656382 Thu Oct 01 13:04:33 -0700 2009 24 33 Food Media and News 0 5072894 http://cityfile.com/dailyfile/7430 Thu Oct 01 13:04:33 -0700 2009 11854 LaLa 1 5072902 omg! wow! Thu Oct 01 13:10:23 -0700 2009 5072894 202497 MattInNJ 2 5074869 well, I don't care (tho I'm happy for her if she was trying for that). However, I surely did click onto this thread right away! ;O Fri Oct 02 11:27:26 -0700 2009 5072902 52499 ChefJune 1 5072932 I'm not trying to be a jerk, but who cares? Thu Oct 01 13:20:01 -0700 2009 5072894 92744 invinotheresverde 2 5073786 I'm with you. Why isn't this in People magazine or some other silly celebrity rag? Thu Oct 01 21:20:51 -0700 2009 5072932 180506 Ericandblueboy 2 5074053 uuuummm this is the food and media board....last time I checked she is on a food show...and yes you were being a jerk....and btw if you don't care don't open the post :) Fri Oct 02 05:11:54 -0700 2009 5072932 11854 LaLa 3 5074593 I realize the board. I just didn't get the correlation between some woman none of us knows having a kid and a food website. ;) Fri Oct 02 09:28:13 -0700 2009 5074053 92744 invinotheresverde 2 5074054 Don't worry, I feel the same way. I actually opened the thread to see what on earth people could talk about. Fri Oct 02 05:13:01 -0700 2009 5072932 223804 Reignking 2 5074543 I'm sure that those who watch the show care because it might effect her ability to judge next season. Fri Oct 02 09:09:00 -0700 2009 5072932 14495 viperlush 3 5074587 I watch the show faithfully and still don't care. If I knew her personally, that'd be different, but she's an underqualified judge on a food show. Yawn. Fri Oct 02 09:26:39 -0700 2009 5074543 92744 invinotheresverde 1 5073056 This link has a good photo of her from the very recent Emmys. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1217502/Salman-Rushdies-ex-wife-Padma-Lakshmi-reveals-shes-pregnant--whos-daddy.html Thu Oct 01 14:39:29 -0700 2009 5072894 79896 shallots 1 5073823 this women is overrated, who is the fater? Thu Oct 01 21:50:25 -0700 2009 5072894 223112 dolly52 2 5074056 David Letterman Fri Oct 02 05:13:39 -0700 2009 5073823 223804 Reignking 3 5074226 I just fell over laughing as that is timely and hysterical! Nonetheless, I'm not even sure that Mr. Late Night has enough money to keep the flake that Padma is happy! I would love to see the guest judges and hosts such as Padma, Gail, Toby, and all of the other talking heads that have appeared over the past few years who are not chefs actually cook. Especially "Mr Sensitive" Oseland who edits the pathetic publication known as _Saveur_. Could you actually see any of them in some of those competitions/quickfires? Fri Oct 02 06:48:23 -0700 2009 5074056 251260 vinhotinto75 4 5074724 Since when do you have to be able to cook like a chef to know what good food tastes like or looks like when presented nicely plated? They obviously know good food - Gail wouldn't have her job at Food & Wine otherwise. As for the other comments from others - I'm happy for Padma, considering the extreme difficulty in actually getting pregnant with endometriosis. Fri Oct 02 10:22:21 -0700 2009 5074226 10532 LindaWhit 4 5075572 Vinhotinto- you must not be aware that Gail got her culinary degree from the NYC Institute of Culinary Education and apprenticed at Le Cirque and Vong...among her other food-related experiences. James Oseland doesn't have a culinary degree, but teaches cooking at ICE and won a James Beard Award for his cookbook- so he probably has some culinary skills as well. I don't like the movie star judges that they have on, who have no food background- especially when they have all these limitations...vegan + gluten free, etc.- but just because someone hasn't owned their own restaurant doesn't mean they're not qualified to judge food (e.g. Gail Simmons). Fri Oct 02 17:43:32 -0700 2009 5074226 108820 QSheba 4 5075990 Funny that you would call Mr. Oseland's magazine pathetic as it is the only magazine in the entire food category doing well on the newsstand and the only one to win an editorial award from it's peers this year. He must be doing something right.. Sat Oct 03 03:16:00 -0700 2009 5074226 322304 Agent 99 4 5076163 Wow, vinhotinto75 is vastly misinformed (and apparently primarily interested his hater credibility.) I'm thrilled that Oseland is a regular judge on Top Chef - his Cradle of Flavor book is fantastic. I finally had to buy it, after wearing a path to the library dragging it back and forth. As for Padma, it would be hilarious if she blogged her food cravings and diet for the duration. She is a graceful host in a kinda-dumb job, and I hope they don't have to replace her. TV hosting is way harder than it looks! Sat Oct 03 06:48:08 -0700 2009 5074226 11989 pitu 5 5077268 Thank you for choosing my gender! I'm glad that people love to make assumptions about who is uninformed... Yes, I'm aware that Gail went to culinary school, yet there are tons of parallels one could make based on education and qualifications. Of all of the judges, I really do not have a problem with Gail. Still, it would be fun to see them get a dose of reality like many of the better known US chefs got in TCM. Furthermore, just because a certain publication or business operation is at least breaking even doesn't mean that it contains quality writing, editing, etc. I *personally* do not care for _Saveur_ because I find the reporting, recipes, and writing uninspiring. Also, like many magazines, it contains more advertising and annoying subscription cards than actual content. I find other pubs such as _Wine Spectator_ equally annoying and lackluster in content. Additionally, I just found Oseland on TCM a bit too sensitive and overly critical of some of the chefs. Still, it is just Reality TV and nothing more... Sat Oct 03 19:12:09 -0700 2009 5076163 251260 vinhotinto75 3 5074689 Quick quip. :) I'm happy for her; seems like it's been quite a struggle to conceive. Kid will be beautiful. Fri Oct 02 10:09:39 -0700 2009 5074056 157039 KayceeK 3 5079166 Oh that's funny, but maybe true Sun Oct 04 20:22:11 -0700 2009 5074056 223112 dolly52 2 5074301 Sal Bass http://www.stanthecaddy.com/sal-bass.html Fri Oct 02 07:18:32 -0700 2009 5073823 109573 coney with everything 2 5075491 And while everyone was speculating about Gail.... Fri Oct 02 16:44:09 -0700 2009 5073823 53971 momjamin 1 5074722 she looks so lovely in that picture! Fri Oct 02 10:21:45 -0700 2009 5072894 65780 jujuthomas 1 5076086 and i as so sure she left rushdie because she needed a different writer, maybe a poet who lives in NYC and loves food and looks like, well, me. damn. Sat Oct 03 06:07:44 -0700 2009 5072894 135229 thew