Sandra Lee moves from Westchester to Malibu in a rented U-Haul!!!

Can a woman worth $20 million even afford Malibu?

Sandra has a pet bird (I forget the breed...he's a big, white bird). I follow her on IG and saw that she went back to NYC, but I wondered if she was doing something else there. For all that can be said about her--and even the Kwanzaa Cake could speak volumes--I think she's pretty down to earth to move things out herself. I just hope they had some moving blankets or bubble wrap to wrap around all that precious cargo. I include her broken, vodka-soaked heart in that precious cargo.

#1 = Barbra

Love that property.

Nobody wants to be in NY anymore.

It true, I see moving trucks every day.

Nobody does it like Sandra Lee...

Malibu !

Part of Malibu are very affordable, relatively speaking but she'll be in the tonier sections.

Will she make a Kwanzaa cake to celebrate the move?

I wish she and Bobby Darin could have worked out their marital problems.

Could someone PLEASE EXPLAIN THE CHAIRS?

Sandra Lee, you can come cook semi-homemade with me anytime. Forget about whatshisface.

She's frugal, she's talked about growing up on food stamps and being poor. So she probably doesn't see herself as being above moving her own furniture to her new home, with help from her brother.

Some people never forget what it's like to have nothing. I know I don't.

She's the new manager of the Cheesecake Factory in Barbra's mall.

I wish her a very merry Kwanzaa this year.

Those chairs are ghastly

[quote] I just hope they had some moving blankets or bubble wrap to wrap around all that precious cargo.

Instead of bubble wrap, she covered her belongings with corn nuts and pumpkin seeds.

This MUST be going to Goodwill.

[quote] She's the new manager of the Cheesecake Factory in Barbra's mall.

As long as she’s not doing the cooking.

This is why you don’t play house with a man for years and years without him putting a ring on it. 14 years later and she’s back at square one with no kids and no parting gift.

She seems sad.

R22 Wouldn’t you be if you spent 14 years on a relationship and never got a ring?

Yes I would R23. Very.

R5 Not true. Spike Lee does.

They should get rid of Housewife’s of Beverly Hills and do a Housewives of Malibu and get Pamela Anderson and Sandra as two of the housewives. Yeah her food is tacky and the Kwanza cake was so silly but she doesn’t bother me. I kind of enjoyed when Anthony Bourdaine described how she went up to him at some event and pat him on his rear making him uncomfortable after his rant on her cooking atrocity. Bitch owned him. Total cunt power move. As for her moving there might be a few reasons for her doing that kind of move. She might be frugal and careful with money or she might not want strangers touching her shit during Covid. Who knows and who cares. I like people who understand a dollar she’s no princess and that’s cool by me. Can’t stand Cuomo . Team Sandra and the chairs are not “ghastly” fuckin Mary!

Love that she owned Bourdain. I never watched her cooking show. I only know about her legendary status, the Kwanza cake, and her fondness for cocktails, all learned from DL. Was her food really that awful or ridiculous?

[quote]Was her food really that awful or ridiculous?

I never tried any of her recipes, but I remember watching her show and thought the concept of semi-homemade recipes was a really good idea considering most people with a full time job don’t have time to be making fancy meals from scratch (i.e. Ina Garten).

Perhaps she should think long and hard the next time a man with pierced nipples should put the moves on her. Something's not right!

[quote]Was her food really that awful or ridiculous?

You be the judge.

Is she still with the Food Network? I don't really watch much that it's mainly just competition shows, but I did watch thus past Sunday, Barefoot Contessa was on and I watched that. I hadn't seen that show in a while.

I also really miss Paula Deen on the FN too. I know she had her scandal which basically dimmed her star power and messed with her career, but her show was always one of my favorites. Maybe it's because I live in the same city as she does.

I miss the old Food Network.

R21, she has millions from her show, books, tapes, etc. Why do the eldergays persist in thinking women are back in the 50s. If they marry, they did it for the money. If they don't marry, they're losers. She may have wanted her money protected from Frankenface and his kids.

It's 2020 guys.

Didn't she get cancer? She broke up with him after that...sometimes cancer makes you re-think your life and how you want to spend the rest of it.

[quote]So many questions!

Was there a designated driver?

Thanks for the chuckle, r30.

why shouldn't she move her things by herself? This way she can make sure they are not mishandled and what the fuck else has she to do anyways?

The shit she makes are all unhealthy shit. from the boxes.

