I feel it demands a thread of its own.
Use this to discuss favorite series, attempts to do BATK tricks at home, and express your approval or disdain for the various personalities on display.
http://www.youtube.com/user/BonAppetitDotCom
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 28 March 2020 03:23 (nine months ago) link
I want to try making the omelette souffle, but I'm a bit intimidated
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Saturday, 28 March 2020 04:16 (nine months ago) link
It's super easy. A little weird, but worth trying at least once.
― brechtian social distancing (Simon H.), Saturday, 28 March 2020 04:18 (nine months ago) link
Brad Leone is a hero
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 28 March 2020 05:07 (nine months ago) link
I tried the omelette souffle and it did not work, but it was still a good omelette.
― change display name (Jordan), Saturday, 28 March 2020 05:09 (nine months ago) link
i became aware of the videos through this link and maybe tombot on another thread. https://jezebel.com/my-obsession-with-the-bon-appetit-cinematic-universe-1839497437
soooo many videos. i need to just figure out a couple of things to make and start.
― Yerac, Saturday, 28 March 2020 16:30 (nine months ago) link
The roast chicken looks good too, although having it completely slathered on gojuchang may be too much spice for my family.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Saturday, 28 March 2020 16:33 (nine months ago) link
The home video era should be interesting (including whatever amazing upstate house Andy has gotten himself hooked up in)
― change display name (Jordan), Saturday, 28 March 2020 16:53 (nine months ago) link
For me the videos are more about entertainment than recipes, although I got a subscription to the mag for my bday and we've made a lot of the recipes. I do want to try Brad's cured egg yolks, but it seems like a waste of eggs rn.
― change display name (Jordan), Saturday, 28 March 2020 16:56 (nine months ago) link
i love carla's videos
― forensic plumber (harbl), Saturday, 28 March 2020 16:59 (nine months ago) link
i have watched a lot of these videos over the past 3 months. even if they weren't exactly hired for the purpose of internet video, the casting of the ba test kitchen is pretty impeccable.
Brad Leone is a herootm. i was watching an older video recently and molly was talking about listening to "i'm like a bird" in her high school carpool, and brad was like, "oh, for me high school carpool was more like smoking joints and listening to system of a down"
only thing i've made was carla's pot of butter beans, which isn't really a recipe, but they were pretty good even without bothering with the aioli.
favorite running gag is priya's apparent deep embarrassment at having a hot boyfriend that the internet knows about.
― circles, Saturday, 28 March 2020 17:18 (nine months ago) link
Molly drives my wife insane. When she reported in on the WFH video her immediately yelled “Oh of COURSE she’s in Joshua Tree”
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 28 March 2020 17:30 (nine months ago) link
she's such a cartoon millennial it's sort of hard to believe, but then is so knowledgeable and efficient when it comes to actual food stuff. like when she does videos with the editor-in-chief her vibe is "i've worked in dozens of restaurant kitchens and test recipes for a living, please get out of my way and don't make any dumb suggestions"
― circles, Saturday, 28 March 2020 17:55 (nine months ago) link
Rapo is truly a snoot though
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 28 March 2020 18:04 (nine months ago) link
He just shows up to remind everyone how BA in the 90s put sundried tomatoes in everything and it was dumb. And then make a remark that their work is only okay
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 28 March 2020 18:06 (nine months ago) link
carla is the best. I also like sohla, andy and of course claire. brad I like but not by himself, too much bro energy, but great playing off others.
the marinade in the gochujang pork recipe is reliable and easy to make if you can get the ingredients.
― brechtian social distancing (Simon H.), Saturday, 28 March 2020 21:58 (nine months ago) link
i only watched the focaccia one with Samin and Brad and really hated Brad for the first half and then warmed up to him.
― Yerac, Saturday, 28 March 2020 22:25 (nine months ago) link
Holy shit there goes the rest of my life I had no clue this existed.
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Saturday, 28 March 2020 22:28 (nine months ago) link
Molly gives me "milk first then cereal" vibes
― brechtian social distancing (Simon H.), Saturday, 28 March 2020 22:30 (nine months ago) link
My wife has a very offensive but truly apt nickname for Molly.
I liked how in the recent cocktail ep Sohla was the only one who kept showing up to try every single drink, uncommented upon.
Also tbh it took an adjustment period when I learned Chris was straight.
― change display name (Jordan), Sunday, 29 March 2020 12:03 (nine months ago) link
After making quick breads all week, we tried a BA earl grey tea bread, and it overflowed the loaf pan and smoked up the whole kitchen/house. Then I looked up a blog post by Molly saying you need to precisely measure the inside of your pan, or else it will overflow. I fully blame Molly.
