why her FN career took a back seat. Plus she's been Andrew Cuomo's main squeeze for quite some time now.

Alton does seem like a know-it-all prick. He used to be hot when he had more weight on him. He also pings to high heaven.

I never knew that Alex G. is married. I always thought she was a lez.

I like Nancy Fuller, but she is no Paula Deen (even though she looks and acts a lot like her). It's obvious they wanted to find PD 2.0, and they did with her. She's on that one challenge show with Bobby Deen.

Add me to the Scott Conant is Hot fan club. He still is hot to me (even though he does come off as arrogant sometimes). So is Tyler Florence.

I miss the days of Rachel Ray's $40 A Day, when the line up was all Ina, Rachel, Giada, Sandra Lee, Michael Chiarello (another pinger), Nigella (she could teach a class on how to do food porn), Tyler, Emeril, etc. No FN reality shows, no 24 hour Guy Fieri marathons, no FN Star, just people with big personalities cooking and traveling.

What happened to the hot black guy Eddie who won FNS last year? He's doing a kids barbecue show? Did he even get his OWN show?

What happened in the past between Jacqui Malhouf and Bobby when they did his Grillin and Chillin show at that mansion in Southampton? They had incredible chemistry and then the next season they put the show indoors(?) and he ignored her outrageously.

Yes, these celebs hosting cooking shows are absurd. They are not Dinah Shore. The one I liked was queeny Brian Boitano's but they axed him because he was TOO gay.

Tiffani Amber Thiessen's show isn't that bad. It's her "celebrity friends" she has on every episode that is insufferable. Did anyone watch Willie Garson's episode? That queen was doing.the.most.

Tyler Florence has gotten sooooooo fat.

Sanchez looks terrible these days. That extra weight has deformed him and his face. Sad.

Scott Conant was accused of stealing the help's tips in his restaurants. Can't look at him the same now.

Scott Conant is arrogant and fat.

Tiffani Theissen's show is wonderful and her food always looks delicious. Who knew she was such a great cook?

Flay is a scuzzy cheater.

Tyler has rock hard pecs and biceps. His abs are made of steel. Not fat.

R63 = Tyler's side piece.

Did they completely drop the Niely's? Or was it Neeleys? I don't remember. But I got a kick out of how every time she ate it something it was like she'd just sucked a cock.

[quote]I miss the days of Rachel Ray's $40 A Day, when the line up was all Ina, Rachel, Giada, Sandra Lee, Michael Chiarello (another pinger), Nigella (she could teach a class on how to do food porn), Tyler, Emeril, etc. No FN reality shows, no 24 hour Guy Fieri marathons, no FN Star, just people with big personalities cooking and traveling.

Funny that almost every single one of the ones you've mentioned have had some sort of problem:

Rachel - cheating husband who likes to get pissed on by whores.

Ina - Hates children and refuses cancer patient!

Giada - Can't get enough Rock Star Dick!

Sandra Lee - Drunk

Chiarello - Likes to sexually harass his male and female staff!

Nigella - Coke fiend who gets choked out by her man!

Tyler - Drunk

Emeril - I don't actually know anything about him except his recipes constantly get negative reviews.

Guy - Racist asshole!

The Neeleys are divorcing if they haven't already. I never liked her or her screeching voice. Pat is beyond sweet, though he came across as a bit whipped at times. Some of Pat's family dislike Gina because when he married her she took over the business and started letting people go and bossing his brothers around. And in the early versions of their show, she was so fucking abrasive and obnoxious, I'm sure Susie and Bob told her to turn it down a few notches.

Rache is a dyke, her husband is allowed to do what he likes, he only gets in trouble when he gets caught.

[quote]and it is not heresay.

Oh, dear.

[quote]I'm sure Susie and Bob told her to turn it down a few notches.

Speaking of Bob, what's the story about his sudden departure from the company? Was he tired of being "triggered" by having to constantly appear at the Vagina Table on "Food Network Star?"

I was surprised by how much I enjoy both Tiffani Thiessen's and Valerie Bertinelli's shows. They both make good food and are very personable. And I even like Patty Heaton's show, which is back for a second season on Saturdays.

The one I wish they'd bring back is Brian Boitano -- his food was amazing, and his show was a lot of fun.

Once in a while they show reruns of Sandy's three main shows (Semi-Homemade; Restaurant Remakes; Money-Saving Meals) on Wednesday mornings.

Tiffani Thiessen is adorable, I'll give you that. I have seen her shows on occasion. But to say that that cow who broke up Van Halen makes good food, no.

Fuck all those tv "stars" with their own cooking shows. Bring back Ina, Anne, Giada, hell, I'll even take Kelsey back at this point.

Surprised to hear that about Marcus Samuellson. I met him in his restaurant, The Red Rooster, once. Went there with a coworker for lunch. I asked the hostess if he was in the restaurant. She said yes but that he was busy with investors.

I sat down with my coworker and we ordered. I sat facing the kitchen, with my back to the door. We were enjoying the food (it is really good!). Anyway, my coworker starts to look up and I just as I ask her what she's looking at, I feel a hand on my shoulder. I turn around and it's MARCUS! He said the hostess told him I wanted to meet him. He took several pictures with me and was very nice.

Where is Giada these days?

On Food Network Star, with Bobby.

[quote]Who is the weird fuck with the white eyeglass frames?

You're thinking of Graham Elliot r31 but I don't think he was ever part of the Food Network stable. Just the Fox's Master Chef shows as far as I know.

I've been to his Chicago restaurants and a few times and he's actually been there cooking as opposed to other celebrity chefs (who will remain nameless) who probably rarely set foot in their own restaurants if ever.

Those wondering why Ina isn't being included much in the FN lineup anymore. You all, she's been on the network for over 15 years. Both her and her beard are older and most likely it's her decision to ease her career down. I'm sure she's exhausted from it all. She's never seemed to be the Martha Stewart type- A business mogul and already had an established career before her Food Network life, unlike Sandra Lee or Rachel Ray.

[quote]Ina - Hates children and refuses cancer patient!

[quote]Sandra Lee - Drunk

Hence, they're DL favorites.

[quote] I feel a hand on my shoulder. I turn around and it's MARCUS! He said the hostess told him I wanted to meet him. He took several pictures with me and was very nice.

I agree that Marcus seems nice. He has a warm personality.

I think that growing up in a Swedish household, that he is just very serious. You can tell that he is very invested in everything he does. He takes his judging job on Chopped, VERY seriously! lol

Anyway, I'll keep believing that he's a nice guy.

As for the Neely's, I think the show was called "Downlow with the Neely's."

Someone referred to "Tyler's side piece." Is he bi? I would so love that. He's very hot, and very much my type.

Guy Fieri is absolutely not racist. Have you ever watched his DDD show? He loves black people, asian people, latino people, and white people. I did hear that he had a problem with gay people, though. He might have come around since then, having presided over the marriage of something like 100 gay couples in a large mass ceremony.

I am also really starting to like Ree Drummond. At first I thought that her Pioneer Woman show was the most boring thing on earth, and her cooking was very simple.

However, the more I watched it, the more she came up with some really good stuff. Honestly, she could cook for me all day, and I would eat it. She seems to know Tex-Mex very well.

I still think, however, that she probably lies in the missionary position while her husband has sex with her, and it's over in 5 min. I just really get the impression that neither of them are very sexual. She seems to get off more on her desserts, than she does with her husband.

Amn

I love Ree too. Ladd is hot, but yeah, he doesn't ooze lothario. But, they do have four kids, so they've obviously been getting it in.

It was Down Home With the Neeleys. Gina could be a bit much, and Pat was highly annoying with all that "Baby" this and "Baby" that talk. He is good looking though. They were discovered by the Deens.

[quote]Someone referred to "Tyler's side piece." Is he bi? I would so love that. He's very hot, and very much my type.

He's totally not bi. He used to hit on practically every woman he cooked with on that show where he went to people's homes and helped them cook.

Pat is hot and his hands are HUGE.

Curtis Stone seems to have fizzled. I liked him best as the Take-Home Chef. You knew some of those wives wouldn't have minded keeping him!

Why do these people have such monstrous egos? It's just FOOD for God's sake.

They act like they discovered cures for cancers, or solved Fermat's Last Theorem or completed Einstein's Unified Field Teory.

It's just food... plant and animal products put on a plate and eaten... then it's gone... so what...

Not a chef but I adore Jonathan Bennett on Cake Wars.

R79, it was Down Home with the Neelys, but I get it.

I too am a fan of Tyler Florence. I liked his recipes when I had cable. I think he's hot as hell. He's one of those guy's I'd love to fuck and then chat with. I think he'd be hot in bed, too bad he's straight. I'd still wanna bury my cock deep in his ass. Haha!

[quote]Curtis Stone seems to have fizzled. I liked him best as the Take-Home Chef. You knew some of those wives wouldn't have minded keeping him!

Isn't he hosting one of the Top Chef shows? All-Stars, maybe?

I remember first finding DL and someone posting about Curtis. They mentioned a sexual encounter (a threesome) with a Celebrity Chef and it was Curtis. It wasn't a "gay" threesome though. The guy who posted was gay, but the other person involved was a woman with whom they DPd.

[quote]Alton does seem like a know-it-all prick. He used to be hot when he had more weight on him. He also pings to high heaven.

I still say that little fundie asshole is closeted and that's why his marriage broke up. He talked too much about God in interviews after he "unseated" Emeril as the "king" of Food Network, and the church he belonged to had (has?) literal pray-the-gay-away courses.

I'd eat Bobby Flay's dirty ass..

I find Flay sexy as well and still like Giada but sick to death of Fieri, what an asshole

R77, I'm not saying she should keep making new shows, heck, I can't remember the last time I saw a new show from Ina.

There are hundreds of her shows around, why aren't they repeating them anymore??

A five year-old episode from Ina is still leagues better than that Drummind woman or that old bitty.

Btw, who keeps coming here to defend them, I wonder?

Exactly, R92.

Food Network repeats Guy Fieri's DDD show every Friday, all night long. And these are shows from as far back as 2011.

I don't see why they can't do the same for Ina.

Ina just comes across as snooty and condescending.

R94= Tiara

[quote] I never knew that Alex G. is married. I always thought she was a lez.

Me too! I know that there has been strong gossip about her and Anne Burrell having a brief romance at some point. She could be bi I guess.

No she doesn't, R94.

She knows her stuff. She goes on about quality ingredients because quality does matter.

If you're going to the trouble to cook for loved ones, it might as well be made with the good stuff. Who else should you save the "good stuff" for??

FN is becoming trashy and low-class. Not that it's been snooty and upper-class all this time, but it's lowering the bar more and more each year,

I can't believe that right wing c**t Patricia Heaton has a show on Food Network.

Not that I'd watch it anyway, but just the fact that they have given her a cooking show pisses me off. I hate her.

Do Food Network shows follow the same principle in regards to syndication as regular TV sitcoms and drama shows?

Ina is many things, but 'snooty & condescending' first hit her spectrum.

She still has that nervous Nellie fat girl giggle that shows her true colors as an insecure people pleaser...

^does not hit her spectrum

Why did Bob Tuschman leave or ousted?

[quote]Jeffrey Zakarian and Bobby Flay both seem like total dickholes!

I've hated Zakarian ever since he said some dumb shit about President Obama not being 'dignified' or something. I try to ignore him on Chopped.

Ina has an irritating way of talking over people when they are taking to her. She always has to butt in before they are finished to rapidly confirm she is thinking the same thing. That's her great weakness. And I hate the BARN. I loved her real kitchen in her real house. The show jumped the shark then.

"Guy Fieri is absolutely not racist. Have you ever watched his DDD show? He loves black people, asian people, latino people, and white people. I did hear that he had a problem with gay people, though. He might have come around since then, having presided over the marriage of something like 100 gay couples in a large mass ceremony."

