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Ooh, is that Nicole and Reese having a "moment" at the back of the crowd?

Why am I watching this? I don't know most of these shows or these people! And worse, not feeling it's any big loss. Just enjoying the clothes.

That dress looks like a Pnina Tornai effort! Horrible.

Hugh Grant has aged so well. Handsome, distinguished. Be still my heart.

Oh, and why do pale-skinned women (like Emma Stone) wear colors that wash them out even more? I'm sure that's a beautiful dress, but it was invisible next to her skin.

I wish they'd do the best supporting awards closer to best actor awards.... I think it's a bit "off" to use it as a show opener. ....oh I guess they do.... I thought best actor was much later or is that the oscars? nm...

Ditto for PBS.

Whole Foods bakery section carries all sorts of petit fours (they don't HAVE to be cube shaped). Also the "fondant" you're all talking about is actually a simple royal icing normally: icing/powdered sugar, and a liquid, maybe some glycerin. You can also melt rollable fondant to a liquid form for pouring but it's basically still royal icing. The thing about petit fours is they are almost NEVER made with cake baked the same day: it needs to cool completely and firm up so to avoid all those crumbs we were seeing. Like puff pastry, people normally don't make their own because they require professional equipment for best results :)

I seem to remember Amanda mentioning that they were getting practice time between challenges. I assume therefore they have housing in the UK rather than a hotel room, or simply that they did all their practicing in the US before coming over. I also noticed tonight that they were using powered gelatin, not the sheets we've seen during the regular GBBS so some adapting has been done for the US-centric contestants.

The choux was for the crullers. Choux doesn't fall apart. The puff pastry used for the milles feuille was baked in such a way that it puffs only a little amount (they docked it and weighted it with a tray) One of the bakers actually cut hers before baking to make the 3 layers: the other two baked a single sheet then cut it afterwards. We didn't get to see Mary/Johnny really cutting into them at the end: this is because the "bake" really does fall apart and get very messy. ps I'm also glad Jenny is gone: her voice just made me nuts. Sorry Jenny, but you might want to work on that if you want to do more TV work.

I was quite angry (before it turned to disillusionment) hearing A'kai talking about "throwing under the bus". Maybe I'm too old-fashioned but kids should be kids IMO: even KNOWING the term at that age is just so wrong on many levels. And count me in with those who think A'kai is still not long for this competition: he just doesn't have the skills.

Dear whoknowswho, would you please edit your post to remove all the blank lines at the end. Looks like a bunch of html code or something got copied in :) And yeah, I agree with you as regards the darkness of the episode: I've found I have to watch a lot of programs these days with my living room lights out in order to "see better". I've figured out there are several probable reasons for the darkness, all but the last one being unacceptable IMO: 1. In Sci Fi, its to hide the fact they didn't build the sets or lacked imagination for a complete scene 2. And/or They lacked the budget for detailed sets 3. They are going for period-relevant lighting, as in Wolf Hall.

The best for me? Rollo, LUXURIATING in all things Viking! He was having such a good time with it all. PS, I think Floki's pause-for-thought in the mosque stems from the "musselmen" not having any graven images etc.

I've just finished watching Masterchef UK: The Professionals (avail on BBC iplayer) and I have to say Marcus Wareing rocked my boat! He has the most lovely eyes (blue) and genuine smile. Oh happy dreams.

Jenny's voice annoyed me more and more and her ignorance (feigned or otherwise) had me growling. I don't think she deserved star baker to be honest, but I also don't think the right person went home. Jeremiah seems to have the most culinary knowledge and his highs IMO were on a higher scale than the others. He was dinged way too hard on the texture of his pavlovas (again, IMO). Oh well.

There is no difference: it is the same dessert, just naming differences in French and Italian.

If it is well made, it's delicious. Light, but rich, and very subtle in flavor. Requires the best ingredients. It's also known as Il Flottante (sp) Hmmm, I'm having trouble with the mini pavlovas having to be "2 different meringues". Pavlova is pavlova: comes in plain, with the flavors coming from the toppings (usually cream and fresh fruit). Some things just shouldn't stray from the classic IMO.

Yes :)

I enjoyed Rik's show -- was pleasantly surprised at how well he'd pulled it together. I did think Roberi's was the top show of the night and I would have given him the win. His disappointment was sad to watch. Erin's was, well, like, um, Erin's...I swear you could have put two people in that horrible pink shiny dress everyone seems to like. Ever the optimist I hoped that the predicted Erin for the win wouldn't happen, but no. We all should have realized that with Ms Marie Claire wearing appliqued dresses all season... So Zendaya is now a designer as well eh? Her "ad" left me totally scratching my head as to what she was actually selling, other than herself. BTW, for those of you who don't know her, she's another straight off the Disney let's make a star product line, and has the dubious other distinction of having been on DWTS.

There was a technical glitch right after I posted my comment above. And the glitch wasn't resolved until after the program ended (I was so looking forward to lots of snarking, sigh). I think the whole forum site was affected by the glitch btw because I wasn't able to read any of my "follows"

I'm not going to survive these stupid interminable ADs!!! I'm channel flipping to watch a much more interesting program about giraffes, EXCEPT I keep seeing Erin textiles in their skin patterns, sigh....

Yeah, I've read quite a few recipes from both sides of the Atlantic and never seen marzipan. Not sure I'd want it in the bread, much as I love marzipan: maybe make some marzipan decorations for the top? That way I could still toast the leftover bread and have it with lots of best butter.....

Cool, thanks. I'll be on the lookout to find the streamed version on BBC (I'm so fed up of PBS editing these shows, plus for some reason it's broadcast in the old 4:3 ratio and so the horizontal gets chopped off). I love that this is set in and around "Aber". I have fond memories of visiting the town back in the 70s, and Wales I've always loved having done quite a bit of hiking and climbing there.

Thanks for sharing this! What a great trip back through the seasons but what a sad reminder about how far the featured "talent" on this program has dropped.

I was referring to Top Chef and yes the entire meal. Think back to all the finale meals for instance. It's like Tim Gunn saying this season has the most talented designers ever: smacks completely of short term memory and is a touch condescending to the folks who have been watching since time began.... Each to their own with regards to opinion.