Meatloaf is delicious. It doesn't look any worse than a lot of meat dishes, so where's the fail?

[quote] I never tried any of her recipes, but I remember watching her show and thought the concept of semi-homemade recipes was a really good idea considering most people with a full time job don’t have time to be making fancy meals from scratch (i.e. Ina Garten).

Ina’s philosophy = 10 good recipes and variations on those + good ingredients. She’s all about keeping things as simple as possible. She’s said over and over again; you don’t need to make everything, much less from scratch.

Sandra Lee’s philosophy add taco seasoning to everything + buy a store bought cake and add some canned frosting.

Sandy makes great cheese and crackers.

This recipe is DL gold right here, if I knew any better!

Funniest thing I've seen in a long time r40. I'm watching it again and again - it's so bad I thought it's a parody. Is it? Speechless.

[quote] Funniest thing I've seen in a long time [R40]. I'm watching it again and again - it's so bad I thought it's a parody. Is it? Speechless.

Every episode is equally as bad. People watched just to laugh.

She makes Simply Sara look like Paul Bocuse. Thanks r42. I had no idea how unbelievably bad (good) this is. I'm a fan. What is so, so hilarious is just when you think..."No, this cannot possibly get worse." And..."it does get worse. Way way way worse." lol Comic Gold.

[quote] What is so, so hilarious is just when you think..."No, this cannot possibly get worse." And..."it does get worse. Way way way worse." lol

Yes! Exactly!

Fun fact: the Kwanzaa cake was not her recipe. She bought it off a professional recipe developer. The original article was taken off HuffPo, but here it is on DL:

Ok, here's another cake baking winner using "grandma's baking secrets". **Do Not** fast forward. Let the "heightened drama and suspense" unfold. lol

She BOUGHT that recipe?! Lawd! That's the sort of thing I would have come up with as a pre-teen. Except, I would have used cherry pie filling, omitted the cinnamon, seeds, and acorns in favor of walnuts and chocolate sprinkles.

I love this comment from R46: "It's like she's actively trying to piss people off"

Serious Question: Has SNL done a spoof on her?

I always watched Aunt Sandy for her fabulous cocktail recipes!

She was always smashed by the end of the show, which I totally love.

Hey, if Julia Child could drunk-cook, then so can Sandra Lee!

This "Lush Lagoon" is the epitome of Sandra.

Two shots, of vodka....

It's COCKTAIL TIME!!!

Why does she call Corn Nuts "acorns"?

Sandy's May Pole Punch looks surprisingly delicious.

I might try it sometime.

Oh, and wait for the surprise at the end!

[quote] Why does she call Corn Nuts "acorns"?

I'm guessing that Corn Nuts is a trademarked brand name. Like on the cake contest shows when they always say "cereal treats" instead of Rice Krispie Treats. (Although I'm not sure why "acorns" would be the generic term for corn nuts.)

R38 is redundant--why add canned frosting to a store cake? But, seriously, I add taco seasoning to A LOT of things and it is good.

R41 you're obviously not speechless. You just speeched.

Deen is on YT.

R5, NY doesn't you want you in it.

FIxed.

R26/R27, you call that "owning" Bourdain? She merely came off as a sleazy cunt. Much like you two, I'm sure.

[quote]This is why you don’t play house with a man for years and years without him putting a ring on it. 14 years later and she’s back at square one with no kids and no parting gift.

And two fewer tits than she came in with.

[quote]I add taco seasoning to A LOT of things and it is good.

Wait til you try my Taco-tini! Just don't hork on my tablescape.

I like the chairs.

Anthony Bourdaine was an uptight, phoney ,elitist prick. Sandra handled him well and not at all sleazy. She was also quite gracious in the things she said about him after his suicide. Bourdaine was the sleaze.r60 unwad your panties.

r55 I think she just meant that they represent acorns in the Kwanzaa theme.

Where are we getting the stories about her drinking...anyone?

[quote]They should get rid of Housewife’s of Beverly Hills and do a Housewives of Malibu and get Pamela Anderson and Sandra as two of the housewives.

Can you be on a housewife show if you're not a wife? (I have no idea--I've never watched one, and don't plan to.)

Did she do fabulous tablescapes in Albany when she was New York's First Concubine?

Is the word "busy" in her vocabulary?

Most of the “wives” on those shows are not married wives . The term is very loosely used in that world.