Yeah, I bet his heart was in really in that gay marriage publicity stunt you mentioned.

Fieri definitely has a problem with gay people. And beyond that, there was that public melt down with his personal hairstylist, who travels with him at all times.

Thanks R105. That was the first time I wish I was a hair dresser. Guy is a asshole.

Bob Tuschman was replaced by Didi O'Hearn. She was behind the shows I hate - Chopped Junior and Worst Chefs. Kathleen Finch also got rid of Brooke Johnson during the reorg.

[quote] whatever happened to the gay couple?

That was called Party Line with the Hardy Boys Dan and Steve. I think they only did one season. I watched a few of the episodes, the concept was good, gay couple throwing parties for their friends, but the interaction between the two of them somehow came off very creepy. The didnt seem like a match, even as a couple. Plus the Foodnetwork at the time was all about Fraus. The good chefs came along after they left.

That *HORRIFIC* Rev. Run show, Sunday Suppers, is the worst excuse for a cooking show I've ever seen. The scripted scenarios, the disgusting and bland recipes, those annoying children, his wife who always comes across as heavily sedated. Just awful.

R99 Not sure what you're talking about. I've never seen a Food Network show on any other network or local station, so I don't think they syndicate their programs at all.

Alton Brown was great when he was on Good Eats. It ran 10 seasons. I like the geeky, single guy, pinging into science of my food thing. He has the most popular chocolate chip cooking recipe on the planet. But his new shows just kind of suck. I suspect he is pissed off for at the Food Network canceling his successful show and channeling his anger into another show. Sink or swim I guess.

I like sexy seafood guy Ben Sargent from The Cooking Channel. I don't think his show is on anymore, but there are a series of videos on YouTube of him playing a character called The Lobsta Pusha, a fowl-mouthed pimp-like guy who goes around touting his lobster rolls. Sargent himself became popular around the NYC area by selling his own lobster rolls, which led to his CC show.

I always hated Bobby Flay. Then he had this show that I cannot remember the name of where. He would he would show up at someones business and challenge them to who could make whatever that business was known for. It just seemed so arrogant and rude.

I'll never forget the Iron Chef (when it was the real Iron Chef show) episode when Flay went up against Chef Morimoto. It was obvious they were going to just hand it to Flay and when they did, he got up and stood on the table, I think he also stepped on his knives or something.

Morimoto was pissed and made some comment that Flay was not a real Chef because a real Chef has respect for his tools/knives, which Flay did not.

R111 I think it was Alton who decided to end the show because they'd run out of topics and he was getting tired of it.

Who recalls Three Dog Bakery? The two gay guys - Dan Dye and Mark Beckloff would never admit to being a couple at the time, and now are big real estate brokers in Palm Springs.

The Food Network sucks now. Guy is a stupid douche.

R112 Ben is so hot. I think he is single too. I miss his show.

Ina does come across as snooty - "use GOOD this or that", and she always interrupts her guests with "look what I MADE!". Like she wants to be the center of attention. Plus she's got greasy hair.

[quote]Ben is so hot.

Mmm-hmmm...

Ben as The Lobsta Pusha

Dave Lieberman is now pursuing a medical career.

I saw Dave in Philly's Rittenhouse Square a couple of years ago. Just as cute in person.

R51 : Kylie's still doing her thing back here in Australia.

I've heard Ina wants to disassociate from FN because she hates the current programming, particularly all the competitive shows. When she joined, she filled a void left by 2 Fat Ladies when Jennifer Saunders died. Now that quirky show would never make the line up.

Can someone explain to me why Guy is so fucking all over that channel? I mean really I have yet to meet a single person that actually says they like him. Not just my personal opinion. People complain about him all the time, more then most.

R126, is it so surprising? RATINGS!!!

Daddy!

Guy is a hail fellow, well-met. His schtick is bonhomie. He isn't crabby, critical, caustic, or curmudgeonly. IOW, people like him because he likes them, or seems to, which is the same thing, really. He himself doesn't compete with Joe Average, a la Bobby Flay; he doesn't eat disgusting things as does Andrew Zimmern; he is most decidedly unpretentious, unlike a host of others; and he leaves the judging and "Aufing" to others.

Guy is shown enjoying making food (always for others), eating the food that others make, and setting up challenges for others in making food.

The Bloody Marys at Guy's Las Vegas restaurant are like a party in a glass.

Damn R128, Fabio looks GOOD in that picture. Better than he did when he was younger.

R130 he once visited his Vegas restaurant on DDD and his bartender did a demo of that bloody mary. I was HORRIFIED by it.

He dumped tomato juice, garlic, all kinds of hot sauce, BARBECUE SAUCE, and a host of other things into it that made my head spin. Why in fuck's sake would anyone want to drink barbecue sauce??? It was repulsive.

[quote]Damn [R128], Fabio looks GOOD in that picture. Better than he did when he was younger.

Is this sarcasm?

Wow, that Fabio guy is hot. I don't think I've ever seen his show before.

Looks more like Flabio

It's Ben Sargent you fools. He's been discussed upthread.

I've never seen this Ben Sargent person on the Food Network, and I have no idea who he is. But he's sexy.

I think the reason so many of us don't know who this Fabio/Ben person is is because he's NEVER been on the Food Network!!!

His show was on TFN's sister channel, The Cooking Channel.

I'm sad then that it's Ina's choice to remove her shows.

Maybe she can put them on Create!

The dumbing down of that network sucks balls.

It was bad enough when it happened to The Cooking Channel.

[quote]Guy is most decidedly unpretentious,

OK, if you say so

Everything about Guy is foolish and embarrassing. If you stabbed him beef suet would leak out.

Guy is a fucking douche bag. He is exactly what's wrong with Food Network. In addition I wish Bobby Flay and Giada would just go away. I heard they have been fucking each other for years.

I don't care at all about a chefs personal life, honestly. I don't care who's fucking who.

But Giada has good, relatively easy recipes. So does Flay for that matter.

Can't chefs just cook good, god-damned food and shut their traps about everything else?

I am never leaving The Food Network bitches!

Sandra Lee, where is she?

I miss Barefoot. There was always something comforting about coming home in Summer around 5pm and watching her show before dinner. The crap that is on now does not hold my interest at all.

Guy is an easy target and worthy of ridicule, but it's that damn chopped that ruined food network.

Everything they do now is just some riff on that same formula.

I've always wanted to suck Bobby Flay's cock and feet.

[quote] I'm sad then that it's Ina's choice to remove her shows. Maybe she can put them on Create!

I like your thinking, R139.

[quote]Guy is a hail fellow, well-met. His schtick is bonhomie. He isn't crabby, critical, caustic, or curmudgeonly.

Oh, go fucking away. I hope he rapes your ass the way he does the English language. Guy Fieddi is the ruination of FN.

Before and After ; )

I miss Ina.

Some people say that Guy Fiedi looks like Colin Farrell's fat, douchey brother. I can see it. Maybe he should shed some weight and let his natural hair color come back in.

That's hilarious, R151.

He actually looks better now.

All of Ina's episodes are on Youtube.

Amen R40....

I like Chopped. But if it's just a bunch of kids, click goes the remote.

Somebody told me once that Ted Allen, the host of Chopped, is gay.

Yeah, how did Ted Allen parlay his roll on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy to the Food Network anyway? He says he dose not even know how to cook!

R157 We don't believe that for a second!

Here is some info on Food Network - the shows they have they tape a whole season in two days. They have shifted from "chefs" to Celebrities as chefs. The Food Network Star is on it's last legs. Alton left it because he felt they were not picking the right people. The "winners" are given a sho Bobby w (see above - season shot in two days). Bobby Flay is a GIANT asshole. He thinks the sun rises and sets on his cock. Giada as well. She is a snooty cunt. She thinks most of these other chefs are beneath her. Alton is a right wing nut job.

It hasn't been the same since they fired Paula Deen.

I thought Paula Deen was okay. Some of her recipes I still make.

But, yeah, R161. The network started falling when they got rid of her.

Fuck the celebrity chefs.

I know someone who lives in the same building as Ben Sargent in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. He saw him bending over once and there was an ample sighting of ass crack. He said it was nice! Not gay, btw.

[quote]Yeah, how did Ted Allen parlay his roll on Queer Eye

Someone call my name?

Damn R163, and he didn't whip out his cell phone to snap a pic?????

At least they got rid of Rob the Lunch Lady on tonight's FNS.

Did Eddie Jackson get his own show on the air? Never saw it if they did.

R168 Yes.

The Food Network Star show...they take a bunch of the people not just the winner - throw them against the wall and see who sticks. Guy Fieri was a Food Network Star winner and they want to do that again...Oh and Bob Tishman, the vp of Food Network stepped down...He is sick of this shit.

For those who asked about Sandra Lee - she took her show off the air while she battled breast cancer (double mastectomy AND then a recurrence, so more chemo and radiation). She' s been declared cancer-free now, but it took over two years.

Luckily she had the love of a good man, the Governor of New York State, Andrew Cuomo. She lives with him in the Governor's Mansion in Albany, but they are not married. SLUT!

Here they are together this past Sunday, leading the Pride Parade past the newest National Monument, Stonewall, along with Madame President Hillary and Mayor Do-Nothing DeBlasio.

O/T r171, but wasn't DeBlasio's wife a radical lesbian at some point, or am I thinking of someone else?

I know Fieri is a douche, but I'd rather have his show than the reality TV food war bullshit they put on wall to wall. Chopped, my ass.

What ever happened to Arti Party?

She was the second "Food Network Star" winner, and her show sucked donkey balls.

Then we never heard from her again. Or any winner after that.

It's sort of like Project Runway.

Arti is a regular judge on Triple G

The Food Network Star is embarrassingly bad.

Arti is a regular on the awesome Unique Sweets.

Sandra Lee was discussed upthread, R171.

I think Alton Brown is funny on Cutthroat Kitchen - I know it's a mess of a show but I like it and I like how he's kind of cruel and sarcastic with the contestants. I like some of the judges too, like Antonia Lafaso (I still remember her from Top Chef) and MAJUMDAR.

Asshole Brown is worthless as anything except an item to be cooked on Chopped.

The recipes on Good Eats were decent. I think Tyler's Ultimate had great food. I made several of his recipes. His and Ina's are my favorite to cook myself.

I think Ina wants to take her show to a new network, and by that I mean PBS.

I agree r180, Good Eats was a great show and some good recipes. Ina was always good, and Tyler had decent guy food as well without being a douche.

I never like Arty, he show sucked and had a very boring personalty. Her husband was a mess. Check out the before video.

I would so love that, R181. I currently watch Martha, Jacques Pepin, and the ATK shows, and would love for Ina to move to Create TV.

I never watch any of the competition shows. I especially hate the ones with amateurs and wanna-be chefs. Chopped is the worst.

I really like DDD. Guy is a great host. I've gone to most of the restaurants that he has featured that are near me (over 30) and almost all of them were really good.

I like Ina, Good Eats was great, Tyler's Ultimate was good.

Sandra Lee was unwatchable as was the Neely's

I wish Ina would go to PBS. PBS has the only real cooking shows left. I remember back in the day being glued to FN now I never watch it except for a few of the Saturday morning shows.

Back when I was in high school, Emeril's hour live cooking shows seemed so awesome to me. People cheering at the abundance of garlic in a dish, lol. I loved it. I made quite a few of his recipes when I was learning to cook and they were all quite good. Ditto Tyler Florence's recipes (and he was so cute back then). Other than those two, I also learned a lot about technique from Ina and Alton. Is Tyler's food truck show still on? I haven't watched FN in a while. Every time I turn it on it's Guys' DDD.

Oh and on Aarti, I did learn from her that you can toast your spices in oil for 30 seconds to add more depth of flavor. Great advice.

