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The Trailer Park Gourmet (Guy Fieri)
The Daily Beast ^ | November 10, 2009 | Rachel Syme

Posted on 11/19/2009 12:30:21 PM PST by EveningStar

...Fieri's meteoric ascent is impressive, but it also makes him one of the culinary world's most polarizing figures. For as many fans as Fieri earns—Dora Long, the creator of Fieri's biggest fan site, says she gets “hundreds of emails a week”—he draws equal detractors. Like Rachael Ray or Emeril Lagasse, Fieri is a food personality who has rapidly outgrown the food, walking the narrow line between technique and celebrity that makes so many in the industry nervous. His recipes have names like “No Can Beato This Taquito,” and “Mac-Daddi-Roni Salad,” and he often effuses about the greasy meals he eats on Diners, Drive-Ins and Drives with his mouth full of nachos or chili dogs—spirited gluttony as entertainment.

The ire from the industry is palpable: At a recent panel at the New York Wine& Food Festival, star chefs David Chang and Anthony Bourdain sat down to “call bull----” on several aspects of the food world, and singled out Fieri as the enemy...

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TOPICS: Food; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: celebritychef; celebritychefs; dailybeast; food; foodnetwork; foodnetworkhumor; guyfieri; thedailybeast
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To: paulycy

LOL.

That reminds me of a favorite sandwich of a friend of mine when we were kids:

Replace the bacon with a slice of fried “baloney”, and top it with another slice of bread slathered with mayo or Miracle Whip.

I took a bite once. It’s an acquired taste fer shur!


101 posted on 11/19/2009 1:41:38 PM PST by LucyJo
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To: Owl_Eagle
Gee thanks there goes my concentration.
102 posted on 11/19/2009 1:41:57 PM PST by mad_as_he$$ (Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy, and ideas are bulletproof. V for victory)
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To: CaptRon

It’s his family name. If he wants to pronounce it the way they did in the old country, I fail to see the problem.


103 posted on 11/19/2009 1:42:08 PM PST by Terpfen (FR is being Alinskied. Remember, you only take flak when you're over the target.)
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To: CaptRon

CaptRon-San, Domo Arigato Gozaimasu.


104 posted on 11/19/2009 1:42:34 PM PST by seoul62
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To: EveningStar

I get that, but it seems that most of the comments on sites like the one linked here are critical of things like his glasses, band, hair, or the fact he actually eats the food on camera (oh the horror!).

That seems like most of the complaints are on a level that is based upon smugness or the fact that he is appealing to the common person as opposed to the executive chef at La Poop restauraunt in NYC.


105 posted on 11/19/2009 1:42:41 PM PST by rwfromkansas ("Carve your name on hearts, not marble." - C.H. Spurgeon)
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To: the long march

I have like 3 volumes for the CIA I got from some Cooking club thing that I had to finally tell to stop sending me if I didn’t sene the card back. They did. But they are like the textbooks for the CIA. Great recipes and great tips.


106 posted on 11/19/2009 1:42:57 PM PST by CaptRon
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To: rwfromkansas
really don’t give a care what some stuffy New Yorker thinks whose idea of food is some tiny plate with a drizzle of some weird concoction over a tiny piece of lettuce or some crap like that.

I agree, i don't come from the crowd that thinks quantity equals quality. I don't begin to understand how little pieces of meat ontop of baby food could possiblly pass as a meal.

I've visited 2 of Guys show spots, and both were excllent.

107 posted on 11/19/2009 1:43:18 PM PST by vikzilla
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To: the long march

I have like 3 volumes for the CIA I got from some Cooking club thing that I had to finally tell to stop sending me if I didn’t sene the card back. They did. But they are like the textbooks for the CIA. Great recipes and great tips.


108 posted on 11/19/2009 1:43:50 PM PST by CaptRon
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To: seoul62

Thanks. I think.


109 posted on 11/19/2009 1:45:01 PM PST by CaptRon
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To: MozarkDawg
She used to wear her hair up, I always wonder how she gets away with food prep/cooking with her long hair down. I mean, it's pretty, yes, but not all that hygienic.

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And then there's Sandra.

110 posted on 11/19/2009 1:46:15 PM PST by Stentor
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To: LucyJo
Replace the bacon with a slice of fried “baloney”, and top it with another slice of bread slathered with mayo or Miracle Whip.

A *lot* of people like peanut butter with mayo. A lot of fried bologna is made here in central virginia, too, I can tell you.

Both of those are OK but I'm more of a purist. I like it best just plain with raspberry preserves. Unimaginative and DELICIOUS!

111 posted on 11/19/2009 1:46:23 PM PST by paulycy (Demand Constitutionality.)
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To: rwfromkansas

Could it be that some people just don’t like him?


112 posted on 11/19/2009 1:47:05 PM PST by CaptRon
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To: CaptRon

It means thank you very much in Japanese.


113 posted on 11/19/2009 1:47:05 PM PST by seoul62
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To: CaptRon
One of my favorite Nigella episodes is her chocolate mousse using mini-marshmellows. ... Catch the look on her face as she carries it away eating it.
114 posted on 11/19/2009 1:47:57 PM PST by MHGinTN (Obots, believing they cannot be deceived, it is impossible to convince them when they are deceived.)
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To: seoul62

I got part of it.


115 posted on 11/19/2009 1:48:00 PM PST by CaptRon
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To: CaptRon

You are most welcome.


116 posted on 11/19/2009 1:48:58 PM PST by seoul62
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To: seoul62

Thank you.


117 posted on 11/19/2009 1:50:21 PM PST by CaptRon
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To: Stentor
There are two things about Sandra...

If anyone has newsgroup access, check out the foodnetwork group. It's mostly about Sandra.

118 posted on 11/19/2009 1:51:57 PM PST by CaptRon
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To: rwfromkansas; EveningStar; All
"I really don’t give a care what some stuffy New Yorker thinks whose idea of food is some tiny plate with a drizzle of some weird concoction over a tiny piece of lettuce or some crap like that."

RW, I laughed 'til I cried! LOL.

That's not to mention the price of the meal...now, THAT'S pretentious. LOL.

ES, thanks so much for posting this thread. I respect the opinions of everyone here, and I love the laughs from some of the posts. Thanks y'all. : )

119 posted on 11/19/2009 1:55:19 PM PST by LucyJo
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To: rwfromkansas

I’ve had my share of expensive disappointing “gourmet” meals over the years. I too prefer “real” food.


120 posted on 11/19/2009 2:01:38 PM PST by EveningStar
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