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I never liked Babish but I'll start watching now.
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I know it's Sohla saying it and not Andrew Rea (and it's just marketing fluff anyway), but the quote about "even try to beat the Babish" is  as gently caress.He's a good home cook, but Sohla can easily cook circles around Rea.
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Sep 23, 2020 20:17
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enki42 posted:I know it's Sohla saying it and not Andrew Rea (and it's just marketing fluff anyway), but the quote about "even try to beat the Babish" is My thoughts exactly. No ill will towards him, as he has always called himself a cook, and been super respectful and deferential when working with real chefs. But yeah, when he started he was a good designer, and passable home cook with a good idea that he executed well. He’s worked hard and learned a lot, but Sohla was the the best chef in a test kitchen of professionals, so yeah...
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Sep 23, 2020 20:39
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Deadline's first descriptor of Rea is "chef" lol. That said, making Sohla cook dishes with goofy limitations seems like a fun way to showcase her ability to flip expectations on their heads.
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Sep 23, 2020 20:45
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Doom Rooster posted:My thoughts exactly. No ill will towards him, as he has always called himself a cook, and been super respectful and deferential when working with real chefs. But yeah, when he started he was a good designer, and passable home cook with a good idea that he executed well. He’s worked hard and learned a lot, but Sohla was the the best chef in a test kitchen of professionals, so yeah... also she, you know, owned and ran a restaurant as a chef lol unlike, as far as i know, literally everyone else in the (now former) BA kitchen
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Sep 23, 2020 20:47
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enki42 posted:He's a good home cook, but Sohla can easily cook circles around Rea. He's a professional chef, he has chef tattoos.
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Sep 23, 2020 20:55
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That seems very tongue-in-cheek to me, of course she's going to beat him every time. Not sure what there is to even roll your eyes about, unless of course you already have some animus towards Rea. Seems like a fun idea!
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Sep 23, 2020 21:20
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Yeah, I'll watch it, and I'm excited, and I know it's marketing fluff. Maybe I'm just being overly sensitive to this kind of stuff after that's sort of been a consistent problem with Sohla's employers in the past (relegated to sidekick / helper / "ethnic food maker" when she's pretty regularly the best chef in everything she appears in). I like BwB, Andrew Rea is a cool guy, and he's consistently not had an ego and stresses he's not a professional chef.
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Sep 23, 2020 21:26
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Sohla seems to be a genuinely fun and happy person, or a really good actor. Every interaction I've seen with her and Babish seems like they both enjoy working together. She's also brave and smart enough to blow the lid on the BA thing and play her cards in what seems like a correct fashion. I would imagine she's considered her options in light of the BA bullshit and made a smart move that allows her to keep her dignity / respect / pay equity
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Sep 23, 2020 21:34
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I'm interpreting the concept of the show as "beat the weird-rear end challenge set by the spinning wheel" rather than the two of them competing. Because, as noted above, he stands zero chance to do anything but look a fool and everyone involved knows it. Rea is probably just the "gameshow" host at the beginning and maybe end.
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Sep 23, 2020 22:02
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Trabant posted:I'm interpreting the concept of the show as "beat the weird-rear end challenge set by the spinning wheel" rather than the two of them competing. Because, as noted above, he stands zero chance to do anything but look a fool and everyone involved knows it. Rea is probably just the "gameshow" host at the beginning and maybe end. It sounds like probably one episode will be a head to head thing from the quote, but yeah in general it sounds like what you describe.
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Sep 23, 2020 22:24
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Babish should grab more of that crew. Bring on Bab Apetit.
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Sep 24, 2020 00:17
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If you read the wheel, one of the possible challenges is "Beat Babish". The format isn't that they always go head to head, that's just one of the potential results of the spin.
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Sep 24, 2020 00:30
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eke out posted:also she, you know, owned and ran a restaurant as a chef lol Molly worked at a michelin star restaurant. Not too bad.
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Sep 24, 2020 00:41
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you ate my cat posted:If you read the wheel, one of the possible challenges is "Beat Babish". The format isn't that they always go head to head, that's just one of the potential results of the spin. That one actually refers to hand-to-hand combat
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Sep 24, 2020 00:49
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Mu Zeta posted:Molly worked at a michelin star restaurant. Not too bad. yeah my point is there's a pretty big difference between briefly working in restaurants after (non-culinary) college and jumping to food media, compared to people like sohla that were basically on track to be lifers -- CIA, then a bunch of elite NYC restaurants for most of a decade, then her (and her husband's) own place, until it failed though tbf it seems like brad was also a career line cook that kinda accidentally lucked into that job eke out fucked around with this message at 01:39 on Sep 24, 2020 |
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Sep 24, 2020 01:33
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Is there some point to resume waving for youtube cooking shows? I feel like I'm missing something...