[quote]Sandra Lee was unwatchable

Surely, you jest! Her shows were a national treasure!

The Neely's had enough yeast on their tongues to bake bread for the church picnic.

[quote]yeast on their tongues

What does that mean?

Hi y'all! Check out my new cooking show!

Ina Garten wallers around on blue recliner between shots. It's covered with long streaks of the stinkiest ass cheese on the planet.

I love that Ina is a total fag hag. Hubby and I have determined which music is "Gay friend goes shopping," which is "Gay friend sets table/arranges flowers," and "Gay friend brings post-coital fuckbuddies over for cocktails and a nosh."

R2....EWWWWW!

Good god, why do humans insist on doing that shit to their bodies. One or two tattoos are ok, but when you get to this point it all bleeds together and looks like a skin disease.

Makes it look like nasty scaly lizard skin...gross as fuuuuuck.

What is the real reason they dumped Alton from Food Network Star? Bobby's ego? Or did he just want to be alone with Giada? Where are Suzie Crazy Haired Network Lady and the person who replaced Bob Tushman?

I miss Sandra Lee and her pitchers of cocktails that were 90% alcohol and 10% mixer.

My favorite current show is The Kitchen. It's a nice mix of people and I especially enjoy cute Katie Lee and fuckable Jeff Mauro.

I miss the costume malfunctions

Fieri expressed discomfort over two restaurant owners potentially being gay. "Guy had decided that the two men running the restaurant were life partners," Page said. "He said [to me], 'You can't send me to talk to gay people without warning! Those people weird me out!'"

In discussions about costs and compensation associated with the bestselling Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives books, Page claims Fiori dissed some of the folks involved in the project using anti-semitic remarks. "Guy said to me: 'You know, it's true: Jews are cheap.'"

Fuck that spiky-haired douche.

He's an asshole.

I used to have FN on a lot. If I was engaged in other activities and the TV was on in the background, it was always FN. I almost never watch it anymore. The cooking experts are now Valerie Bertinelli, Patricia Heaton and Trisha Yearwood, who specializes in box cake mixes and canned soups. WTG Food Network executives. Your channel officially sucks.

Trisha makes fattening food. She shouldn't do that, given her size.

[quote]Fieri definitely has a problem with gay people. And beyond that, there was that public melt down with his personal hairstylist, who travels with him at all times.

That was funny as fuck. Boyfriend drama?

[quote]Ben is DL hot.

Fixed

He's hot, period.

Most of the shows are such insulting bullshit, like they try to pass the studio off as the real kitchens of Valery and Patty and we're expected to believe their friends just happened to stop by. It's the same with that ugly Pioneer Woman. We're also supposed to believe all these filthy rich people live with no servants, that they do all their own shopping, prep, cooking and cleaning up.

I think the only ones who actually used their real kitchens were Ina and Lidia on PBS and I think they both work out of studios now too.

Back in the day Emeril, even Rachel didn't pretend. They made no bones about being in a studio and their shows actually taught people how to cook. I don't really like Rachel Ray but I did get some good tips from her when she did her old 30 Minute Meals.

Emeril is acctual an idiot. One time on his live show he whipped heavy cream in a stand mixer and then without washing out the mixing bowl tried to beat egg whites and couldn't understand why they wouldn't whip up. Even the most newbie cook knows you can't get egg whites to beat if there is any fat in the bowl or on the beaters. Until then I thought he was a real chef.

R206 is too precious for this cruel world...

[quote]It's the same with that ugly Pioneer Woman

No, Ree actually shoots from her lodge on their ranch. It's a separate house up the hill from her family's actual house.

Let's post more pix of our FN hotties.

Hello, gorgeous!

Mmmm...

Tubby queen

Any news on how Chi Chi's sexual harassment case is going?

r205, that's a much better picture. He looks a little like Springsteen.

R212, who is Chi Chi?

R212 forgot about it.. but you just reminded me how how that account was!

The network has had no luck with the recent Food Network Star winners. There was that Justin guy who won a few years ago and never got a show out of it - I never heard the REAL reason. They also had that creepy looking cowboy, who had some racist/sexist bullshit on social media.

The latest uproar is the person who won FNS this week - her name is Tregaye and she is your classic "sassy black woman", who snaps her neck, waves her finger around, and uses phrases like "poppin'" and "on fleek" to a nauseating degree. She is getting NO love from the people on the FN message boards. I watched her - she is annoying to the 10th power. The rumor is that she won't be getting her own show but will be added as a co-host on this show called "The Kitchen".

Michael Chialrello - he is being sued by ex employee for sexual harrasment...male employee.

Wouldn't it be pronounced Ki Ki, R216? Oh, and he's the gayest gay who ever gayed, Chiarello.

R216 he's being sued by TWO employees. One male and one female.

What's wrong with Giardia's face? She looks like an alien from the planet Marcia Brady.

I think her head is too big for her anorexic body. I used to hate her but since I read about her father raping her over and over again I kind of understand why she's the way she is. I still don't like her but I don't hate her anymore and at least she does teach people how to cook. Her show is one of the last or maybe even the last real cooking shows hosted by a professional chef on FN. The rest are all on PBS.

There's a promo shot for her show with Flay, and Giada ls looking off with this odd, frozen expression like a zombie.

[quote] The latest uproar is the person who won FNS this week - her name is Tregaye and she is your classic "sassy black woman", who snaps her neck, waves her finger around, and uses phrases like "poppin'" and "on fleek" to a nauseating degree. She is getting NO love from the people on the FN message boards. I watched her - she is annoying to the 10th power. The rumor is that she won't be getting her own show but will be added as a co-host on this show called "The Kitchen".

The finale was this past Sunday, and I was disappointed that Tregaye won. She is everything that description stated, and more. Horrible caricature of the "sassy black woman."

Damiano should have won. He's very handsome, very informative, and he knows what the hell he's talking about.

He also doesn't have a schtick. When Damiano talks to people about food and cooking, it's all natural. No affectations... just straight forward food talk. I loved that about him.

I still can't believe that he didn't win. BIG mistake.

I think Damiano will end up getting a show, even if it's just doing a tour of Italy with Giada. I mean, she couldn't stop smiling at him the whole season and was obviously enamored, as was every woman who appeared on the show and a few of the guys, too. But, they have cute boy bias on FN, always dismissing guys like Havird (was that the name of the blond hottie on the first week?) quickly, so it makes sense they wouldn't choose Damiano.

And I miss Bob Tushman and Suzie. I always sang it "Suzie... Suzie... Suzie and the Tush" when they sat in judgment at the big vagina.

Michael Chialrello is a big closet homo. He has a wife and kids as a beard. Also very rich and talented food wise. He has won awards for non TV type cooking competitions. So I will give him that, he dose know his shit and he is a real chef. Owns several restaurants, has a huge place in Napa valley and I think a retail store as well as books.

I wish they would do a cooking show with this guy:

Not this guy:

Has there ever been an openly gay cook or chef on FN?

The time has come and I know just the guy.

There was a gay coupe way back around 2005? But American Fraus were not into it. I think they only did one season. Plus as a couple their relationship of them both in the kitchen had a creepy vibe. They weren't really likable personalities. Kind of your typical queens who have brunch once a month and get upset over who showed up without and RSVP.

Party line with the Hearty Boys

R227 has big hands and feet in his videos. Just sayin.

[quote]I used to hate her but since I read about her father raping her over and over again I kind of understand why she's the way she is.

The amount of cheerful shade in that sentence is worthy of a black Southern DL queen inhabited by the spirit of Bar Bush.

R228 Like Dave Lieberman, those guys flamed but weren't openly gay.

Brian Boyntano the figure skater and his taupe had a show for a little while. Totally gay but totally still in the closet. He really didn't know how to cook. Everything he made was like a cocktail snack.

Do you think Boitano has ever sucked a cock?

Maybe not r233, the one thing about all male figure skaters is that they develop amazing butts. Total bottom I am sure.

[quote]Do you think Boitano has ever sucked a cock?

Is water wet?

I don't believe for a minute that FN Star show is real. I think they know who they want to try to promote and that's who wins. Sometimes like with the ones who never got a show the FN big wigs just guessed wrong. I don't think there is one legitimate show left on FN. It's all pre planned, scripted shit. I don't know how the ratings are but I'll bet they are way down from what that show was 10-12 years ago when it was really a show that taught people how to cook and the hosts didn't have fake friends dropping by on every episode. Even Ina had dealings with her gay friends like they'd do flowers or something but even she now has other celebrity chefs and what seems totally like fake friends dropping by, not that I remember Ina doing any new shows of late, but the last year or so of shows she did.

The Kitchen is a halfway decent show where occasionally you can learn something like when they test products and such but they will probably mess that one up too. I don't really like that Jeff guy who used to have his own sandwich show but even he teaches me something now and then.

Is it my imagination or did FN once have a show hosted by two heavy women or was that PBS?

I do remember the PBS chef who got arrested for diddling little kids and some very heavy man who had a show and he used to throw handfuls of salt into everything, not pick it up with this fingers but literally a huge fistful. That was back int he mid 90s I think. I read now that they fired Kimball from ATK there won't be any new episodes until sometime in 2017.

I used to like a Chef's Life on PBS but she is getting too "celebrity" for my taste. I read that next season won't even show her cooking anything, just promoting her book. That's it for me with her. I can't believe her husband considers himself a painter. Did anyone ever see those paintings of his. Most 3 year olds could do that. All in all the show isn't at all what it started out to be. Her fame and wealth screwed it up.

Not gossip but a question: what is the deal with Marcela Valladolid's mouth/jaw? I watched her Mexican show when it first came out, and now I see her on The Kitchen and her mouth just looks weird. It's looks big and puffy and it seems like her lips are too small for the space and they hardly move when she talks. It's freaky looking.

I watched the last FNS and I was dreading Tregaye or that guy Jernard would win. She was an annoying twat and I found Jernard to be a mumble-mouthed, slow talking boob. I cringed whenever either one of them opened their mouths.

Bitchy Anna from the Housewives should have won. She would have been a trainwreck.

I'm not sure if I saw his show on the Food Network but Michael Chernow is pretty hot. His Instagram is FIRE.

Chernow and his business partner were the focus of a short series on CNBC on opening his meatball restaurants. It was called CONSUMED. I've heard he's a Republican, though.

pedophile chef Matthew Tivy is getting his oven stuffed daily in prison!

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Whatever happened to Chuck?

And where did Danny Boome end up? He was kind of nice to look at.

Anyone remember David Rocco? He was cute before he shaved his head.

Tregaye won because she said "fleek" and Bobby and Giada and the suits at Food Network think that's the latest hip slang

Food Nerwork sucks out loud

Food Network? Bahhh!!

Say, any of you guys know any hot 14 year-olds?

The mindless programming, Chopped, Cake Wars, kid wars, whatever. This is NOT the FOOD NETWORK that got me hooked with 2 Fat Ladies and Bobby Flay. Cheap, cheap programming. That probably don't want to pay Ina what she's worth. Pathetic.

Ina, if you're reading this, please go to the Create Channel.

[quote] This is NOT the FOOD NETWORK that got me hooked with 2 Fat Ladies and Bobby Flay. Cheap, cheap programming.

blech. Then you are one of those that hopped on the bandwagon.

Even The Cooking Channel is dumbing down. I'm glad that they got rid of Brooke Johnson. It's her fault for introducing all those lame fluff shows.

Well clearly gay men are not the intended audience lol, other than maybe for Ina - most of the shows mentioned above are intended for suburban fraus - as if by magic, the last two winners of FNS have been African-American, and the one before that was the cowboy, so they clearly use that show as a platform to try to bring in new demos beyond white fraus - Fieri worked so well in that regard that they're still trying it 12 seasons later

The name of Douchebag Bobby Flay's first restaurant, MESA, is code for:

ME: Sexual Addict.

