I'm sorry Jamie, but all that butter's gone to your gut, and the wild pheasants and truffles hunted and picked in your private country woods have buried your naked chef-ing with too much inaccessible excess. I'll always love you, and I love what you do for kids and the cooking helpless, but... I love a new celebrity chef now.
Hello Sophie, The Delicious Miss Dahl.
She's gorgeous in any shape, is Roald Dahl's granddaughter, and not only do I want to make and eat her food, but I want to wear her clothes, inhabit her (fake) kitchen, listen to her music, beat eggs in her second hand teacups, and live her lovely life.
The Delicious Miss Dahl opening sequence
BBC only ran six episodes before cancelling her. Each episode is inspired by a certain eating mood: Selfish, Romance, Melancholy, Celebratory, Nostalgia, Escapism. She tells anecdotes about her Norwegian grandmother, and explains the history of dishes and food items, like the Arnold Bennett omelette, or Napolean's distaste of pyramid-shaped cheese. She recites poetry centred around food and love, and gives you precious kitchen tips like dabbing meringue mixture under wax paper to keep it in place on the pan. She sticks her hands in food, not so the camera can get a choice shot of her cleavage, but because it's quicker, and saves fuss.
The first episode I watched, "Selfish", chronicling a day of indulgence and self-reverence from breakfast, lunch, to dinner and dessert for one, was absolutely pitch-perfect. It made me want to mix a dirty martini and listen to her fawn over cheese all evening. So I did (sub fennel and peppermint tea).
You can watch Selfish here if you are in Canada (or check your local food network website).
This was her recipe setlist for Selfish:
1. Arnold Bennettish Omelette
2. Buffalo Mozzarella Bruschetta with Shaved Fennel and Courgette
3. Peanut Butter Fudge
4. Dirty Martini
5. Roasted Halibut Steak with Sweet Potato Fries and Wild Mushrooms
6. Rich Chocolate Pots with Cherry Liqueur Surprise
Buffalo Mozzarella Bruschetta with Shaved Fennel and Courgette
Strawberry Feta Salad
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