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[TWoP Gadget]

Guys, this thread is starting to get way out of hand.

Let me state this in no uncertain terms: this thread is about The Next Food Network Star and NOT yourselves. I don't care if you like a certain contestant or hate them -- attacking other posters for their opinions is not cool.

Most of you have been here long enough to know this; if not -- read the FAQ and get a refresher.

This post has been edited by TWoP Gadget: Jul 14, 2009 @ 6:28 pm.

[Pepper Mostly]

I like Giada but not when she's on this show.

I'm not nuts about Giada but I can't wait till Sandra Lee comes on. It was such a hoot last year to see the contestants trying to say something nice about her--"It was so cool to meet her!" "She's great at what she does!" "Her breath is so minty!" I want to see the Nikki/Sandy smackdown. You know Nikki could snap Sandy like a toothpick with one hand tied behind her back.

This post has been edited by Pepper Mostly: Jun 5, 2007 @ 3:30 pm.

[BocaChic]

I wish I wish I wish: bruschetta would get its proper pronunciation popularized. It's not snobbery

I usually just call it "small pieces of toast with tomatoes and shit on it". How's that? :-)

[lindseyquinn]

I believe that is an acceptable alternate pronunciation. :-)

[Puds38]

I wouldn't have tossed a perfectly good dish. I would have served it and not told the veggie-heads...they never would have known.

Would they? I'm curious

I would have. I can't speak for all vegetarians, but I can usually tell when people are trying to pass off non-veg food as vegetarian. Also, it's insulting and dangerous. I went to a restaurant and asked if a pasta dish that had seafood in it could be served with just the pasta & veg. My veg friend requested it also. The food comes, he tells me not to eat it, since he could taste that it had indeed had seafood in it that had just been picked out. I am deathly allergic to seafood, one bite would have meant a hospital visit for me.

[Bungalow Joy]

I believe that is an acceptable alternate pronunciation. :-)

It's not a huge issue, but standard Italian pronunciation of "sch" is "sk". It's only acceptable because it's routinely mispronounced, unfortunately.

ETA: It's only because a friend of mine is Italian and I made the mistake. Boy did I get an earful. Let others not suffer the same harangue.

This post has been edited by Bungalow Joy: Jun 5, 2007 @ 6:53 pm.

[Rinaldo]

I believe the joke was that "small pieces of toast with tomatoes and shit on it" is "an acceptable alternate pronunciation" of bruschetta.

[lindseyquinn]

I believe the joke was that "small pieces of toast with tomatoes and shit on it" is "an acceptable alternate pronunciation" of bruschetta.

I confirm. That was my lame joke, she who points to the menu and says, "I'll have that." (And only sometimes because I'm unsure of the correct pronunciation, but usually because the Giada-ish tendency to overpronounce the hell out of things when you're otherwise completely devoid of an accent really irks me.)

This post has been edited by lindseyquinn: Jun 6, 2007 @ 8:54 am.

[Bungalow Joy]

D'oh! Mea culpa! Moving on then, did they give away a car in previous seasons? Because...makes me laugh and sort of nod slowly that an FN show isn't really enough of an enticement.

[sparky20]

I knew Columbe looked familiar! I'm glad someone pointed out the "Mighty Ducks" roles so I wouldn't drive myself any crazier. Yes, Julie "The Cat" Gaffney was in D2 and D3 as the tough-yet-sweet goalie who proved herself to the boys with her quick, catlike skills.

[hockeymom]

Oh pooh...now I feel like I have to like Colombe if she was "The Cat"...I'm a goalie's mom. But I wasn't impressed with her really in the first show.

[Coconut]

Here's Colombe's Internet Movie Database entry. She was in D2 and D3 for Mighty Duck films, where she played Julie "The Cat" Gaffney. Now, if I only remembered who or what Julie "The Cat" was, I'd be laughing very hard right now.

With more searching through that site, apparently Colombe played the female goalie. Still drawing a blank.

Thank you! I was wondering why she looked so familar, that bugged me everytime she was on screen.

[Gharlane]

So is she a ringer or there to build suspense until the real winner is announced?

[Sesana]

Here's Colombe's Internet Movie Database entry. She was in D2 and D3 for Mighty Duck films, where she played Julie "The Cat" Gaffney.

Considering that the Anaheim (no longer Mighty) Ducks won the Stanley Cup last night, I would laugh and laugh and laugh if Colombe won this.

[nothinggoodon]

I finally saw the first episode last night.
Michael Salmon (like the fish) takes extra time at the first challenge to help Tommy with his garlic bread when the food is only being used for their own potluck. Paul sniggers and keeps it a secret when the vegetarian polenta contains chicken stock. Potentially screwing up someone else's wedding.
Tells me all I need to know about those two.

[Wondra]

Caught this last night too. Rory so needs to go bye-bye. Vivien was adorable but sending her home was the right thing to do. I felt bad for Patrick, though, I thought he had potential (or at least more than Rory).

The wedding cake competition would have been more fair if they had been told beforehand, "oh, BTW, this cake is for an actual wedding"...This also made me wonder if this is why Paul's Groom-Groom cake didn't win, because I thought it was much more attractive than the tiny blue dot cake.

Yoga Girl has no clue how to manage a kitchen and certainly is not bright enough to realize that, oh, a CATERER would be a help on her wedding reception squad. She should have been fired on the spot for allowing the app station at the reception to go unattended. Most unprofessional; I am not a chef or a caterer and yet I could have figured that part out.

And, yes, I am a heinous bitch, but I was so glad Paul let Team Orange hang themselves with the chicken stock-polenta. Five people on that team and not a single person clued in that chicken is not a vegetable.


Call me crazy, but I'd love to see a show, co-hosted by both Paul and Nikki. I think they have the best television host personnas of the bunch.

This post has been edited by Wondra: Jun 8, 2007 @ 8:31 am.