So - a few thoughts:

1) Andrew Cuomo's face looks like a muppet - it's disturbing with all the deep creases. Or more like a Spitting Image (UK) puppet.

2) Where the hell is she going to get beachfront in Malibu with 3.68 million? Is it a 1 BR condo?

3) Girl - hire movers. This is just embarrassing. That shit looks like she bought it from Home Goods - it's not going to look good in SoCal.

Can't believe she wasted so many years on that man. What's up with Andrew? Was is because she wasn't a Kennedy or someone of that status? Not connected enough?

May I suggest some inspirational music for the long drive west?

I thought Sandra Lee was a fictional character from a musical?

Her taste in decor matches her food style: PEOPLE OF WAL-MART.

Gauche. And those chairs are a step below watered-down Bobby Trendy designs.

I feel so bad for her. I wish her well!

R75 - we've all overstayed in relationships. She has many millions and will be living in Malibu - somehow the word 'tragedy' or 'loss' does not come to mind.

I haven't watched too many of her shows, but from what I've seen, I wouldn't eat her food. However, there has to be another way of crafting this 'semi-homemade' angle into something more appetizing.

From everything I've read, Sandra still has positive relationships with the Cuomo-Kennedy girls. She purchased the home she shared with Cuomo and shares positive messages with the girls.

R54, that might be too much mint. Try 1/4 that much and you can always add a leave to the glass. I could be totally wrong. But it seems that much mint would overpower everything else.

[quote]Where are we getting the stories about her drinking...anyone?

Her many crimes against mixology make me suspect she'll drink anything with alcohol in it. She certainly used to perk up when sharing her cocktail recipes.

Bourdain was a big ole pussy.

Sandra's "Passionate Dream" she made with a friend.

And they add yellow packets of artificial sweetener to it. Disgusting!

My favorite part was when Sandy asks, "Now we add vodka??" And her friend says, "If you want." Rofl!

And we see how Sandy ended up with Cuomo. She’ll clearly put anything in her mouth.

Sandy's friend at R81 is looking at her like she's nuts.

I love how Sandy tells the viewer to add lime juice from the GREEN BOTTLE, and her friend makes the "helpful suggestion" sarcastically telling Sandy that if she felt incredibly energetic, she could even squeeze the limes herself! Rofl.

Sandra Lee cried ‘all the way’ from New York to California

Sandra Lee is focused on what’s ahead following an emotional few days.

One day after being photographed packing up the New York home she shared with her ex-boyfriend Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the TV chef, 54, revealed Tuesday she had touched down in California ahead of the holidays.

“I am in Malibu -watched ‘little women’ on the flight -decided I am Jo! Although Jo would have never cried all the way home..,” Lee captioned a selfie on Instagram.

“I think I have just been stuffing it for so long that I am done. It’s all been too much-the last 6 years have just been too much..please God let 2021 be good for us all..,” she continued.

Last September, Lee and Cuomo, 63, announced they had broken up after 14 years together. Page Six exclusively reported in May 2019 they had been living apart.

In October, Lee’s Westchester County home, Lily Pond, sold for $1.85 million, Page Six exclusively revealed. The celebrity chef also told The Post in February she was California-bound.

Lee said Monday her final moments at Lily Pond “were very BitterSweet.”

“I walked around the outside of my beautiful home —I wanted to drink in every angle and remember the beautiful moments that were spent in every place,” she posted to Instagram.

Lee said Tuesday she would be spending Christmas in Arizona with her family.

“I got off the flight and went directly to get a Covid test,” Lee explained

“Now bath and bed with some Campbell’s chicken noodle soup and saltines. Ultimate comfort meal when tired and overwhelmed,” she continued. “Then the sun will come up tomorrow! Nite xo.”

She has such bad taste! Campbell's chicken noodle soup and saltines ! Does she have mono? That's why she thinks the shit she puts out on TV is "good"...trash.

Just confirmation that she grew up on a welfare diet, R85.

I like the chair and I like that she’s not above hauling her own stuff.

Certainly that is a Goodwill run. No way are they driving a Uhaul to CA.

The woman has zero taste, but I like her.

From all her cocktail recipes on the show, R66.

did she break up with Governor Cuomo?

I also really miss Paula Deen on the FN too. I know she had her scandal which basically dimmed her star power and messed with her career, but her show was always one of my favorites. Maybe it's because I live in the same city as she does.

