369117 Thu Feb 08 14:27:47 -0800 2007 16 33 Food Media and News 0 2273714 AB guest blogging for Michael Ruhlman. Just plain funny. http://blog.ruhlman.com/2007/02/guest_blogging_.html Thu Feb 08 14:27:47 -0800 2007 10195 KTinNYC 1 2273797 Fantastic. Thanks so much for posting. Thu Feb 08 14:45:57 -0800 2007 2273714 56762 LulusMom 1 2274109 One of the comments by Homer Fink stated.. Did y'all SEE that "Kwanzaa Cake" that Sandra Lee made one time? I didn't catch the episode--I'd LOVE to know what her rationale was--but it was a storebought angelfood cake frosted with a can of vanilla icing with a couple tablespoons of cocoa stirred in; there was peanut butter involved, and then the center hole was plugged up with apple pie filling and CORN NUTS. I kid you not. The funniest thing I have read this year. Thu Feb 08 16:29:35 -0800 2007 2273714 64278 byteme55 2 2274586 Um.... http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_25303,00.html?rsrc=search And they say there is no Devil. Thu Feb 08 19:28:04 -0800 2007 2274109 10633 Seth Chadwick 3 2277047 I saw a show for Chinese food. All I remember is that her kitchen was done up in some crazed faux "oriental" theme; she was "cooking" while wearing a cheong sam and had chopsticks stuck in her head. A hoot! The food? Didn't stay that long. Fri Feb 09 13:33:31 -0800 2007 2276958 10877 Sarah 2 3886152 I have never gotten over this hideous concoction I sent the Bourdain "tearing the FN a new one Blog" to several of my fellow culinary pals ( Chef 's I know from culinary school) and they absolutely loved it and then I directed them to the kwanzaa cake and most comments about it in return were, " Was this some kind of april fools day show" or "Why is this woman on FN?" and the best from my pastry chef friend Rachel "This woman is evil and MUST be stopped!!!" she feared for the lives of other innocent pastry that may come near her boney witch like claws The nightmare didnt stop in that episode, did anyone remember her "Christmas Crecent Ring" made with those crecent rolls from the can!!!......http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/sandra-lee/christmas-crescent-ring-recipe/index.html Sun Jul 20 17:35:50 -0700 2008 2274109 211588 brycat 1 2274464 This is great. I can just hear Tony saying it! Thu Feb 08 18:38:40 -0800 2007 2273714 11534 The Librarian 1 2274534 Thanks for the link. Some of the imagery is spot-on and hilarious. Ruhlman has a fine website and interesting blog. For those who are uninitiated, his series of books "Making of a Chef," "Soul of a Chef" and "Reach of a Chef" are well-written, give an intimate sense of the restaurant kitchen and training at the CIA, and have some laugh-out-loud anecdotes. Thu Feb 08 19:07:48 -0800 2007 2273714 10855 nosh 1 2274562 He really hit the nail on the head with "Ace of Cakes." I have watched several episodes and while his creations are pure eye candy, I always ask myself if there is more than just a pretty facade. Do the cakes taste good? Who knows? They never show anyone actually eating the cake and raving about how good it is. Once the knife goes into the cake, the show is over, so there better be something else there. Thu Feb 08 19:21:07 -0800 2007 2273714 10633 Seth Chadwick 2 2274811 for the big bucks he claims people pay for his cakes, they better taste good, or he'd probably go out of business. As a Gen-X (or Y-er), I enjoy Duff and Co. Thu Feb 08 21:05:25 -0800 2007 2274562 19819 kloomis 2 2275332 I'm from Baltimore and word on the street is that the cakes are also quite tasty. I haven't had one, so I can't comment. I will say that I find it a very hard to believe that they'd taste any good since often those super-duper decorated cakes are quite dense (to support the layers of icing and whatnot) and made days in advance (because the decorating takes so long). Plus, in my opinion, fondant and all those other technically-edible-sugar-concoctions they use to decorate just don't taste good, period. All tolled, I seriously can't imagine it's a cake actually worth eating. But like I said, word on the street is, they're good. Fri Feb 09 06:40:49 -0800 2007 2274562 23389 charmedgirl 3 2275507 All the fondant on those cakes really puts me off, too. I don't like overly sweet foods so an inch of sugar seems too much. Fri Feb 09 07:43:34 -0800 2007 2275332 10195 KTinNYC 3 2276274 I really truly despise fondant. maybe I have had bad fondant but it is way too sweet and the texture just turns me off. Not a big fan of sugar frosting in general. Cream frosting on the other had.... Fri Feb 09 10:50:46 -0800 2007 2275332 11826 Phaedrus 2 2275880 I have a friend who lives in that area and got her wedding cake made by Charm City Cakes before FoodTV picked them up and has always raved about how good they are. Fri Feb 09 09:16:41 -0800 2007 2274562 69452 jzerocsk 1 2275315 This is a great blog! I love his Rachael comment: "Rachael uses her strange and terrible powers to narcotize her public with her hypnotic mantra of Yummo and Evoo and Sammys. “You’re doing just fine. You don’t even have to chop an onion--you can buy it already chopped. Aspire to nothing…Just sit there. Have another Triscuit…Sleep….sleep….” :-) Edited to say his Sandra Lee comment is pure gold! LOL And I loved that he matched up Mikey from Top Chef against her in an Iron Chef America competition! Fri Feb 09 06:35:22 -0800 2007 2273714 10532 LindaWhit 1 2275791 "Chris Cosentino, Fergus Henderson, Martin Picard vs. Alain Passard, Roxanne Klein and Charlie Trotter"! Fri Feb 09 08:55:20 -0800 2007 2273714 11369 Robert Lauriston 1 2276322 I'd love to see Tony compete on Iron Chef. Battle Tobacco! Fri Feb 09 11:02:47 -0800 2007 2273714 26994 houndgirl