Talk:Sandra Lee

Would anyone think less of me (as if that was possible) if I said that I think that she is incredibly hot?--Edgerunner 76 07:34, 13 September 2007 (MDT)
 * Like the beautiful Ann Coulter, her appearance is a siren song luring men to an unhealthy demise. User:PalMD
 * Can't say she's my type. -- AKjeldsen Godspeed! 10:00, 13 September 2007 (MDT)
 * Eh, she's not ugly by any stretch of the imagination, but she needs to get in line behind (at the very least) Giada De Laurentiis, Ellie Krieger, and Rachael Ray (in that order). I think Ellie in particular is actually older than Sandra, but still way hotter. EVDebs 00:30, 14 September 2007 (MDT)
 * My only problem with Rachael Ray is that she is way too much of a hand talker. It just freaks me out for some reason.  Giada is definately #1 for sure though.--Edgerunner 76 11:17, 14 September 2007 (MDT)

I still have problem relating this chick with Bill Belichick (the wp link at the end). Can someone elaborate? 00:01, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
 * It's probably something he said once. I removed the link, since it adds nothing.  01:05, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

WTF!!?
Sorry, but WTF is this doing here? Don't know the lady but, from the reaction of the males above, I think she belongs in "Fun". SJG ... fly up your nose.  00:46, 14 September 2007 (MDT)
 * I put her in sort of as a joke, as she represents a type of "food woo" that doesn't quite fit into the category of pseudoscience. Essentially she presents herself as an expert in convenience cooking, but her meals require just as much effort as, say, Rachael Ray's, but with far less healthy or reliable ingredients. You could think of her as someone whose primary function is to provide comic relief after reading too much Eric Schlosser or watching one too many Morgan Spurlock documentaries -- for people who take a) kitchen skills and b) the American obesity crisis seriously, she's bordering on being the Devil, or at least would be if she wasn't a minor sideshow on the Food Network. The fact that she is sorta-kinda physically attractive is rather irrelevant -- she's a horrible cook who promotes her techniques to absolutely the last people who should be learning them. EVDebs 01:35, 14 September 2007 (MDT)
 * I'm on the fence here. There is an element of debunking, though, so I think it can stay.  human be in 16:10, 16 September 2007 (EDT)
 * are we going to debunk daytime TV shows too? I can see how this looks on-mission (just) but really, unless she's making false health claims or something, why bother? Totnesmartin 04:04, 7 September 2008 (EDT)
 * Well, I think overall we can make a case that the modern diet in general is ripe for debunking -- for example, if you go to activistcash.com, it's pretty much a laundry list of left-wing groups feared by the right in the US, and since it's run by the restaurant industry, groups such as the Chefs' Collaborative make the list. There certainly are quite a few things that Big Corporate Food would like you to believe that aren't so; the problem is that if we go down that road we run the risk of turning into a bunch of killjoys like the CSPI. I mostly just feel that good snark at a cook pushing bad cooking/eating habits justifies itself, but hey :-) EVDebs 13:29, 7 September 2008 (EDT)
 * Amusingly, having gone to her webshite to grab a quick pic, and read a few of her "recipes", I do a lot of Lee-esque "cooking" - using readily available prepared foods but pepping them up to make them palatable. Like adding more better cheese to frozen pizza, starting with marinara-in-a-jar when making pasta, etc.  It's ooky where she lists brand names next to all her 'gredients, though!  ħ uman  15:01, 7 September 2008 (EDT)
 * Hey, I'm hardly the purist I like to be either -- tonight's dinner will be frozen manicotti (from Venda Ravioli), jarred marinara sauce (from Trader Joe's), and Italian sausage (from DiLuigi) (but the bread -- the bread is homemade sourdough bread.). The problem I have with her is that she's selling it as a philosophy of cooking, as if her style of cooking is a virtue rather than an occasional necessity, as if there's something creative about avoiding the spice shelf and copping out on ingredients (such as premade pudding instead of mascarpone cheese). Her style of cooking is presented as convenience cooking, but it's more puzzle than cuisine, and based on the very questionable premise that cooking from scratch and slamming out a quick and tasty dinner are mutually exclusive. I've got a half-hour marinara sauce recipe and an idiotproof frittata technique saying she's wrong. EVDebs 16:26, 7 September 2008 (EDT)
 * Hehe, yeah, I also have a complete spice rack (made two 36" ones, sick of the crappy store-bought ones, how's that?!), and lots of "basic" ingredients. And, yes, marinara can easily made in a half hour from fresh tomatoes, onions, and garlic (plus spices).  Of course, we can only get "real" fresh tomatoes around here a few weeks a year, although the "vine" ones aren't awful.  So I figure, since the "post Ragu vs. Prego" revolution, it's easier to let Classico can my basic mix than to start with cans of boiled/crushed/pasted tomato.  And her "recipes" seemed written for people who don't know "how food goes together" - people who, given a crust, sauce, cheese, and toppings, wouldn't know which order to assemble a pizza in.  ħ uman  18:05, 7 September 2008 (EDT)

Mission (again)
Yeah. Тy Please do not click on this 15:29, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Burn. 15:40, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
 * The sole benefit of this article is the interesting conversation above. Apart from that, it is useless. Sophie  because liberals  16:04, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Then nuke it. Тy communications wire 16:12, 18 April 2012 (UTC)