338437 Mon Oct 30 18:34:46 -0800 2006 14 33 Food Media and News 0 1983153 This is not meant to be a snobby criticism from an anonymous foodie, just a simple question. Who is she? As in, does she have credentials, has she written books, did she go to culinary school. Most of the people on Food Network, while I don't watch their programs, I can understand how they got there, not this one. Mon Oct 30 18:34:46 -0800 2006 30158 amkirkland 1 1983167 "In 1992, after attending the University of Wisconsin, Sandra created and patented one of the highest-selling home decorating lines ever invented. This incredible success led Sandra to expand her vision into the gardening category, where she created many popular and foolproof products for Target and Wal-Mart stores." http://www.semihomemade.com/sandra-lee/biography.htm Mon Oct 30 18:38:00 -0800 2006 1983153 11369 Robert Lauriston 1 1983209 Funny, she mentions her grandmother being her inspiration during the open narration of the show. For the longest time I thought her grandmother was Sara Lee as in the poundcake! Mon Oct 30 18:51:35 -0800 2006 1983198 36312 HillJ 1 1984418 Sort of like Nov. Bon Appetite suggesting one do a Semi-Ho made thanksgiving? Buy the pre-roasted turkey? A major turn off. Maybe in some of the larger metro areas you might be able to find an acceptable pre-roasted turkey, I still wonder. Tue Oct 31 00:46:32 -0800 2006 1984411 10285 Candy 2 1985871 "Sort of like Nov. Bon Appetite suggesting one do a Semi-Ho made thanksgiving? Buy the pre-roasted turkey" Wait. That suggestion came from Bon Appetit? WTH????? Tue Oct 31 17:29:28 -0800 2006 1984418 10532 LindaWhit 3 1986775 wait, wait, Bon Appetite (sic) suggested "Semi-Ho made" verbatim, or just the preroasted turkey? Some friends of mine and I had our favorite BBQ joint (Harold's in Abilene TX) smoke us a turkey last year, and it just didn't turn out well. Besides, have we forgotten that half the reward is the journey? What else are we gonna do with Thanksgiving morning? I guess we'll just sit around sipping cranberry muddles in cashmere watching our Wolf range turn into a pot holder for a take-out thanksgiving. Tue Oct 31 21:38:17 -0800 2006 1985871 30158 amkirkland 4 1986797 I wasn't going to say a word, but now I feel I have to! Last year for Thanksgiving, we were going to visit my husband's ailing grandmother three hours away. We both worked until 7 pm on Wednesday and grandma wanted to eat at 11 am the next day... there was nothing to be done except order Thanksgiving dinner from a local restaurant and bring it with us. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do, and you know what... everyone said it was the best turkey they'd ever had!! And I don't consider myself a Semi-Ho, thank you very much! Tue Oct 31 21:43:12 -0800 2006 1986775 12813 Katie Nell 5 1986818 point taken Tue Oct 31 21:47:20 -0800 2006 1986797 30158 amkirkland 5 1986922 I don't object to pre-ordering a roasted turkey, especially in your situation last year, Katie. What I object to is Bon Appetit (a COOKING magazine!), suggesting to do so. It just seems the antithesis of what the magazine is supposed to be about! Tue Oct 31 22:15:25 -0800 2006 1986797 10532 LindaWhit 6 1986929 Yes, I object to that as well... I did not see that issue, but I am a little surprised that they would even go there! Tue Oct 31 22:18:56 -0800 2006 1986922 12813 Katie Nell 1 1985787 I remember hearing somewhere that she attended/graduated from the French Culinary Institute. She has some classical training but wanted to focus more on "lifestyle" and easy entertaining. Gordon Elliot produces her show and seems to have lots of clout at the network. Tue Oct 31 17:03:11 -0800 2006 1983153 10371 Carb Lover 2 1986449 Carb Lover "I remember hearing somewhere that she attended/graduated from the French Culinary Institute." She attended for like 3 days or something and when it came to handling real food, she got tired of that "monkey business" and left. Do not be fooled, she has NO classical training. Tue Oct 31 20:02:50 -0800 2006 1985787 13124 cbauer 1 1985872 She created a successful business designing and selling "semi-homemade" home decorating products for about ten years before she did her first cookbook (or met her now ex-husband). Her TV career started on QVC, where she sold those products. Tue Oct 31 17:29:38 -0800 2006 1983153 11369 Robert Lauriston 1 1986608 As I understand it, her ex-husband funded her first few seasons, via Miramax. Her cookbooks are in no small part, collections of recipes from Kraft and Campbells and McCormick. SHe has endorsements from a number of food product manufacturers, who she remembers with thoughtful "recommendations" in most all of her recipes. She is, first and foremost, a brand. I believe this year she cooks Tgiving turkey in a crockpot, as her slow cooker book is now out. Tue Oct 31 20:48:28 -0800 2006 1983153 43893 C. Hamster 2 1986793 Oh yummy! Thanksgiving turkey with flubbery skin! (yecch) Tue Oct 31 21:42:21 -0800 2006 1986608 10658 Atomica