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tert in seattle

lid writes:
>tert in seattle wrote:
>
>>> I've never heard of Ina Garten either, and only a dumb provincial
>>> American would suggest she was copying anybody - what you see is what
>>> you get with Nigella. A lot of her TV recipes are what I would call
>>> Sloane short cuts, but her books, especially the first one, aren't too bad.
>>>
>>> However, there's no denying the sex appeal, and what's wrong with that?
>>> It's a bit of harmless fun.
>>
>> I never watched her show but she handled David Letterman's stupid antics
>> with aplomb - that was impressive
>>
>
>I used to like Letterman at one time but he turned into a permanent ten
>year old some years back. I am not sure why any chef would even want to
>appear on his show. It would have been interesting to see an adult
>respond after he sprays whip cream up his nose or something similar
>during a serious cooking segment.

Even if they know what they're getting in to they'll still do it since
there's nothing like free publicity if you're a Tv chef, and I'm sure
everyone thinks to themselves, oh how bad could it be? Well he was pretty
bad pouring wine into a dead fish's mouth and swigging from the bottle, etc
but Nigella came out shining and he ended up looking like the pathetic fool
he really is.