I always got the creeps whenever I ran into Tivy

Ina is 68. I bet she's finished with her cooking shows. Sad.

She's shooting some new ones now, R257.

Rocco DiSpirito hasn't been on the Food Network in years. Or any other TV channel for that matter.

Those 2 gay guys who won the contest to get their own show were not good at all. On the tall one had some sort of palsy or maybe Parkinson disease. His hands shook like mad. They had no screen presence whatsoever.

I might be alone in this, but I would do really awful/wonderful things to Geoffrey Zakarian and Marc Murphy.

Zakarian is hung.

R262, ...don't I know it.

David Rocco looks good with the buzzcut to me.

You're not alone R271. Zakarian, with his swarthy Armenian looks and fit body, could definitely get it.

Ina's taping new shows???? Are you an insider, R258?

[quote]Rocco DiSpirito hasn't been on the Food Network in years. Or any other TV channel for that matter.

He needs to be. He's gorgeous. Some years ago, he was on an episode of BEST THING I EVER ATE obscenely devouring a vat of hot cheese fondue.

No, R266. I get Ina's blog, and when I discovered she was only on at 6:30 in the morning, I e-mailed her. Her assistant Barbara e-mailed me back to tell me that Ina's shooting new episodes.

Here's her response:

[quote] Thank you for your e-mail. Food Network does the scheduling for the Barefoot Contessa show, and you are not alone in noticing that the show is not being aired as often. We are not sure why, but[bold] if you would like to contact Food Network and inquire, we suggest that you call Viewer Services at 865-560-3663.[/bold] For an updated listing of the shows that are airing this week, please check our website www.BarefootContessa.com and click on 'tv this week'.

[quote] Ina begins taping new episodes of Barefoot Contessa next week, so there is lots more good cooking to come!

It looks as if there's only one episode of Barefoot this week, which ran Monday, Aug. 1, @ 1:30 pm.

Yes, do call Food Network today at 1-865-560-3663. They're running seemingly infinite Guy Fieddi today, and no Ina.

R85 = Sheldon Cooper

I doubt the CREATE Channel would air Ina's show because she'd insist on being paid the " very best salary possible."

Martha's doing it, R271.

BTW, do they hate each other, Ina and Martha?

Stewart is a great supporter of PBS. I don't know if Garten is so inclined, but something tells me she'd consider it a step down.

Awesome info R286! Thanks!

Rocco and the cheese...

Seeing him stuff that drippy kielbasa into his pie hole was hot as fuck.

R269, someone over there at Food Network LOVES Guy's roadshow, Diner, Driveins and Dive. It seems like it's on constantly.

They should just rename that channel Guy's Douche Bag 24 hour pig fest. Its just endless hours of him over and over and over. No one actually likes him, his restaurant in NY was a big failure. Why food network why?

Does Tyler Florence do TV anymore?

[quote] He's being sued by TWO employees. One male and one female

Well, no one can accuse him of not being an equal opportunity employer.

R237 It got that way from sucking Paul Hollywood's massive uncut British talkywhacker.

R265 Geoffrey Z. is half-Polish.

"The Kitchen" started out as basically a ripoff of ABC's "The Chew," but it's gradually evolved into something unique.

Tyler Florence hosts the food truck race...where they find different ways to put him in vests, and jackets and sweaters to cover his fat gut.

The Kitchen is by far the best currently-in-production show on FN.

[quote]Geoffrey Z. is half-Polish

Maybe, but his sexy Armenian side shows in his looks.

I rather like Katie Lee. Back when she was still Mrs. Billy Joel, she'd make occasional appearances on TFN and the yentas on the now-defunct TWOP would ravage her, but I think she's great. I like her new beach travel show too.

I dropped cable at the point when Ina was all I watched on FN.

I loved Ina's show in the summer and now it's on Sundays at 7aM??? WTF??? This programming is driving viewers away, viewers with half a brain. If they want people who watch Game of Thrones and Gladiators, then more power to them.

Ina farts alot so they dropped her show.

Katie Lee's vocal fry makes my ears bleed.

David Adjey = super nice guy; kinda' sexy.

His personal assistant = heinous clingy cunt; kinda' repulsive.

Susur Lee's son is/was a "troubled lad". Susur is also INCREDIBLY nice. Unexpectedly tall. Wife - knows her shit, but kind of a bitch. But the bitch has some good taste.

Vocal fry is quickly becoming the most overused, not to mention incorrectly used term on DL.

It refers to a very low pitched rumbling sound. Katie Lee speaks in a high register.

Little known fact - Katie Lee was the original host of Top Chef...she was let go after season one.

R293 is right. Not vocal fry.

Jeffrey says that Ina's a big farter.

I love smelling Ina's fnarts. They're a huge turn on!

Can you believe this bourbon-soaked old cunt--who looks at least a decade older than his claimed age--is going to be appearing on Broadway?

He looks bad because he lost 50lbs. As its been said, when you get older, you have to choose between looking ok in the face with a pot belly or thin and trim with but looking10 years over your natural age.

Is Sandra Lee getting another show?

All the cooking shows are gone to competition shows. She had breast cancer but unless he hosts a show that involves drinking games I dont see it happening. Although, that would be fun to see.

Aunt Drunky for president!!!

So long as she isn't assembling store-bought desserts like that Noel Cake I'm good.

If you liked the Noel Cake you will lllliterally LLLLLLOVE the Kwanzaa Koncoction. Am I right Bee-jorn?

I know a direction on Chopped and other cooking shows whose face crumples at the mention of Bobby Flay. He mutters, "Cheater" or "Prick." That's about all I need to know.

R304. I almost forgot about that monstrosity.

Fun fact: In 2012, Sandra Lee won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lifestyle/Culinary Host for Semi-Homemade Cooking.

Though she's primarily known for Semi-Homemade, she had a couple of better (though less funny) shows: Sandra’s Restaurant Remakes (visiting nice restaurants and making simplified versions of their specialties) and Sandra Lee’s Taverns, Lounges & Clubs ("It's Aunt Sandy's favorite time of the day - cocktail time.")

David Adjey is a major cokehead. He works out at my gym and, once, I shared the change room with him. His body is not that bad (sort of fit/fat in a good way) but his face looks extremely haggard from all the drug abuse.

[quote]Fun fact: In 2012, Sandra Lee won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lifestyle/Culinary Host for Semi-Homemade Cooking.

I thought her show won for best hair and makeup or something.

R278 Cuz he suks cox real goody

Sadly, the Italian earthquake thread is reporting that Aunt Raffy is dead. I can take or leave Giada but I always watched when Raffy was on.

Apparently when she was younger she also worked as a film producer, like her father.

Ciao.

For some reason, I always love watching Sandra's horrendous recipes around the holiday season. That time is coming up so you know I'll be having her videos on rotation!

[quote[Sadly, the Italian earthquake thread is reporting that Aunt Raffy is dead.

It says nothing of the sort. Just some queen spouting off. The link posted is just her work bio. Says nothing about her death.

Alton Brown fake macho shit is just typical insecure straight man b.s. Yeah, Alton, no one thinks you suck dick because you're in the woods ranting and creating fake competitions.

"Ina Fart Jokes" make me long for the "good old days" of Sarah Jessica Parker "looks like a horse" jokes, one note played over and over. Next "M" will be making them. At least she had a real show and not this fake competition shit.

The Kitchen is a mess of laughing hyenas with five minutes of semi-interesting crap. Have to turn the volume down especially when Sassy Sunny opens her yap. Jeff M. should be getting the fart jokes with those fart-inducing "sammiches."

Gee, Food Network Star is faked??? That should be under DL Breaking news!

I like the Food Network, until you QUESTIONED MY INTEGRITY!!!!!!

The Food Network used to be Bitchin!

I love the recipes and all the info on The Kitchen. It's by far the most well-executed FN show in years. But I don't agree with others about the hosts. Marcella is the only one I like. Katie Lee, as nice as she seems, sounds sedated and over it all the time. Why is Sunny SHOUTING ALL THE TIME? Zakarian and Mauro are both tools. That said, everyone's personalities don't overpower the actual show which I like.

A friend and I were discussing Food Network at lunch yesterday. She's trying to teach herself to cook, and I mentioned that I learned from watching a lot of Food Network. It taught me what terms meant, how to prepare to cook, etc. She mentioned that she can't really do that, though, because there are no shows that actually teach cooking anymore.

"I'm not really going to be in the kitchen with mystery ingredients and one hand in a boxing glove."

I can honestly say the Food Network taught me how to cook. Now dont laugh, it was in the window when every show was an actual walk through step by step process. I took it very seriously, cross referenced recipes, cooking methods etc. Thank god I did that, now I cant even watch the channel anymore.

I learned a lot from the old FN, too. That kind of show only appears on PBS' Create network now.

Someone claimed to have blown Adam Gertler a while back.

I agree with posters who lament what FN has become. While I didn't exactly learn HOW to cook while watching the shows, the food was interesting enough for me to go online to FN and read and print the recipe. I've made Flay's Grilled Shrimp with Orzo and Mustard Dill Vinagrette (?) several times and it's been loved. Likewise with Ina's Country Pot Roast recipe. Down to buying leeks and sundried tomatoes as well as finding a butcher in my area for the exact cut of meat.

This is the bone I have to pick with Worst Cooks in America. These people have trouble with basic things like roast chicken and spaghetti! Why not have them learn to cook things like that rather than Duck a L'orange!? And, seriously, is your family scrutinizing your knife cuts on your vegetables? I know mine aren't. I'm in my 50's. In HS we all took Home Ec where we learned to cook and sew as well as shop (equal opportunity for boys and girls in action). At least I learned basic recipes for roast chicken and what to do with the leftovers. I guess with the advent of things like Blue Apron, Hello Fresh, and local supermarkets offering heat and eat meals, they assume no one is cooking anymore anyway?

There was a show years back with a slim short dark haired lady who made healthy recipes, for diabetics etc. I can't remember her name, she was not flashy but informative and she made good food. We'll never see anything like that again on FN.

r323 was it Ellie Krieger?

I liked Adam Gertler. I thought he was hot.

Thank you R324. I thought Ellie was terrific.

Another vote for Adam Gertler. He was hot. I watched his shows even if the actual topic, candy or whatever, wasn't of interest.

Sunny Anderson is on their Chew rip-off, right? I know she was basically just Black Rachael Ray, but I always liked her.

I've gotten some good recipes from Giada. Whatever her messy personal life is, she does seem happy when she's cooking. Also, has her gay ex-husband found a man yet?

Sandra Lee needs to do more of Taverns, Lounges, and Clubs. That was seriously the perfect format for her. Not just because of all the booze, but because she got to interact with people and she seemed really warm and actually kind of funny.

Did anyone catch Paula Deen and her klan ... I mean CLAN-- on "Celebrity Family Feud?" I wonder what Steve Harvey thought about her.

The lineup for the new edition of "Worst Cooks in America -- Celebrity Edition" (hosted by Rachael and Anne):

Mindy Cohn

Matt Dallas

Tommy Davidson

Barbara Eden

John Henson

Loni Love

Kenya Moore

Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino

Nicole Sullivan

Ellie Krieger gives me hives. So prissy and self-righteous with all her healthiness.

I used to cringe whenever Sandra Lee would refer to her nephew Bricer. Bricer? Who the hell names their kid BRICER?!? It sounds harsh and dumb and hurts my ears.

Bobby Flay is the alleged bio daddy of January Jones' son Xander.

I always assumed it was long for "Bryce," a la "the Bryceman" and the rest of that kind of hetero nomenclature.

I loved Amy Thielen's show which only lasted for one season. She was so down-to-earth and had some of the best recipes on the network. Her show and Nancy Fuller's premiered at the same time, with Nancy becoming the star, while Amy was basically ignored.

