By
Katt, posted April 27, 2009, at 9:25 pm
From Out magazine. Photo by Larson and Talbert.
Alright, so I know where he is, but I got your attention didn’t I? First things first, I love Ted Allen. He’s my gay, better dressed Alton Brown. Did he know what food I wanted to eat in his 2005 book “The Food You want to Eat”? Absolutely! Between you and me, I’ve been passing off his brilliant recipe for Duck Breast with Balsamic Glaze from his book, as my own for about 3 years now (Sorry Ted but imitation is the sincerest form of flattery). His wonderful ability to simplify sumptuous meals for the non foodie to make at home is, in my opinion, in the same vein as was the Playboy Cookbook from the 1960s. Hit the jump to hear more ranting…
Ted Allen is a culinary icon from his humble roots as a copy editor turned restaurant critic, to his years at Esquire magazine writing how to’s on love, food and marriage leading to his audition for Queer Eye. A star was born, and people like myself fell in love with his food, humor, and nerdy cool style.
So what’s going on? The Fab Five seem to be passe, he’s got his book, and then he goes and does two Food Network shows. Two horrible Food Network shows. Now I watch ‘Chopped’, if only to see what’s in the baskets and what sort of goofball chefs they are going to scrape together for the show each week. Honestly, I’m waiting for them to have a vegan chef on and have brown rice, fois gras and veal in the basket, but I digress. What’s with the über stiff Mr. Allen? Are they directing him to be that uptight? We know he’s not, we’ve seen him with a sense of humor when he was fixing the average neanderthal’s love life on ‘Queer Eye’. Please could someone just shake the man by the shoulders and ask him to snap out of it?
Then there is his other show ‘Food Detectives’. Well what can one say about a show that revisits the topics of ‘Good Eats’ week after week with more stiffness and less flare? It’s depressing really. He has managed to make food science more boring than watching paint dry.
I’m here to tell you that we still love you Ted. Loosen up! Food is fun! It has to be. Your fans eagerly await the return of your humour.
What ever happened to Ted Allen?
From Out magazine. Photo by Larson and Talbert.
Alright, so I know where he is, but I got your attention didn’t I? First things first, I love Ted Allen. He’s my gay, better dressed Alton Brown. Did he know what food I wanted to eat in his 2005 book “The Food You want to Eat”? Absolutely! Between you and me, I’ve been passing off his brilliant recipe for Duck Breast with Balsamic Glaze from his book, as my own for about 3 years now (Sorry Ted but imitation is the sincerest form of flattery). His wonderful ability to simplify sumptuous meals for the non foodie to make at home is, in my opinion, in the same vein as was the Playboy Cookbook from the 1960s. Hit the jump to hear more ranting…
Ted Allen is a culinary icon from his humble roots as a copy editor turned restaurant critic, to his years at Esquire magazine writing how to’s on love, food and marriage leading to his audition for Queer Eye. A star was born, and people like myself fell in love with his food, humor, and nerdy cool style.
So what’s going on? The Fab Five seem to be passe, he’s got his book, and then he goes and does two Food Network shows. Two horrible Food Network shows. Now I watch ‘Chopped’, if only to see what’s in the baskets and what sort of goofball chefs they are going to scrape together for the show each week. Honestly, I’m waiting for them to have a vegan chef on and have brown rice, fois gras and veal in the basket, but I digress. What’s with the über stiff Mr. Allen? Are they directing him to be that uptight? We know he’s not, we’ve seen him with a sense of humor when he was fixing the average neanderthal’s love life on ‘Queer Eye’. Please could someone just shake the man by the shoulders and ask him to snap out of it?
Then there is his other show ‘Food Detectives’. Well what can one say about a show that revisits the topics of ‘Good Eats’ week after week with more stiffness and less flare? It’s depressing really. He has managed to make food science more boring than watching paint dry.
I’m here to tell you that we still love you Ted. Loosen up! Food is fun! It has to be. Your fans eagerly await the return of your humour.