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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: bearman🐻 on August 16, 2007, 10:34:00 pm
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Not sure if this was talked about before, but it was so damn cool to see the 9:30 featured during an episode of Ace of Cakes tonight. Yeah, I'm a Food Network geek. But that Clutch amp cake was pretty badass.
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i just saw it too. i think the best part is that duff's co-worker/business partner whatever just happened to be the sister of his favorite lead singer of his favorite band. how often does that happen?
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i used to enjoy watching foodtv, but the only thing i can really stand to watch anymore is good eats. i hate just about everything and everyone else on there now.
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Great show...Eddie and Tom (Shadrach) are TV stars now..again....Duff is great. Max saying hello to you both.
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OK, wait... I just Googled "Ace of Cakes" and its a show about custom cakes on the Food Network. I hope I don't sound stupid here, but Clutch, the band was on this?? I'm a big fan and I'd like to know if I should be YouTube-ing this one.
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wait a second, so guy from Baltimore gets his own show and does nothing but show DC the love?
thats weak.
oh and btw, charm city cakes prices fucking doubled once they got that show. its $100 just to set up a cake tasting. weak again, duff.
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Yeah, but did you see that bad ass Death Star cake they have on their site? It's worth $100 just to taste!
Originally posted by le sonick:
oh and btw, charm city cakes prices fucking doubled once they got that show. its $100 just to set up a cake tasting. weak again, duff.
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First, I think the episode was very cool. As 9:30 staff, a fan of the Ace of Cakes show and a huge Clutch fan it brought some of my favorite things together.
As someone who watches the show regularly I think Duff shows plenty of love to Baltimore, but as he said in the episode Clutch is his favorite band and 9:30 is his favorite club. So let the guy be happy and show a little love to DC.
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Originally posted by le sonick:
wait a second, so guy from Baltimore gets his own show and does nothing but show DC the love?
thats weak.
oh and btw, charm city cakes prices fucking doubled once they got that show. its $100 just to set up a cake tasting. weak again, duff.
haha, duff has MAD LOVE for all things balmer.
i'm sure i have this on my dvr, cant wait
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Originally posted by Shadrach:
First, I think the episode was very cool. As 9:30 staff, a fan of the Ace of Cakes show and a huge Clutch fan it brought some of my favorite things together.
As someone who watches the show regularly I think Duff shows plenty of love to Baltimore, but as he said in the episode Clutch is his favorite band and 9:30 is his favorite club. So let the guy be happy and show a little love to DC.
I'm just pokin fun. though as much as i wanted to get my wedding cake from him, it was way way way more than i could afford.
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Originally posted by distance:
i used to enjoy watching foodtv, but the only thing i can really stand to watch anymore is good eats. i hate just about everything and everyone else on there now.
i watch good eats, ace of cakes and ic america, just to watch bobby flay re-make the same thing over and over and how much cat cora stinks. they are doing a show looking for the next iron chef that ruhlman is going to be on.
bourdain listed duff as one of the few things he likes on the food network.
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Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
i watch good eats, ace of cakes and ic america, just to watch bobby flay re-make the same thing over and over and how much cat cora stinks. they are doing a show looking for the next iron chef that ruhlman is going to be on.
bourdain listed duff as one of the few things he likes on the food network.
i can't bring myself to watch IC america. it's just.. really bad. i (mostly) liked the original (and i've also seen original japanese broadcasts of the show).
as far as ace of cakes go, i guess some of the cakes look interesting and all that, but let's see them make a cake without using fondant? it just looks like they're making cakes with playdough. let's actually see some interesting plain old cake / icing structures. i know that's possible.
i read bourdain's rant about food network and while i loathe him more than i dislike what foodtv has become, i have to agree with a lot of what he said. rachel ray needs to be put down.
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bourdain's show rules over anything on food network, but i do like good eats, ace of cakes, feasting on asphalt and dinner impossible
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I thought Feasting on Asphalt would be a lot better...
Even though the host is annoying, Diners, Drive Ins and Dives is my favorite Food Netowrk show
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oh yeah, that's a good one too
i watch a lot of food network :o
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unless it's mario batali, i usually want the iron chef to lose. bobby flay is such a punchable face... i really hate him for "throwdown," where the premise is that he tricks cooks -most of them amateurs or professionals that have specialized in whatever thing- into thinking they've been featured in a special and then challenges them with a recipie he's developed that's usually coated in chipotle or ancho.
alton brown, however, is redeeming enough to balance out how much i hate bobby flay. i get upset when i miss an episode of good eats that i haven't seen before. (last night's espresso episode)
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oh man, espresso! cant wait to catch that one
i usually watch throw down to root against bobby flay or make fun of his moobs
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Originally posted by slowgraffiti:
alton brown, however, is redeeming enough to balance out how much i hate bobby flay. i get upset when i miss an episode of good eats that i haven't seen before. (last night's espresso episode)
yeah, that episode almost made it seem like something i'd want to try.
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Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
bourdain's show rules over anything on food network, but i do like good eats, ace of cakes, feasting on asphalt and dinner impossible
I'm with you on that one!
As for the episode of Ace of Cakes, I now must watch this episode! Anytime the 930 club is mentioned on tv, I just get super happy.
And for the person who was questioning DC love... First of all, The owner of Cake Love, Warren Brown (I think that's his name), had a show on Food Network. Secondly, there was an episode of Ace of Cakes where they collaborated with Warren Brown and Cake Love.
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Originally posted by distance:
as far as ace of cakes go, i guess some of the cakes look interesting and all that, but let's see them make a cake without using fondant? it just looks like they're making cakes with playdough. let's actually see some interesting plain old cake / icing structures. i know that's possible.
I think for the show at least, they use fondant and not a buttercream icing or similar, because the lighting makes it warmer in the kitchen or wherever they are making and serving the cake, causing the buttercream to melt. Fondant is less fragile and looks prettier when it gets warm.
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bourdain's show is great, and i liked the one he had before even better - "a cook's tour." tony is an old school chef, i've worked for guys like that before in some pretty chaotic kitchens.
alton brown is good. not a chef, per se, but he's excellent at conveying basic cooking principles, and the how's and why's to home cooks.
and for the people who dont like bobby flay, but hate throwdown - you totally missed the point of that show. bobby flay is a cocky bastard, this show was all about taking him down a notch or two.
i still like iron chef, although i must admit i prefer the old japanses version. wish they still showed that late night. getting baked and watching them braise baby octopus eyes was always good fun at 2 in the morning.
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Originally posted by bikerchickdc:
Originally posted by distance:
as far as ace of cakes go, i guess some of the cakes look interesting and all that, but let's see them make a cake without using fondant? it just looks like they're making cakes with playdough. let's actually see some interesting plain old cake / icing structures. i know that's possible.
I think for the show at least, they use fondant and not a buttercream icing or similar, because the lighting makes it warmer in the kitchen or wherever they are making and serving the cake, causing the buttercream to melt. Fondant is less fragile and looks prettier when it gets warm. [/b]
you cant do any real designs with a buttercream icing cake. you have to have a clean, smooth platform to work on (like a blank canvas to a painter.)
the problem with those novelty cakes is i often wonder, what the fuck is going on beneath the 2 inch later of fondant. ive heard from a few people that had a cake from there, that it was "utterly tasteless and dry."
if you want a cake to eat, go to a real bakery. if you want an artistic cake, with a custom design, go to charm city cakes. just be prepared to spend at least $500 (minimum.)
buttercream icing sucks, btw. i prefer a nice creamy dark chocolate ganache