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[quote]I always assumed it was long for "Bryce," a la "the Bryceman" and the rest of that kind of hetero nomenclature.

There was nothing hetero about Brycer.

I liked the weekend show Anne Burrell used to have. Although I always used about 1/4 the amount of salt she would throw into food by the handful.

Did Burell quit her show or was it canceled and if it was canceled, does anyone know why? Was it low ratings or FN desire to kill all real cooking shows or was it because she's gay?

R332 Even worse, his mother's name (Sandy's sister) is KIMBER. Yes, Kimber LEE.

R338, I tend to think it's that all they care about are the lame competitive shows. Her being a lesbian was an open secret until Ted Allen outed her.

[quote][R332] Even worse, his mother's name (Sandy's sister) is KIMBER. Yes, Kimber LEE.

Sandy's real last name is Christiansen.

Actually R322, Blue Apron is not heat and eat at all. Its meals with all the ingredients including the spices that you cook yourself. It cuts out the whole shopping and planning ahead process for people who work a lot. Has step by step instruction on how to cook so people can learn one meal at a time.

I will never get why they had closet case Brian Boitano as the token gay queen on the show but still claim his private life was "private". I think it only lasted one season and they blamed it on the audience.

His recipes were pretty much appetizers and not very good ones either.

Boitano sank his show himself, by insisting that you couldn't ask about his life or friends on a show where he cooked for his friends. His food wasn't good enough to sustain a show, and his personality couldn't sell it when he wouldn't get personal.

Didn't Boitano finally come out right before the Sochi Olympics in 2014?

Brian sucks cocks. Wonder if he swallows?

I heard there's a remake of "Mask" in the works with Pioneer Woman reprising Eric Stolz's role.

More than ever this season, Guy Fieri is a giant tub of lard, which not coincidentally is mostly what the [italic]Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives[/italic] use in their fryers.

Let's just say that if you're out in a restaurant and you see Ina go into the bathroom, you do NOT want to be the person who goes in after her! Pee you!!!

[quote]I thought Ellie was terrific.

I see Ellie cooking now on PBS stations.

Anne Burrell handled the Ted Allen thing awkwardly -- bolted home from work and holed up in her apartment for a day, then issued a statement through her publicist saying she was never in the closet ... despite a profile in [italic]TimeOut New York[/italic] a few years earlier where she said in no uncertain terms that she was straight.

For his part, Ted was kinda messy about it. His quote to Derek and Romaine was, "I'm not going to put a label on Anne, but she's dating a woman right now."

I want Scott Conant, despite his on-air cuntishness.

R342 The new Consumer Reports reviews all of the major home delivery-cook at home services. Blue Apron came in last (behind Hello Fresh, Green Chef, Plated and Purple Carrot.)

Why couldn't Guy Fieri have been in Italy last week, why god why. Oh what a cruel world we live in. How many more years must we suffer.

There is something hot about Scott Conant, but it I think he is probably just as much a douche in real life as he is on screen.

Conant has swag for days. He's totally cocky. I love the way he never fails to have like three or four buttons undone on his shirt. He also has a great smile.

Watching FN right now and they've just showed a chyron for a new show starting today, called "Smollett Eats". It features the Smollet acting family, the one with all the kids names begin with "J". The chyron showed a group of about 5-6 people, one of whom was Jussie Smollett from "Empire". We'll see if he actually cooks or if he was shown to draw suckers in.

FN is now either game shows/competitions shows or celebrity-based cooking programs. The Smollett show was advertised during Valerie Bertinelli's dumb show. I can't bear to watch it and it was cringeworthy when her son Wolfie showed up recently. He looked so uncomfortable.

I'd rather watch Ina fart than Bertinelli "cook".

Conant is fat.

There's a "Food Network Star" for kids now? I'm supposed to take cooking tips from a ten year old? I'm not sure if I should feel scorn, or just be ashamed of not being a better cook.

Conant isn't fat, he's just robust.

He's 'plump'.

Tyler Florence in just the right light looks OK..

I never understood that Ted Allen situation - did she do something to him that caused him to spite her like that? It was clearly not an "accident"

Ask anyone who worked on QEFTSG - Ted was an absolute nightmare. He is truly an evil queen.

Conant has the booze bloats.

More info, R365.

Ted Allen got his start from being on Queer Eye For The Straight Guy, he has no skills other than being a pretentious queen. Why the Food Network picked him up is a complete mystery. He doesn't even cook.

I guess when you feel inadequate, you lash out in bitchy anger.

Well Ted was the food guy on Queer Eye, so that's probably what got the Food Network interested.

r355 big dick face, right there

Twirling sliced meat you got from the deli to make appetizers is not exactly cooking Ted.

Barbara Eden on Worst Cooks? She's 85...what are they gonna do when her dentures show up in the Curry Cream Chicken?

[quote]

There's a "Food Network Star" for kids now? I'm supposed to take cooking tips from a ten year old? I'm not sure if I should feel scorn, or just be ashamed of not being a better cook.

I can't wait for Chopped: The Fetus edition

Did Barbara Eden shit her diaper? The old frau is pushing 90. What's she doing on the Food Network? Her Jeannie impression?

Earlier yesterday morning they had Giada and Aunt Raffy on in a repeat. Did they confirm anything?

[quote]Ted Allen got his start from being on Queer Eye For The Straight Guy, he has no skills other than being a pretentious queen.

Allen started out as a food and wine critic in the Chicago area and he eventually became a editor/contributor at Chicago magazine.

I had to leave before it was over so I don't know if there was an In Memoriam at the end.

[quote]I can't wait for Chopped: The Fetus edition

More like Chopped the Bris edition. Oy!

[quote]Allen started out as a food and wine critic in the Chicago

Those who cant do criticize. Its far more difficult to create something be it music, art, great food, then it is to be a critic.

Tell me more about this incident between Ted and Anne, R351 et al.

Ted outed Anne when he was a guest on the Derek and Romaine Show on Sirius XM radio in 2012. Not sure if there was bad blood between them or not, but it was clear from her initial reaction that it freaked her out. Up to that point she had claimed to be straight.

Is Lynn Crawford still around?

I don't know who that diesel dyke thought she was fooling. She looks like Guy Ferry in drag.

And Anne was shocked that people believed that she's a dyke? Oh please!!!!

I'll say this for Boitano. That ass is still fine as wine!

Who on earth didn't know Ann was a lesbian - almost every lesbian on Food Network has that signature spiked peroxide hair.

[quote] Ted Allen got his start from being on Queer Eye For The Straight Guy, he has no skills other than being a pretentious queen. Why the Food Network picked him up is a complete mystery. He doesn't even cook. I guess when you feel inadequate, you lash out in bitchy anger.

Not only did they pick him up. They kept giving him shows, until they found a vehicle (Chopped) that his lack of talent wouldn't kill.

[quote]Who on earth didn't know Ann was a lesbian

It's AnnE, just like Miss Hathaway.

[quote]I still say that little fundie asshole is closeted and that's why his marriage broke up. He talked too much about God in interviews after he "unseated" Emeril as the "king" of Food Network, and the church he belonged to had (has?) literal pray-the-gay-away courses.

According to Wikipedia: "Brown said in a December 2014 interview in Time that he 'could no longer abide the Southern Baptist Convention's indoctrination of children and its anti-gay stance' adding that he's now 'searching for a new belief system.' "

I always assumed Alton was gay. Guess the joke's on me.

Alton is a pussy hound.

Big Trump supporter too.

Is it just me or is marcella in the kitchen a bit lovestruck by GZ

Marcella is knocked up AGAIN.

Alton has always struck me as deeply closeted and fucked-up about it. Supposedly he's a big drunk.

[quote]Is it just me or is marcella in the kitchen a bit lovestruck by GZ

I love Katie Lee but am surprised how openly she flirts with married Jeff Mauro. He does have this goofy-hot thing going on....

[quote]Supposedly he's a big drunk.

On one of the Thanksgiving specials, when Alton was being particularly obnoxious, someone (maybe Giada) referred to him as an "old bourbon ball."

So Bob Tuschman is out but why wasn't Susie Fogelman on this season's Food Network Star? I missed her on the judging panel, especially whenever she would call one of the female contestants "infectious" (which is meant as a compliment but always sounded like subtle shade regarding their personal hygiene in the kitchen).

R342, I didn't mean heat and eat meals in the sense that no cooking is involved. My comment was in reference to the fact that since there are no leftovers, there's no reason for a show that would teach you what to do with them. Coworkers rave about those food delivery companies and their meals. No offense was meant by my comment.

Ina was on for several eps on Wednesday so Barefoot is back on the fall scheduled and not just relegated to Sundays? That's a good sign.

Is Ina stinking up the Food Network again? I won't ever watch that farty old bitch.

Did no one see that David Burtka has been given a show on FN? It's called "Life's a Party with David Burtka" and it starts this weekend. It appears to be modeled on the same crappy premise as most of the other celeb-driven shows -the celeb cooks and some of their pals just happen to drop by and it's time to eat. Cue the forced laughter and enthusiastic compliments.

The menu is kinda blase - Tangerine chicken, asparagus with balsamic glaze, cookies and a drink called a Blueberry Fizz.

Wasn't Burtka some kind of catering entrepreneur a couple of years ago?

Trisha Yearwood's show is the worst. Her friends and family stop by and they stand around like cretins until she asks them to stir/chop/mix something. Then that person gets a goon look on their face like they never set foot in a kitchen before or cooked on their own. They ask Trisha "is this alright?" when doing the simplest things, like adding sugar to batter. Grown-ass men and women. Her sister is okay.

Re David Burtka's show - place bets on how many eps before NPH or the kids show up.

I'm an Ina.

R404 Stay away from open flames.

Jesus take the wheel. Ina farting around open flames. What would Jeffrey say.

Trisha's nephew and his college buddies are somewhat attractive. They've shown up a few times.

Someone told me that Trisha's nephew is a gay.

This thread cracks me up. Who knew there was so much behind the scenes drama on FN.

Does Ina really fart up a storm?

Is Alton really a closet case?

I would love to know more about the Farmhouse Rules lady. She projects a "sweet" demeanor, but she looks like a yeller, like if you pissed her off, she would chew the hell out of your ass. She just looks mean. And she kisses her daughter on the lips. Ew.

I'm in love with the Pioneer Woman's husband, Ladd Drummond. Damn, that is one fine cowboy.

Is Sunny Anderson a lesbian? She needs to kill that awful orange weave too.

I loved the live Thanksgiving special where Giada cuts her finger on the air. It was pretty bad, they sent her to the hospital in an emergnecy vehical during the break. But the shear awkwardness of Ina and Alton pretending like its no big deal was priceless.

Damiano Carrera, the sexy Italian finalist on this past season's Food Network Star, never mentioned a girlfriend during any of his presentations. Gay?

He is tall, lanky and italian - probably a giant uncut cock...

His business is in the valley - anyone hook up with him?

I want Jeff Mauro inside me.

Sunny is straight R410, but yes, her hair is atrocious.

That Smollett Eats show is unwatchable. What's with the constant competitive "shading" of one another? Is that supposed to be cute?

Meant to post this earlier. Sorry if it's here twice.It's about how Sandra Lee pur asshole Anthony Bourdain in his place simply by playing cat and mouse. Bourdain has since removed his blog about it but there are long quotes here.

[quote]I'm paralyzed, wondering what the statute of limitations is on various things I may or may not have done twenty years ago. Sandra is talking. I know this cause her lips are moving and she's saying--overtly anyway, nice things. Like "You're a very naughty man," and she's chatting amiably with my wife... [I'm] frozen by the bizarreness of the moment which seems to go on forever as Sandra's hand wanders upward, tugs an ear lobe and asks if my ears are red yet. (They were.) Having had her way with me, she leaves the emptied husk of my carcass teetering at the table and moves on.

^^put not pur

[quote]Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to [bold]violence[/bold]—the word and the act.

