Speaking of…
So, apparently, Gordom Ramsay is even gettin in on the whole quick meal craze. Here’s a really interesting story I found on slate.com about his new quick cookbook. It brings up some interesting points about how the recipes completely don’t translate over to American palettes (blood sausage in less than half an hour, anyone? yum), and how American armchair cooks won’t even bother trying the recipes anyway, opting to instead look at all those purty pictures and drool. I don’t do the whole recipe thing, and though I have some cookbooks, I really don’t care about looking at pretty pictures.
Can I just say though, that as long as there are plenty of pictures of Ramsay, I might be in the market for a new cookbook. Seriously, I know this dude is kind of a total douche bag, but look at the man! He’s beautiful. And on the show on BBC where he transforms failing restaurants in a week, there’s always a lovely shot of him with his shirt off while he’s changing into his chef’s jacket.
Even though he’s super mean, I really like that he encourages people that he really believes in, and even though he’s definitely got the tough love going on, you know when he’s nice to you that he really means it and that it means more to the person to have impressed someone with such impossibly high standards. Also, he’s super hot. The fact that he curses like a sailor only makes him more attractive.
So, cookbook. Warm blood sausage in 30 minutes? No. Gordon Ramsay for half an hour? Yes, please.