I used to like her show too, if for no other reason that what a mess she was, but after taking my mom to one of her "cooking demonstrations" in DC where she behaved very badly (it also made me feel sorry for those stupid sons), I was done with her - and so was my mom.

But back to Sandra; maybe she didn't want to leave Andy when things were really falling apart in NY, but now that things have calmed down, it was time to go. The lack of movers - maybe they didn't want strangers in & out of the house, particularly right before the holidays.

She's gorgeous, talented, driven to excell and doesn't think she's above normal people. I guess that makes her totally unfit for DL. It's not like this place is the Cordon Bleu.

Here’s the new place. I didn’t know you could purchase a house in Malibu for that little. Yes it’s tiny but it’s beachfront!

She sounds desperate, professing her undying love for a man who never married her and who never reciprocates.

I never understood the hate for her. I'm by no means a fan, but i know she does a lot of charitable work to feed the poor and hungry.

The new house is cute, and that ocean view is amazing. Good for her.

Longtime boyfriend Governor Andrew Cuomo. A parishioner at the church he attended in Albany wrote a letter to the bishop. He asked why a divorced man, living with a woman was receiving communion. The bishop replied with a lengthy polite letter that added up to "it's none of your business."

r91 Can you READ?

Sandra didn't move her furniture herself. She had her brother to help her ( I think he's the gay sibling) and I also saw a mover.

I like her little Malibu house. But it does look fairly isolated. LA DLers is this house far from amenities?

Sandra talks dirty....

Her Malibu house is quite a comedown from her NY house. It's small and I bet it's noisy with the highway right on her doorstep. I never got the reason why anyone would move to Malibu. There are nicer places to move to if you want a beach property.

I wish they'd show reruns of Semi Ho during these dark times. That show was always good for a laugh.

The governor's mama, Mathilda, was horrified when Sandra made lasagna using tomato soup. Reason enough for him to leave her.

[quote]She sounds desperate, professing her undying love for a man who never married her and who never reciprocates.

I feel for her. Maybe they talked about marriage over the years, with him stringing her along the whole time? Yeah, she should've walked sooner but who hasn't stayed too long in a dead-end relationship?

It has to be really hard to get naked in front of someone new at her age, post double mastectomy. She's harmless, and I wish her well.

Sandra has had some weird hairdos over the years. This is her "black skunk roots" look.

[quote] I used to like her show too, if for no other reason that what a mess she was, but after taking my mom to one of her "cooking demonstrations" in DC where she behaved very badly (it also made me feel sorry for those stupid sons), I was done with her - and so was my mom.

What did Paula Deen do, R92??

Sounds like a good story. Please tell!

Another San dra Lee look.

Oh God, those glasses have to go, girl!

Sandra looked quite lovely in this photo.

She looks quite sad in all the recent photos. I feel bad for her, in spite of baked potato ice cream.

LOL R101. Hilarious!

Da-lish-us!

Paula posts cooking demos on YouTube now. Her brother Bubba, whose alleged antics at the seafood restaurant he owned are what set the stage for her public fall from grace, recently passed away.

Is she really using the U-Haul to move all her stuff to Malibu? It seems more likely she's putting some crap in storage nearby.

Difficult times as a child makes you diffident. You tend to let people run over you, even if you are talented and dynamic in your career. She is a giver.

Mama Cuomo should mind her own damn business when it comes to what her son's gf does. Maybe being the oldest Andrew is a mama's boy and didn't relate to an equal relationship.

Andrew Cuomo is an alpha, virile, masculine man. Sandra was a hell of a lot of woman. But no one woman is enough for Andrew.

[quote] Difficult times as a child makes you diffident. You tend to let people run over you, even if you are talented and dynamic in your career. She is a giver.

Agreed. I also read somewhere that she had to care for her younger siblings, as well.

So Sandra is definitely a nurturer.

I really like her. I like her resourcefulness, her thriftiness, and her heart. She also seems like a kind person.

What did Paula Deen do, [R92]??

So, there used to be these "Cooking Expos" headlining Food Network types like Bobby, Giada & Paula; Paula's demo included her hubby, her sons & the daughter in law. It's not like it was the Cordon Bleu - she was just supposed to demo some recipes (which primarily revolved around her then sponsor, Smithfield).