[quote]While violence cloaks itself in a plethora of disguises, its favorite mantle still remains: [bold]sex.[/bold] Violence devours all it touches, its voracious appetite rarely fulfilled. Yet violence doesn't only destroy—it creates and molds as well.

[quote]Let's examine closely then this dangerously evil creation, this new breed encased and contained within the supple skin of [bold]Woman.[/bold] The softness is there—the unmistakable smell of female, the surface shiny and silken, the body yielding yet wanton.

[quote]But a word of caution: handle with care and don't drop your guard. This rapacious new breed prowls both alone and in packs, operating at any level, any time, anywhere, and with anybody. Who are they? One might be your secretary, your doctor's receptionist ... or the vodka-guzzling hostess of a shitty TV cooking show!

Oh, good, MORE Ina fart jokes! How original. Can't wait until Sarah Jessica Parker gets a FN show and we can have more original horse jokes

Where did the Ina fart legend come from?

Watching David Burtka's show now and so far it's OK except he has the kids front and center, helping him cook. Not finding this cute or adorable - just annoying. If I watch this again, I hope they skip the kiddos. David is fine; not as strident as Guy Fieri and not as arrogant as Bobby Flay.

Also, NPH made several appearances already - he's flying in from somewhere to crash the party and surprise his spouse. I guess he's shoehorned in so viewers know why this David dude earned a show - married to fame. Kelly Ripa also popped in for the party. Blergh

So far, I do have one thing positive to say about Burtka's show - unless I missed it, he did not follow the FN requirement of having a folksy story for every recipe.

I noticed during several seasons of The Next Food Network Star that they practically browbeat the contestants to be able to relate their cooking to their family. It got sad at times, watching these home cooks wrack their brains to have a little cute story behind their every cooking segment.

I see their regular shows have the same thing going - almost every host has an anecdote or tie-in to how they watched Grandma make this pie every Sunday, or this was Momma's secret recipe but I finally got it out of her, or how Poppa was famous for his BBQ sauce and now I'm gonna show it to you! Trisha Yearwood and Ree Drummond are really good for that. But, come to think of it, I never hear Bobby Flay or Guy Fieri talk about picking up secrets from Mom/Dad/Memaw. Sexist nazis!

What does SJP cook or ever eat, a leaf of lettuce????

I really want to see a story come out that Guy guy has been caught in back of his church with his hands down a little boy's pants. Maybe then they'll stop with the almost 24/7 of his shows.

I love Katie Lee but am surprised how openly she flirts with married Jeff Mauro. He does have this goofy-hot thing going on....

Jeff Mauro openly flirts with Katie, Sunny, Jeff Zakarian, and some of the guest.

Katie Lee has beautiful hair, but no discernible talent.

Jeff Mauro needs to lose about 50 lbs.. Then he'd be a hottie.

[quote]Katie Lee has beautiful hair, but no discernible talent.

It's more easily discernible when she's on her knees.

[quote] What does SJP cook or ever eat, a leaf of lettuce????

That hasn't stopped Giada from having a show.

Giada has two tic-tacs a day, max.

The bitch hasn't eaten more than that since 1982.

She never eats the food she cooks, and the whole thing probably gets dumped as soon as taping is over.

Giada exists on a steady diet of tic-tacs and cum.

My friends and I play a little game whenever the Pioneer Woman talks, where we add "or Ladd will beat me" to any sentence where it fits.

"I have to get these pans ready and out to the guys on the ranch... or Ladd will beat me."

"This recipe is a family favorite, so I make it so much... or Ladd will beat me."

"Be careful not to let it burn... or Ladd will beat me."

lol R430.

He looks mean, but I have a feeling that Ladd's a real softie. His kids seem to love him.

They're not a very affectionate family, though.

[quote]Katie Lee has beautiful hair, but no discernible talent.

Actually her Beach Bites show on Cooking Channel was good and she hosted it alone. You may still be able to see it On Demand.

According to scientific medical surveys, next to construction, the food and beverage industry contains the largest number of cocaine abusers. I have always wondered which one of these food stars has dabbled or in some cases struggled with the white powder considering they have been knee deep in the industry for years. I always suspected Michael Symon as a tweaker, but he could just be naturally wired. What is up with those cheesy staged "hidden camera" shows like Mystery Diners and Restaurant Undercover? Haven't seen either in a while. Maybe the Food Network got a clue that they cheapen their brand. They were on the level of something you would expect more to see on TruTV. Anyone know the deal with Justin Warner, the season 8 Food Network Star winner? I know he tries to play up the whole "hipster" thing, but he seems a little heavy on the makeup to be hipster. I am sensing a gay vibe, but hard to tell. Speaking of gay, I just loved Anne Burrell on the short lived "Chef Wanted". Too bad it only lasted a season. I did hear online that some of the winners didn't get the job in the end or the restaurant they were going to work at closed just after the show, which was disappointing. She did a really good job mentoring the chefs. Seems like a great person in real life.

I read somewhere recently that Giada has a spit bucket at her feet during the taping of her show; 90% of what she puts in her mouth gets spat out when the camera cuts away. You can tell which hosts don't use a spit bucket... like Paula Deen, Ina, Sunny.

Never trust a skinny chef, right?

R433 is tweeking for sure. Seven topics in one paragraph.

I think Jeff is cute too in a goofy way. He has lost a good bit of weight -- he's not ripped, but he doesn't have the huge gut anymore.

My roommate and I play the same game, R430. Lmfao

[quote] They're not a very affectionate family, though

One of their sons gave Ladd a coupon for a free foot massage for his birthday.

Jeff Mauro can cum inside me, anytime!!!!

[quote] I just loved Anne Burrell on the short lived "Chef Wanted". Too.

She did one of those in my town. I know the restaurant owner and some of the wait staff. Apparently, she did a good job getting 3 different chefs to compete, but one guy gave some sob story just to get in. So she give him a chance, the owners pick him as the new chef, he flakes and decides after the show is taped he didn't want the job. Restaurant closed about a month later.

I'm trying to figure out what crime Aarón Sanchez committed. This prison gang photo looks pretty recent.

He forgot to season through the cooking process R442. THAT is a crime.

R442 Aaron Sanchez' personality has changed since he's been famous. He went from a nice, cute guy to a nasty "muy macho guy"--his words. He's puffy and "muy macho" I suppose but not attractive now.

There were stories a few years ago that got onto DL that came from God-knows-where that he liked his wife (and hookers) to peg him with a wrist-thick dildo. Maybe he's more macho now to counteract that. Funny, because there are plenty of straight guys who like anal play.

R51 : Kylie has a new show here in Australia on SBS.

We've only started having a Food Network Chanel on free to air television in Australia this year. I'm appalled by Alton, I detest Bobby Flay, and Curtis Stone (actually a well respected chef in his former life) appears to be on EVERYTHING! I love Ina. Simple and elegant. However, I hate Guy from DDD. He's such a loud, brash, piggish cunt.

Altons Good Eats shows were good, they had a 10 year run. His new one Cut Throat Kitchen sucks.

R368 . Ted's shirt. What in holy hell? With beige, Harry high pants?

From reading some of your posts, I think we must get a lot of the older FN shows - Ina is on all the time here. I think most of the shows I've watched are at least 3-5 years old. I don't recognise half of the names you've mentioned. We also get a lot of locally produced shows - Luke Nguyen is probably the best. American food really is quite different to what we eat here. I've had to google a lot of ingredients, many of which aren't available here. I enjoy the shows involving travel where you get to experience the different cultures, the scenery, and see how these people source and prepare their foods. Street foods in particular I find fascinating.

Well r449, if you are watching Ina Garten, most of us here in the US also have a hard time finding her ingredients. Its kind of a running joke. She lives in a wealthy community on the east coast where premium ingredients from Europe are abound. Most Americans don't have Truffle oil in their kitchen cabinet, or know their local Fish monger who will prep all their fish for free. Her recipes are good though, mostly French inspired. Try her 40 Cloves of Garlic Chicken.

Just what we need - Ina's garlic farts from 40 cloves. Evacuate the city!

She doesn't live in the city you queen. Go back to Sandra lee and her Kwanzaa Cake.

R449 I'm interested to hear what kinds of ingredients are hard to find in Australia. I remember being surprised at not being able to find peanut butter in Italy when I lived there in 1980. I didn't realize that it was pretty much unknown there.

Jeff Mauro has the "Bruce Willis in 'Moonlighting'" appeal.

[quote] He went from a nice, cute guy to a nasty "muy macho guy"--his words. He's puffy and "muy macho" I suppose but not attractive now.

You've described the average gay porn star, r444.

Soooooo many posts ago, and still no one has "oh, dear"ed this:

[quote]she filled a void left by 2 Fat Ladies when Jennifer Saunders died

Because r456 no one cares. Don't be a cunt all your life.

Please lead by example, r457.

I often fantasize about Pioneer Woman's husband Ladd and his ranch hand "cowboy Josh" getting it on in the field.

Not with those flat asses child.

Ladd and Cowboy Josh out in the field...

Right. Men with flat asses don't get fucked.

You're the ass, r460.

Brokeback Ranch

Amanda Seifrieg??

A source informed me that Guy "Fee-eddy" is, in fact, a douche-bro. Made a rare appearance at one of his own restaurants (Wasabi Tex or Garlic Timmy's or whatever it's called) and completely cussed out the kitchen staff for his few minutes there, then spun on his heel and flounced out.

He also has his people go into the places he visits on DDD, a day ahead, to get an idea of what is going to be made and how. That's why he can stand around tossing off random knowledge about the dishes he crams into his maw (temperature, technique, etc) like he's some savant-ish Joel Robuchon.

...sorry, that's the best I got.

R464 What?

Sorry, meant Amanda Freitag.. Any gossip?

Yeah R465, Guy F. seems like a HUGE diva.

He's always bitching about the DDD cooks getting sauce on his beautiful shirt. Then don't wear a nice shirt to their kitchens, you fucking dumbass!!! It's a cooking show!

I also hate how he often mocks some of the chefs in their kitchen, about their crappy tools, or their small spaces, or shitty locations. Bitch, this is how the MAJORITY of chefs/cooks work. Not everybody has the luxury of opening up some overpriced restaurant in a Las Vegas casino.

He is one of the most entitled assholes I have ever seen on television, and that's saying a lot. No wonder Anthony Bourdain hates him.

[quote]A source informed me that Guy "Fee-eddy" is, in fact, a douche-bro.

You needed a SOURCE to tell you that?

R462, you are what comes out of the ass.

I keep hearing and reading about the 16 hour days chefs put in. It's the common theme on so many of the competition shows. If their on the line for most of this time, no wonder they do coke to keep up and might get hooked. Or drink after a shift to come down and sleep.

II can understand if one is the owner and chef., but I have a hard time picturing what chefs do from 8:00 a..m. to midnight. Isn't there other staff, at least in larger restaurants, who are there to get food delivery and do prep before lunch or dinner? Some chefs have made it sound like they're on their feet for the vast majority of the time. And don't get me started about how obese so many are. Another reason why I can't fathom how they manage such impossibly long days without excruciating back or foot pain with all of the extra weight they're hauling around

Ina farts.

Oh, no, r465! Guy prepares for a show!

Ina will be on qvc Sunday with david Venable. Her affinity for gay men will serve her well!

But Jeffrey says that I fart alot.

I've been rewatching old episodes of Good Eats on the Cooking Channel and I'm finding them a lot less enchanting this time around. It can still be interesting if you care about the topic but there are too many unfunny skits, too much unnecessary babbling, too much mugging for the camera and, above all, far too much opinion presented as fact.

And while this is a personal bias, I wish Alton would quit putting his big, ugly face two inches from the camera len, causing the home viewer to recoil from the screen in horror.

