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Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Monday, July 27, 2009 - 4:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
Did y'all know Jun is Korean?

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Monday, July 27, 2009 - 4:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
No, no sily putty adjustments. I just put them side by side, then grouped them. When I shrunk it, I think it porked her out a little. But her face still looks like Jun's!

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, July 27, 2009 - 5:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
LOL Lex! That was a joke, yes? :-)

But yes, they do have similarities. Also Margaret Cho. Must be the rounder face that the three of them have.

Babyjaxmom
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10-20-2002

Monday, July 27, 2009 - 5:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyjaxmom a private message Print Post    
Yes, Debbie has always reminded me of Margaret Cho. And I love Margaret Cho. Debbie not so much.

And I have to agree with you, Costa. I was whining to DH last night, "Why doesn't somebody help her dress?" She did look sloppy.

And maybe it's just me, but everytime they show them waiting in the suite with the unmade bed in the background, it just drives me crazy. Are you all slobs??? Make the bed, especially if it's going to be in the shot!

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, July 27, 2009 - 5:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Well it's possible housekeeping would be making the beds (they ARE at the Eden Roc after all). But I do agree that 99% of the time I think all of these peeps on all of these shows are slobs!

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Monday, July 27, 2009 - 8:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Sorry I didn't have a video clip, Reader. I'd already deleted it from my Tivo, and Foodtv.com has very little in the way of videos. I was hoping to be able to link a segment so we could all listen in to the judges, but it's nowhere to be found. :-(

I agree about Deb - she's not a huge girl, but she needs Tim Gunn to come help her dress. Oh wait, she's NOT getting her own show - so she can wear whatever she wants!

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 6:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
LOL!!!!

Amy
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07-10-2002

Sunday, August 02, 2009 - 5:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Amy a private message Print Post    
Anyone have the finale info?

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Sunday, August 02, 2009 - 6:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I think it airs at 9pm? So it's only just started...

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Sunday, August 02, 2009 - 6:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
Gawd Jeffrey seems even more arrogant than usual on this episode. Twice Melissa has said, "If I'm going to lose to anyone, I'm glad it will be you" or something like that and Jeffrey just nods in acknowledgment. How about, "Thank you, Melissa. I feel the same way. It's been a pleasure to compete with and against you."

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Sunday, August 02, 2009 - 7:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
So? Who won? Please be Melissa!!!

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Sunday, August 02, 2009 - 7:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
MELISSA!!!!!!!!!!!

and Tish, i had the same response when she was made those comments.
i would have watched both shows, but i am so glad Melissa won. i liked how Alton basically came up with the concept for Jeffrey's show, whereas he just gave Melissa her title.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Sunday, August 02, 2009 - 7:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Yes!!! Thank you!

I'm glad she won, and even more so after reading Tish's post.

I'll watch her show, at least in the beginning to see what she does. I'm not so sure I'd have watched Jeffrey's. Heck, I live in southern California. I could cook circles around him with his chiles! :-)

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Sunday, August 02, 2009 - 7:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
The thing is, I don't know that Melissa will be much different from Sandra Lee's latest monstrosity of a program. Maybe she will, but....

I got so tired of them talking about how they managed to reproduce and how that informed their cooking. Great, you can have kids, but what did that have to do with food? Ina doesn't have any, Racheal doesn't have any, Giada just had one a little over a year ago, I don't think Bobby has one. All of them are at least competent and they all manage to make food that people with or without offspring will eat.

The reaction shots of Bobby and the rest of the judges when they were watching the pilots were totally absurd.

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Sunday, August 02, 2009 - 7:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
Yes, for me Jeffrey was a one-trick pony, but Melissa has really PRACTICAL in the everyday kitchen ideas!

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Sunday, August 02, 2009 - 7:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Oh, goody, I was afraid all the commercials I had seen that made me think Melissa would win were editing and it was going to be Jeffrey!