― change display name (Jordan), Sunday, 29 March 2020 12:07 (nine months ago) link
omg. so you mentioned this thing about chris (who I don't know) and in my mind I am like, "oh guy who you end up being surprised is straight? probably from boston." and lo and behold when I look him up online.
"Newton is a suburban city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is approximately 7 miles (11 km) west of downtown Boston."
― Yerac, Sunday, 29 March 2020 15:13 (nine months ago) link
I call it the Ed Norton Dissonance.
― Yerac, Sunday, 29 March 2020 15:17 (nine months ago) link
haha
― change display name (Jordan), Sunday, 29 March 2020 15:42 (nine months ago) link
I demand to learn the vulgar Molly nickname
― brechtian social distancing (Simon H.), Sunday, 29 March 2020 15:53 (nine months ago) link
I made the omelettes, they were good! Feel like i could whip them up any time, which is saying a lot for me because I'm very nervous about cooking anything without a detailed recipe in hand.
Also, lol, Newton, my high school's rival.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Sunday, 29 March 2020 22:01 (nine months ago) link
I am def gonna try Sohla's variant on a White Russian.
― brechtian social distancing (Simon H.), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 03:17 (nine months ago) link
Ok, after the coffee one, I legit hope that she's keeping it together.
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 20:12 (nine months ago) link
Chris & Brad do Gourmet Makes was pretty lol, I'm glad the commenters got their wish (would be great if they have more swapped shows in the can).
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 20:20 (nine months ago) link
Watched it this morning as a palate cleanser from reality and I was dying. Brad is such an ADD toddler and I love Chris a lot lot--I love their affection for each other even though they're opposites. Super great.
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Thursday, 2 April 2020 14:20 (nine months ago) link
I made the Gojuchang roast chicken. It was ok, a lot of effort for what it is.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 2 April 2020 21:53 (nine months ago) link
Really enjoyed the bagel bites episode of Gourmet Makes a week or two ago.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Thursday, 2 April 2020 22:12 (nine months ago) link
Andy >>> Antoni
― Vegemite Is My Grrl (Eric H.), Friday, 3 April 2020 01:08 (nine months ago) link
One sure sign of mental/emotional decline has been developing a parasocial crush on a bon appetit person. Time to log off
― brechtian social distancing (Simon H.), Friday, 3 April 2020 01:56 (nine months ago) link
Oh I have crushes on several. But they all spend way more time preparing food than I could ever stand.
― El Tomboto, Friday, 3 April 2020 03:15 (nine months ago) link
I mean, there is an upside to being with someone who cooks all the time.
― Vegemite Is My Grrl (Eric H.), Friday, 3 April 2020 13:50 (nine months ago) link
Ugh, Molly making that gross ostrich egg with whipped cream and salmon roe, only for both of them to agree that it's gross, just wasting food. On the other hand, can't wait to see what show swap today brings us!
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 3 April 2020 14:07 (nine months ago) link
there's lots of wasting food going on in bon appetit. the whole taking one bite from every dish on a restaurant menu feature !
the ostrich egg was just eldritch tho, no arguments
― COVID and the Gang (jim in vancouver), Friday, 3 April 2020 16:55 (nine months ago) link
I feel like the food waste that happens in the BATK and related adventures is somewhat justified in that they aim to teach people how to make better food at home, thus enriching lives and possibly leading to less food waste in the form of thousands of inedible household kitchen disasters. That’s probably what they tell themselves.
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 4 April 2020 04:23 (nine months ago) link
Also OF COURSE Molly made the most insufferable thing in the coffee episode. I’d grab a drink with Sohla anytime though. I also like how they wove all the pourover silliness together in the editing room.
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 4 April 2020 04:26 (nine months ago) link
Brad’s visit to Tillamook made us wish we got Tillamook ice cream here out east.
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 4 April 2020 04:27 (nine months ago) link
I made the the spicy katsu chicken sandwiches, although I dialed back the spice level. They were good, nice crunch.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Saturday, 4 April 2020 06:13 (nine months ago) link
I made Molly’s Grown-Up Mac & Cheese. She used all parm, I did cheddar, fontina, parm bc I value cheesiness. It was silky and wonderful with no roux necessary. Whole stick of butter though. But it’s spread throughout a lb of pasta.
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Saturday, 4 April 2020 14:09 (nine months ago) link
For the Delaney restaurant series, they always insist that the crew eats the food and that it doesn't go to waste.
I'm baking the BA 'shockingly easy no - knead focaccia' today, it has indeed been easy going so far.
Claire doing Brad's show was delightful btw.
― change display name (Jordan), Saturday, 4 April 2020 14:59 (nine months ago) link
Yes it was. The editing on that show is top notch.I want a dirtbag covers podcast where ppl attempt to approximate these recipes on a strict budget w no fancy gadgets.
