Tag Archives: Anthony Bourdain

Getting what you ask for

By E | Posted on: August 8, 2010
Anthony Bourdain once challenged the audience at one of his speaking gigs to “Go home and Google Sandra Lee and Kwanzaa cake and … count how long it’s going to take for your head to explode.” And in another interview: “Watch that clip and tell me your eyeballs don’t burst into flames.” So of course [...]
Posted in Cooking, Food Media, Rants | Also tagged coconut cake, Kwanzaa cake, Sandra Lee, Sex and the City 2 | 1 Comment

Things you don’t want to know – but probably should

By E | Posted on: July 29, 2010
I recently watched a new Danish film called The Woman That Dreamed About A Man (or Kvinden der drømte om en mand, if you’re a native). It’s certainly not director Per Fly’s best work, but decent enough psycho-thriller entertainment when that’s what you need. Anyway, there’s one of those typically raunchy scenes when two strangers [...]
Posted in Cooking, Food Media, Rants | Also tagged cooking, food media, KFC Double Down, Medium Raw, Michael Pollan, steak, stuffed steak | Leave a comment

If I were a TV cook…

By E | Posted on: July 3, 2010
(or a cookbook author for that matter), I could imagine myself delivering all number of clever little tips and tricks – as they do – to give people the idea that I sit around and think hard and long about what works and what doesn’t. For my (to die for) “caramelized brussel sprouts with pecan [...]
Posted in Cooking, Food Media, Jamie Oliver, Posts | Also tagged food TV, Jamie Oliver, rachael ray | 3 Comments