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All I could think of while viewing Rinat's hideous outfit was my Mom telling me in grade school not to wear blue and green at the same time, because they don't go together.
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13 hours ago, susannot said:
I was just about to come here and say that. What I remember about Malarkey from The Taste (what a ridiculous show with its little spoons) was that he giggled a lot and wore so much thick pancake makeup and lipstick that he looked like a clown.
I mostly remember his ridiculous high-water pants. I remember asking on TWOP when that became a thing. I actually liked the concept of that show although its execution was spotty. I think Tom has said there would be no point to blind tastings on Top Chef because they'd know who did what anyway, but I'm not buying it.
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Maybe someone can explain Malarkey's "grilled raw roasted" carrot to me, because I'm having trouble picturing the technique.
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On 3/20/2020 at 9:09 AM, NYCFree said:
On a different note, we once saw Jen Carroll cooking at Marcus Samuelson’s Red Rooster restaurant. She was just a regular chef, along with others. We only knew this because the kitchen is open and the chefs face the diners. This wasn’t mentioned at all last night and he was one of the judges. In the past they have mentioned when a contestant had a prior working relationship with a judge.
Maybe she was just a hired gun for a couple of days. I haven't followed her professional career, but if she was in between things and Marcus needed a trusted hand she might have stepped in. There would be no reason to mention that.
My ears are shot but I thought I heard Malarkey mention "clam pie" in his vision of what Joe should cook? I thought of white pizza from the Northeast which is sometimes deliciously soggy with oils and butter.
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Cheese it, it's the Kheops!
Did anyone else think that after they decided he would win the producers sent an intern around to swipe Geoffrey's face jewels to help him out?
It must be tough to find space around NYFW, since PR had to hold their show in a high school gym.
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On 3/6/2020 at 12:42 PM, BlackberryJam said:
So...anyone notice the Thom Brown/Rick Owens big shoulder, weird proportion jacket Sergio was wearing at times? I wonder if he made it himself to represent the danger self-surgery extreme body modification.
I did. I don't know anything about fashion so assumed he was getting in an audition for Miracle Workers. Geoffrey spent half of his confessionals dressed as a monk, so there's that.
An anvil came my way with "who deserves to show..." on it. They all know they are going to show in decoy mode if nothing else, right? They're competing to be on the last episode (a worthwhile prize!), not to be seen at Fashion Week.
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On 12/29/2019 at 4:55 AM, Ms Blue Jay said:
The actor reminded me of Renee Zellweger in the way that she spoke.
I was bugging all season as to who the actor playing Candace reminded me of, and while I finally figured out I was wrong it was the girl who played Fivehead Norrie in "Under the Dome".
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20 hours ago, BlackberryJam said:
I mean, this is the one time in a reality show where the producers aren’t even being tricky about showing who did what (anyone remember the Top Chef pea purée?) and yet there is massive denial about it.
I just read this whole thread thinking "Doesn't anyone watch Top Chef?" The Mystery of the Black Gunk, like The Mystery of the Disappearing Purée, will be studied hundreds of years from now by television scholars like professors do with Jane Austen now, think the producers.
Someone asked what about the model getting to take home the spoilt dress, wouldn't they just make her another of the same material (or patch the current dress if possible) without the time pressure? It might come out better. In fact, they might do that for all of them, fixing any obvious flaws caused by the rush.
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On 2/14/2020 at 11:17 PM, chessiegal said:
Here's an interesting tidbit that Alton didn't want to do this show, and only did it to get FN to do more episodes of Good Eats.
Alton didn't want to do Worst Cooks
No big surprise. Aside from Anne who found her level, who would want to do it?
I call tall girl and fitness girl for the final.
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2 hours ago, Gummo said:
She was so dismissive! That's why I can't help but like her. It doesn't hurt that she's easy on the eyes....
I love her not only because she's cute (although Nancy is more in my demographic), but because she reminds me of Elena, my Project Runway GOAT.
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4 hours ago, saber5055 said:
"Hey James, the Jerk Store called, they are all out of you."