― brechtian social distancing (Simon H.), Saturday, 4 April 2020 19:32 (nine months ago) link
The crew did an "In Coversation" thing at the 92nd Street Y a little over a month ago, though I wouldn't recommend it unless you've watched a lot of the regular videos.
https://youtu.be/eUJzqChe3FQ
Chris's having worked at Vogue maybe another bit of "wait, he's not gay?" dissonance.
― circles, Saturday, 4 April 2020 23:16 (nine months ago) link
I need to know how many of the same navy shirt jacket suit Amiel owns. Like does he have 12 of them or does he just wear the same one EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 22:58 (nine months ago) link
We made a version of this last night and it was surprisingly amazing:https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/pasta-al-limone
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 13:50 (nine months ago) link
ok, this makes sense and I probably should've just assumed this. I guess I often don't consider how many crew members there are for these things
― COVID and the Gang (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 16:24 (nine months ago) link
i almost never watch these but the one where claire tries to make her own jelly bellies was really entertaining. i appreciate that she takes a stupid task very seriously and gets genuinely frustrated when things go wrong over and over.
― na (NA), Wednesday, 8 April 2020 16:49 (nine months ago) link
More: https://www.businessinsider.com/bon-appetit-test-kitchen-priya-krishna-rick-martinez-2020-8?
― Pinche Cumbion Bien Loco (stevie), Thursday, 6 August 2020 17:44 (five months ago) link
Uugghh!!!
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Thursday, 6 August 2020 17:58 (five months ago) link
Rick, Sohla and Priya are three of the very best.
― Pinche Cumbion Bien Loco (stevie), Thursday, 6 August 2020 18:17 (five months ago) link
I don't wanna watch the shows if they aren't on them, and if Conde Nast isn't treating the BIPOC contributors right.
― Pinche Cumbion Bien Loco (stevie), Thursday, 6 August 2020 18:18 (five months ago) link
damn Conde Nast are really fucking this up, hey?
rip BA test kitchen
― Temporary Erogenous Zone (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 6 August 2020 18:18 (five months ago) link
yeah it's fucking dead
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Thursday, 6 August 2020 18:21 (five months ago) link
time for them to pull a Deadspin
― the quar on drugs (Simon H.), Thursday, 6 August 2020 18:22 (five months ago) link
Hope Brad and Clare spin off from the brand quick, too.
― Pinche Cumbion Bien Loco (stevie), Thursday, 6 August 2020 18:29 (five months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzIqQ75mUWo
I support Sohla doing a tour of every other Youtube food channel
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Friday, 14 August 2020 04:03 (five months ago) link
The NY Times had a series with the woman who criticized Chrissy Teigen and Marie Kondo, guessing she won't be doing any videos soon, they should swoop in and steal Sohla.
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Friday, 14 August 2020 04:04 (five months ago) link
lol that genius recipes show has become unbearable in lockdown with all the baby/husband crap
― plax (ico), Friday, 14 August 2020 06:50 (five months ago) link
This looked stupid but I watched it anyway and actually enjoyed ithttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=PQV-W_Ut8MYFeels like I should just start a new thread for “food youtube channels that are not terrible” y/n
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Friday, 21 August 2020 04:43 (four months ago) link
Would bookmark
― Just a few slices of apple, Servant. Thank you. How delicious. (stevie), Friday, 21 August 2020 07:56 (four months ago) link
https://gabyskitchen.com/
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Saturday, 22 August 2020 16:11 (four months ago) link
https://gabyskitchen.com🕸/
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Monday, 24 August 2020 14:12 (four months ago) link
Bon Appétit, the multimedia food-journalism outlet that has experienced a summer of racial strife in the workplace, has a new editor in chief: Dawn Davis, a prominent editor and executive who has been one of the few Black power players in the book world.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/27/business/media/bon-appetit-dawn-davis-editor.html
― jaymc, Thursday, 27 August 2020 17:12 (four months ago) link
Sohla has joined the Babish Culinary Universe, and it is goodhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zDZV-jGJ6w
― Just a few slices of apple, Servant. Thank you. How delicious. (stevie), Monday, 28 September 2020 21:00 (three months ago) link
meanwhile BA has attempted a woke relaunch. the metrics are not too encouraging so far and the whole thing has a gross post-Deadspin-exodus vibe, fairly or not.
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Thursday, 15 October 2020 15:34 (three months ago) link
Absolutelyfuckingnot. RIP
― Ima Gardener (in orbit), Thursday, 15 October 2020 15:36 (three months ago) link
I’d love to confidently boycott it but once the algorithm starts suggesting new Brad videos I’m going to end up watching them
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Thursday, 15 October 2020 16:16 (three months ago) link
Ew. Brad is the LEAST appealing chef to me. I can barely watch his videos esp when the editors over-hack them.