She comes on stage late - the whole thing was only supposed to be an hour - and then allows/invites one audience member after another to come up & take pictures with her on stage - basically turning it into a fan meet & greet. Early on, the daughter in law just walks off stage like she forget why she was even there. The sons gamely try to get Paula to move along while she's taking pictures with fans & she just ignores them; they play along, but clearly look uncomfortable. Finally, her husband steps in & asks people to stop coming up because the show needs to move along and Paula sticks out her tongue at him. Meanwhile, the audience fraus are getting ANGRY and eventually the whole thing just ends because they need to clear out for the next show. Paula prances off stage & her husband & sons look embarrassed & frustrated. People are pissed and the whole thing was just weird & unprofessional. I can't remember the exact price, but tickets weren't cheap ($100?).

I sent an email to event organizers about how pissed I was with the whole thing & what a clusterfuck it was. Surprisingly enough, I got back a response indicating that they'd had persistent problems with Paula & were "reconsidering" her role in future expos (no refund though). Sure enough, next year - no Paula at the Expo (supposedly she was doing her own thing at that point). But when shit went south with Paula & her behavior came to light, I wasn't the least bit surprised. People had probably be trying to get her under control for years & she wouldn't listen. The brother may have been the tipping point, but was a huge problem and clearly pissed off too many people.

[quote]Now bath and bed with some Campbell’s chicken noodle soup and saltines. Ultimate comfort meal when tired and overwhelmed

Uh, want some sodium with your sodium, there, Sandra?

Fucking gross.

Pierced nips? Down low leather Daddy!

That house is adorable and probably wouldn't take much to fix it up. It's surely not her only home, it cost a fraction of what she got from selling her old house.

OP That's why shes still got 20 million.

I adore drunk Aunt Sandy, and the camp goldmine that was her show is only one reason. She has always appeared very down-to-earth, does not take herself too seriously based on every interview or appearance I’ve seen of her. She seems very genuine and sweet. . And as others have said above, she comes from humble beginnings and has not forgotten that. Moving her own shit just bolsters my opinion of her. I have nothing but goodwill for Ms. Lee.

This thread reminds me that I used to have the Food Network on all the time; not watching it so much as background noise. Now the channel has turned into "Cupcake Battles" shows or some such nonsense and I never turn to it. I miss the old shows like Bobby Flay (jerk, but had good recipes), Giada & Her Tits, Sandra Lee & the other FN line up, particularly at the holidays. I don't think I'm alone in that & I wonder what happened.

I remembered seeing this video and I found it on YouTube. Here is Sandra and the Governor's former home in NY. Those birds are scary.

I was hoping Food Network would spin off into a second channel that had all those shows, R125, but I don't think that ever happened.

EVERY FUCKING TIME I tune to the Food Network it's some marathon of that horrible Guy Ferry douche.

R127 try the Cooking channel

Fieri has done a LOT for charity and raising millions for restaurant workers out of a job during the pandemic. His television character may be douchey but he's not.

I looked at their schedule, R129, it's all Man Vs Cupcake and other such crap, usually for 10 hours straight.

I’m not very familiar with Sandra Lee, can someone kindly give me the condensed version of what happened to her relationship with the governor.

[QUOTE]Fieri has done a LOT for charity and raising millions for restaurant workers out of a job during the pandemic. His television character may be douchey but he's not.

Gay mens' ire for him may stem from a time he was reportedly douchey to two gay restaurant owners by refusing to shoot at their restaurant when he discovered they were homos.

R132 - The couple's statement is below.

“Over the recent past, we have realized that our lives have gone in different directions and our romantic relationship has turned into a deep friendship,” the couple said in a joint statement. “We will always be family and are fully supportive of each other and dedicated to the girls. Our personal lives remain personal and there will be no further comment.”

Okay R133, I had not heard that.

Hmm, seems a disgruntled former producer said Guy claimed gays "weird him out." This article somehow is missing Fieri's rep's statement but the story itself is all there.

Isn't Fieri's sister gay?

WAS gay, R136.

She died of cancer.

Her girlfriend was Annie Antepara.

That, R134, plus some plate-throwing and broken-hearted sobbing. And that was just Andrew.

Cuomo lost interest in her sexually.

I hope she can find someone.

[quote] Cuomo lost interest in her sexually.

Is he secretly into guys?

An Italian man his age should have settled down already.

I'm thinking that he just used her as a "prop" to get elected to the governorship.

If he seeks higher office, expect him to find another beard.

Oh dear, R140. I guess you didn't hear about that Kennedy woman, who eventually ran off with the polo player.

