Thread: The Pioneer Woman vs. Thomas Keller

On Apr 22, 2:42*pm, blake murphy <blakepmNOTT...@verizon.net> wrote:
> well, not really. *a slate blogger, Jennifer Reese
>
> ...decided to make an identical menu from each book: fried chicken, mashed
> potatoes, biscuits, iceberg lettuce salad, and pineapple upside-down cake..
> Since it's family-style food, my family would serve as judges.
>
> <http://www.slate.com/id/2251528/?wpisrc=eDialog>
>
> your pal,
> blake

God, I hate all those annoying ads.

On 2010-04-22 14:42:47 -0700, blake murphy said:

> well, not really. a slate blogger, Jennifer Reese
>
> ...decided to make an identical menu from each book: fried chicken, mashed
> potatoes, biscuits, iceberg lettuce salad, and pineapple upside-down cake.
> Since it's family-style food, my family would serve as judges.
>
> <http://www.slate.com/id/2251528/?wpisrc=eDialog>

Very interesting. Thanks for the relay.
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"blake murphy" <[email protected]> ha scritto nel messaggio

> well, not really. a slate blogger, Jennifer Reese
> ...decided to make an identical menu from each book:

A comparison I would never think to make. I once read Ree Drummond for a
while, and what she has is a friendly, breezy style of writing. She has a
schtik. She is a homecook with a splendiferous kitchen. Period. She
doesn't invent or perfect any more than any other home cook, but she does
remember to write down what she did.

Keller is inventive, often groundbreaking and understands the nature of
food. I don't suppose even Keller expects any home cook to make brioche
from scratch every time they want a salad. OTH, reared eating food
approached in the way Keller approaches it, people will grow up knowing what
things should taste like. The book from which she cooked is his take on
your daily food based on his considerable talent.

No one should look forward to eating something that tastes sort of
artificial. It's the result of generations of cooking what is "good enough"
.. On that basis I would just buy some Ho Hos.

In article <[email protected]>,
"Giusi" <[email protected]> wrote:

> No one should look forward to eating something that tastes sort of
> artificial. It's the result of generations of cooking what is "good enough"
> . On that basis I would just buy some Ho Hos.

I'd buy those cheap little generic pot pies. <g>
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Omelet <[email protected]> wrote in
news[email protected]:

> In article <[email protected]>,
> "Giusi" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> No one should look forward to eating something that tastes sort of
>> artificial. It's the result of generations of cooking what is "good
>> enough" . On that basis I would just buy some Ho Hos.
>
> I'd buy those cheap little generic pot pies. <g>




I won't even buy cupcakes/muffins from a coffee shop.


And I don't know who Thomas is, but my vote goes for Ree anyday.


Peter
in Brisbane
Queensland
Australia

On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:44:15 -0700 (PDT), Chemo the Clown wrote:

> On Apr 22, 2:42*pm, blake murphy <blakepmNOTT...@verizon.net> wrote:
>> well, not really. *a slate blogger, Jennifer Reese
>>
>> ...decided to make an identical menu from each book: fried chicken, mashed
>> potatoes, biscuits, iceberg lettuce salad, and pineapple upside-down cake.
>> Since it's family-style food, my family would serve as judges.
>>
>> <http://www.slate.com/id/2251528/?wpisrc=eDialog>
>>
>> your pal,
>> blake
>
> God, I hate all those annoying ads.

get yourself some kind of ad blocker for your browser.

blale

On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:40:30 -0700, gtr wrote:

> On 2010-04-22 14:42:47 -0700, blake murphy said:
>
>> well, not really. a slate blogger, Jennifer Reese
>>
>> ...decided to make an identical menu from each book: fried chicken, mashed
>> potatoes, biscuits, iceberg lettuce salad, and pineapple upside-down cake.
>> Since it's family-style food, my family would serve as judges.
>>
>> <http://www.slate.com/id/2251528/?wpisrc=eDialog>
>
> Very interesting. Thanks for the relay.

i know both chefs/cooks have their partisans here, so i thought it might be
of interest.

your pal,
blake