Sohla said something fascinating a while back. When asked about how the other chefs were responding to the initial airing of the test kitchen inequality, she said something like (and I paraphrase), "Everyone is reacting differently. Some of my colleagues have already put out supportive statements, but, like, Brad just discovered racism yesterday."
― Ima Gardener (in orbit), Thursday, 15 October 2020 16:29 (three months ago) link
Lol Brad strikes me as a real creep
― plax (ico), Thursday, 15 October 2020 17:14 (three months ago) link
It’s certainly possible to be a creep and a doofus at the same time, that’s true.
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Thursday, 15 October 2020 17:19 (three months ago) link
I find Brad's incoherence winning, he doesn't seem like a creep but a charming clod IMO
― Walter Draggedman (stevie), Thursday, 15 October 2020 17:27 (three months ago) link
I don't know how much is the peeping on drama element, but the two new videos have 250k views per day so sadly the reboot might work.
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Thursday, 15 October 2020 17:28 (three months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PsJilIaFio
Sohla has another show
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Thursday, 15 October 2020 19:02 (three months ago) link
This recipe seemed nuts to me at first -soaking the pasta in stock before cooking??? - but OMG was it delicioushttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5wxY614qGE
― Change Display Name: (stevie), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 09:28 (two months ago) link
i watched that with interest and i don't even like cooked greens
― superdeep borehole (harbl), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 15:10 (two months ago) link
I often cook my noodles in lightly stock cube'd water
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 15:18 (two months ago) link
I recently made the best oven fries by soaking the potatoes in hot (not boiling) water for 10 min first, so I'm definitely going to try soaking the pasta before cooking it.
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 15:43 (two months ago) link
these videos have way too much "having a laugh" in them now
― plax (ico), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 16:17 (two months ago) link
omg just cook
you are right, that is the thing i don't like about them. they are the mom recipe blog of cooking instruction, except you can't just scroll through the lols.
― superdeep borehole (harbl), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 16:55 (two months ago) link
I guess that's the BATK legacy
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 17:08 (two months ago) link
I've never tried it before, and NOM the results were OM NOM NOM (also, you can make a pasta bake from the leftovers with a little extra cheese and some breadcrumbs and that is fantastic also)
― Change Display Name: (stevie), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 17:51 (two months ago) link
There's a printed recipe for these dishes in the blurbage in the YT video if watching Sohla have fun is noxious to you
― Change Display Name: (stevie), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 17:52 (two months ago) link
Jacques Pepin would never do the "wacky" stuff.
I don't blame millennials for much, but I do blame them for wackifying otherwise perfectly good cooking videos
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 18:04 (two months ago) link
I do like Sohla, tho. It's not her, it is the editing.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 18:05 (two months ago) link
yeah it's not her at all, it's the need to make everything "cute" and "funny" when her technical skill and regular personality would be enough
― superdeep borehole (harbl), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 18:13 (two months ago) link
of the new folks, I think Harold is quickly becoming my favorite.
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Friday, 11 December 2020 04:13 (one month ago) link
I’m half-watching Harold make General Tso’s chicken and just... why do people in this show keep using the term “slurry”? 😬 like i get the usefulness of the term but I’m definitely not the only person watching who thinks of this every time one of them says it.
― scampish inquisition (gyac), Wednesday, 23 December 2020 18:01 (three weeks ago) link
I know he's not BA but whenever I watch one of Matty Matheson's videos I have to switch off after a minute or so of really unfunny self-conscious weirdness and yelling and unpleasant, billowing ego.
― Change Display Name: (stevie), Wednesday, 23 December 2020 19:50 (three weeks ago) link
Sohla and Priya have a video in the newly-built NYT Cooking test kitchen...
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Wednesday, 23 December 2020 22:37 (three weeks ago) link
welcome to my mid twenties xp
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Thursday, 24 December 2020 01:30 (three weeks ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksgkpdxPPy8
The NY Times is building a huge kitchen studio
― Joe Biden Stan Account (milo z), Thursday, 24 December 2020 19:18 (three weeks ago) link
Guys I made a whole other thread for non-BA youtube cooking content but OK
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Thursday, 24 December 2020 23:41 (three weeks ago) link
#onetestkitchen
― timber euros (seandalai), Friday, 25 December 2020 01:26 (three weeks ago) link
Which thread Tombot because I would like to get in on that
― Change Display Name: (stevie), Friday, 25 December 2020 20:58 (three weeks ago) link
food youtube channels that are not terrible
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Friday, 25 December 2020 23:21 (three weeks ago) link
thanks!
― Change Display Name: (stevie), Friday, 25 December 2020 23:53 (three weeks ago) link