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Originally Posted by VoraciousReader
The boots were great, but the strapless leather bustier with all the zippers in the opening for Restaurant Wars?
Holy crap, I almost swallowed my tongue.
i've always appreciated the way she just wears the scar like another zipper.
time and age have apparently missed her.
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Originally Posted by VoraciousReader
I actually think it's not Alex's charisma that's the problem. I find her charming and funny, if more understated than Guy Fieri. But the format of this Ciao House is just dreadful--where every competition is a team one and the losing team gets to pick who to cut and both of the team captains come from the winning team--guaranteeing that one of them will lose the next week?
Between strategic eliminations of strong competitors (there's been at least two) plus setting the most promising chefs up to battle head to head the next week, it's a formula for mediocrity.
Also it's like some of these guys have never planned a dinner party before. A main course of steak after an appetizer of steak? For lunch on a hot day in Italy? What the actual eff?
i enjoy Alex when she's sarcastic with a wink, but if someone is not paying attention the humor might miss 'em.
also agree the ciao house format plants a steak into the heart of opportunity to watch any sort of competition between two good chefs,
instead it features quirky cooking gimmicks and after-hours, behind-closed-door drama in the out of bounds big brother oeuvre.
that's just for starters, next comes the main
likely reconstructed in painsteaking detail without the french bread
meanwhile Alex enjoys an italian vacation sponsored by food network.
buona con lei