Cuomo is a climber and an opportunist. I think both Kennedy and Aunt Sandy had/have more money and notoriety than he had when he started relationships with them. He'd sell his soul to marry Laurene Jobs or Mackenzie Bezos.

I detest Guy, but he has openly gay people on his shows all the time.

[post redacted because linking to dailymail.co.uk clearly indicates that the poster is either a troll or an idiot (probably both, honestly.) Our advice is that you just ignore this poster but whatever you do, don't click on any link to this putrid rag.]

Poor Sandy looks sad in that photo at R144.

Does she have any kids or family?

R145 - no children but I believe she has a brother and sister.

No wonder she's so sad, she'll now never die a complete woman without a husband and children

[quote] No wonder she's so sad, she'll now never die a complete woman without a husband and children

No need to be such a cunt, R147.

Whether she wants to be with a man, a woman, or a farm animal, the point is that she just looks lonely.

So go fuck yourself.

^^ Wow, you really don't get sarcasm do you?

Aunt Sandy, we love you, please get up!

Does she have reconstructed tits? Will str8 guys bother with a woman with no tits? I see many gay escorts in her future.

I’d love to be so wealthy and take walks on the beach in Malibu!

Anyone want to try Sandy's lamb and olive skewers?

They look positively nauseating!

I especially love when she literally DUMPS the package of lamb meat in the bowl, without rinsing the meat first.

The blood running down the side of the bowl is a nice touch!

Why is her lamb gray?

I always look at people who give other folks a bunch of shit for not rinsing their meat as being silly and pretentious - no offense to you, however, R153. I usually agree with their faux outrage with just the tiniest detectable bit of condescending "thank goodness for US" before hitting them with the million dollar question:

How do you wash your ground meat?

Ooh, don't rinse your ground meats, you'll risk contaminating your entire kitchen with the splashy-splashy of bacteria water.

The blood and juices dripping down the bowl is not attractive but you shouldn't rinse it off, let it cook off. There's flavor in there!

It’s perfectly fine to just pat down uncooked meat with paper towels before seasoning and cooking. Do you guys really wash a steak under running water? That seems bizarre.

Maangchi washes all her meats, I love her but it drives me crazy.

Sandy once had a trans woman as a guest on her show. The comments are hilarious.

Eww, not letting raw meat soak in a brine of saltwater and lemon juice to extract the blood or at least rinsing it off before you cook it is just nasty. I can’t imaging just taking it out of the wrapper, seasoning it and then cooking it. That visual of the blood running down the side of the bowl in the video just reinforces my stance. Ugh.

R160 I bet you burn your steaks to a crisp and pour ketchup on them too?

There's not actually any blood to extract from meat, it's myoglobin that you're seeing.

No one soaks their ground beef in brine and lemon juice unless those ingredients are part of a marinade.

^Actually, no. Medium well with just a tad of butter if the meat is really good.

R163 is for R161.

[quote]Why is her lamb gray?

Old age?

[quote] No one soaks their ground beef in brine and lemon juice unless those ingredients are part of a marinade.

I don’t soak ground beef, just cuts of meat. Not doing so is disgusting.

First you brought up trans out of nowhere, now you're bringing up the "extraction of the blood" from meat in a way that sounds like you're trying to hint at religious Jewish concerns without saying it outright.

Can't wait to see what you come up with next to try to derail this thread.

I wonder how much of that "blood" is actually DYE as shown in this before/after pic. Just in case someone doesn't know - the meat you buy from the store is actually brown, but injected with red dye to make it look more freshly appealing.

Why are people disgusted by her not washing her meat? I thought you WEREN’T supposed to wash meat prior to cooking. Please explain.

R169 it’s a troll causing this distraction.

I remember reading an article about the Cuomo/Lee relationship where Cuomo’s mother said they were a good match because Lee “knows her place.”

I knew then the relationship was doomed. And that Mathilda was a Barbra Bush-level Bitch.

Who doesn't wash their meat before cooking it? OMG, no wonder I barely eat at potlucks.

R172 People who follow food safety guidelines, I guess.

Nothing like eating bloody, e-coli-filled meat!

So you think water washes away e-coli?

Wash your meat, peeps. Otherwise, you'll have heme running down the side of your bowl like Aunt Sandy.

I don't get it. I use U-haul to move all the time. When I reserve my truck I hire a moving crew to load it at the same time. It's a really good deal, just a couple hundred dollars at most.

Why would anyone try to do this by themselves?

