I just stumbled upon this new, edgy website for foodies called Food2.com. I think it's a spin-off from Food Network's website (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong) and is geared towards 20 and 30 somethings, although I think anyone who enjoys eating, drinking, cooking or baking would have a great time perusing the different features on the site. My favorite aspect of the site so far- the videos by The Amateur Gourmet, food blogger Adam Roberts. Even with as many food personalities as I know and, embarrassingly enough fawn over, like others follow Brad Pitt or Angelina Jolie, my first introduction to The Amateur Gourmet was watching these little clips.
I think what I love about these videos is their home-movie feel, combined with the kitschy humor and the fact that if something goes wrong, like when the homemade pasta he makes ends up sticking together in one segment, The Amateur Gourmet doesn't cover it up. In fact, it's part of the charm of the segments and I think, makes attempting to make pasta from scratch much less intimidating!
If you're curious, below is the Amateur Gourmet's segment on making Homemade Pasta.
Note the stark resemblance of the talking pasta boxes to the Fandangos, whose commercials I am not ashamed to admit I laugh through every time I'm at the movie theater.
On another note, it is also Freebie Friday on Food2.com! Click here to figure out how you can win a bunch of "swag & doodads," which roughly translates to a cornucopia of gifts for foodies.
2 comments:
Is access to this video restricted to the US? I'm in Ireland and can't get it to play.
Hi Deirdre,
I'm not sure if the video is restricted to the U.S., but if you're having trouble playing the clip on my blog, feel free to check out the video directly on the Food2.com website here:
http://www.food2.com/videos?view=video&vid=226
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