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Originally Posted by MJ7
All I know is, Barefoot Contessa is so damn hot.
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Originally Posted by jim9251
Another thing about these people on the Food Network, not everyone is a multi millionaire and has an $80 bottle of some obscure liquor laying around to use a teaspoon of for a fancy dessert. Truffle oil? What's that? Oh just run to the specialty store in the Hamptons and get your $200 in lamb or shrimp or to your local butcher and get your $300 rib roast. Yeah right.
I want to see one of these "chefs" grill hamburgers and buy their food at Safeway like normal people do.
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Long before she was a TV personality, she owned a store in East Hampton, NY called The Barefoot Contessa. They had great stuff there, but the prices were insane. They used to sell lobster salad for $100 a pound...and that was 15 years ago. I once bought a 1/4 pound just to see what the fuss was about.
Anyway, she ended up selling the store to the employees and within a year or 2, she increased the rent on them substantially. Then Citarella opened up a block away and it was all over for The Barefoot Contessa. For what it's worth, she was a very nice lady when she was running the shop. At least to the customers, anyway.
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