R177 - Sandra had her brother and I saw another man helping her move.

Even I wouldn't touch that Kwanzaa Cake

It was a Goodwill load or for her brother/family/friend.

I mean, look at those chairs!

Perhaps this is the time to state my belief (based on facts) that eating meat is a kind of Russian roulette. Stockyards, slaughterhouses and meat-packing facilities are not as bad as they were in Sinclair Lewis's day (The Jungle), but they are still dirty, dangerous and degrading. Please consider eating meat less and less and plant-based meat substitutes more.

Sounds more like she's making a quick escape?

R181 seems like we see far more recalls and warnings about fresh produce being tainted than we do of meat these days.

[quote]Nothing like eating bloody, e-coli-filled meat!

You're most likely to get e-coli from ground meat, because they mix scraps from different animals and grind it together. And you can't rinse ground meat. Only way to deal with it is to cook it to a proper temperature.

Wash your chicken

R181, "The Jungle" was written by Upton Sinclair. Sinclair Lewis wrote "Babbitt", "Dodsworth", "Main Street", "Arrowsmith", and "Elmer Gantry", to name a few of the most well-known.

You're right, R186. Sorry about that. Upton Sinclair was a muckraker and thank god--much legislation was inspired by his novel.

I'd be pissed as fuck if Grandma put peach juice and raspberry extract in my delicious yellow cake. Just saying.

When Andrew Cuomo's mother expressed surprise/disappointment at Sandra Lee's version of lasagna, I think it was due to cottage cheese being used instead of ricotta. I've made that substitution myself and was OK with the result, but Mama Cuomo has a right to be a purist about Italian food. (If Sandra used tomato soup instead of tomato sauce, I'd expect Mama to put a curse on her.)

I've always understood that one reason the couple didn't marry was that his divorce from Kerry Kennedy isn't recognized by the Catholic church and he'd have to get a Papal annulment in order for a new marriage to be valid in the eyes of the Church. Those are easier to get under Pope Francis than they were before, but that's pretty recent and there's probably still some hesitance about how "respectable" or "virtuous" they are -- maybe Ms. Kennedy objected to the idea, since they had several kids together who might be considered bastards if their parents' marriage were rendered a nullity. In any event, they didn't just shack up for 14 years and then one coldly dumped the other, it seems to have been a serious relationship.

I was just reading about the break up of his marriage to Kennedy. It sounds like he was emotionally abusive to her. Poor Sandy comes from an abusive background. I hope he didn't treat her this way.

[Quote]Cuomo's controlling ways — and his disdain for everything from his wife's housekeeping to her family and friends — contributed to the downfall of the union, Shnayerson writes in the biography slated for release March 31.

[Quote]Shnayerson quotes a family friend — he doesn't say if the pal is on the Cuomo or Kennedy side — as saying Cuomo was less than impressed with his wife's cooking and cleaning, particularly compared to his mother Matilda's home-making. He considered Kennedy a "dowdy" dresser.

[Quote]Cuomo, according to the book, also disapproved of Kennedy's circle so deeply that not many of its members could score a dinner invite to the couple's home in McLean, Va.

I'm pretty sure my Greek grandmother would've turned over in her grave if she'd heard about Sandy's recipe for Baklava that involved spraying Pam on the layers of phyllo.

God, what a mess that must be. I use the cooking sprays for omelettes and to grease baking pans. The aerosol can get everywhere if you're not super careful (making for a nice slippery floor). It can also rise to your face. How many freaking times did she spray the phyllo?

R189, can one "shack up" for fourteen years? That seems unlikely.

Italians get dispensations to marry again like crazy. Anyway, what century are we living in? Maybe Cuomo is like Clint Eastwood, happy to reel talented women in and just as happy to eject them with no parting gift.

Oh god I love this.

R190 Weird that he didn’t know all this before marrying a Kennedy.

Does anyone else think her new house looks like it might fall into the sea? How did she insure that place?

I can't find Sandy's recipe for pizza. You know, the one where she takes several slices of plain white bread, toasts it in the toaster, then spreads catsup over each slice. She finished off by sprinkling the powdered cheese from a generic box of Mac n cheese, and stands there with a Slim Jim and a pair of scissors! Hahahahahaha

Do you know who Sandy's audience was? PEOPLE WHO CAN'T FUCKING COOK!

Well, now, R197, you've hurt my feelings.

This chick had a hot body. Great tits!