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Sep 24, 2020 02:04
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Stringent posted:Is there some point to resume waving for youtube cooking shows? I feel like I'm missing something... I think that we’re all very happy that Sohla’s got a gig, and with someone we all generally like. We’re just a little miffed at the possibility that it might get played as “Babish is the big shot, Sohla is the underdog”. We have no idea how that will play it, and Andrew Rea has gone out of his way before to point out that he’s just a home cook who got lucky. We’re just protective of Sohla (she’s awesome, and a treasure!) and going in with the world’s history of famous white guy vs. less famous woman of color, has us a little dubious. I for one hope that all of our fears are proved wrong on episode one, Andrew let’s her shine, and uses his incredible fortune and platform to lift Sohla (and hopefully others) up. Until then, we’re all just food nerds on the internet with nothing to do but speculate.
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Sep 24, 2020 02:27
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I hope she keeps her job at the BA magazine and comes to work every Monday with her middle finger in the air soaking up Conde's money.
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Sep 24, 2020 02:30
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anyways getting the babish thing is really exciting and i hope it does well enough that she'll do more non-gameshow cooking videos with them too
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Sep 24, 2020 02:36
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It sounds like a really good excuse to make wild experimental food like that insane carbonara she did for BA
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Sep 24, 2020 02:57
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kidcoelacanth posted:It sounds like a really good excuse to make wild experimental food like that insane carbonara she did for BA Basically this. Anytime she's allowed to go wild its a good time.
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Sep 24, 2020 06:32
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Budgie posted:Babish should grab more of that crew. I definitely think this is the direction he's heading, he's probably just (wisely) starting slow so he doesn't overcomit. That being said, he didn't build a full studio kitchen in his basement to make two fifteen minute videos a week, and I wouldn't be surprised if he's running out of ideas for Basics without reaching for stuff that's not too basic and is looking for something to fill that timeslot if you will.
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Sep 24, 2020 08:53
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0fsCXflDCE it's begins
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Sep 24, 2020 14:22
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People just ate all the cheese they wanted to eat and then they died.
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Sep 24, 2020 14:25
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Budgie posted:People just ate all the cheese they wanted to eat and then they died. Is this not how it’s supposed to go? 
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Sep 24, 2020 14:52
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This was very sweet. It seems to lean a little harder into 'this is what will get us clicks' than 'this is useful/interesting to a home cook' but I guess that's Babish's brand. I'll definitely keep watching because of Sohla's charm though.
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Sep 24, 2020 15:10
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Me: I can't wait to see what Sohla can do with her vast culinary knowledge! Also me: Haha she can't open the jar
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Sep 24, 2020 15:17
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flashy_mcflash posted:This was very sweet. It seems to lean a little harder into 'this is what will get us clicks' than 'this is useful/interesting to a home cook' but I guess that's Babish's brand. I'll definitely keep watching because of Sohla's charm though. Yeah, much of the choices on the wheel are click bait and not something I’m into. “Make it scary,” “make it sad,” or “food illusions” are solid, but stuff like this 18th Century challenge or “one handed” are dumb. Creative limitations > physical limitations.
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Sep 24, 2020 15:43
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hey that was a lot of fun! Looking forward to the next Basics With Babish: Firepit Repair
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Sep 24, 2020 16:11
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The_Doctor posted:Kosher salt is literally impossible to find here in the UK, I end up bringing it back from the US. Kosher salt is just regular salt here because unlike America we dont add iodine by default.
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Sep 24, 2020 17:58
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Kosher salt is way more coarse than table salt - I'd say people look for kosher salt more for that than lack of iodine. It's not quite coarse / pretzel salt, but it's closer to that than table salt.
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Sep 24, 2020 21:25
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Yeah, I’ve had coarse salt, and kosher salt is the saltiest salt I’ve tried. salt salt salt
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Sep 24, 2020 21:34
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And yet it's still not as salty as some nerds when Babish says saucepin
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Sep 24, 2020 21:38
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Robviously posted:And yet it's still not as salty as some nerds when Babish says saucepin I find it endearing for some reason, like when John Hodgman and Jesse Throrn call robots "row-bits."
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Sep 24, 2020 23:59
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It's like when Canadians say bagel in that super Canadian way bag-ul
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Sep 25, 2020 00:00
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Give it the oooooole tappa tappa
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Sep 25, 2020 00:27
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AnonSpore posted:Give it the oooooole tappa tappa And as always, enjooooyyyyyy
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Sep 25, 2020 12:20
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Mu Zeta posted:It's like when Canadians say bagel in that super Canadian way I seriously just said bagel to myself 5 or 6 times to figure out if it sounded weird. Americans don't say bag-ul?
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enki42 posted:I seriously just said bagel to myself 5 or 6 times to figure out if it sounded weird. Americans don't say bag-ul? Bay-guhl
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