I will actually watch her shows for all those little tibits she had in her head.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Sunday, August 02, 2009 - 8:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
I did think Jeffrey's concept was interesting; take one out of the norm ingredient, and then build on it. Like I said, I would watch for the educational aspect. But with Melissa, I would watch cause I can actually use her tips/recipes in my life.

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Sunday, August 02, 2009 - 9:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
I LOVED that potatoes au gratin in the muffin pan. Like Bobby, I'm going to steal that. LOL

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Sunday, August 02, 2009 - 10:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
I liked both pilots, just not sure I'll watch (but that would be true w/both). Melissa's constant smiling makes MY cheeks ache, and Jeff had a real problem with his basic concept. Quite frankly, I didn't really care who won tonight - I was relieved Deb wasn't one of the possibilities. :-)

Curlyq
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07-10-2002

Monday, August 03, 2009 - 12:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Curlyq a private message Print Post    
I liked both pilots, too. I just think the "ingredient smuggler" concept wouldn't have as much widespread appeal. Why bother learning how to use an ingredient you're probably not going to be able to find in a local store?

I'm not as caught up in personalities. Some of the Food Network stars are great on camera but never make anything I'd want to eat. I do like people I can learn from, though. And then there's that Barefoot Contessa show. That lady's so low-key I'm surprised they ever gave her a show in the first place.

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Monday, August 03, 2009 - 4:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
Tish, I agree with you about Jeffrey. It kind of left a bad taste in my mouth when Melissa said if she had to lose, she would want to lose to him and he didn't reciprocate.

... and Curly, I agree with you about Jeffrey's show. I would imagine that his weekly "special" ingredient would be difficult for many people to find. I mean, seriously, is "harissa" and where do you buy it?

Reader234
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08-13-2000

Monday, August 03, 2009 - 6:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reader234 a private message Print Post    
ITA with PP about Mellissa and Jeffery - LOL Lexie - what did you say? red dots??!! LOL

My biggest concern with Melissa is where does she live and can she become "the Next Food Network Star" with 4 kids so young? It reminds me of that one "winner" who's concept was "French" she did her what? 3 shows? and was never seen from again - (partly because it was uninteresting, but I think more so because FN didnt develop her - I thought it could have potential, but she seemed rooted in her communial living)

I also really liked that FN didnt push them from DAY 1 to tell them and promote "their concept" They waited till the end!! And I LOVED Alton Brown's role in helping them develop their concept!!

(and I love au gratin potatoes - wish I had thought about the muffin tin concept!!)

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, August 03, 2009 - 6:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Harissa is a pretty common ingredient. You should be able to find it in the "international" aisle of your local store. I'm not so sure I'd have based a show on it, since I've been using it for years. I'm not sure how anyone who's inquisitive with food wouldn't know about it (sorry, no offense meant!). Harissa is like sriracha... a staple!

I think Jeffrey blew it though. He didn't talk about what was actually IN harissa. He should've talked about what made up that smuggled ingredient.

At any rate, I'm not so sure he could've really sold this show. While harissa is a common ingredient here, there are likely ingredients he'd use that no one could find.

(In case you don't know what sriracha is, it's a Thai hot sauce. And if you eat sushi and have spicy anything -- spicy tuna roll, for example -- odds are they've used sriracha!)

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, August 03, 2009 - 6:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Lex, hon, Amy is the one you're thinking of. And while I don't think they did a good job with her, SHE was the one who decided winning this show wasn't what she wanted. SHE was the one who bailed.

Boberg
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10-04-2002

Monday, August 03, 2009 - 6:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Boberg a private message Print Post    
http://chefshop.com/Itemdesc.asp?ic=1473&eq=&Tp=&gclid=CK2Vm6_Ph5wCFRlcagodk0QS_w

quickly found this link to find and buy harissa

While I liked both of the finalist and their concepts for a show....I would have preferred Jeffery's.

I love finding new ingredients and spices and learning to use them.

Feel I have seen a dozen versions of Melissa's concept but I will give her show a try.

I agree with whomever said, "watching Melissa makes my cheeks hurt"......lol

Great season tho!