^^lens, obviously

R476. I recently saw a really bizarre rerun of Good Eats allegedly about lasagna. In the middle of the episode Alton launched into a long history of the crock pot. Well, it turned out he makes his version in a round crock pot. No dairy other than powdered goat's milk. Mostly just greasy layers of noodles and Italian sausage. It was a mess that Sandra Lee would be ashamed to serve.

Trisha Yearwood's show is the worst.

On Saturday I saw an episode where she made chicken in an apricot jam sauce served with zucchini bread containing maraschino cherries. No joke.

^^That was for R403

Both Garth and Trisha are plump.

R453 : Cool whip Marshmallow fluff Reece's peanut butter cups Corn nuts Grits Hamburger helper Corn syrup There's quite a few, however, I can't recall them all.

Oh my, that list from R482... Ay, Diosisimo!

[quote]I often fantasize about Pioneer Woman's husband Ladd and his ranch hand "cowboy Josh" getting it on in the field.

Me too. Ladd is gorgeous--too pretty for Ree. And speaking of Josh, there's an episode of The Pioneer Woman where he's clearly free balling and you can make out his dick AND balls. It's the one where he's showing their daughter Alex the ropes around the ranch.

My guess is that those daughters have gotten around plenty with the guys working the ranch, maybe the older sons too. Also, I doubt off camera Ladd never lifts a finger. He's a jillionaire, why would he or Ree do any actual work themselves. I'm sure the only cooking she ever does is on camera and never any kind of clean up. It's amazing on all these FN shows with all these very rich people and celebs you never see a housekeeper or maid or anyone. Even with Ina. I'm sure they all keep those huge homes clean themselves and clean up the million pots, pans and bowls, etc. they use themselves.

Ladd doesn't look so sexy without the beard.

[quote]Ladd doesn't look so sexy without the beard.

What do you mean? She's standing right next to him.

I saw two funny things on FN today.

One was Giada cooking with this older woman in Italy. I believe she was some relative of Giada's.

This woman was just not having it. Giada threw a block of cheese at her and asked her to grate it, and this woman just rolled her eyes at the camera like, "bitch, please!"

And then Giada made this awful looking "Olive Oil Gelato" with a balsamic vinegar sauce and berries. When it was time to sample the gelato, Giada was faking it and saying "yum," and the older woman again wasn't having it. She frowned, and said, "it tastes too much like olive oil." And then she said, "you have to eat it without the balsamic sauce, otherwise, you should have tossed the berries in the sauce. It's 'interesting.'"

ROFL! This woman basically said that Giada's olive oil gelato sucked ass, right on camera. I fucking loved it! I think it was the first time that FN ever aired comments that were critical of the "chef." It was hilarious.

The second ridiculous thing was on Barefoot Contessa in her "Ask Ina" segment.

A younger woman with a baby asked Ina what to do if she has to make a last minute pasta dinner, and there's no marinara sauce that's readily available. Oh, the fucking humanity! No scratch-made marinara sauce for your pasta??? Whatever will you do??

Well Ina's advice was so stupid. "Well, Laurie. What you do is saute onions, garlic, and olive oil in a pan, and then add some bottled pasta sauce - the "good sauce" - to your garlic and onions. Then pour over your pasta and serve! Don't worry.... I won't tell."

O.M.G. You people criticize Sandra Lee for using pre-made crap, but Ina recommends the same thing!

No wonder her show isn't being aired any more. The bitch is fucking lazy!

R487 That was no doubt Aunt Raffy, a frequent guest (and shit-stirrer) on Giada's shows. Some idiot here on DL proclaimed that she died in the recent Italian earthquake, but it was, of course, nonsense. She's also a film producer.

Ina's too busy farting to dole out any useful info. She has priorities.

I want Ina to get rid of that stupid barn and start entertaining gays at her house.

Ina was twittering with joy on qvc today. She sold 15,000 of her new cookbook. Laughing all the way to the bank!

Ina's advice was stupid, but for a different reason, r488. That is, Ina ought to have mentioned sauces other than marinara---olive oil, garlic, and walnuts, e.g.

The David Burtka cooking show wasn't on this weekend, nor the Smollet show. FN must be trying out all their celebrity pilots to see which one gets an audience. I saw on my cable schedule that Jordin Sparks, the American Idol winner, has a show next Sunday. When will it stop?

I may not be the best chef on the FN, but at least I do anal! Ladd loves it!

Rumor was that Bobby Flay was the father of January Jones' bastard baby. Did this overlap with his thing with Giada? Which rap thug is she doing these days?

This tart...

Smell My Farts is Ina's next big cookbook. Jeffrey agrees.

To this day I don't understand why Giada di Low-rent-mess has a cooking show. Oh yeah, money and connections. Bitch can't cook for shit.

That's not true, R499.

She actually did go to cooking school and lots of her recipes are really good.

I've made lots of them and they come out great everytime.

I hate to think that she actually does spit out the food she tastes. They show her chewing with that big mouth of hers and swallowing. Maybe it's clever editing.

[quote]Giada di Low-rent-mess

So fucking clever, R499. You must have stayed up all afternoon to come up with something so witty.

[quote] They show her chewing with that big mouth of hers and swallowing. Maybe it's clever editing.

Trust me, she doesn't swallow.

Ladd only does anal with Cowboy Josh.

And the occasional heifer.

Ladd isn't even DL Hot.

Which train-my-wife up school did she attend, R500?

We never hear anything about Giada's gay ex-husband Todd anymore, although they're still showing repeats of the show where they were still one big happy family.

He got several million in the divorce since she was not famous before they met, she didn't have a per-nup. "she’ll be giving Thompson $9,000 a month in child support, plus their $3.2 million home, plus the $300,000 worth of furnishings"

I stumbled on "Vinnie & Ma Eat America" last night, by far the most enjoyable show I've seen in years. Paola is a hoot and Vinnie is a really cute guido. Nice to see regular people not being assholes.

If you watch most of the Food Network chef's eat you seldom see them swallow, especially Giada. I remember when Rachel had that 30 minute show you'd see her take a bite, make an orgasm face they all make but never swallow.

Lidia you see swallow every bite and sometimes go back for more, which I like. Who trusts a chef who won't eat their own food. Jacques Pépin seems to really eat bites of his food every now and then. In the show he did with Julia they both seemed to really eat the food. Oh and that Mexican cook, Pati Jinich, of Pati's Mexican Table, seems to really eat the huge bites of food she takes but who knows. She's quite thin. She might have a spitting bucket nearby.

You know swallows? Nigella! She enjoys every bite she puts in her mouth.

I never swallow. But I definitely do ANAL!

I thought she went to Le Cordon Blue in Paris.

Don't know for a fact, though.

So Rocco DiSpirito is hetero? I can't believe it.

No way is Rocco straight. He keeps pretending, but anyone with common sense knows that the guy is gay.

When somebody is so deep in the closet, I always wonder how they meet up with other guys. The steps they take to hide it, must be insane.

Giada was trained in Paris and was a celebrity personal chef and caterer before TFN.

[quote]If you watch most of the Food Network chef's eat you seldom see them swallow, especially Giada. I remember when Rachel had that 30 minute show you'd see her take a bite, make an orgasm face they all make but never swallow.

Bullshit. I've seen everyone from Giada to Ree to Rachael pick up food, bite it, chew it and then swallow. They've done so on every show they've had on Food Network. Not sure what you've been watching.

I was posting on a foodie forum about Michael Chiarello and his daughter (or someone claiming to be his daughter) logged on and cussed us out for insinuating that her dad was gay. She got really pissed. In retrospect, I understand why she got upset. But no one is safe online....no one.

At the 2:40 mark, Rocco divulges his man crushes.

Rocco has a very erotic way of eating cheese fondue

Does Rocco still have a hot body?

Weird, R516 considering that one of the employees he was sexually harassing was a male.

[quote]They show her chewing with that big mouth of hers and swallowing.

If you see early episodes, she doesn't swallow. Many years ago Paula Deen gave an interview and talked about the spit bucket, without mentioning any names. Things started changing then.

Oh r520 ewwwwwwww

[quote]Le Cordon Blue

Oh, dear!

Does Chiarello still look like this?

He wears on ring on the ring finger of both hands, left and right.

Maybe he really DOES have a wife ... and a boyfriend, as he claimed to the gay male server.

Supposedly they film several episodes a day. Given that, I could see them spitting at some point, rather than eating all that food.

They don't eat everything on the plate. They may take a bite or two but that's it.

[quote] They don't eat everything on the plate. They may take a bite or two but that's it.

Not me! *FNART*

Rachel Ray is getting fat. I just watched that worst cooks celebrity addition. She's put on a good 40lbs.

R528 = Donald Trump

Wonder who else uses a spit bucket on FN? I watch Cupcake Wars sometimes and even I feel nauseous after watching them taste, what, 12 cupcakes per episode? All that cake, filling and frosting must get sickening. Same goes for Chopped - they get 4 appetizers, 3 entrees and 2 desserts per show. How much gets ingested? Urp!

Heads up for my fellow Aunt Sandy aficionados! Next week, FN is running four of her classic Halloween episodes back-to-back!

R325 I just recalled someone posting here that they fucked around with Adam Gertler.

I know that most of those food challenges are fake but R530 I find none of them as obviously staged as Cupcake Wars. Seems so obvious they're all given the ingredient list prior to arriving.

I've always wondered about Cupcake Wars too. In the final challenge, the 2 teams are required to make 1000 cupcakes each. What made me suspicious is that they use regular kitchen sized equipment, not industrial mixers or ovens, plus you don't see dozens of eggs, pounds of sugar, etc. that would be needed for such an endeavor. I always wondered how anyone could bake anywhere near the amount of cakes for the challenge in the time allotted. Plus, the displays they have built for the final bake off do not look like they hold anywhere near 1K cupcakes.

I also saw an incident that seemed so staged... a woman walking a pan of batter toward the oven and she bumps into the oven, spills the batter on the floor and then falls in it. Seemed like a set up, but then I wondered why would a contestant do that.

I hate when they yell out "cupcakes going in!" as they put them into the ovens.

R534 I can't remember exactly what it was as I haven't seen the show in years but I remember thinking, "this is bullshit. They know what the "themes" or "ingredients" are going to be before they show up. I think it had to do with the contestants always seeming to have a magic ingredient with them that just happened to go well with whatever the surprise was.

R531 Thanks!!! I love Aunt Sandy and was just wondering if they'd replay any of those specials.

R532 Lucky someone. Gertler is highly fuckable and seems like he'd be fun in bed.

R536 I don't remember the details. I just remember the person saying that they had encountered Gertler a few times at the gym and mostly seemed straight. If I recall the post it read something like one day in the steam room (?) Gertler was showing off and the poster ended up eating his ass. I only remember it because in typical DL fashion someone responded and condoled the poster because they didn't think that Gertler looked like someone who wiped well.

Dear lord, R537.... eating "steamed ass" seems positively atrocious!

*blarf!*

If Chiarello is being sued by a woman, he probably paid her in order to continue -- nay, enhance -- his closetude.

TR is now doing Cialis commercials. I just saw on TV pretending to be interested in an old woman while on vacation. He was about to pop a penis pill in order to sexually satisfy her.

Ina must roar with laughter every time it comes on TV.

R531

Set your DVR, DVD recorder, VCR, kinescope, whatever!

There will be 4 classic Sandra Lee Halloween specials on Monday, October 3 on Food Network from 10 am to 1 pm - 2 one-hour specials and 2 half-hour specials.

It's Cocktail Time so fix a kick ass strong Sandra special and settle in for the last great campfest of the year!

Thanks R541!!!

I know just the cocktail: her infamous Glacier with a pitcher of liquor and a shot of Sprite for mixer.

Note: She uses Hpnotiq and Licor 43. I substitute vanilla vodka for the Licor 43 to cut down on the sweetness.

