446282 Sun Sep 30 12:07:28 -0700 2007 14 33 Food Media and News 0 2990465 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/30/books/review/30tbr.html?ref=review I didn't even know this was already released. Read it in the Sundy Times Book Review. Sounds perfectly British. Clarrisa Dickson Wright is the surviving Fat Lady. Jennifer Paterson might have been the better known one for her ribald life, but Calrissa may have lived a life on a par with Jennifer's if you are to believe the book blurb. Sun Sep 30 12:07:28 -0700 2007 11826 Phaedrus 1 2991980 Thanks for posting that - hadn't known that she'd written a book. Loved watching that show! Saw a wonderful TV program once about Paterson - what a life she did lead. Mon Oct 01 05:54:40 -0700 2007 2990465 10985 MMRuth 2 2998908 I loved The Two Fat Ladies..we have their video set and the cookbook set. I know more about Clarrisa than I do about Jennifer. What are a few things about her life that most people don't know? Thanks. Tue Oct 02 22:01:13 -0700 2007 2991980 11408 melly 3 2999158 Well, I think she lived with a very eccentric uncle in London and worked as a cook for a Spectator magazine. At one point I believe that she threw a dish or a meal out a window. I think she kept getting fired and/or quitting, and then going back. She was also a devout Catholic, though expelled from her convent school. Here's a link to the throwing things out the window incident: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3724/is_200703/ai_n18736900 Other links: http://www.spectator.co.uk/archive/books/19117/an-anarchist-archconservative.thtml Wed Oct 03 04:20:13 -0700 2007 2998908 10985 MMRuth 4 3008518 Thanks for that. Fri Oct 05 12:46:39 -0700 2007 2999158 11408 melly 1 2995615 Thanks! Sounds like a good read. Tue Oct 02 07:15:21 -0700 2007 2990465 88683 stellamystar 1 2998913 Call me crazy, but I seem to recall that one of the women had the habit of smoking on camera while cooking. Am I hallucinating? Tue Oct 02 22:06:39 -0700 2007 2990465 117292 Shayna Madel 2 2999114 Nope, that was Jennifer. I remember her smoking before and after the cooking segment, I don't seem to remember her doing it during the cooking, although I must admit my memories are hazy. Neither one of them are in the FN mold of fresh sexy looking bobbleheads, they were world seasoned older women who are more than just a little bemused about their fame and somewhat cynical. I seem to remember Jennifer being something of a bon vivant in her younger days having lived in Portugal as a young woman and working as a babysitter and having done quite a bit of hard living. it seems Clarissa has done some hard living too. Wed Oct 03 02:57:18 -0700 2007 2998913 11826 Phaedrus 1 3008639 There is an exerpt of Clarissa's new book at this site: http://tinyurl.com/yvbqsx It's one of the saddest things I have ever read. Fri Oct 05 13:21:55 -0700 2007 2990465 75332 Gio 2 3008721 Wow. Thank you for posting it. I agree with you completely and am on the verge of crying. I have to get a copy of that. Fri Oct 05 13:47:20 -0700 2007 3008639 10985 MMRuth 2 3009124 Whoa! Very sad and very dark indeed. Fri Oct 05 15:53:50 -0700 2007 3008639 11826 Phaedrus 2 3020380 That was heart-wrenching to read, but beautifully written. I always enjoyed watching The Two Fat Ladies, but to know of the darkness Clarissa's father..It's chilling. Seems like she has some very interesting stories for the book, I have to get a copy as well. Tue Oct 09 21:05:14 -0700 2007 3008639 23858 Honeychan 1 3009661 The Two Fat Ladies was one of my absolute favorite cooking shows of all time. What a couple of tremendous dames! Why won't Food Network rerun The Two Fat Ladies instead of the garbage (RR and her evil Latina clone and the always despicable Store Bought Barbie) they produce now. Fri Oct 05 20:24:37 -0700 2007 2990465 22801 bkhuna 2 3024253 ITA, plus the Two Hot Tamales and other shows that have been discussed in other "what's wrong with FN" threads. Thu Oct 11 05:40:57 -0700 2007 3009661 109573 coney with everything 1 3024218 Love the Two Fat Ladies! That's definitely going on my amazon wish list! Thu Oct 11 05:10:18 -0700 2007 2990465 14139 Kagey