Writes Carol Midgley, in "With Love, Meghan review — smug, syrupy and endlessly spoofable/The new Netflix series from Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, is full of immaculately tasteful domestic tips from Montecito and relentless smiling, but it is a performative kind of joy" (London Times).
We could do a little dollop of yogurt as our clouds.
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When I was a little kid, I loved it when my dad would make pancakes for me on Sunday morning and make a smiley face on them with blueberries or syrup.
It’s hate Meghan time. I don’t get it. This mindless turning on this or that person. Best of luck to her and her new show.
The British have a saying in defense of their class system, that "people will naturally find their own level". It appears the Duchess has found hers in the kitchen.
But what if we don’t believe in magic?
Cooking shows like this are plentiful. Watch what you want.
I've found a few cooking shows I really like. I simply adore Derek Sarno.
Other youtube channels I watch on a regular basis:
(out-door hiking and cycling)
Ryan VanDuzer (He's a local treasure)
and Jerry Arizona.
Why the hate? It's a cooking show.
I forgot to add: On youtube.
Well, glad she's keeping busy. Personally, I've come to conclusion that the British monarchy needs to go. Queen Liz meant something, but now its just a hollow, past its sell date, institution.
RCOCEAN II, "Personally, I've come to conclusion that the British monarchy needs to go. Queen Liz meant something, but now its just a hollow, past its sell date, institution."
Cooking With King Charles will be lit. With Love, Meghan could do a collab.
Oh brother. This is not her lane. She is no Martha Stewart.
Stay in your lane is good advice for anyone. That's a lot of work, and expense, for a kid's breakfast. Mine would pluck out one of the fruits, and leave the rest behind.
This is nothing compared to the slagging Alec Baldwin's reality show got.
Is she still a duchess? I thought Harry had given up the Princehood and all the accoutrements. I guess you get to keep the bonbonnieres though, eh?
The channel on YouTube I watch (and recommend) is CheapRVLiving. It’s about people who live in their cars, campers, or trucks. Not my lifestyle but enjoyable (for me) to watch.
When is Obama releasing his next After-School Special for Netflix?
Netflix is welfare for rich people.
Out of respect for Lent, I will admit that seeing this woman mocked is a near occasion of sin for me.
bob said..."Why the hate? It's a cooking show."
It's a cooking show presented by someone who appears to have neither particular aptitude nor real joy for cooking. That actually could be the premise for an ironically self-aware comedic spoof of a cooking show, but that's not what this is.
At best, it feels like the Peter Principle in action.
The only cooking show I liked was Graham Kerr the Galloping Gourmet. He was English though, not American like the Duchess herself is.
QE2 actually pioneered Royal reality TV back in the late 60s/early 70s. The Firm didn’t like the product, though, and it has only been showed twice.
But the Firm showed glimpses of normal family life starting when one of Victoria’s daughters took up photography. Then of course the newsreels showed George VI and Philip doing their own cookouts and suchlike. The Brit elites do have the tradition of sometimes giving the servants a day off and looking after themselves; the elite men, from their boarding school and military experience, are quite capable of doing so.
And of course there is the tradition of royals going deep into all sorts of hobbies - stamp collecting, taxidermy, crochet, anything really.
A royal cooking show wouldn’t necessarily descend below the standards of their class.
It’s all how you present it.
JSM
Biff said, "At best, it feels like the Peter Principle in action."
According to that principle, the Duchess's "level" should actually be that of scullery maid. But disney taught us that it's the dream of every scullery maid to marry a prince, so she's still winning.
Make a fruit rainbow every day? that's not real
This girl must have really wanted to be Giada De Laurentiis when she grew up. Plus a Duchess!! So much winning.
The value of leverage. Use what you got to get what you want. Be ruthless. Keep smiling!
Other girls aspire. They are your people.
I know I could be criticized for this, but Prince Andrew may have been the smart one.
I don't trust skinny chefs.
I don't trust the really fat ones, either.
Give the girl a break. Her baby daddy needs new shoes
I love my children, but I'm still not cutting blueberries in half for them.
@Mary Beth: LOL. I've got one kid who eats blueberries by the quart. Likelihood of me cutting them in half? None.
Maybe she should try a reality presentation of being a low level member of a high level law firm. She did well at that before.
It's actually kind of pleasant to watch if you don't think about it much. But when you do, you start noticing things... Like when she mentions several times that the upscale kitchen she's filming in isn't actually her home -- but for some reason she's making things there and having them transported back to her house to decorate rooms and feed her family. (Because she doesn't want us to see the luxurious grandeur of where she really lives?) Meanwhile, all the "joy" of food is undercut by a diet-conscious strictness. (Her reasoning behind her controversial one-pot spaghetti dish -- in which she places all the ingredients, including dry pasta, into a pan, then pours boiling water over it -- is that the starch from the pasta will create a "creamy" sauce without any cream. What's wrong with a little cream? Then she serves it in tiny portions and is quick to note that her kids don't eat much pasta anyway -- lest they be poisoned with carbs, I guess? Finally, the "friends" she introduces seem more like employees -- like the one who doubles as her makeup artist for public events -- or acquaintances who seem to have been hired for the show, like actress Mindy Kaling.
If you want to watch a good celebrity cooking show on Netflix, watch "Dinner Time Live With David Chang."
I love cooking shows in general. Beat Bobby Flay is our current favorite.
I think Meghan did fine in this clip. I likely won’t watch her in particular - I have enough to watch. However, one suggestion for her - tie your hair back when cooking….
I named my cat Archie in honor of their first child. But then Harry turned into a woke ass. I still like the cat though.
My younger brother at the age of 5 or 6 started mixing his bacon, eggs and grits into his orange juice at breakfast, then slurping the whole mess down. It was an act of performative genius, because my father merely looked on with amusement, and my mother at first did not protest because hey, he was eating his food and doing it quickly without making a mess. After about a week of this, however, Mom couldn't take it any more and forbade his antics, demanding he use a knife, fork and spoon on his plated food, with a napkin in his lap, and no chugging of the orange juice. Breakfast was quite calm until he started making very leaky egg and grits sandwiches with his toast. He was then and is now quite a great brother.
I would still rather watch Meghan Markle than Alec Baldwin's "How you say 'cebolla'?" wife.
But to be fair, I haven't watched either one. Maybe I'd rather watch Nigella Lawson than either one, but I haven't watched her either. How about the Galloping Gourmet? Is he still on the air?
I'm giving the couple the privacy they claimed to desire.
I'd only watch her if she was in an Uncle Roger critique video.
It's possible Meghan believes this is a kind of penance.
Somebody should mention Julia Child and Dan Aykroyd, so I will.
I saw her underpants when she was on Suits…
…We had fun with The Pasta Queen and we always like Chip. and Jojo, who is admittedly not a video chef…
Chloe Fineman could have a field day with this.
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