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Some celebrity chefs make cooking hard

CarolCarol
edited September 2007 in - Reading

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  • CarolCarol
    Just saw this in the online Mail, it is quite amusing. Apparently Delia and Nigella make cooking too difficult by the language they use.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=481052&in_page_id=1879

    Here is a brief explanation.

    'They found that 5.2 million adults in the UK would be unable to follow Nigella's cooking methods as she uses longer sentences and tends to write in a "chatty" style, mixing in personal observations with her instructions.

    Delia Smith's culinary teaching was also criticised for having too many stages, using measurements confusing for anyone with poor numeracy skills and she sprinkles too many adjectives into her recipes.'
  • Jay MandalJay Mandal
    My cooking's hard, too.
  • JennyJenny
    Is it preferable to sprinkle oxymorons into one's cooking?!!!
  • CarolCarol
    They give some examples at the bottom of the article, and even I gave up reading!
  • CarolCarol
    Jay, you must need the recipe books by male celebrity chefs then.
  • BillBill
    Is THAT what they're called Jenny? Those little bits of bread you put in Oxtail soup?
  • JennyJenny
    Bill - Absolutely right.

    (And men watch Nigella Lawson's programmes because they're interested in her recipes!)
  • BillBill
    not this one. I find her a turn OFF.
    not my type.
    I wonder, actually, what other male TBs think?
    Yes or No to Nigella?
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