I keep getting reminded of Linda Ellerbee writing about meeting Hunter S Thompson, where she said HST apparently thought she hadn't encountered an asshole before, and would be impressed.
My phone's text notification is the Addams Family klaxon and Morticia saying "Mail's In!"
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On 1/3/2020 at 4:45 AM, ElectricBoogaloo said:
I was cracking up at every shot of Karla the stylist standing next to Karlie. I know we get the same height difference every week with Christian and Karlie but it still made me laugh every time.
I just keep thinking of a Harry Nilsson song called "Jesus Christ You're Tall".
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On 9/24/2019 at 7:15 AM, peridot said:
The Karate Kid-cop character is such scum. Charging hundreds of dollars for "off-the-clock" work? Damn, I was hoping the father would wise up before he was completely wiped out. It's surprising the cop came through with a location.
Maybe it's just seeing guy playing the father character as a cop in Treme, but when the Lieutenant came up with the bribery scheme and the guy paid up so quick I thought it had to be a sting to catch a bad cop.
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Oh dear, now Flay is free to appear in FNS.
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I saw them do Sumac-Spiced Chicken (Musakhan) on a rerun a couple of weeks ago and thought "OK, I can do that one". I did it pretty much exactly as presented and it came out great. With half a jar of sumac (thankfully free in this case, thanks Penzeys) and a healthy dose of pine nuts it's a little expensive for day to day but no complaints about the taste. With the Chicken and Bean Paella which I made from them a few months ago which was also real good I'm two for two on Milk St recipes and will try more as the budget allows.
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9 hours ago, zibnchy said:
Gordon says Nick has "such maverickness."
Arrron complimented Dorian for entering unchartered territory. Joe sagely remarked that something was "simple and complicated".
I was having fun watching how many former winners hung in there up on the balcony. The high point was eight, I think. Sometimes it was down to four. The other guys must have gone off to take a safety meeting at 4:20.
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2 hours ago, zibnchy said:
As far as I can tell from his social media, Nick recently graduated from Harvard.
I was just mocking his stupid producer mandated Harvard shirt, which lives in the same zone as ex-Noah's overalls.
Ball State is a pretty well regarded research institution. He'd have to prove they should take him.
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5 hours ago, spiderpig said:
Still, Dorian and Sarah were mediocre, and we know Nick is the Chosen One.
If Nick loses, will they let him back into Ball State University? I think that's where he said he took time off from.
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Hydra guy must not have noticed that the Battlebots asshole slot is already taken. and a second asshole is far less impressive.
I was playing scrabble today, and Faruq would have fit perfectly on a triple word score.
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Shari ran out of scallops? Why not go to the cooler and get some more? Is Gordon a manager of JIT inventory management along with all his other stunning acheivements?
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On 7/1/2019 at 8:45 PM, juno said:
New season; Season 7 premiers on Oct 11, 2019
Does anyone know how quickly the US version (on Hulu or wherever) will follow?
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We had been thinking that part of the show's formula (along with Alyson's stunning wardrobe) was one fooler every episode and I believe the last two in a row have had none. They all fool me, but maybe P&T thought they were looking too easy and decided to toughen up.
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13 hours ago, Dance4Life said:
This season sucks!
No, it doesn't suck, it's Season Ten! Just last week they took what would have been a two hour show (split over two nights) earlier in the season, and presented it all in a one hour time slot without losing anything. Big Fish Little Fish are masters of space and time! As Aaaaaron might say, it's absolutely picayune!
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8 hours ago, LexieLily said:
I just want to know why a 47-year-old woman is named Karma.
About the same age as China Kantner, who's probably happy her hippie parents didn't follow through on their first impulse and name her god.
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S17.E07: Pitch Perfect
in Top Chef
I didn't like the pitch concept at all, it reminds me of something they would do on Food Network Star.
Kevin's team has pole position in Restaurant Wars. Whoever is on his team can come up with a Southern dish that's in their, ahem, comfort zone. Gregory is going to have to teach his team to cook Haitian.