And Baby Makes Two

Actually, on with movie star gorgeous Giada this morning on Today was, not only Jade (too cute!), but Matt and Meredith during a Mother’s Day breakfast dem. And there was a quick on-camera sighting of Todd, plus Al and Ann came in at the end.

Jade was sitting next to the dem bench in a high chair and I got extremely nervous that with no adult nearby she would stand up and fly out of the chair. MATT (not Meredith, who was standing the closest) realizes there’s a problem and goes right over. Jade doesn’t like this strange man at first, but then she warms up to him.

Hold it a red hot minute! Giada is showing us how to use a BOXED waffle mix?!! Oy! That is NOT what I paid for!

I’m just going to watch the baby. Matt is feeding her pieces of waffles, which is far more interesting than the nothing-to-write-home-about recipe, although the espresso nightcap (strange name for a brunch drink) looks good. Giada, cooking anything, is at least a feast for the eyes and that baby is hard to resist.

This pound cake recipe, shown later in the morning, is definitely worth a try and unusual with the addition of cream cheese.

Ingrid Sighting

Ingrid was on The Today Show this morning, promoting her new book. Al introduced her as “a Latin Sensation”, which makes sense because there really is nothing nice to say about her cooking. She immediately began stroking Al’s…...ego and complimenting him on his attire.

She is showing him pulled pork. She boils a pork loin for 45 minutes. How about BRAISING, instead of boiling, for a bit more flavor? Oh well, if she doesn’t care, why should I? (To braise, the meat is seared first and then cooked in JUST enough nicely seasoned liquid to barely cover and kept at a gently simmer. Boiling is boiling.) She barely bothers to sauté chorizo and then she adds the pork, which had been pre-pulled. A bunch of other ingredients - potatoes, tomatoes, chipotle, herbs and vinegar – get stirred in.

She leads Al to the other demonstration counter where the meat mixture has already been put into a tortilla. It is not a terrible presentation - it’s wrapped up in brown paper and tied with a scallion(?). It might have been nice to see Ingrid do something, but that would have taken time away from flirting with Al.

She used the expression “Chica Tip”, which I loathe, and Al was practically foaming at the mouth. She had him just where she wanted him. Then, rather abruptly I thought, she hands him a margarita, which they both down (alright maybe they were taking tiny sips), as they salsa out of the segment.

It was all kinda dumb. So much had been done in advance that Ingrid basically cooked nothing, which maybe, after all, isn’t such a bad thing.