I want new episodes of Unique Eats! Enough with these fucking repeats!

I saw Sandra at the debate on Monday night with her beau, Andrew Cuomo.

I heard she made a special red, white & blue cocktail for the debate audience, which consisted of cranberry juice, blue raspberry Kool-Aid and lots and lots of vodka. Donna Brazile reportedly got so hammered on them that she had to be carried out on a stretcher.

Ok will remain anon here however have worked and been around many Chefs, doing events, working for them , SOBE food and Wine Festival, NYC one as well , here goes: Flay- Total ass , womanizing douchebag. Martha- Control freak, somewhat pleasant, you cannot look into her camera you must look at her on set , she looks into the camera for her shots, all of them. Todd English- A true guy, love him , somewhat diminished brand now. Bad in finance , sued by everyone. Sandra Lee- C u Next Tuesday . Rachael- The same Lydia- Charming , shoots straight, the best of the best, her son is an arrogant ass. Mario- So talented , huge windbag however. Guy-Ugh, the least talented of them all , do not get it. Bourdain- What can I say , ten years ago a nobody, today brilliant, more of an author and guide. Zakarian- Total respect , lots of hit and misses Debbie Mazar and her husband- Adore them , their synergy is perfect , he is a great creative chef, and she is the 1940's Femme Fatale who brings it home. Ina Garten- In a total class of her own , my favorite of all of them, a joy with CLASS. Ann B- Love her a truly great disciplined chef , extremely focused. Paula- Was great at branding herself, was, minimally talented as well as those sons of hers. The butter and cream boiled over along time ago , she is tired . Ripert - In a class as well of his own, untouchable. Keller- Waning but still relevant. Who am I? A stylist, publicist, manager for some of their restaurants? Perhaps a bit of all? I can only say I have worked in this industry way before there was a food network, and yes have seen worked and been around everyone I just mentioned.

Chiarello is an ass , and is not even liked in his SF community , a pompous self entitled wannabe self proclaimed rock star chef, he is one of the reasons the title "Celebrity Chef" is no longer relevant today. The real stars are the talented young unknowns slaving away in kitchens across america who will test the waters and keep our palates yearning for more. without having to sell cheap , garbage pots, pans, knives , and whatever licensing deals thrown in front of them by idiot backers who think their money can buy them some sort of brush with fame by being associated with any of these tired , wannabe chef's, so 2008.

R545 You lost all credibility when you called Sandra Lee a cunt and Ina "a joy with CLASS." Ina is a slob and a snob.

Lee has participated in a lot of gay charity functions so many of have met her. Her reputation is exactly the opposite of what you describe.

R546 Tyler is a hottie , however he did a demo at our restaurant with another celebrity chef who I will not name, he brought his dog a new puppy in with him ,the dog pooped all over the place , he just stood there and said umm ,can we clean this up now? Lost all respect , was an ass.

Ok really r547 Have you worked with her? And when? She may do charity work for her image or even from her heart , she is still a witch to work with, obviously you work for her, maybe but doubt it, of all of them she was the absolute worst , that was my experience(s) , I do wish her well re what she is going through health wise, but you are wrong. And Ina is a true professional , the opposite of Lee, at least in my experiences with them.

I agree with R547. Sandra Lee has one of the best reputations of all the FN stars, past and present. (And fat fuck Ina has shown her true colors with the Make A Wish disaster.)

Oh, and R547 defends her so he "obviously" works for her? You really are giving yourself away as a loony troll.

Agreed R550.

Anyone could have made up the "inside" bullshit R545 posted. Bobby Flay is a douchebag? Stop the presses!!!! BTW, if you love Anne Burrell so much, you might want to learn how to spell her name correctly.

His post reminds me of charlie, the older guy who met and knew the intimate secrets of everyone in Hollywood, but with less detail and even less believability than charlie.

Ina the windbag farter.

Chiarello had gayvoice off the charts on his show. I miss seeing his show though. Totally pretentious but fascinating, and he was hot.

I'm so in love with Donal Skehan who hosted the Next Food Network Star (Kids Version).

He is so cute! Is he gay?

Also wondering about the twins who won the recent version of the Great Food Truck Race, Charlie and Michael Kalish.

They're really cute. I'm wondering if they're gay. They seemed to know a lot about the Palm Springs gay bar scene, and they really worked those guys in the bars to buy their food.

The Kalish twins totally ping for me.

I had no idea that Aaron Sanchez had a twin. His twin looks way older than he does, though, and nothing like him.

Did you see the premiere of the new show "Uprooted" this morning? It's about a rich American family who moved to the French countryside, bought a gorgeous chateau and are learning about French food and culture. It's really good and very upscale.

Sarah, the head of the household is a cross between Diane Lane and Taylor Swift. She studied at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, but her recipes are very accessible and easy. Her husband is a big closet-case.

It feels like the Food Network is trying to make her the new Ina Garten, with the upscale lifestyle, the easy gourmet style of her recipes, top quality ingredients, and the gay husband.

R551 Your an idiot I did not even spell Ann's name out moron, Sorry to bust your cherries fans who the closest you ever got to these chefs were in your living room, and no further. But hey that is a good thing when dealing with a lot of them I was just giving an inside view , don't hate on me for my experiences in with dealing with them. which most of you probably have not. And if you have please tell...

Love Sarah and met her yes with Julia back in the 80's , Julia drank reverse martini's a tidbit for you queens, 3 parts dry vermouth, one part gin .

[quote]Your an idiot I did not even spell Ann's name out moron

You misspelled her FIRST name, dumbass, and people who don't know the difference between "your" and "you're" have no business calling others morons.

I love how trolls melt down when you call them on their fantasy posts.

[quote]Your an idiot I did not even spell Ann's name out moron

You can't even spell ANNE's name right even after another poster spelled it for you. With your level of intelligence, or lack thereof, I'd be careful throwing around the term moron.

Funny, R560. Great minds...

R545, you should have led with an Ina fart joke. That's what impresses DL, not actual knowledge. Thanks for your observations.

R563 What impresses DLers is real gossip, not regurgitating half-remembered stories and invented bullshit passed off as insider info. Especially when the idiot troll spells a simple name wrong twice. Obviously he never met Anne Burrell or anyone else.

He's not a "star" but Robert the bearded guy from the Halloween Wars they showed tonight did bear porn.

Enough with the fake gossip and onto some real. The New York Times did a profile on Alton Brown and confirmed what we've heard for a while: Alton is a nasty drunk who starts drinking first thing in the morning.

[quote]“Here’s the problem with a book like this,” he said during a day that had started with morning cocktails and bee-tending...

According to the writer, he'd switched by afternoon to sangria--I guess you have to switch to something milder to pace yourself throughout the day.

You keep saying that, R564, and eventually you will believe it.

Thanks R566. That's great stuff. We definitely need more real stories and less imagination.

Alton Brown is a troubled, twisted soul. Probably a sick ticket as well.

last energy at all to 560 and 561 , this is a thread about real people who I and worked with, the subjects regardless of your fucking grammar corrections, that is all you have to offer? I am telling real experiences with real subjects on this thread as blind items for you and yes the basis of this stupid site, the fact you only correct my grammar is sad and pitiful , who cares if I spell a name wrong , does not diminish the truth , and I could care less if your both single and miserable I am sure of that, , probably some pathetic professor living in the cloaked halls of academia away from real life believes my tales and experiences. Go to your nearest adult bookstore which I am sure there are many where you live, in your white trash suburb and are familiar , and have a dictionary fisted in a glory hole (Your favorite ) up your cob web clogged up ass hole, now you will both get the spelling corrected.

Yes I did R64 SOBE Food and Wine her and many others 10th anniversary , fucking stupid cunt get your facts straight or better yet go away you have no relevance to even be on this thread , stupid queen with no contacts in the food world.

R570/R571 are you drunk like Alton?

Your rambling  barely coherent posts aren't making you appear more sane...or any more believable.

He had too many "reverse martini's" [sic] with Julia Child.

Ina farts! Ina farts! Ina farts! Ina farts! Ina farts!

Not gossip, but pure disgust at the abomination I saw tonight. World's Worst Baker is an exercise in phoniness and is full of over-acting fame whores more concerned about mugging on camera than learning any baking skills.

I worked with that Low Carb and Lovin' It guy, Georga Stella, for one of his cookbooks about 7 years ago. Nice guy, nothing too impressive about him, though. However, I still think about how he told me that FN chefs, unless they're the *big* names, get paid pennies for doing a show and the network is basically a vehicle to get licensing deals, public speaking gigs, more book deals, etc. Not too surprising when you think about it, but I was a huge FN junkie back then and very naive to the inner workings of it.

I heard from a VERY reputable source that Ina emits foul gas from her bowels.

Ina's magazine editor friend - the one who lives with Frank Newbill - was editor of Town and Country and they did a piece on Ina that was flowery as hell. Now she's in this month's Vanity Fair. I think Ina is making a move t get 100% away from FN and hoping to start a daytime show where she will be the new Rachel Ray or Martha Stewart. Here's hoping!

Ina couldn't have a live studio audience if she did her own talk show. She'd stink out the audience with her gassy bowels.

[quote]If you watch most of the Food Network chef's eat you seldom see them swallow, especially Giada. I remember when Rachel had that 30 minute show you'd see her take a bite, make an orgasm face they all make but never swallow.

You type fat. And that's bullshit. Giada has been asked about her weight many times. She said, first of all her mother is also very thin, so its part genetics. Secondly, she has said that when she eats anything she wants like chocolate, its just "A" bite. Key word being ONE BITE. Not the whole slice of cake. That really works if you have the self control.

[quote]She said, first of all her mother is also very thin, so its part genetics.

Poor thing was abused by her own biological father from a young age. That's why, per her ex-lover John Mayer, she swallows cum like a pro but not food.

[quote]I think Ina is making a move t get 100% away from FN and hoping to start a daytime show where she will be the new Rachel Ray or Martha Stewart. Here's hoping!

Keep hoping. Ina's 70-years-old. The only new thing she's going to be is the newest resident of East Hampton's finest rest home. And only then after getting a double knee transplant from supporting her 400 lb. lardass for decades.

Jizz is very energy dense, tho

Ina never seems very comfortable when she has guests or when she visits chefs in their kitchens, so I don't think she'd be a natural for a talk show.

Ina does nervously talk over her guests and buts in with her opinion before it's warranted. I think she'd be a disaster in a social setting she didn't create.

Is Ina no longer doing her Barefoot Contessa show? There hasn't been a new episode in almost two years!

Did TR have her fired? You know he's fucking Food Network exec Bob Tuschman.

[quote]You know he's fucking Food Network exec Bob Tuschman.

But wasn't Tuschman bounced recently?

Dear lord, Sandra Lee's dressed up like Cher in drag! Or is she supposed to be Cleopatra. I really can't tell.

Anyway, she's making pumpkin doughnuts, drenched in some kind of "liqueur." Haha, quelle surprise!

I love her!

Ina farts terribly.

Ina has new shows coming...all about cooking for her hubby.

Is Jeffrey weating a gas mask?

Ina's hoping to go to The Holy Land next season to do Israeli dishes.

Such trifles

Ina's new series "Cook Like a Pro" is coming in May.

R565 do you have a name of the porn, or a link? Kind of curious.

Gertler was hottie.

Ina is getting the shaft again from FN. We have ENDLESS eps of Pioneer Woman, Valerie Bertinelli and the worst show ever, Trisha Fat Fucking Yearwood.

I used to come home from work and everyday at 5 there was The Barefoot Contessa and it was great and relaxing. Now Cake Wars, Christmas Cupcake Wars, Beat Bobby Flay. Argh it's all awful! I love Demaris Phillips's show Southern At Heart and it should be on 5 days a week. I can stomach Nancy Fuller over Ree Diamond!

Alton Brown just got married again.