everyday italian

If you watch the Food Network, you've probably seen Everyday Italian with Giada De Laurentiis. I picked up an issue of a local newspaper last night, On Tap, and Giada De Laurentiis was featured in a story as well as Dave Attell (of Comedy Central's Insomniac). (I'll get to Dave Attell in another post.)

Everything about Everyday Italian is kind of puzzling. First, the close-up shots of the cutting board, food processor, and pans are ridiculously close up. So close that the context is completely removed. I'm watching her knife cut some vegetable on the cutting board, but it's zoomed so far in that I can't even tell what vegetable it is or how much of it she is cutting. Second, I have a suspicion that Giada De Laurentiis doesn't regularly eat what she cooks as she is very thin and the food she is cooking consists of heaps, and I mean heaps, of cheeses, butter, and heavy cream. Don't get me wrong, it looks like it would all taste great, but I think I'd get full from just having a few bites. Maybe it's all about that portion control thing.. you know, everything in moderation :) Lastly, I don't understand why they make it a point for her to have her hair up while she's in the kitchen and have her hair down (and I think she changes her clothes too) when she brings the food out of the kitchen and over to the table with her friends. Why can't she just look the same as she comes and serves dinner? It's like she has two different persona: the kitchen persona and the dining room persona. I just find it a little odd. The On Tap article mentioned she was doing a local book signing and Q&A at Borders to promote her new book, but apparently it already happened last Monday.

Enough talking about food though, I went shopping for new clothes today and trying on shirts in my size that have a closer fit made me realize I have a heck of a lot of work to do at the gym.

The weather's great here in Washington and the Cherry Blossoms are in full bloom. I really enjoy this time of year. It's so nice that even the peak tourist bloom doesn't bother me. Gotta make the most of it before the humidity sets in (and I know it will happen soon).