Month: November 2008

Top Chef: Foo Thanksgiving

Top Chef: New York Foo Fighters Here is a quick run down on the two challenges: Quickfire Challenge: Put their own spin on a recipe from the Top Chef Cookbook // Use Swanson broth to make the recipe into a soup Elimination Challenge: Prepare Thanksgiving dinner for the Foo...

TAR: No Rhythm

Amazing Race That Is Studly Going into this leg, I am flabbergasted that Andrew and Dan are still in the race. They continuously make stupid mistakes and bicker, but manage to come in second to last place again and again. Then they lost their shoes in the last leg...

Top Chef: Clunky American Cuisine

Top Chef: New York Show Your Craft Here is a quick run down on the two challenges: Quickfire Challenge: Create a signature hot dog Elimination Challenge: Create a three-course New American lunch menu What I have noticed while watching this show are the chefs that succeed are the ones...

TAR: Mmm…Sheep Fat

Amazing Race I’m Like an Angry Cow This leg of the race had an eating challenge. If anyone had watched the show in previous seasons and seen what the eating challenges have consisted of, they are almost always a lot of meat. I can’t remember one that didn’t have...

Top Chef: Technique or Inspiration?

Top Chef: New York Melting Pot Here is a quick run down on the two challenges: Quickfire Challenge: Test of skill with three rounds: (1) peel 15 apples with a knife, (2) brunoise two cups of apples, (3) create a dish using apples. Elimination Challenge: Create a dish inspired...

TAR: Dye Time!

Amazing Race My Nose Is on Fire This leg of the race included a Speed Bump for Team S&M because they were last in a non-elimination leg. In the past, the game has had nothing happen to teams that came in last in a non-elimination leg. Then they lost...

TAR: Fire Head Lady

Amazing Race Please Hold Me While I Singe My Skull At this point, I have some definite favorite teams. I’m really rooting for Toni & Dallas to win. I actually like Nick & Starr, even though the divorced ladies can’t stand them. I find the divorced ladies pretty stuck...

MWG: Day Watch

We have been slacking! We skipped movies for a couple of months. Jer had picked this movie out, but I kept forgetting to post it so I’m finally getting it up here and we’ll just make it the November movie pick. This movie comes from a book series (Night...

Choke

Choke Directed: Clark Gregg Starring: Sam Rockwell, Anjelica Huston, Kelly MacDonald, Brian William Henke Trailer Synopsis: Based on a Chuck Palahniuk novel, a sex-addict who works at a Colonial theme park fakes choking in restaurants so people can save him. I love the book. It is twisted and very...

TAR: Fishy Fish Fish

Amazing Race Do It Like a Madman Last week I wondered how the blondes got so far behind, which ultimately led to their elimination. I found some video footage that didn’t make the show of them being stuck at a gas station forever not able to get their automatic...