Sandra Lee's Kwanzaa & Hanukkah Cakes

[smperry]

This is wrong on so many levels...I understand that her show is "Semi-Homemade" and that Food Network is about entertainment over fine cooking but I can't believe these actually aired.

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v...vq=medium#t=35
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v...vq=medium#t=49

[MJ5150]

I don't like her show, even though she is from out this way.

-Mike

[Mike Dimin]

Originally Posted by smperry

This is wrong on so many levels...I understand that her show is "Semi-Homemade" and that Food Network is about entertainment over fine cooking but I can't believe these actually aired.

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v...vq=medium#t=35
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v...vq=medium#t=49

I wonder if she'll need to be more politically correct now that he boyfriend is the gov'ner

[genstormbringer]

I see nothing wrong w it is it wrong and why? I am dumb so you have to spell it out for me. I would eat every one of them they all look good and I am sure very yummy. Is it because the Hanukkah cake was blue and the Kwanzaa was brown?
Really is that wrong? I don't think so are they not the "colors" of the spirit of the season for those seasons such as Christmas is Red and green? I am not questioning a mod I am asking of these shows that aired ?

[smperry]

Originally Posted by Mike Dimin

I wonder if she'll need to be more politically correct now that he boyfriend is the gov'ner

She might try, but I'm skeptical of anyone who thinks a corn nut is an acorn. She probably served the Hanukkah cake with ham too.

[Mike Dimin]

Originally Posted by smperry

She might try, but I'm skeptical of anyone who thinks a corn nut is an acorn. She probably served the Hanukkah cake with ham too.

mmmm ... Hanukkah ham

[smperry]

Originally Posted by genstormbringer

I see nothing wrong w it is it wrong and why? I am dumb so you have to spell it out for me. I would eat every one of them the all look good and I am sure very yummy. Is it because the Hanukkah cake was blue and the Kwanzaa was brown.
Really is that wrong? I don't think so are they not the "colors" of the spirit of the season for those seasons such as Christmas is Red and green?

Mostly its that she didn't really cook anything.

But also:
She messed up identifying ingredients and amounts (acorns/corn nuts, cocoa/hot chocolate, tablespooon/teaspoon)
To me, she used ridiculous ingredients.

I found it most hilarious from a cooking perspective. The color of frosting didn't bother me...but, if I was going to make something to celebrate Hanukkah, I'd learn a little bit about the holiday before presenting that monstrosity.

[smperry]

Originally Posted by genstormbringer

I am not questioning a mod I am asking of these shows that aired ?

Asking a question or disagreeing with a goofy thread that I start in Off-Topic is perfectly fine man!

[Bryan R. Tyler]

You're too in shape to be watching the Food Network, Marshall. The Food Network is the Playboy Channel for us chocolohoics.

[Mike Dimin]

while we're on the subject

[DigMe]

In Sandra Lee's defense she did have a great recipe for funeral tarts.

bc

[Angus]

She's not a cook, she doesn't write her own recipes, and she has zero respect within the food world. She's an embarrassment to have on the food network (who has rapidly degenerated over the past decade anyway with more and more personalities rather than legitimate cooks who have something to say), and she's promoting the idea that for food to be quick it has to come out of a can.

Anyway, she doesn't write the recipes- she pays someone to write them, then just talks about them on camera. The recipe writer (which is a professional position within the food industry) has freely admitted that she hates the recipes and never liked them, but she gets $100-400 a recipe and Sandra liked them, so there it is. This is common with lots of "food personalities", who really have no idea what they are doing. I can't fault a recipe writer for gaming the system and earning a living.

She makes even the whitest people like me ashamed to be white.

[Munjibunga]

What ... nothing for Festivus?

[Mike Dimin]

Originally Posted by Angus

She's not a cook, she doesn't write her own recipes, and she has zero respect within the food world. She's an embarrassment to have on the food network (who has rapidly degenerated over the past decade anyway with more and more personalities rather than legitimate cooks who have something to say), and she's promoting the idea that for food to be quick it has to come out of a can.

Anyway, she doesn't write the recipes- she pays someone to write them, then just talks about them on camera. The recipe writer (which is a professional position within the food industry) has freely admitted that she hates the recipes and never liked them, but she gets $100-400 a recipe and Sandra liked them, so there it is. This is common with lots of "food personalities", who really have no idea what they are doing. I can't fault a recipe writer for gaming the system and earning a living.

She makes even the whitest people like me ashamed to be white.

Man, that is harsh! Personally, I am not a fan but I am also not a fan of Martha Stewart or Oprah. Yet there are literally millions that are.

[Angus]

I was holding back.

Martha Stewart, for all her foibles, is actually VERY good at what she does- her perfectionist nature means she has to be. It's well documented that Sandra is ANYTHING but a perfectionist, and really doesn't care much about the craft. Sandra is a very poor, sad imitation who doesn't have any of the qualities necessary to even be a Martha-copy, except maybe a pretty face and a happy voice.

[Mike Dimin]

Originally Posted by Angus

I was holding back.

Martha Stewart, for all her foibles, is actually VERY good at what she does- her perfectionist nature means she has to be. It's well documented that Sandra is ANYTHING but a perfectionist, and really doesn't care much about the craft. Sandra is a very poor, sad imitation who doesn't have any of the qualities necessary to even be a Martha-copy, except maybe a pretty face and a happy voice.

It is pretty amazing that a TV personality, a cable TV personality, no less, could bring you so much emotion.

[MJ5150]

Originally Posted by Angus

Sandra is a very poor, sad imitation who doesn't have any of the qualities necessary.....

After watching a couple seasons of "The Next Food Network Star", it became apparent to me the network is looking for personalities that will appeal to viewers, which makes sense. The cooking skills can be taught, or in the case of Sandra bought.

-Mike

[Angus]

Originally Posted by Mike Dimin

It is pretty amazing that a TV personality, a cable TV personality, no less, could bring you so much emotion.

I spent a long time working as a pastry chef- there are a lot of real people on the ground in the food industry who find her (and other similar "talent") abominable for how they shape American perceptions, attitudes habits with food. That she is the one who has more of an effect on the national discourse that someone who is more deserving and, frankly, actually knowledgeable, is what upsets people.

You'd have similar feelings if people's perceptions about jazz were shaped by elevators.

She has no business being a voice for the industry- but this is becoming increasing true with most food personalities. Only a few any more are people that have worked in the trenches, put their time in and actually have a defined perspective and voice.

But then again, I don't think anyone in the industry mistakes her for someone who is interested in the work she does for the food or the culture itself. $$$ is all it is.

[smperry]

Originally Posted by Mike Dimin

while we're on the subject

I just see a little image holder icon. What is it?

[Mike Dimin]

let me try again