In previous writings I’ve mentioned my addiction to food shows on both Food TV and Public Broadcasting. Now it seems like other channels want a little piece of the action. Low and behold, The Learning Channel has come up with a food show that has caught my attention. On Friday nights we watch Take Home Chef. TLC has imported chunk (chef/hunk) Curtis Stone to the U.S. Chef Stone has had other T.V. shows in both Australia and England. The premise of the show is Stone and his camera crew go into a supermarket and convince a really attractive woman to take them home. Stone pays for the food, accompanies the woman home and cooks a three course meal for her and her boyfriend/husband. All kinds of smiling, flirting and good food follows. Is this a Door Knock Dinner rip-off? Maybe, sort of, kind of it is. It’s entertaining.
Well I decide to turn my T.V. watching into a blog. I’ll go to the market and pick up a woman, take her home and cook her a three course dinner. My wife won’t let me pick another woman so I must be creative. I sneak up on my wife in Trader Joe’s and say “hello my name is Greg and I write a blog. May I buy your groceries, take you home and make you a three course dinner?” She says yes and we go home and much smiling, flirting and good food follows. Here’s my menu with photos too.
P.S. I am not a chunk. More of a chunky!
First course is grilled bread with Serrano Ham, fresh mozzarella, Kalamata Olives and balsamic vinaigrette.
Main course is Surf and Turf. Fillet of beef, grilled jumbo prawns, vegetable couscous and French green beans.
Dessert is dressed up strawberry shortcake. Pound cake with lemon curd, strawberries and crème fraiche.
Take Home Blogger coming to your T.V. soon!
Well I decide to turn my T.V. watching into a blog. I’ll go to the market and pick up a woman, take her home and cook her a three course dinner. My wife won’t let me pick another woman so I must be creative. I sneak up on my wife in Trader Joe’s and say “hello my name is Greg and I write a blog. May I buy your groceries, take you home and make you a three course dinner?” She says yes and we go home and much smiling, flirting and good food follows. Here’s my menu with photos too.
P.S. I am not a chunk. More of a chunky!
First course is grilled bread with Serrano Ham, fresh mozzarella, Kalamata Olives and balsamic vinaigrette.
Main course is Surf and Turf. Fillet of beef, grilled jumbo prawns, vegetable couscous and French green beans.
Dessert is dressed up strawberry shortcake. Pound cake with lemon curd, strawberries and crème fraiche.
Take Home Blogger coming to your T.V. soon!
5 comments:
chunk - i love it!
Dude, I hope you got lucky! That looks good!
You are just too cute! It looks like you and your wife had a fantastic meal!
Ha! Cool. But the only ones that go with me to the store are my boys. If I go alone, sometimes women give me their phone number though. Does that count?
Biggles
man i have to check out that tv show, especially now that i'm "on the market" again. ha! seems like i need to GO to the market more now, huh?
that food looks great, greg.
your wife is one lucky lady!
i love serrano ham.
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